UK adventures #3
Amber wrote a great piece over at Code for Something about the AltAlbion tour’s adventures in Liverpool and Manchester, well worth checking out.
Alternative shopping
Shopping in the UK is amazing. Cheap (even with the crazy crap exchange rate working against us), massive selection and friendly helpful staff in almost all stores. I am not going to bore you with the details of all the regular shopping though, suffice to say it is rad. Jump in for my summary of crazy shopping destinations in the UK..
Magazine Invented Manchester
Howard Devoto, a diminutive figure, now with an odd resemblance to Dr Evil, appears at centre stage. It’s dark and green, though it will soon become apparent that he’s in a pink pastel suit and your eyes just devour him.
“Here is the idea. Here is the explanation of what happened,” he intones in that marvellously creepy pantomine voice of his.
March Of The Spoons
A geeky cutlery update. I suffered serious shock and horror in Liverpool when there wasn’t a single Beatle encrusted spoon to be found. Not even one with Paul’s foppish grin. One themed with a bit of Brit Pride feat. the liver bird sufficed.
Vintage Manchester
Vintage shopping in new cities is always a lot of fun, especially when you are given a personalised itinerary complete with coffee breaks. These shops are in the Northern Quarter of the city - the creative indie hub of Manchester.
Above The Permafrost
Manchester from the ground was frankly, pretty depressing today. We felt the first rain of the journey on our cheeks and the grimly mismatched architecture just seemed kind of vulgar. Not on an Auckland level - none of the modern buildings seemed in imminent danger of collapsing due to abject flimsiness - but after the sublime prettiness of parts of Edinburgh and Liverpool it certainly seemed a step down.
The Prettiest Girl in Manchester
English Rose, The Rose of Tralee. The Uk woman lives in mens hearts, the paragon of beauty. Riding the waves of myths and legends. Sirens on the rocks like Girls Aloud.
