‘Meet me at the corner of Third and Fairfax’ is something Angelenos have been saying to each other for years. It’s even the name of one of 2011 America’s Got Talent finalists, the pensioner duo who met at a karoake bar on said corner. The location is also the site of LA’s oldest Farmers Market, described by Not For Tourists LA as ‘one of the best melting pot LA experiences
Grab your conscience and your purse and head to Shoreditch, London tomorrow (3 December) for the opening of Amnesty International‘s first concept store at Boxpark. Amnesty, currently marking its 50th anniversary, will be one of the first to open its doors in the world’s only ‘pop up department store’ created out of 61 shipping containers. Income from the Amnesty shop will support its human rights work and all items are either
Alex Vertikoff , The J. Paul Getty Museum Courtyard at dusk, 11-08-2000 AD, 120 transparency ©2003 J. Paul Getty Trust ‘I hate museums. I hate art and I hate LA but I loved the Getty Center’ read one visitor’s review. Even a difficult to reach audience like this is smitten with this Californian gallery. Scoring 5 (stars? coloured in circles?) from 322 reviews on trip advisor there are literally no negative reviews about
The thinking man's denim, corduroy, inspires special affection among the 5,000 members of the Corduroy Appreciation Club. Their meetings are always held on dates that resemble the parallel lines of corduroy with the biggest to date being held in New York on 11/11/11. Attendees have to wear a minimum of two items of corduroy – which doesn't have the satisfying alliteration of 'double denim' but has loads of potential for
No one gets hurt at Woodwinters wine tastings. Indeed guests have a lovely time. Avocado Sweet is giving away 2 tickets worth £30 to Woodwinters wine tastings in November. Depending on where the lucky winner lives, there is a tasting at the Royal Hotel, Bridge of Allan on Friday 18 November between 5 and 8pm or one on Saturday the 19 November from 4 till 7pm at Hawke & Hunter
Brooklyn, long a New York day out for the economically challenged (a walk across the Bridge to gawp at the beautiful brownstones of Park Slope, a saunter round Prospect Park and as many coffee shops as there as stars in the heavens), has a new simple pleasure. Jane's Carousel is a completely restored, entirely original carousel built by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company in 1922. With its 48 exquisitely carved horses
No need to sleep on the floor at the Gladstone Library; the only residential library in Britain does dinner, bed and breakfast. And, if you don’t finish the books in the library, you can take them to bed. Originally designed to allow scholars to stay on site while undertaking their research and writing, this hotel with a difference is just as welcoming to tourists. It’s founder William Ewart Gladstone didn’t
In the words of Mae West, this long dress 'could cover a multitude of shins' and accommodate up to 238 people to be precise. REDDRESS is an interactive installation and performance space in the form of a colossal, red dress. Designed by Aamu Song, the project has been unveiled by The Finnish Institute in London as its next project for London Design Festival. From 22 to 25 September 2011,
This Saturday 3 September 2011 there's a Plum Market in Newburgh, Fife, Scotland. In September and October there will be apple and pear markets. Jams, preserves and chutneys will also be for sale. Newburgh Orchards Group was set up in 2002 to protect and promote the orchards in the area. Some date back to 1191 when Benedictine monks came from Abbeville, France and planted trees in and around Lindores Abbey.
If you are looking for a hotel room in central London during 2012 perhaps you could consider a boat perched on the Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof. Bookings can be made from 8 September 2011 for the first half of 2012. The temporary installation, A Room for London was commissioned by Living Architecture and Artangel, in association with South Bank Centre. Designed by David Kohn Architects and artist Fiona Banner, the