Fall Colours, and a Trip to London
Yesterday I went out for the day and brought my camera along. (Margo and Sarah wanted to stay home.)
On the way to my Saturday morning coffee on the Ipswich waterfront, I went through Alexandra Park and got this picture. There was a decent wind, and I could see lots of leaves falling. I got the feeling that these trees would be mostly bare by the end of the day.
London's an easy choice for a day out for me. There's loads to see, and it's free for me as I get a monthly pass for my rail travel.
My first stop in London was the Rough Trade music shop on Brick Lane. There happens to be a Brick Lane movie on current release, which focuses on the immigrant experience in east London.
Next I went southwest to the Knightsbridge neighbourhood. First, I wanted to visit Harrods, since I was too early last time I was there. I walked the mens' department, and started to feel silly after a while as I was dressed casually, so I didn't explore much more.
Next I continued down the road to the Victoria and Albert Museum. It's a museum of textiles: clothing, furniture, interior design. It's one of the few major London museums I haven't seen. I didn't expect to spend much time there, but I did get drawn into a few exhibits: a room on artwork based on maps; collections of design artifacts from recent decades of the 20th century, including trainers, album covers, mobile phones, and portable electronics; and fashion photography.
This is the lobby, dominated by a chandelier which I'm pretty sure is by Dale Chihuly, a bit of Northwest familiarity.
I didn't realise the signifigance until later, but I did, on my way out, ask a V&A security person, with no conscious irony, "Excuse me, could you direct me to the Albert Hall?" I even used dierect instead of deerect. Guess I'm going a bit native ...
I walked the two blocks to Hyde Park and from there, got a good picture of the Hall.
You may have seen that before, but did you know that, across the street, in Hyde Park, there's this monument to Prince Albert? I didn't.
As I walked north through the park toward Oxford Street, the sun came out briefly, allowing me to capture the fall colours in another park that day.
On the way to my Saturday morning coffee on the Ipswich waterfront, I went through Alexandra Park and got this picture. There was a decent wind, and I could see lots of leaves falling. I got the feeling that these trees would be mostly bare by the end of the day.
London's an easy choice for a day out for me. There's loads to see, and it's free for me as I get a monthly pass for my rail travel.
My first stop in London was the Rough Trade music shop on Brick Lane. There happens to be a Brick Lane movie on current release, which focuses on the immigrant experience in east London.
Next I went southwest to the Knightsbridge neighbourhood. First, I wanted to visit Harrods, since I was too early last time I was there. I walked the mens' department, and started to feel silly after a while as I was dressed casually, so I didn't explore much more.
Next I continued down the road to the Victoria and Albert Museum. It's a museum of textiles: clothing, furniture, interior design. It's one of the few major London museums I haven't seen. I didn't expect to spend much time there, but I did get drawn into a few exhibits: a room on artwork based on maps; collections of design artifacts from recent decades of the 20th century, including trainers, album covers, mobile phones, and portable electronics; and fashion photography.
This is the lobby, dominated by a chandelier which I'm pretty sure is by Dale Chihuly, a bit of Northwest familiarity.
I didn't realise the signifigance until later, but I did, on my way out, ask a V&A security person, with no conscious irony, "Excuse me, could you direct me to the Albert Hall?" I even used dierect instead of deerect. Guess I'm going a bit native ...
I walked the two blocks to Hyde Park and from there, got a good picture of the Hall.
You may have seen that before, but did you know that, across the street, in Hyde Park, there's this monument to Prince Albert? I didn't.
As I walked north through the park toward Oxford Street, the sun came out briefly, allowing me to capture the fall colours in another park that day.
posted by Michael Nelson at 11:10 am
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