A talk at the Bloomsbury Institute tonight titled 'Cities are Good for You' got me to thinking why I love living in a city so much and what keeps me in London despite the smog and crowds. Here are the results in no particular order -
1. Architecture. The Lesser Known Architecture exhibition at the Design Museum will make you see buildings in a different light if you haven't been converted already. 2. Our daily bread. The E5 bakery sells the tastiest loaves for really reasonable prices, find out more here. 3. Impossibly stylish people, brought to us this week by The Sartorialist. 4. A constant supply of good art, my favourite at the moment being the Souzou exhibition at the Wellcome Collection. A gorgeous collection of work that really grabs your attention. It's a debut for Japanese 'outsider art' in the UK and it finishes on the 30th June so get down there quick. 5. Strokes of genious (or
madness); I really like the sound of this grass-free park. A floral,
scented lawn planted in West London claims to provide a friendlier
habitat for pollinating insects. 6. I can get sushi whenever I damn well please, enough said. 7. More well dressed folk, found by the Style Scout. With so many vintage markets and endless highstreets for a playground, there's not much excuse for anything else!
So what keeps you in the city? Or is it the rolling hills of the country side that puts a smile on your face?!
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