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Treasure T-shirts
2008-05-20 00:39:00 We just had a print run of t-shirts. They look awesome! I’m pleased that I can totally recommend Advertees down in Cornwall - great customer service, and a perfect print job. We’ll be using them again for sure. Thanks guys, Ronald More About: Shirts , T-Shirts , T shirts , Treasure
London Mayor Elections
2008-05-01 15:28:00 I’ve not updated this in a while - but it’s time to remind any remaining readers that the London Mayor al Elections are TODAY. Vote now and have your say! Cheers, Ronald More About: London Mayor
Earthquake!
2008-02-27 02:29:00 Did anybody else just feel an Earthquake ? Just a slight shaking here in North London for a matter of seconds… my housemate stood next to me didn’t even notice. According to technorati, it was felt (and stronger) as far away as Sheffield. That must be a massive quake by UK standards, wonder where the epicentre was ...
London vs Glasgow
2008-02-27 00:32:00 I’m back from Glasgow (on Virgin’s West Coast… not so highly recommended although did get us home 15 mins early). Glasgow is my family’s home and I forget how beautiful I find it. I visited family - a house with a lochside view (and access) and a hill range visible from the other side. They live ... More About: London
National Express East Coast
2008-02-23 08:46:00 I am travelling up to Scotland this morning - this (admittedly short) post is brought to you by National Express East Coast railway’s free wifi. You can pay more for wifi than the price of my train ticket if you want… Incredible!
Lucky Voice karaoke
2008-02-16 18:46:00 Lucky Voice karaoke is highly recommended. In a small private room, you and your friends can karaoke along to such 80s classics as… The Ballad of Barry and Freda? Enjoy, Ronald More About: Karaoke , Lucky
Danny John-Jules
2008-02-16 18:24:00 Poor man. He’s probably still suffering from stress after his neighbour’s houses were destroyed by tornado in December 2006. More About: London , John , Danny
Fear of Cycling
2008-02-12 04:24:00 Since I wrote the last post about cycling it’s become clear to me how many people I speak to who say: “Wow, cycling in London. I would LOVE to do that but it’s too scary.” There must be many thousands of people thinking the same thing. In fact, I remember thinking exactly the same thing for over ... More About: Cycling , Fear
Heathrow Terminal 5
2008-02-12 04:16:00 Heathrow are conducting public trials with volunteers to test out Terminal 5. I have just signed my name down for a day of unpaid work. I used to look at stuff like this and think it would be cool but damage my reputation as a sane person if I signed up as a volunteer - but now ... More About: Heathrow
Cycling in London
2008-02-06 02:23:00 I have been cycling regularly in London for about 6 months. I’ve been through a number of stages… 1. FEAR. At first I was terrified of the idea of cycling in London… stories of occasional deaths and injuries plagued me. However - deaths per km travelled is actually slightly less on a bike than it is on ... More About: Cycling
American Elections
2008-02-05 19:35:00 The worst thing about the US Presidential elections in 2000 and 2004 is that they’ve made watching US elections not fun any more. No longer do CNN and NBC compete to make the most wildly inaccurate calls perhaps even before polling has opened. I want to know exactly how much they think Obama/Clinton/Romney/McCain has won/lost by ... More About: Elections , American
MacBook Air Geek
2008-02-04 01:46:00 Oh my gosh. I haven’t seen one live yet but I am in love. MacBook Air is half the size of a regular MacBook (though at the expense of a disk drive and USB port) I recently switched back from a MacBook to a PC (after full consideration of the cost) and immediately regretted it. The MacBook I ... More About: Geek , Macbook , Macbook Air
The next station is? Fulham Broadway
2008-02-01 16:42:00 I’d like to pimp out Bloggie nominee Going Underground’s Blog. She writes a LOT of interesting stuff about the London Underground. Definitely worth a visit for the regular tube traveller. I’m ashamed to say I’ve stolen this video from her: a performance of Michael Jackson’s Thriller on a tube carriage. Enjoy! P.S. I’m curious to know who the ... More About: Broadway , Station , Fulham
Brian May
2008-02-01 02:06:00 I know so many random facts about Brian May (for example I saw him a couple of times when he was writing his PhD thesis at Imperial College London ) that just now while watching Music Television my brain asked me… “What’s Brian May doing in a Queen video?” hmmm. Good work by the way Bri! Perhaps you’ll ...
Mannequins
2008-01-31 02:17:00 Shop mannequins interest me - I try to use mannequins in high street stores to judge whether or not a shirt would look good on me. That is, until I remember that the mannequins at Gap are 8 feet tall and built like Hunter from Gladiators. I went through a period of trying to avoid ... More About: London , Mannequins
Leadenhall Building Demolition
2008-01-31 01:29:00 On Leadenhall Street, opposite the Lloyds Building , an unusual demolition is taking place. 122 Leadenhall Street (the P&O Tower) is being demolished from the bottom up… the bottom half of the building has disappeared - leaving only a building in the sky (apparently sat atop a concrete core). Weird. Unfortunately this interesting sight that rivals the Lloyds ... More About: Demolition
Parliament Hill
2008-01-28 03:14:00 Just a quick one - the view across London from Parliament Hill at night in light fog is awesome. The moon was golden tonight and the landmarks were bathed in a dewy glow. The traditional look-out at the top of the hill is good but there are some views along the paths which take in ...
London Gym Membership
2008-01-26 21:09:00 I have been looking at gym memberships for 2008. I am in training for a season of triathlon - while I can do most of the work outside, I do need motivation to use a swimming pool. The high cost of regular swimming makes it good value to join a gym - where I can do ... More About: London , Membership
London Mayoral Elections - 1 May 2008
2008-01-25 02:04:00 LONDONERS - you must be registered on the electoral roll at your London address before April 16 in order to be eligible to vote in the London Mayor elections on May 1. If you’ll be wanting to stand, you’ll need to collect 330 signatures and £10,000 (refundable at 5%), plus an additional £10,000 in order to ... More About: Elections , 2008
Tourists hunting London Treasure
2008-01-24 15:10:00 I found the cutest video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCNqJ3KLyK Q Some Americans living in Paris attempt the Time Out London Treasure Hunt… they stay in a quirky hotel, they visit Ping Pong for dim sum (hey, that’s one of my favourite restaurants too!), and mill around Hyde Park and Westminster. The video is a nicely constructed story of their adventures. Good work ... More About: Tourists , Hunting
Moss Bros
2008-01-24 13:46:00 Thanks to Moss Bros on Gray’s Inn Road I managed to hire black tie at the last minute. I was most impressed that the assistant was able to wordlessly and immediately pick out exactly the sizes I would have chosen for myself (He did have to confirm my shoe size). It was the 32 waist/30 leg ...
Dorset
2008-01-24 13:41:00 I spent the weekend on holiday in Lyme Regis. It’s rare that I leave London in the winter as a European holiday seems somewhat pointless - but actually it was interesting to visit a tourist trap town during the off-season. The locals were friendly and the sea was welcoming. Turned out it was warm enough to ... More About: Dorset
Stonehenge
2008-01-21 21:20:00 I spent the weekend out of London. It’s always nice to leave London - not only do you get a new experience, but you appreciate the city comforts all the more. We visited a classic British tourist attraction - Stonehenge . I’ve heard bad things about Stonehenge… most people I’ve spoken to have said it is a ...
Cost of Living
2008-01-11 16:50:00 Yesterday I happened to be grocery shopping in North London’s desirable Crouch End (celebrity residents have included: Simon Pegg, Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, Clare Grogan, Bernard Butler, Gillian Anderson, etc). I needed some bread, so I took a look at a fresh loaf in the local Budgens supermarket - £1.75 for a standard loaf of ... More About: Living , Cost , Cost of living
Horses in London
2008-01-10 14:07:00 There are a few areas of London where you might expect to see horses - the stables under a flyover on the Westway can be a bit of a shock but they always make me smile. My favourite horse location is Hyde Park/Green Park. An excessively expensive ride grants you the right to cross the road ... More About: Horses
Confessions of a QuizMaster
2008-01-10 13:53:00 My friend and fellow event organiser David has started a blog detailing his work as a QuizMaster. Did you know that the band Toto (most famous for their 1982 hit ‘Africa’) wrote and performed the soundtrack to the film Dune? Awesome. All the best, Ronald - Treasure London More About: Confessions , Aster , Fess
Spice Girls in Concert
2008-01-03 06:17:00 Last night I had the opportunity to see the Spice Girls at the O2 (the old Millennium Dome) The Spice Girls - it was great to sing all the old hits with thousands of other people and see the girls back in action. It was a bit sad that the Spice who wasn’t singing and kept ... More About: Concert , Cert
Fourth Plinth
2007-12-31 14:48:00 As you may have noticed, Alison Lapper Pregnant has been removed from the fourth plinth of Trafalgar Square. We at Treasure London miss her already: she made an excellent clue on one of our treasure hunts. Jonny Wilkinson stood on the plinth for a few hours in October, and “Model for a Hotel 2007″ has been ...
St Paul?s Carols
2007-12-24 11:07:00 Yesterday we attended the St Paul ’s Christmas Carol Service. I wasn’t so excited about going but I realised it was a great opportunity to get inside St Paul ’s for free and experience a Christmassy atmosphere and a fun enough sing-a-long. But in fact it was awesome! We must have arrived just at the perfect moment, about 15 ... More About: Carols
London Underground VIP
More articles from this author:2007-12-24 09:50:00 As far as I have figured out, London Underground staff refer to blind people as ‘VIP’s - which stands for ‘Visually Impaired Person’. I call that Political Correctness gone good. I was on a tube carriage earlier in the week while a VIP was boarding the train. A staff member helped him board, and then presumably ... More About: London Underground 1, 2 |
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