Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Retailmania
Can't stop shopping this week, this being from the shiny new library at the shiny new shopping centre at Shepherds Bush, an area which I used to know in the distant past but was unrecognisable on exit from the overground (every ten minutes or something) from Clapham Junction.
All most impressive. Enough shops to sate the most hardened shopper, grub from all over the world (at least in appearance) all over the place and even the odd pub. Plenty of open space, some of it outside. But we were told by a M&S lady that the place gets terribly hot and terribly crowded in the summer - and on exit from M&S we did indeed observe that the ceiling, attractive though it was, did not appear to include any arrangements for ventilation. Presumably there is a giant air conditioning machine somewhere, even if, according to our informant, it is not giant enough.
Wallets two ladies coats, one book and various consumables the lighter. Pleased with the book, having finally found a replacement for our ancient tip sourced luxury A to Z (of London, with coverage now out to slightly beyond the M25, which means we get a reasonable chunk of the hinterland of Epsom). More or less the same thing from the same outfit, updated for the new millenium. Only annoying note is that some of the maps are graced with furry red caterpillars denoting the congestion charging zone. Which might already be out of date with the dumping of the western extension.
All most impressive. Enough shops to sate the most hardened shopper, grub from all over the world (at least in appearance) all over the place and even the odd pub. Plenty of open space, some of it outside. But we were told by a M&S lady that the place gets terribly hot and terribly crowded in the summer - and on exit from M&S we did indeed observe that the ceiling, attractive though it was, did not appear to include any arrangements for ventilation. Presumably there is a giant air conditioning machine somewhere, even if, according to our informant, it is not giant enough.
Wallets two ladies coats, one book and various consumables the lighter. Pleased with the book, having finally found a replacement for our ancient tip sourced luxury A to Z (of London, with coverage now out to slightly beyond the M25, which means we get a reasonable chunk of the hinterland of Epsom). More or less the same thing from the same outfit, updated for the new millenium. Only annoying note is that some of the maps are graced with furry red caterpillars denoting the congestion charging zone. Which might already be out of date with the dumping of the western extension.
# posted by Jim @ 5:58 AM 
