In the middle of 2015 I moved to London for my first job and wrote a few Facebook posts about my new life. As I found some of my friends quoting them at random, I decided to continue documenting my slow descent into madness, culminating in about 10k words worth of rambling. I finally (as of mid-2017) cleaned them up and made them available to a wider audience.
By popular request, more news from Paddington!
- The gods of M&S on Edgware Road now have definitely decreed that I look over 25. Every time a member of staff taps “Customer does not require ID”, I die inside a little.
- Chicken Cottage on Praed Street is really good!
- Flying ants everywhere!
- Need to start a high-end car diary. So far this week, I’ve seen a McLaren, two Ferrari, a Lamborghini, a Ford GT, dozens of Porsche and countless Bentley.
- “Sorry mate, I don’t do coppers” – some beggar
- “Rail replacement service. Out of service” – some bus
This edition was sponsored by Chicken Cottage on Praed Street. “Chicken Cottage on Praed Street! It’s really good!”