kensington is an area i normally avoid, because it’s the kind of place where, even though i make a perfectly decent living, just walking around makes me feel incredibly poor and scruffy. but in a fit of insanity, j and i decided to brave it and made the pilgrimage to the new whole foods store in london.

there it was, in all its glory – a big giant supermarket, the likes of which london has never seen, perfectly located in an area chock full of americans and people with money to burn. it was… well, insane. and glorious. and insane. i’ve never heard so many north american accents in one place before. they actually had to stop letting people into the building because it was getting so crowded.

it was a massive treasure trove of goodies, and i could have spent hours there if it weren’t for j’s general allergy to shopping (and grocery stores in particular.) some of the delightfulness that found its way into my basket:

tinned black beans
dr. bronner’s soap
*good* soy cheese
faux meats galore, including the elusive seitan
wasabi peanuts
and the jackpot: beerlao (yes, it’s really from laos!)

here’s some photos of us enjoying beerlao in laos. it’s actually a damn fine beer.

i managed to get out of there with a mere £30 damage to the wallet only through massive self-restraint. i love food shopping.

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on the way in and back, i saw *far* too much evidence of the retro-80s (since when did 80s become retro?) fashion trend. ugh. day glo tights. feathered haircuts. and who ever decided that black hair, orange self-tanner and pink lipstick looked good? yuck.

jamie lidell – a little bit more

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