Video #20: Sunday Sunshine in Brick Lane

Lucky, lucky me, I got to go to London, for business this time, and I got to spend a Sunday off. To me as a tourist from Oslo, the most fantastic way to spend a sunday in London, is to crawl up and down Brick Lane. Here I get to listen to live music, watch people, smell the spicy barbecue, check out the BL - market and the Sunday up-market, and eat indian food or organic salads and pizzas. Yummy! And it was really sunny and warm this sunday, September 28. People were wearing shorts and slippers. TO BE CONTINUED...

Video #19:The Singing Nurse

It feels good not being the most soaked person around the table on a night out. This friday we were having pizza and beer at Hells Kitchen and this guy joined us and started singing. And it was not really late, at all. Unfortunately we can't remember his name, but he said he was a nurse. (Artist unknown). Please let me know if you know his name.

Video #18: Market Mania in Portobello Rd

Portobello Road Market is always a joy, especially on fridays when the vintage clothing area is extensive. I spotted fantastic dresses, uniform jackets, boots and bags, and the struggle was to limit myself. I bought some great grey and black boots, and not to forget some super cowboy boots. Yii-haa!! 

Video #17: High-Street Heaven

In London I was happy to find the Kate Moss collection at TopShop still available - many good pieces!! I got the basic tees, tights and tank tops at American Apparel. Urban Outfitters had some fun Andy Warhol tees, and at ultra cheap Primark I got blouses and wool sweaters for only GBP 8,- a piece. In Primark you have to look a while to discover the nuggets. The video was shot in and outside the stores. TO BE CONTINUED

Video #16: London in a Nutshell

Last friday I performed a little experiment. I travelled Oslo-London-Oslo on the same day. I flew to London on the 06:50 flight and back at 20:00. My main purpose was to go shopping, and I shamefully admit that this was not an environmentally friendly act. I am considering how to redeem myself! I promise! I had 7 hours available for shopping, and I planned to do high-street shopping in Oxford street, high-end shopping in Knightsbridge and second-hand shopping in Portobello Road. Luckily I did not have time for the high-end shopping, so I can still afford to eat nuddles and dry toast the rest of the month. 

The costs:

Air Fare - Nok 1000,- (roundtrip ticket)

Airport express Oslo - Nok 320,- (roundtrip)

Stansted Express - GPB 36,- (roundtrip)

Day Pass London Tube - GBP 8,-

High-street fashion shopping &&%%$$$#!!!! over budget

Second-hand shopping in Portobello Road ###%%$$!!!!! over budget

TO BE CONTINUED... 

Video #15: Andy Warhol by Andy Warhol

The Andy Warhol Exhibition has been very popular week one, and the extensive collection displayed at Astrup Fearnley museum is worth nothing less than 11 billion NOK, according to D2. This video was shot on the opening a week ago. King Midas was playing Pale Blue Eyes by Velvet Underground, Warhols assistant was reading the artists poem, Pushwagner looked like he enjoyed the show and hundreds where spotting their Warhol favorites. 

Video #14: LykkeLi @ John Dee

Swedish LykkeLi is playing at John Dee december 10th, and I am getting tickets. This video 

was shot when LykkeLi was playing at a party in Oslo, August 5th. 

Andy Warhol: Art is what you can get away with

Andy Warhol should have celebrated his 80 years birthday in august. Tomorrow an extensive exhibition with 44 Warhol pieces from 1962-84 will be displayed at Astrup Fearnley museum of modern art. The exhibitor wants us to skip all the Warhol clichés and focus on the artists personal ambition and subjective conciousness. Will check it out.

The 10 Commandments of Facebook

You have probably read quite a few Facebook do's and dont's before, but I couldn't help myself - I had to post a link to the funny commandments on cracked.com .

Video #13: PechaKucha Vol. 7

Time doesn't fly when you have no network access. That's why this post took a while. PechaKucha Vol.7 on DogA last thursday was one to remember. Make sure to keep the date for the next one!

Video # 12: Trend 09/10: Blue is the new Green

I went to PEJ seminar yesterday which is all about trends in fashion, home decoration and architecture in 2009 and 2010. The “fortune tellers” explained four trend directions: Think, Play, Discover and Feel. The film is a short summery.

FFFFuntastic!

Some good friends told me about this fantastic site ffffound.com which is a mecca for ideas, design, and inspiration. The photo with the zebra jumper is an old post (>>), but if I take up knitting I will make one of those.