The Bright Young Things

After Harrods, we started walking, and found out the Victoria and Albert Museum was still opened.
And then, a surprise!

It was Friday late at V&A (Once a month they open till 22,00)
This time was an oportunity of stepping into the glittering world of photographer Cecil Beaton.

The "Society of Bright Young Things" was a group that had become synonymous with glamour, money, celebrated names and lashings of snob appeal in the early 20s. They celebrated parties and meetings, some of them at V&A Museum. They must have been the coolest young people of their time. And that´s the reason this late night is named after them, to celebrate with vintage glamour.

Everybody was wearing a tiara and and top hats, and some 20s style beatiful dresses. A shame I didn´t know this before, I really would have enjoyed to wear a tiara while had a coctel drink.
Live jazz music, played by the Dixie Tricklers (http://www.dixieticklers.co.uk/), the coolest band!They sounded and looked so great (their vintage style is the best!).
Games (Scavenger hunt), lectures, live theater plays and lightdrawings altogether.

It was a lovely night.

Lightdrawings by Hugo Dalton

The Dixie Ticklers

DAY 49: Harrods´ afternoon

It was a horrible Friday morning. Running against time to finish some paper I was working on. I left the Hospital with my brain feeling like jelly after thinking and studying for long hours in the library.

Phoned my mother to go to Harrods and meet me there. It was the first time she took the tricky London Underground by herself, I thought she was going to get lost, but I was surprised  she was there, waiting in the sidewalk when I arrived.

The first time I visited London, Harrods seemed to me a beatiful and glamorous store. Now, more than 10 years later, it´s not one of my favorite stores. Everything is too adorned for me, even the Diana and Dodi memorial and sculpture. I prefer more opened spaces shops.
But what I really enjoy is going to Harrods to observe the people that´s buying things there. They look so different from me, and I love to see what they´re buying, or what they´re wearing. Those small details nobody ever sees.
The Food Hall is also a great part of visiting Harrods. Everything looks delicious, except the seafood I don´t like. And you can find different teas, chocolates, marmelades and biscuits with nicest tins for package. Like tins decorated with William and Kate´s Royal wedding, or the 60º  Queen´s Jubilee.

Also, this is the first time I took pictures in Harrods, thought it was banned. Here, some pics.

Elevator detail

Dodi and Diana "Innocent victims"

Dodi and Diana Memorial

Chocolates!

And more chocolate

Good idea!

My mother investigating

Marylin window

DAY 47: Mom´s here!!!!!!!!!

She arrived today and will stay for a week.
I´m so happy!!!!!!!!!!!

DAY 46: Quote

" Lead this life you live as if a King commanding armies"

Scarlet Tulip, KT Tunstall

Street Art at Shoreditch

DAY 44: Markets Day

Today it was sunny (thanks God!). And since Sunday mornig=Market morning, i went to the most original markets in town.

Pettitcoat Lane Market

A place full of cheap stuff. Don´t go there if you´re looking for original things. I didn´t like it. I only made it for a block and left.

Spitalfields Market

The neighbourhood doesn´t seem to be the best one. But the Market has nice shops and lots of stalls. 

I found it a little unoriginal and overpriced. Though a very few stalls had goergeus things.

I really liked the Vintage Eyewear stand, shame I don´t need glasses right now.

In front of the Market you find Christ Church. The churches all look alike, but I like how the sky looks in this picture.

Vintage eyewear

Christ Church

Columbia Road Market

Walking a few blocks to the North I found Columbia Road. It was easy to be guided to the market since people came walking with flowers in their arms.

As usual a lot of people. This market has a peculiarity: the air smells great. Like thouthand flowers, Lavender and Herbs all together. Lovely.

The shops are special. Every shop is like a little world. And they have original stuff, and luckily, very affordable.

Here, my favorites:

* L´Orangerie (No. 162): Really elegant Vintage jewelry, bags, hats and some clothes hand-picked by its owner. They have some brouches and earrings I´d never seen before. I bought two vintage earrings, to use as brouches (8 pounds the pair). A lot of the jewelry comes from France. You can also find some special Italian soaps.

*Jesse Chorley and Buddug (No. 158): This shop deserves a special mention. Everything there is beatiful!, from jewelry to house decor, I loved all. Every little thing is a piece of art. Vintage, home-made Art. You can spend hours there trying to decide what to buy.

* StART Space & StART Coffee (No. 150): Great Art, and a beatiful small patio at the back to have your coffee.

* Keeping House (No. 144): Every piece of kitchenware and cooking utensils you need, or you just need to have because they´re so beatiful!

* Bob & Blossom (No. 140): Lovely clothes and nostalgic and vintage toys for children. I bought a Swan pencil sharpener.

* The Powder Room (No. 136): Here you can get a vintage makeover and glamourous 1940´s hairstyles.

* Such and Chew (No. 130): Vintage candy tins and sweets.

* The Garden Shop (No. 120): Beatiful garden tools and flowerpots, seeds and everything for the stylish garden.

* Treacle (No. 110-112): beatiful teatowels, mugs and china. And simple baking (lovly cupcakes).

* Nom (No. 102): Nice and stylish ceramics and wooden utensils from Asia.

* Pot Luck (No. 84): Nice china, but, in the basement you´ll find funny house decor, children aprons, and vintage-look jewelry. I bought myself 3 plastic brouches that look from the 50´s.

* Vintage Heaven and Cakehold (No. 82): I thought every piece of china tea sets from the past was broken, but, I was wrong. Here there´s lots of vintage teacups, teapots, plates, etc.

* Supenice (No. 106): Original stencils and stickers to for wall-decor.

Columbia Road Market

Vintage Housewear in Vintage Heaven

Nom, 102 Columbia Rd

Samosas and Falafel

LÓrangerie

Jesse Chorley and Buddug

StART Space

Keeping House

The Powder Room

The Powder Room

Such and Chew

Treace, 112 Columbia Road

Treace

Supenice

Brick Lane

I was feeling really well after such a nice time I spent in Columbia Road, where everything is cozy and kind.
Brick Lane, is full of cool people. Vintage clothes, hats and jewelry shops, old vynil records stores.

I stopped in the No. 159 and queued for 15 minutes in the Beigel Bakery to have a butter beigel (made in Heaven!) and a doughnut with a delicious strawberry jam.

Urban stencils, Grafitti and Street art really good.

When you reach the "Tea Room" antique market, you can find beatiful vintage stuff. Sellers turn a little grumpy if they catch you taking pictures, though.
And then, you can have Food from every country in this world you wish. However, every kind of food is made by Indian people mostly. But again, smells delicious. An even you can get Food from Argentina (empanadas and steak).

If you continue dawn the steet you find more Asian restaurants and shops.

Beigel Bakery, 159 Brick Lane

Butter Beigel

Antiques at "the tea room"

Bengali shops at Brick Lane