Category: shopping
Rough Trade’s East End Flagship Store
I(Chris) have not visited London for many years, and while visiting during the Olympics, we heard a lot about the Spitalfields markets. So one morning we decided to check it out. This area of East London felt quite different from what I was expecting. The Spitalfields markets contain a new and an old section. We…
Stanfords, the London mapseller
Stanfords on Long Acre, Covent Garden is one of my (Chris) favourite shops in London. The shop has been at that same location when I was a student in London in the 80’s. It seems to have expanded as it now has a coffee shop. I like this shop because 1) completeness in geographic coverage…
Naschmarkt, Vienna
Just across the street from Café Drechsler (previous post) is Der Naschmarkt – a half-mile long strip of stalls and shops on top of a river – Vienna’s food market since the 16th century. On every Saturday, there is a flea market at the far end of Naschmarkt – with Vienna being at the center…
Suburban mall hopping, part 2
Paris Baguette, Los Cerritos mall You can tell by the name, Paris Baguette, that this cafe is not run by a French company. It is a franchise run by a rather successful Korean chaebol (SPC group) that has landed in the US a few years ago. There was one in Fort Lee, NJ near us…