Comments on: My London http://plattie.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/my-london/ Colourless Green Ideas Thu, 28 May 2009 09:51:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: tadeudz http://plattie.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/my-london/#comment-137 tadeudz Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:07:29 +0000 http://plattie.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/my-london/#comment-137 London terrifies and excites me. The bus tour sounds like fun! London terrifies and excites me. The bus tour sounds like fun!

]]> By: Tracey S. Rosenberg http://plattie.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/my-london/#comment-135 Tracey S. Rosenberg Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:03:58 +0000 http://plattie.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/my-london/#comment-135 I hate looking at maps because I never want to be mistaken for a tourist, but in London I cheerfully pull out my A-Z, knowing that even the locals cling to theirs. (But I don't look at it in the really touristy parts of town because, you know, locals never go to those. And anyway those tend to be well-signposted.) I hate looking at maps because I never want to be mistaken for a tourist, but in London I cheerfully pull out my A-Z, knowing that even the locals cling to theirs. (But I don’t look at it in the really touristy parts of town because, you know, locals never go to those. And anyway those tend to be well-signposted.)

]]> By: Stephanie http://plattie.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/my-london/#comment-134 Stephanie Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:35:39 +0000 http://plattie.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/my-london/#comment-134 I feel the same way about Phoenix. You can drop me in downtown and I'd be able to find my way out, but put me in Chandler and I'm lost. I feel the same way about Phoenix. You can drop me in downtown and I’d be able to find my way out, but put me in Chandler and I’m lost.

]]> By: plattie http://plattie.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/my-london/#comment-133 plattie Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:16:26 +0000 http://plattie.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/my-london/#comment-133 Felinity, it's been a long time since I was there, so maybe it's got better! There is a reasonably good shopping centre and cinema complex by Wood Green tube (it has a TK Maxx! Score!) and lots of very handy 99p shops on the High Road. Also there is a bar on Ducketts Common that looks like a very sedate and unremarkable sort of bar but is actually a gay club, and I once went there unsuspectingly with some friends and got quite drunk on cheap wine and ended up serenading the whole bar singing 'Doh a Dear' with a drag queen. I can't remember what it's called, unfortunately, but thought I'd mention it anyway. Felinity, it’s been a long time since I was there, so maybe it’s got better! There is a reasonably good shopping centre and cinema complex by Wood Green tube (it has a TK Maxx! Score!) and lots of very handy 99p shops on the High Road. Also there is a bar on Ducketts Common that looks like a very sedate and unremarkable sort of bar but is actually a gay club, and I once went there unsuspectingly with some friends and got quite drunk on cheap wine and ended up serenading the whole bar singing ‘Doh a Dear’ with a drag queen. I can’t remember what it’s called, unfortunately, but thought I’d mention it anyway.

]]> By: felinity http://plattie.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/my-london/#comment-132 felinity Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:37:59 +0000 http://plattie.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/my-london/#comment-132 My brother has just moved to Turnpike Lane (hopefully not the stabby bit -- it seemed quite nice when I went to visit!). Can you remember any non-terrifying places to get a sandwich there? He's still scoping the place out for 'the' cafe to visit on a regular basis. My brother has just moved to Turnpike Lane (hopefully not the stabby bit — it seemed quite nice when I went to visit!). Can you remember any non-terrifying places to get a sandwich there? He’s still scoping the place out for ‘the’ cafe to visit on a regular basis.

]]> By: Bex http://plattie.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/my-london/#comment-130 Bex Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:49:04 +0000 http://plattie.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/my-london/#comment-130 I recommend buying the Time Out Diary if you're going to do this. It's got so much information on the city in a handy pocket-sized format complete with maps and a notes and addresses section. It's full of obscure museums and restaurants and cafés. And then should that sandwich in Shoreditch give you food poisoning, it also tells you the nearest A&E. I've had one every year since 1996 (except 2002 when I was meant to live somewhere else but soon gave up and returned) and I would feel lost in London without it. Also currently half-price, so bonus! I recommend buying the Time Out Diary if you’re going to do this. It’s got so much information on the city in a handy pocket-sized format complete with maps and a notes and addresses section. It’s full of obscure museums and restaurants and cafés. And then should that sandwich in Shoreditch give you food poisoning, it also tells you the nearest A&E. I’ve had one every year since 1996 (except 2002 when I was meant to live somewhere else but soon gave up and returned) and I would feel lost in London without it. Also currently half-price, so bonus!

]]> By: teabelly http://plattie.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/my-london/#comment-129 teabelly Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:07:54 +0000 http://plattie.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/my-london/#comment-129 I'm going to use this lovely post of yours to admit now that the last time I came to see you I got lost on the way home. Like, mega lost. I decided to go a different way to the tube and believed in my head I knew the way. And I did, I just totally overshot it. I walked around for at least 20 minutes before finally getting myself back on track and breathing a huge sigh of relief when I saw Baron's Court. And yes I had my A-Z but I refused to look at it because 'I could do it myself'. Um, yeah. But yes, I'm the same. Certain parts of London are totally alien to me. Mostly the southern bit. I’m going to use this lovely post of yours to admit now that the last time I came to see you I got lost on the way home. Like, mega lost. I decided to go a different way to the tube and believed in my head I knew the way. And I did, I just totally overshot it. I walked around for at least 20 minutes before finally getting myself back on track and breathing a huge sigh of relief when I saw Baron’s Court. And yes I had my A-Z but I refused to look at it because ‘I could do it myself’. Um, yeah.

But yes, I’m the same. Certain parts of London are totally alien to me. Mostly the southern bit.

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