Sunday Monday Happy Days

So Sunday the class went to a custom tailor shop: Thom Sweeney. I think if I didn't already want to be fully emersed in apparel construction the interior design of the shop was to die for--I was truly jealous of the lack of phallus of my gender as the shop caters to men. We had Orange Coast alumni, Matt, as our secret in store guide.

The tour and class session was short and Cyd and I were treated out by her aunt and extended family for the afternoon. We went to the Eye of London (which is the ferris wheel). It was the start of rain during our trip and while Cyd and I happily engaged it not everyone agreed. To stay out of droplets' way we entered the London Film Movieum (which is not free). Nerded out with some Star Wars and Harry Potter shots! We got home in the evening but so many days walking about we ended up retreating with some BBC "on the tele".

We arose yesterday to go to the Victoria and Albert museum for a customized fashion throughout history tour... but we accidentally got in line for the National History museum a block away. Bustled over to the correct building and had a wonderful tour guide named Ann who lent us her knowledge from all around the world. The V&A is just as impressive as the British Museum and we desperately want to go back. After the tour we had a break near the outdoor cafe despite the glum weather and then returned to see the jaw-dropping Yohji Yamamoto exhibit. Unfortunately we were not permitted to take photos but I highly suggest learning about him if you are unfamiliar. I bought my first souvenirs! Two unlined sketching notebooks with Yamamoto quotes on the cover and a pair of boot pins: one for Cydney, naturally.

After that trip we approached our fellow classmate, Ashley, to head out to King's Cross with us to get our Harry Potter geek on as Wes (another school chum) spilled the beans on her obsession. We three made the trip via Tubes and had quite the time searching for the fabled tourist attraction of Platform 9 3/4. Some looks around and no sign we were afraid that it had been removed while the station is being reconstructed but Cyd bravely squeaked out to the guard "I feel silly for asking--"
"Harry Potter is in front of the station." Cut off but at least we had our answer. We found it, too! And after we took some silly shots others crowded about to join the fun.

Nothing else was really charming for us in King's Cross sadly. I checked out a few pubs but they were let downs. Closer to our flat we went to Munkchin's cafe who offers a Vegetarian burger and it made the night.

Today we visited the gargantuan department store that is Harrod's. Priding itself on being the most luxurious department shopping experience in the world there was also too much to explore. We were given a very speedy tour by Lindsay Pharrah (I'm not sure if this is her correct spelling!) On our own we went through the most glamourous children's section and then to the Pet Kingdom. The Pet Kingdom also had a shop within itself accessed as a dog treat bar named The Canine Cookie Company. We popped into the Food Halls but only grabbed ourselves some bread rolls for fear of the lack of vegan goods.

We made another trip to Planet Organic and Sainsbury. Also shelled out some stupid £15 for portable speakers to connect our iPods to for supreme morning dancing. But now we are updating our blogs and about to head out to Camden to hopefully pick out a punk venue or show.