post 10, Tiago w10

Tiago, one of my oldest friends. He once went to a halloween party dressed as a Chilean miner - and it turns out the attendees of the party thought it was a little too soon to make such bad tasted jokes. He took me in as word on the street went round about my situation and posted on my facebook wall if I was doing OK and needed somewhere to stay. As it goes, I was at a loose end, as I felt my time spent at Sams was little too much. My feet had got really and truly comfortable under that kitchen table and very soon I was in Tiago's Notting Hill flat.

One thing I've noticed is I haven't spent much time in my pieces writing about the local area so today I'm going to focus primarily on that. Although Tiago very kindly offered me somewhere to stay he neglected to tell me that he worked rather long hours. Quite a lot of the time. So due to my lack of entry in forementioned flat I spent a lot of time dawdling around Notting Hill, and the more time I spent out there the more I enjoyed this pocket of west london. As true as I can stay to my East End roots Notting hill certainly has a lot to offer. The museum of brands was a particular favourite - and as a Media and Culture studies student it was particularly enjoyable looking at these nuggets of branding and packaging history. From the retro coca cola cans and its evolution through modern history to the old school spiderman poster it was a real time tunnel of consumerism patterns. Thouroughly recommended.

Another personal highlight was the electric cinema. Yet another night spent waiting around was filled up by the Luxury cinema, I went to see Contagion. As highly as I recommend the cinema I wouldn't recommend the movie. As well as the vintage velvet arm chairs, and two seater sofas offered to the doting couples, your ticket price also came with a footstand! Cinema-going in style.

Although my stay in W10 was enjoyable thanks to Tiagos good nature my props this time goes to the Notting Hill and hopefully my adventures will bring me back very soon.

Fizzy pop over the years.