Shop displays

It looks so small

hello beautiful, Selfridges, Oxford St, London

Entrance to Selfridges, Oxford Street, London, UK

Hello Beautiful

See also Selfridges 100 years

Keeping a Straight Face, Soho, London

Keeping a straight face even though things are going wrong.
A shop window off Carnaby Street.

Waiting for Christmas

Waiting for Christmas, a shop window at Liberty, Great Marlborough Street, London

Mouse Soap Dispensers, Carnaby Street, London

Mouse soap dispensers, what would the cat think? - Christmas shopping in Carnaby Street

Caption puzzles - Mango window display, Oxford Street, 2011

The Mango window display in Oxford Street, London. Any ideas for captions?

Doesn't her bum look big ?

Why does she always get to sit down?

Thats the last time I have plastic surgery!

Look what they have done to my legs.

For photos of 2010 Mango window display, see this posting

Window display - Telephones for sale

It is odd what you see at night. These are telephones in the shapes of skulls on display in the window of a shop in Soho, London. The front of the head detaches to form the receiver.

Postcards of London

 

Images of London in a shop window (is this really what London is like?)

Playful Zebra and Handbags at Louis Vuitton, Bond street, London

A playful zebra entertains passers-by by balancing handbags in the window of Louis Vuitton, Bond Street store, in London.

Dorking, Surrey - 2012 Olympic Cycling road race route

As I mentioned in my previous blog entry, the 2012 Olympic cycling road race will be passing through the town of Dorking in Surrey. Here are some pics of the route:

Dorking High Street, part of the 2012 Olympic Cycling road race course

West Street, Dorking

Cyclists already trying out the route on West Street

Flowers in Dorking

Dorking High Street which is to be part of the course

for the cycling road race in the 2012 Olympics.

A flower shop on the high street.

The Olympic cycling course also goes past the roundabout featuring the Dorking cockerel, see Dorking cockerel picture.

Oxford Street in December 2010

A busy Oxford Street, a week before Christmas

The entrance to Selfridges

For pictures of 2011 Christmas lights in London, see my Xmas 2011 set in Flickr.

How to stay warm this winter - Have Long Hair and Stay Indoors

A window display of warm clothing in Piccadily Circus, London, 

with the reflection of the advertising lights on the glass.

 The advertising display in Piccadilly Circus

Teddy Bears in Christmas display at Hamleys

The Christmas window at Hamleys, Regent Street,
features teddy bears and cakes.

The store is the largest toy shop in the world

with 7 floors of toys.

For pictures of 2011 Christmas lights in London, see my Xmas 2011 set in Flickr.

Caption competition - Mango window display

Any ideas?

I refuse to wear anything pink.

Oh no, its candles again.

It is always the man's fault.

Christmas window display, Mango, Oxford Street

Apple store in Covent Garden

The Apple Store at No 1, The Piazza, Covent Garden, on a Saturday evening. It opened in August 2010. Its opening hours are Mon-Sat: 9:00am - 9:00pm and Sun: noon - 6:00pm.

There was previously a restaurant on the site. It is at the entrance to the Piazza near Covent Garden tube station.

The Upmarket Giraffe

The Giraffe posing in Louis Vuitton shop in Bond Street, London, UK

The well-dressed giraffe

What everyone needs - a well-dressed giraffe!

Louis Vuitton window display in Bond Street, London.

Say Cheese, the cheese shop in Covent Garden

Unlike the cheese shop in the Monty Python sketch, Neal's Yard Dairy in Covent Garden has heaps of cheese.