As I’m writing this, it’s just gone 1am and I’ve not long got home from Brighton after spending a day enjoying the shops, doughnuts, sights, cocktails, and most importantly, the BIBA and Beyond Exhibition that’s currently being held at the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. I’m completely done-in!
Although it was bitterly cold today, the sunshine was generous and we spent the afternoon darting between the shadows in an attempt to defrost ourselves in its cautious rays.
I like Brighton but in all my years of living less than 65 miles away, I visited the city for the first time only two years ago. I could lose myself in the Lanes forever looking at all the antique jewellery, and it often feels as though I have when the higgledy-piggledy back streets play their dastardliest tricks on my memory.
The North Laine area is a bit like Camden used to be, except I grew up paying rural-town charity shop prices for shabbies and can’t bring myself to spend ££££ on an old handkerchief vase or shirt-dress. Bloody “vintage” ruining it for everyone 😉
Shopping in The North Laine
Typical Brighton tat
The impressive Brighton Pavillion
Doing my annoying shooting-from-the-hip thing at Brighton Pavillion
Brighton Pier
Pier Doughnuts! (om nom nom)
Like the birds were gonna get a look in with the doughnuts, ha!
A trip to Brighton is never complete without…
…a Black Forest Martini…
…or perhaps a Best of British? Gin, rhubarb, elderflower, apple, honey and lemon
Choccywoccydoodah never fails to impress
…amazing cakes!
A lovely, albeit slightly moody seafront
A long but brilliant day!
I’ll do another quick post tomorrow or Friday on the actual BIBA exhibition, I wasn’t sure what I’d make of it but it was so incredibly well executed and I hope you don’t mind me going a little off-topic and sharing my thoughts.
