Now that i'm in London, heading over to the West End to see some shows is something that was recommended to me. After having a look around at what was on offer, and what was cheap, a couple of shows came up. Sister Act and Avenue Q. Tickets were cheap, but that's because they're finishing up. Haha! Whatever, cheap tickets are cheap tickets :).
Both shows were great, and I ended up getting quite good seats at the end of the day! One by pure luck, and the other because there were some vacancies (read: I moved there). The singing performances of the leads in Sister Act were just awesome, and Avenue Q was quite entertaining... not as rude as I thought it would be - I loved the Bad Idea Bears - yeeeaaaaaayyyyyy!! (If you don't know what that means... go see Avenue Q).
What else have I been doing in my downtime? Well, i've been getting ready for South America! One of the most important things i'll need to do to ensure a quick return into the UK from South America is to have a Yellow Fever shot done, and proof that i've been vaccinated! Last weekend, I did just that - I went across to the Sameday Doctor and got the Travel Pack Plus. Three needle jabs later and I was a cocktail of disease! By the time the 16th of October rolls around - i'll be all set!
Finally, nothing like a little festival to finish up the weekend. Last weekend was the Regent Street Festival. Apparently the Regent Street Festival is a celebration of shopping. Fair enough. Apparently, there is a theme each year for the Festival and this year it was fashion... "The Mile of Style" was the slogan... perhaps to coincide with the close of London Fashion Week.
Regent Street was closed off to traffic and all of the stores in the area put up sales or specials. Some offered discounts on their wares, and others offered gifts that accompanied purchases... all of which were helpfully pointed out with a festival guide. I'm not exactly sure if the stores did well or not, but they got no help from me as I didn't end up buying anything.
One thing that was good for the festival was the presence of a catwalk, which was set up in the middle of the street. The catwalk was used to showcase what was on offer. Smart. I decided to wait it out and see what the fuss was all about, i've never seen a live catwalk show before. I parked myself in one of the seats in the front, and waited for the show to begin.
The catwalk show seemed to last twenty minutes or so, but time passed pretty quickly. Models of both genders wandered in and out promoting various brands. The clothes that were on show weren't all following the one theme - from casual to formal, and from light to bulky... it was all there.
After watching the catwalk show, I did come away thinking that I should really look at getting a jacket for winter. Advertising so works. One of the things that I thought as the show progressed was - just because something looks nice on one of the models, doesn't necessarily mean that it'll be nice if I were to be in the same position. Meh.
Finally, i'll close up with an unexpected twist to the catwalk. Towards the second half of the catwalk one of the female models burst out in underwear. Yes, that's right - just lingerie. The cat was let out of the bag, a lingerie store exists on Regent street. Gasps rippled through the crowd as the first female model came into view. The girls in the crowd got a bit of a show as well as the male model that came afterwards ripped his shirt off. Hah. The second last model, female, revealed a tad much... and the last model - she was the hottest. Anyways, that's it for now.... time for some photos.
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