Showing posts with label Brick Lane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brick Lane. Show all posts

things i do lately.

Yes, it's true that I have been absent from my blog as of late. BUT it's with good reason as my two friends who are better friends than the average friend, commonly referred to as "best friends," are here for a week visiting! So I've been acting as a tour guide (kind of.. not that I would ever consider myself an adequate tour guide of London) (but I do okay) and getting up to all kinds of cool and interesting things with them. So I thought I'd give you a small preview of what I've been up to lately. Because that is why I have a blog. So you can see what I've been up to lately.

Books at the book market on Southbank!

The gold glittered in real life. :)
Spitalfield's market on a Sunday morning.

Fur fur fur coats. So much great vintage, so little finances in my bank account.

Street art on Brick Lane.


Chromeo show! :) :) So amazing!

Got grabbed by this guy when walking down Southbank.. I yelled "I don't want you!" at him.. it didn't work.
Gates of Kensington Palace

Vintage bottles on display in the Room of Tears inside Kensington Palace in the 'Enchanted Palace' exhibit.

Metal outfit designed by Boudicca on display inside Kensington Palace.

Another Enchanted Palace installation.. hundreds of toy soldiers!

By far the coolest thing.. in person all this looks like is a thin row of blinking LED lights.
You can see the image of a woman in your peripheral vision. It's completely insane and awesome.
The Prime Meridian! Yeah, I was in two hemispheres at once.. no big.
View of Greenwich from the palace there.

Wreaking havoc on London... :)

If this does not suffice for you.. a) Don't read my blog! Go away! You are unwanted! or b) Hey, I'm going to Barcelona this weekend, alright? Is that foreign enough for you? Cripes.


Pip, pip.
x

street art.

It's no secret that I love street art. ..Well. Maybe it is? But if you didn't know, now you know: I love street art and graffiti. It's an artistic response to urban surroundings, and it provides a little something beautiful and unexpected when you come across it on the street. I respect the artists who do it so much, and part of the reason why I love being in a city, especially London, is that you come across it daily. Here are a few pictures I've taken of some of the street art here. We have a great big Shepherd Fairey 'Obey Giant' piece right by where I live, but at the moment it's all covered by scaffolding so I couldn't get a good picture of it. Anyways, I'll shut up now.. ;)

Clown and a design that looks like grating. ..and Katy B posters. Haha

Cute stick guy done by Stik. And a homeless man.. ha.

A big red weenie, holllaa.

This reminds me of Galileo and the scientific revolution for some reason?

Faces.

I love this one! Especially the colors.

Realistic vs. stickly figure.

Close up. Someone wrote Trash Talk on his shirt.. haha. I'm assuming like the band.

Po-po on the toilet.

Another stick boy who likes trash.

Roa!

The last piece I was THRILLED to come across, because it's by my utmost favorite artists, Roa. A lot of his stuff is around Brick Lane, but I didn't have a ton of time to explore and find more, other than this stunning heron. Clearly, I'm obsessed. I don't care. Anyways, hopefully I'll find more (and have my camera on me as well) so that I can do another London street art post. :)

Hope your weekend is wild,
xx