Sunday 20 September 2009

Item 51: Jason's Canal Boat Tour

Location: Little Venice, London

Duffy put Warwick Avenue back on the map last year with her tube station titled song. I've seen many an English girl exiting the station up the stairs, singing her breakup song. But what else do you do, when you've seen the sign, snapped the photo and ticked that off your list?

One option is take a short walk towards the canals of Little Venice and hop on the 100 year old Jason's Canal Boat and take a tour down a new route towards Camden. Toe paths with walkers on a sunny day pass you by and the romance of the boat ride is shared with the 30 or more others sitting on the neatly arranged school seats next to you in the cabin. There's commenatary about the mansions along the canals, London Zoo and Regent's Park as you pass them by and then finish off at Camden Lock market. On the weekend, it's the perfect ride towards a late lunch or early afternoon-tea with stalls offering up an international array of food to enjoy.

Item 51: Jason's Canal Boat Tour? CHECK!

Sunday 6 September 2009

Item 50: Open Air Theatre presents Hello Dolly

Location: Regents Park Open Air Theatre, London.

Hurry! Book now! The outdoor presentation of 'Hello Dolly' finishes soon. (And so does Summer in the UK).

I bought my tickets for £15 on www.lastminute.com. The
seats were Row R seats 1 and 2. They were so far up the top and to the edge of the seating plan, the leaves from the trees threatened to obstruct our view of the stage as we waited for the sun to go down. But once the actors came on and we recalled the songs we'd most recently heard from the Disney movie 'Wall-e' this was a delightful evening.

Usually there's Shakespeare on in the park, but this show was cute. There was singing and dancing and no need for extra layers of clothing to keep me from the cold. The songs were in my head for days after and it didn't bother me one bit.

Item 50: Open Air Theatre? CHECK!