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Message:: [QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 10058758, member: 29"]The problem with our malls is they’re the same old, same old, even down to shops you see in the USA. ah, the Globe. I’ve been there many times, a friend was one of the original sponsors and has her name on a brick. It was all paid for by little donations and sponsorship and volunteers. Many of the staff are still voluntary. We did a behind the scenes tour not long after it opened with mark rylance. He told us how concrete was expensive and they needed vast quantities to deal with our London clay and the soggy Thames foreshore. So, end of each day, any concrete pump that had been working in London would rock up and squirt its leftovers into the massive foundations. Brilliant. Rylance also did a talk on the influence of Native American shamanism on Shakespeare. I saw Vanessa Redgrave as Prospero, she wasn’t that good, but hey. What I love is the background noise of London you get whilst the play is on. They don’t use mikes, so it’s proper stagecraft too. There’s an excellent Kurdish restaurant round the corner from there, Tas Pide. Small chain, they’ve got one at Borough market too. Another good small chain is The Real Greek. My neighbour who cooks like an angel has a restaurant called Beirut Gardens on Shaftesbury Avenue.[/QUOTE]