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I BE BRICK-LANING

Sunday 2 May 2010 by ..:: IAMRAV ::..


FOR ONCE I GOT SOME TIME OFF WORK ON THE WEEKEND SO SPENT IT WITH MY UNI HEADS - MADS PACKED. SO SHOUT OUT TO KANIKA FOR SHOWING ME THE BREAKFAST CLUB IN HOXTON - BUT THERE'S ALSO ONE IN SOHO AND ANGEL.

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THE DECOR WAS UBER KITSCH BUT DEFINITELY RETRO AMERICAN DINER WITH A HINT OF CSM :P THE TYPE ABOVE THE BAR FOR ONE SAID...

"'I MET THIS WOMAN, SHE MADE ME NERVOUS, SHE TOOK ME IN AND MADE ME BREAKFAST"

SICKA... THEY HAD THE PACMAN SWAG ON THEIR MUGS BUT THE MEALS WERE HUMONGOUS, I MEAN MY SAUSAGE/BACON/EGG ROLL WAS A REAL SCOOBY SNACK AND REALLY HAD TO CRAM IT IN MY FACE HOLE. IT WAS MORE DEAR THAN MOST BREAKFASTS PLACES BUT BREAKFAST WITH A DRINK WILL COST YOU BETWEEN £7-12 BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A GOOD START TO A DAY.






THE GRAFF ARTISTS ALREADY OUT IN FORCE ON THIS YEARS ANTICIPATED HORROR FLICK...



SO MAKING OUR WAY DOWN TO BRICK LANE FOR THIS SUPERRETTE'S CREATIVE JUMBLE SALE AND YE THERE WAS A COUPLE OF NICE THINGS BUT I SPOTTED THIS AND IMMEDIATELY CO-SIGNED WITH APPRECIATION *TRIGGER FINGERS* RECOGNISE...






REFERRING TO THE 4 IMAGES ABOVE, I'M DOWN FOR THE VINTAGE WEAR AND AM LOOKING FOR THAT SPECIAL VARSITY JACKET THAT EMBODIES ONESELF BUT IT'S GETTING ONE THAT'S 'YOU' WHICH IS DIFFICULT. BUT IF YOU PASS A ORANGE NEON SHOP THEN GO IN AS THE SHOP OWNER HAS CATS FOR SHOP ASSISTANTS...SICKA. ANYWAY THEY HAVE NICE PENDANT AND JEWELLERY PIECES THAT ARE EXCLUSE.

NOW I WISH I COULD REMEMBER THE NAME OF THIS OTHER BOUTIQUE BUT FRANKLY I CANT - ALL I KNOW IT'S GOT A BIG RED DOOR AND A WAISTCOAT PIECE MADE FROM DECONTRUCTED TRAINERS AND SOME COOL SQUISHY DIGITAL WATCHES WHICH I WILL INDEED BE KOPPING WHEN I FIND THAT RED DOOR AGAIN.


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