viktorvaughn
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Slight tangent but what any tips for what's good in East for a six yr old hyperactive boy - I mentor such a kid and running out of ideas, so any appreciated! Hackney or East central etc.
aaah gipsy hill. I grew up on South Croxted Road, lost my virginity in Crystal Palace. That's quite a good name for a song...
Just looking at Google maps and there is a park near Brixton labelled 'Max Roach'. Am I missing something here?!
Slight tangent but what any tips for what's good in East for a six yr old hyperactive boy - I mentor such a kid and running out of ideas, so any appreciated! Hackney or East central etc.
Just looking at Google maps and there is a park near Brixton labelled 'Max Roach'. Am I missing something here?!
you done the city farm in hackney yet?
it's named after Max Roach. There's a sign to that effect in the park.
What does it sell?"Edit: if you haven't already, in Peckham, go to Persepolis. Amazing shop."
I enjoyed getting the tube to Hammersmith - emerges into the open somewhere after Edgeware Road and gives you a good overview of that bit of the town (and that enormous shopping centre thing). Not sure it's exactly picturesque but worth checking at least once I'd say."Overland is great - any more tips for good overland journeys. I take the Thameslink every day, but that's the only one I know well."
Sounds good."It's mostly stuff imported from Iran - so lots of foodstuffs I haven't seen anywhere else (sour grape powder etc.....not sure about their sumac though ), but also lots of interesting books/CDs, and (ideal for presents) ornamental teapots/glasses/ashtrays in a Persian style. Some fo these are well-made but partly tacky, but then I love things that are partly tacky..."
It's not that there isn't any countryside, it's just that the relationship of the city with the surrounding countryside doesn't seem to be important in the same way that it is for somewhere a bit smaller... it doesn't figure so much in the city's psyche.I'd say yes, probably*. As for countryside, London certainly has that, as much as New York or Paris for example! Kent, Surrey, Sussex etc are all incredibly verdant - you can take a train out of Victoria or Waterloo and be in the countryside in no time.
It's not even a grooviness thing so much as being so big as to have another layer of geographical structure, another level of localization and grouping...whereas in the UK, Edinburgh is certainly lovely, and the large provincial English cities are all good (Cardiff too), and Cambridge rocks etc etc etc but they're all a huge way behind London in terms of general grooviness. whereas, say, Boston is not much less buzzing than New York.
Slight tangent but what any tips for what's good in East for a six yr old hyperactive boy
Another good thing about London - Neals yard. OK, it's expensive but I spent a tenner on three bits of cheese are all so flippin nice and are quite strong and will last a long time. Plus got to try about ten cheeses in the shop. It's not like a tenner would get you far in a rubbish expensive bar or something...