London

When I was living in London there were times I would get really, really down about the weather. It would rain relentlessly, sometimes for days, my shoes were usually wet and my bones would feel cold.

But I love it there and miss it so much because of everything else.  Everything about London is cool: the history, the old and new architecture, people, night life, television and radio.  I love BBC’s EastEnders.  I’m the only person  who will admit that, but everyone else does too, they just hide it.  And Peep Show is the funnies thing on English TV, if you ask me.

Then there’s the Jubilee Line which is so cool.  It was built for The Queen’s 50 year anniversary and my place was on it at Kilburn, so my commute was always awesome. And Westminster tube station is so out there, very futuristic and Baker Street is ancient, and all about Sherlock Holmes.

London signage and design is the best I’ve ever dealt with.  The Underground tube map is like 77 years old, and still ahead of its time.

London has such good taste, they effortlessly combine the extremely old with the thoroughly modern, with huge success.

Millennium bridge, amazing. I know they had engineering problems, but you’ve never seen a modern structure that actually adds to the historic architecture, so well.  It’s what Mitterrand wanted The Pyramids to do for The Louvre.

Look at the Tate Modern. This is Olafur Eliasson’s Weather installation where he uses Alluvial film in the ceiling. it could be anytime.

And this is Spinvox’s Covent Garden Wishing Well,  built by my new best designers, Free State, for Christmas.

Call in your wish to +442078180880 it’s converted to text and projected on the walls inside the Wishing Well.

… and it appears online.

I was into the Rave scene for a while, and the best times of my nightlife-life were there. Fashion – cutting edge. I lived at Portabello Road and Camden on the weekends. Clothes, music and just hanging out with the coolest people on earth.

What was the name of that place in Camden?  Can’t remember, but they had a party every Sunday between 6pm and 9pm, with people dancing in cages, or on the bar, looking right out onto the High Street. No one cared. People in London are cool with things.

It’s was over by 9pm and you’d be home and cozy by 9:30 after tearing it up for three hours.

There are so many things to love about London.  I miss it so much, even the rain sometimes.

London
Jubilee Line
The Queen’s 50 year anniversary
Westminster tube station
Sherlock Holmes
Harry Beck
Millennium bridge
Mitterrand
The Pyramids
The Louvre
Tate Modern
Olafur Eliasson
Spinvox’s Covent Garden Wishing Well
Free State
Portabello Road
Camden

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