unlucky s1ocki, we're having summer in march this year
― jabba hands, Friday, 23 March 2012 10:48 (twelve years ago) link
Also, you can get to the middle of Paris in like 2 hours.
― Virtual Bart (EDB), Friday, 23 March 2012 11:03 (twelve years ago) link
i would love to visit paris again (lived there for a little bit), is the train affordable at all?
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Friday, 23 March 2012 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
we're kind of having summer in march over here too, it's a bit weird!
again booking in advance is advisable- if you do so you could get tix for £90 return. On the day would be £200+.
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Friday, 23 March 2012 14:14 (twelve years ago) link
cheapest return from london is £69 iirc
― just sayin, Friday, 23 March 2012 14:23 (twelve years ago) link
that's not terrible.
what are your thoughts on mega-cheap airlines?
do those still exist?
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Friday, 23 March 2012 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
xpost and s1ocki if you make it out to whitstable you should eat something here imo. it is fucking great
― just sayin, Friday, 23 March 2012 14:27 (twelve years ago) link
ooh lala!!!
any and all food suggestions are welcome to, i am a food writer and i love to eat so 'foodie' stuff is definitely on my agenda
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Friday, 23 March 2012 14:28 (twelve years ago) link
the cheap airlines still exist! i think the thing is just that the train is so much easier, you go from the centre of london to the centre of paris.
― just sayin, Friday, 23 March 2012 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
right, the cheap airlines don't let you bring bags and you're not allowed to pee and you have to bring food for the cabin crew right?
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Friday, 23 March 2012 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
xp and so much nicer, you sit on a train
― ledge, Friday, 23 March 2012 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
oooohh london restaurants are some of my favourite things. you want to know more about high end stuff or cheap local ethnic food (which is often just as good)?
there's a london restaurants thread which should be a good starting point if you can bear the occasional smug tone, also of late it's just devolved into burger talk because there's an inexplicable and apparently unending burger obsession going on right now. ignore all that.
― lex pretend, Friday, 23 March 2012 14:38 (twelve years ago) link
lol but also otm
― just sayin, Friday, 23 March 2012 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
haha lex, i want to hear about both and i would be happy to grab a bite with you if you have free time!
i might even pitch an article about 'em in which case we may eat on whatever publication i can coerce into publishing me's dime!
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Friday, 23 March 2012 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
burgers in london, i can probably do without.
i would be happy to eat with you too, that would be awesome! god i don't even know where to START recommending though, i have all my local and regular favourites but i still feel like i've barely scratched the surface, and my favourite thing is checking out places i haven't been.
a while ago some friends of mine were gonna do a project which involved eating out in london to represent every country in the world. it never got finished cuz the girl organising it got deported (to canada, lol) but i still kind of want to steal her idea and finish it sometime.
― lex pretend, Friday, 23 March 2012 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
maybe i can show you how to cook (JOKES)
but yeah, think on it, i would love to hear any and all suggestions.
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Friday, 23 March 2012 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
this is gonna sound weird but do time out london actually post their articles to their site? http://www.timeout.com/london/ seems to be just listings?
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:02 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
does anyone know about this? would love to read that london theater scene article tracer mentioned
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Friday, 23 March 2012 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
i don't know, their website is super confusing.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 23 March 2012 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
i think if you go to the 'theatre' page there's something called 'theatre features' that might contain the article Tracer mentioned but as i haven't read the article tracer mentioned i can't really confirm.
― uh oh i'm having an emotion (c sharp major), Friday, 23 March 2012 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
thank u good idea.
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Friday, 23 March 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
Xxpost
Let's start 202 meals again, sure M&A won't mind if it means someone else is doing the organising.
― Moon Fuxx (Jill), Friday, 23 March 2012 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
A friend and I have been doing the all-nations food thing too, though because neither of us actually live in London it's going quite slowly. Last month we ticked off "Cockney".
― James Bond Jor (seandalai), Friday, 23 March 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
u bought some crisps?
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Friday, 23 March 2012 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
Pie/mash/eel bonanza
― James Bond Jor (seandalai), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
o eely
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
id forgot abt eelpienmash
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
First off we went to Manze's which was fun (provided you like jellied eel), then later on we tried F. Cooke's in Shoreditch, which was empty, cold and a bit grim overall.
― James Bond Jor (seandalai), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
anyone been here?
http://www.west-mersea.co.uk/articles/35-featuredbusinesses/63-the-company-shed
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Saturday, 24 March 2012 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't been yet but I've heard good things..
― mmmm, Saturday, 24 March 2012 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
It's a fair drive from London though.
― mmmm, Saturday, 24 March 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
me & my buddy were thinking of renting a car and makin' a day of it.
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Saturday, 24 March 2012 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
I went to Manze's once with an American visitor but they'd run out of eels! We had pie & mash which tbh was digusting, so I've not been tempted to go back in search of eels since.
― The Eyeball Of Hull (Colonel Poo), Saturday, 24 March 2012 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
Also, where do I find really nice eyeglass frames?
― EDB, Monday, 26 March 2012 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
I was here on Sunday; http://www.cutlerandgross.com/ Nice selection.
― mmmm, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 08:37 (twelve years ago) link
I was there on Sunday too!
Seems like that's the best (only good) place I've been able to find. Since my misplaced glasses aren't turning up I will likely return soon.
― EDB, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 11:33 (twelve years ago) link
There are some others, this place had a good selection last time I was there; http://www.mallonandtaub.com/
― mmmm, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 11:56 (twelve years ago) link
hey guys i have a question!!!
i am thinking of unlocking my iphone and getting a uk sim card while i'm there. are there any particularly decent pay-as-you-go things i could jump on for some voice/text/data so i don't get totally reamed by my canadian carrier if i use my phone? (their overseas plans are ridic.)
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:27 (twelve years ago) link
Xpost: Thanks, I had planned to go there today but completely forgot what it was called. Fortuitous timing!
I currently have a pay-as-you-go as you go phone, for which I pay 5 pounds a month for data (with free incoming calls); for 15 you can get voice and text and unlimited data which you're likely to not use up. Mind you I use an Android phone, so I have no idea how this applies; this is also with 3, who have irritated me enough with little things to not want to recommend them.
I'm curious about unlocking also, since my phone is made only to be used with 3, but I'd like to keep it when I move back to Canada in September.
― EDB, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:53 (twelve years ago) link
15 pounds sounds pretty reasonable for like 2 weeks of 'full phone' use while i'm there
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:54 (twelve years ago) link
yo EDB i have repped for this place in camden market before, but the guy who runs this place is wonderful. all his frames are vintage, and most are cheaper than new. no proper web site at the moment but just go! you will be delighted and amazed.
http://www.arckiv.net/
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
slocki, I have a spare and activated giffgaff sim card I could send you. £10 gets you 250 min + unlimited texts and internet for a month.
― salsa shark, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
(are all eyewear web sites so shockingly poor? those first two had flash splashscreens. the last one appears to just be an image containing nothing but text.)
― koogs, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
freals?? that would be rad! how do i like... charge it up or whatevs?
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
hmm well I probably should've researched that earlier, because I had thought it might be possible to just top-up with the £10 package online before arriving so it would all be ready when you landed. Now that I'm reading about it, apparently with giffgaff you can't use non-uk credit/debit cards to top up online. So, once in London you'd have to get a credit voucher (loads of places sell them) and use the voucher to top up online. it's all still doable, just a bit less convenient.
― salsa shark, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
koogs i actually offered to help that guy build a web site he could sell frames online with, and he was initially enthuasiastic but eventually just sort of dropped away
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
i think people who get into stuff like seeking out vintage eyeglasses in dusty italian warehouses probably don't have a lot of overlap with people who get into making nice web sites
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
i'm surprised that a thread just called "london" has so few posts.
my suggestions for a london day out
10:00 wake up10:25 grab a mcD sausage and egg muffin to line stomach11:00 get 6 cans of lagers for £5* from an offie11:30 go to south bank and drink cans of lager15:00 get lunch - meat liquor maybe while there's no queue. burgers are overhyped but it's nice and get the house grog to supplement the lagers17:00 go to a sam smiths and drink the cheap alpine lagers (you'll be pissed enough to stomach those by now)21:30 go to rowan's in finsbury park to go bowling for a couple of hours23:00 get a KFC on your way home23:15 eat the KFC23:30 order a curry00:00 go down in the tube station at midnight
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
^ if i can plan my death, this will be the way it happens.
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:36 (twelve years ago) link