fishes on plates

Non-food items at Borough Market.

I'm writing a essay for one of my courses about Borough Market, so have been spending a lot of time there lately. I promise the Borough Market pictures will ease up as soon as I turn in my essay...

welcome to olympic city

Obviously, the Olympics are coming to London next summer and St. Pancras International Station recently unveiled these Olympic rings welcoming visitors to the city. I like this shot from the back so the gaudy colors aren't as visible and you can see the approaching trains.

The entire station is in the midst of refurbishment (also in anticipation of 2012), so it's looking particularly shiny and beautiful these days.

the ship

Now a real estate office.

Blows Yard

Dickensian backstreets by Borough Market.

brownie shard!

Arrived at Borough Market early enough on Saturday to see this impressive creation at the Flour Power City Bakery stall. They'd sold enough brownies by noon that it was unrecognizable.

But you can tell what it is, right? It's the Shard (that omnipresent, all-seeing eye as fellow blogger raskolniikov rightly described it)! You really can't escape it.

epic pub lunch

Spring has definitely arrived in London, and what better way to celebrate than an outdoor lunch? Here we see a pub lunch to end all pub lunches. The scampi were the best part.

Ritzy

Fancy a flick?

two for a quid

Art for sale on Brick Lane, c. 2006.

Gherkin meets Tower

The view from Tower Bridge -- one of the oldest and one of the newest buildings in the East End, side by side.

spot of sun

Some late afternoon light by Embankment.

wash your hands with eagles

I was fascinated by these branded soap dispensers at the Crystal Palace football ground.

Wham bam color!

These colo(u)rs bowled me over. Too bad it was closed when I went by -- I fancied a bit of recess. Also notice the rising Shard in the background, to the left...

Peeking

Peeking down a side street.

King & Queen

Bit o' signage in Fitzrovia.

camouflage

This month's Theme Day on City Daily Photo is "Edges." This photo clearly shows how the HMS Belfast has been painted to melt into its surroundings -- it's hard to tell where the ship ends and the city begins. In other words, their edges blend together. Ta da!

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