Ingrid Thorpe

Random musings and the occasional rant

Friends appears to be coming to Carnaby St

Was pottering about at lunch today when I came across this shop which appears to be just about to open just off Carnaby St (near the cash machines).

I'm thinking Friends in a big way.  Will they go the whole hog and get a giant couch in there too?  Only time will tell. ;-)

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Coffee standards please!

Citizens of London.. Why oh why do we put up with the quite frankly poor standards of coffee that pervade this city?  Italians would have rioted in the streets by now.  The French would have gone on strike, of course.  Why do we all seem content with Starbucks/Costa/Nero swill?

Are we not European?  Should we not be demanding a higher standard of coffee culture?  At this point I suppose I should give it up to the likes of Fernandez and Wells and Flat white in Soho who consistently keep the flag flying high for us true believers.  

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