She Loves London

Category: At Street Level

Observations, overheard conversations and other stuff from the streets of London.

  • Err, I Think the Buses are Laughing at Dalston

    Err, I Think the Buses are Laughing at Dalston

    As if the cliché ridden magazine articles and reviews weren’t bad enough when it comes to quietly poking fun at Dalston and surrounds, now even the BUSES are at it.

    The bus stopping at Dalston Junction Station (lol)

    LOL yourself, WORLD.

    With this and the reports of late night revelers weeing and chucking up in the street, isn’t it time someone wrote something nice about the Dalston for a change?

    I’ll start:

    “I like it when you go past Super Kebab on Kingsland Road in the evening and the police are all lined up in there getting their dinner.”

    There. See? That wasn’t so hard. Give it a go sometime, London.

    Have you been on an “LOL Dalston Junction” bus? Do you know why it’s there? TELL ME.

  • What Are These Spiky Things on Top of London Bus Stops?

    Alright – this is a bit of an odd one. I’ve been going to work on the bus for about six months now, and almost every day I’ve looked out the window and seen these things on top of bus stops.

    It’s a bit of an odd thing to notice, really. And if it was just one, then I’d probably be able to let it slide.

    But it’s not, you see. It’s not just one.

    They’re everywhere.

    For a while, they were looking a bit worse for wear. A bit muddy. They resembled a lump of mud with cotton wool buds sticking out of them, but recently it’s like they’ve had an upgrade. Someone’s been around and replaced all the mucky round spiky things with new bright round spiky things.

    spiky things on top of bus stops

    I’m fairly sure I can’t be the only person to notice them, but it’s not like you can really tap the person next to you and go “Oi, do you know what they are?” so I’m asking you.

    What are the round colourful spiky things?

  • Ohh! I See What You Did There, Carnaby Street.

    My colleague and I had to go on a little shimmy to Carnaby Street yesterday morning.

    It was sunny, which meant London had a cheeky little glint in it’s eye, and everyone was feeling good – even those annoying people with clipboards. In fact, especially those annoying people with clipboards.

    In short, I couldn’t help but think it was exactly the sort of day that expensive glittery Union Jack themed Carnaby 2012 signs were made for.

    Carnaby Street 2012 Sparkly Union Jack

     

    Carnaby Street Union Jack Shadow

    I love it when a plan comes together.

    Have a good weekend, London.

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