Party Party in London

Our hotel is right across Hyde Park! Walked through it (tons of dogs- all terriers, and trees without leaves). How Londonish. Very crisp and everyone bundled up with red cheeks and noses. Visited Victoria and Albert Costume Museum. Okay, but I just loved watching Londoners pass by.

Here’s where we stayed. I’d definitely stay there again.

https://www.hydeparkcourthotel.com

Fruit stands on sidewalks. People pick up shop baskets outside stores. Window displays use props and fold merchandise in cascades on it! Cascading all over. Selfridge even had spiral displays.

Every body and every vehicle has something dayglow on it. The people I’ve been going out to speak with are all super friendly.

Harrods was killer huge with so many rushing, bustling shoppers; it’s like Xmas, especially when it closed- Mad Rush. Great! Huge! Super!

Buildings all look similar to Parliament with grey cast to the whole atmosphere – but still crisp and alive! Love it all! Great!

Had dinner at the hotel – fish with head and tail was second course of six course meal. But was all delightful.

The “Party Party” was a show, gig, and fashion deal put on by the “Hyper Hyper” group of London punk designers. Very punky and definitely London. Videos, interviews, bars, and mobs.

Took a London taxi there and back. It was rad and we felt like we were in a limo ride. Hyde Park was the highest point, but the show was a trippy point of the London “scene crowd”. Everyone is intensified here!

19 March 1984

44 degrees brisk and fog