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Baker Street.
<<< Back then Baker Street was home of a great, albeit fictional, detective.
Today, Baker Street is home of a lot of bars... and, well, some other stuff.
This millennium, the Baker Street Tube station is one of London's largest with five different
lines.
At street level, the area might not seem unique at first with a smattering of American fast
food options.
Today, Baker Street is home of a lot of bars... and, well, some other stuff.
This millennium, the Baker Street Tube station is one of London's largest with five different
lines.
At street level, the area might not seem unique at first with a smattering of American fast
food options.
What makes Baker Street great is the access it provides. It's just a couple of blocks from Regent's Park, where Somebodyisfromhere.com
studied abroad. The beautiful park is also the home of the London Zoo and Queen Mary's Gardens full of roses.
On the far side of the park (from the tube) is Primrose Hill. London doesn't have a very high skyline by US standards and the hill, second to
maybe only the London Eye, provides one of the best views of the city.
Camden Town is on the other side of Primose Hill. Camden is known for it's markets. A broke Somebodyisfromhere.com went there to put
Christmas presents on his credit card only to leave having bought a sweater in cash for himself.
That's not to say there's nothing to do on Baker Street. Right outside the station is Madame Tussauds. The Metropolitan Bar is perched above
the tube station. It's a big restaurant that looks like it would fit in any city. It doesn't have music letting company entertain themselves.
Somebodyisfromhere.com preferred the Prince Regent just a couple blocks away from The Metropolitan on a corner of Marleybone High Street.
It's a quiet bar that fits comfortably within the pub description. It has two floors, the second offering a view down two of the streets and a billiards
table.
This is not the kind of Baker Street you see in Sherlock Holmes.
Since Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow made it socially acceptable to be a lead actor who is a bit off-center other actors have followed. One such
entertaining example is Chris Pine in Star Trek. Robert Downey Jr. also rode such a portrayal to box office success in Iron Man.
Downey Jr. goes weird again in Sherlock Holmes. He seems to have a fun time in the role as Holmes while it's nice to see Jude Law cut loose as
Dr. Watson. They are joined by Rachel McAdams who is much more bland than her roles in State of Play and Wedding Crashers.
The movie is directed by Guy Richie who many people haven't seen since Snatch. More recently he directed Rocknrolla, a fairly entertaining
British action movie starring Gerard Butler. Richie again plunges the fairly entertaining depths this time out. Sherlock feels like it should be fun,
but there's nothing remarkable here and, worse so, nothing all that memorable.
It's the type of movie that's probably worth spending a few dollars on just to watch a few actors go eccentric. Me? I'd rather be at the Prince
Regent.
studied abroad. The beautiful park is also the home of the London Zoo and Queen Mary's Gardens full of roses.
On the far side of the park (from the tube) is Primrose Hill. London doesn't have a very high skyline by US standards and the hill, second to
maybe only the London Eye, provides one of the best views of the city.
Camden Town is on the other side of Primose Hill. Camden is known for it's markets. A broke Somebodyisfromhere.com went there to put
Christmas presents on his credit card only to leave having bought a sweater in cash for himself.
That's not to say there's nothing to do on Baker Street. Right outside the station is Madame Tussauds. The Metropolitan Bar is perched above
the tube station. It's a big restaurant that looks like it would fit in any city. It doesn't have music letting company entertain themselves.
Somebodyisfromhere.com preferred the Prince Regent just a couple blocks away from The Metropolitan on a corner of Marleybone High Street.
It's a quiet bar that fits comfortably within the pub description. It has two floors, the second offering a view down two of the streets and a billiards
table.
This is not the kind of Baker Street you see in Sherlock Holmes.
Since Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow made it socially acceptable to be a lead actor who is a bit off-center other actors have followed. One such
entertaining example is Chris Pine in Star Trek. Robert Downey Jr. also rode such a portrayal to box office success in Iron Man.
Downey Jr. goes weird again in Sherlock Holmes. He seems to have a fun time in the role as Holmes while it's nice to see Jude Law cut loose as
Dr. Watson. They are joined by Rachel McAdams who is much more bland than her roles in State of Play and Wedding Crashers.
The movie is directed by Guy Richie who many people haven't seen since Snatch. More recently he directed Rocknrolla, a fairly entertaining
British action movie starring Gerard Butler. Richie again plunges the fairly entertaining depths this time out. Sherlock feels like it should be fun,
but there's nothing remarkable here and, worse so, nothing all that memorable.
It's the type of movie that's probably worth spending a few dollars on just to watch a few actors go eccentric. Me? I'd rather be at the Prince
Regent.
| In Bruges. |
<<< Colin Farrell plays an Irish hitman hiding out in Belgium in his new movie, In Bruges.
Farrell, an Irishman, gives his best performance to date mostly because he drops the cocky
swagger he uses while playing Americans (a fact that I think I'm offended with by the way).
Farrell's character and the character played by Brendan Gleeson had to kill a couple of
people in order to get a trip to Bruges (rhymes with huge). I didn't have to go that far - - it only
felt like death.
Farrell, an Irishman, gives his best performance to date mostly because he drops the cocky
swagger he uses while playing Americans (a fact that I think I'm offended with by the way).
Farrell's character and the character played by Brendan Gleeson had to kill a couple of
people in order to get a trip to Bruges (rhymes with huge). I didn't have to go that far - - it only
felt like death.
I was in Bruges for about an hour and a half. An accident on an English highway coming from London shortened our day trip significantly. We took a ferry from
Dover (England) and landed in Calais (France), taking a bus the rest of the way.
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Dover (England) and landed in Calais (France), taking a bus the rest of the way.
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