March 9th, 2008 | by Simon | published in Belfast, Shopping
We have a new snazzy shopping centre in Belfast! It is called Victoria Square and it is quite big. G and I went down and checked it out on the opening day on Thursday and it was crazy bonkers with millions of people. I just wanted to wander around and get a feel for the place but [...]
February 14th, 2008 | by Simon | published in Food and Drink, Shopping
After two and half years, the Egg and Muffin Toaster (of my dreams) has finally made it to the UK, as the Tefal Toast n Egg. That is the good news. The only bad news for me is that it is only available in Comet, who don’t deliver to Northern Ireland. Could that be any [...]
February 2nd, 2008 | by Simon | published in Fashion, Shopping, Travel
I was in London yesterday for a quick visit, meeting two presenters I’m hoping will come and work in Northern Ireland on a summer series. I managed a quick trip to Regent Street, where I was a bit dismayed to see that American clothes retailers are arriving. Banana Republic opens in Spring 2008. Part of [...]
December 27th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Shopping, Weird
If you are a baby, you cannot choose whether or not you want to be religious, so why is there a Baby’s First Bible?!!!
This is some weird animatronic Elvis which is currently on sale at The Sharper Image for only $199.99! Who in their right mind would buy that. Apparently ‘State-of-the-art technologies animate Alive™ Elvis® [...]
August 28th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Food and Drink, Shopping, Travel
On my trip, I discovered that there is a chain of record shops in California called Rasputin Music. Rasputin was basically a guy that lived in Russia at the turn of the 20th Century. He was really controversial because he came to have a lot of influence over the Russian Royal Family at the time. He [...]
August 28th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Shopping, Weird
Well maybe you can now, as I saw this shop in Dallas. It could be a shop where you can get your cat tattooed. Then again, it may not be. If you are in Dallas and want to check it out, it was on Beltline.
July 15th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Food and Drink, Shopping, Work
I’ve been continuing my recce all over Northern Ireland this week for the upcoming TV series I’m working on.
It has been really interesting to be honest. Here are some things I learnt this week that I didn’t know before….
butterflies only live a couple of months
nitrates give bacon its bright pink colour, and [...]
July 3rd, 2007 | by Simon | published in Belfast, Food and Drink, Shopping
Two things have closed this week which make things a bit rubbish. Firstly, the great record / dvd / book store called Fopp closed its doors. If you are not aware of them, Fopp was mainly a Scottish chain of stores where the staff were friendly, the stores were a bit funky, and they always [...]
May 13th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Clothes, Fashion, Shopping
I was in London on Friday for work, so took the opportunity to stay over and do some quick shopping as well. I made my first visit to Abercrombie’s first store in the UK, in Burlington Gardens, just off Saville Row.
My thoughts? Well it is enormous for a start - much bigger than any [...]
March 23rd, 2007 | by Simon | published in Clothes, Fashion, Shopping
Well my invite must have got lost in the post, but yesterday Abercrombie opened their first UK store - in Saville Row in London. I’ll need to check it out next time I’m over.
They’ve also opened a UK specific website - here, and pricing (which seems quite steep compared to US prices) now include import [...]
