London

A couple weekends ago i visited London to meet up with a few old friends from seattle. Mukkul (who you remember from a previous post, or my europe trip) flew in from copenhagen and we stayed at Nick's place in central london. We partied both nights, very expensive, but a change from the dublin scene so it was all good. During the day on saturday i went shopping at a designer sale that was recommended to me by a Finnish friend. This is the type of place you'd never in your life find unless someone told you about it: in a residential area, down an alleyway, through a small door with a piece of paper above it labeled "Sale". Once inside, a different world...everything you have on you must be checked...only allowed to have one layer of clothing on...huge rooms filled with this years designer clothing (prada, boss, armani, diesel, blah, blah, blah) and people going through it like it's their job. The sale only happens 8 times a year, 4 weekends for women and 4 weekends for men...i was lucky to just happen to be in london during one of the men's sales. Discounts range from 50-80%, so some of these clothes are actually affordable...i ended up buying 2 jackets and a tie. Anyway, if you're into shopping and in the london area...may be worth a look...it's been labeled "one of the top ten reasons to live in london".