A strange thing happened when I went for a walk today, on the sunny street I found the keys to the kingdom of Islington. It started as all good adventures should and chicken jokes do, with the intention to go across the road.
Having just returned from New Zealand, I managed to rouse myself from my jet lagged haze at the respectable hour of midday. Starving I threw on some clothes to go across the road to buy the first edible thing I could find at the Sainsbury Local. But stepping outside I discovered the sun was shining.. this changed my intentions, I could venture the few doors down to a shop I needed to go to as well. But as the sun shined on me some more, and by some miracle I realised I wasn't cold walking around London, without a coat, in March, I decided I didn't have to eat Sainsbury food after all! I could make it to the cafe at the end of the road!
It was here, while sitting, being overly pretentious wearing my sunglasses inside, the pretentiousness I felt was warranted given I hadn't even washed let alone put on makeup, and being ecstatically happy with the sunshine and my breakfast that was taking up the whole table, that I found the keys.
They came in the form of a little guide to Islington, the last one left. Recognising many places as places I loved, I was excited to see that I did not know most on the list. As the sunniness had exceeded, even my overly optimistic expectations, I decided to test the keys and venture far into Holloway to find Outpost, which promised to be "a not-for-profit decor shop, and arts and community hub". Turns out it is run by a housing organisation, that helps the homeless. A lot of the crafts and exhibitions are from people who are/have been homeless or involved in this cause. I liked what I saw so much that I bought half the shop, ok an exaggeration, and asked if I could volunteer! Apparently this was perfect timing for this question, as the woman running the store said she was just finishing up writing a volunteer job description. She seemed so enthusiastic, she even asked what holidays I had coming up! Seems these keys are the real deal. Evidenced further when I later visited, Meek and Wild Fishmongers, also on the list, and as they were closing and I had no cash, gave me the fish on an IOU!
On the way back, excited to take some pictures with my new kaleidoscope that was part of my loot, I have a weird thing for kaleidoscopes, I found one of those loopholes that lets Londoners talk to each other, see below.
Sometimes the everyday can be wondrous!
Having just returned from New Zealand, I managed to rouse myself from my jet lagged haze at the respectable hour of midday. Starving I threw on some clothes to go across the road to buy the first edible thing I could find at the Sainsbury Local. But stepping outside I discovered the sun was shining.. this changed my intentions, I could venture the few doors down to a shop I needed to go to as well. But as the sun shined on me some more, and by some miracle I realised I wasn't cold walking around London, without a coat, in March, I decided I didn't have to eat Sainsbury food after all! I could make it to the cafe at the end of the road!
It was here, while sitting, being overly pretentious wearing my sunglasses inside, the pretentiousness I felt was warranted given I hadn't even washed let alone put on makeup, and being ecstatically happy with the sunshine and my breakfast that was taking up the whole table, that I found the keys.
They came in the form of a little guide to Islington, the last one left. Recognising many places as places I loved, I was excited to see that I did not know most on the list. As the sunniness had exceeded, even my overly optimistic expectations, I decided to test the keys and venture far into Holloway to find Outpost, which promised to be "a not-for-profit decor shop, and arts and community hub". Turns out it is run by a housing organisation, that helps the homeless. A lot of the crafts and exhibitions are from people who are/have been homeless or involved in this cause. I liked what I saw so much that I bought half the shop, ok an exaggeration, and asked if I could volunteer! Apparently this was perfect timing for this question, as the woman running the store said she was just finishing up writing a volunteer job description. She seemed so enthusiastic, she even asked what holidays I had coming up! Seems these keys are the real deal. Evidenced further when I later visited, Meek and Wild Fishmongers, also on the list, and as they were closing and I had no cash, gave me the fish on an IOU!
On the way back, excited to take some pictures with my new kaleidoscope that was part of my loot, I have a weird thing for kaleidoscopes, I found one of those loopholes that lets Londoners talk to each other, see below.
Sometimes the everyday can be wondrous!
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