With Christmas on the horizon, can you recommend a favourite London shop? "Once and again, I'm going to fail at picking just one place and go for an area instead - the Seven Dials end of Covent Garden. Within two or three streets you've got almost everything you need for your Christmas shopping - Waterstones, Magma and Stanfords for books (general), books (art and design) and books (travel). You've got Orcs Nest, for the gamer in your life, Fopp, for cds and dvds, London Graphics Centre, for all your creative needs, Neil's Yard for aromatherapy and other natural goodies, the Tea House, for teas and everything related, Tatty Divine, for super-cute jewellery - their new swallows-in-winter necklace has just been added to my personal wishlist - and Miller Harris for truly decadent perfumes.
There are at least a dozen pubs and bars, several good places for lunch or supper, and, finally, Candy Cakes, for that point in the day when, if you're going to get it all done, you just need to stop, get a hot drink, and consume enough sugar and food colouring to keep a toddler hyperactive for a week."
- Miss Alice
* Photo by Random Acts of Photography, used under Creative Commons, with thanks.
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