Nina’s to do list for London
As I told you before I am going to a London trip with a friend (her name is Vivien) and I did a to do list to make use of every minute we have. Along with some spots Vivien wants to check out, this is what I came up with:
SHOPPING:
- Oxford Street (Topshop, Urban Outfitters, Miss Selfridges, All Saints, Primark, New Look)
- Vintage at Beyond Retro (110-112 Cheshire Street (Metro: Aldgate East or Whitechapel))
- East End Thrift Store (Unit 1A Assembly Passage)
- Absolute Vintage (15 Hanbury St (Metro : Aldgate East or Liverpool Street))
- Saturday at Broadway Market (Food market in Hackney with loads of cute shops, Hackney)
- Pop Boutique (6 Monmouth Street, Covent Garden)
- Camden Town (Stables Market,…)
- Sunday Up Market (Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane)
- Lomograhy Gallery Store (3, Newburgh Street, Soho)
- Bookartbookshop (17 Pitfield Street)
- Nudge Records (20 Hanbury Street, Brick Ln)
- Sister Ray (Record store on Berwick Street, Soho)
- Playlounge (Cute little store with toys and illustrated books, 19 Beak Street, Carnaby Street)
GO SEE:
- Bunhill Fields (Old cemetery with the graves of lots of famous people, Bunhill Row)
- Primrose Hill (Park with perfect view all over London, Prince Albert Road)
- Tate Modern Museum
- National Gallery
- Royal London Free Tour
RESTAURANTS AND NIGHTLIFE:
- The Root Master (Vegan Bustaurant, Ely’s Yard, off Brick Ln)
- Neals Yard Salad Bar (Covent Garden)
- The Macbeth (70 Hoxton Street)
- WorkingMen’s Cub (off Bethnal Green Road, thanks to Katherine)
- Cafe 1001 (Dray Walk, off Brick Ln)
We also faced ourselves with some quests we want to do in London:
- Buy ID Mag
- Buy a Lady Diana cup for my mum (she wants it!)
- Buy an union jack umbrella
- Check out the museum bookshops for good bookdesigns
- Have a coffee somewhere else than starbucks
- Try to find diagon alley
- Buy some plastic sandwich and a bottle of overpriced wine to have a picnic next to the themse
- Find some beautiful boots at one of the markets
- Always look left
- Fall in love head over heels with some random curly brit in the underground which we would never stop talking about and maybe never has been a real brit
- Have 5 o’clock tea with delicious scones
- Make a picture with Big Ben in the back
- Find free concerts in time out magazine
- Make sure to “mind the gap.”
- Make a call from London’s first red phone box and check out if the elevator works
- Make a video to proof that
- Try not to get that drunk on that private party on saturday we are on
- Track down some second hand bookshops
- Take Bus 15 for 2 hrs for some sightseeing
- Re-enact the ‘what’s the story morning glory’ cover on Berwick Street/Soho
- …
I guess we’ll be lucky if we manage half of it. I’ll tell you when I’m back.
Nina
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