It's me, Julien the Baby!
For our final day out in London, we strolled in Sloane Square and North Chelsea. Then we took the #19 bus out to Soho, and we went to Bar Italia. Bar Italia is located on Frith Street, near Old Compton Road.
Bar Italia is very special for DOJ, because he only knew about it because of the Pulp song "Bar Italia" from his favorite Pulp album A Different Class. That album made him into a big fan of the band Pulp, and as a result he met some people that were also Pulp fans, who are good friends of his, like Teresa, Alexis, Summer, Roberta, and Veronica. So whenever DOJ went to London, he'd try to go to Bar Italia. He and Mommy went there during their honeymoon in 2006!
Bar Italia is also known for having good thick Italian hot chocolate! And it's across the street from the famous jazz venue Ronnie Scott's, where DOJ went (with Tom) to see the Saint Etienne singer Sarah Cracknell perform back in October 1997, before I was born! DOJ's obsession with Saint Etienne is extremely tedious, but I'll just mention that he was very excited about Ronnie Scott's because that's where he first met and chatted with some of the members of Saint Etienne, and learned that Bar Italia was the same place from the Pulp song.
While we were enjoying our hot chocolate at Bar Italia, there was a big Santarchy group headed down Frith Street! It was a big parade of Santas!
There sure were a lot of Santas out and about! I guess it makes sense, since they all were probably making their appearances around the world, and needed a Saturday night rest!
Here we are with a very Tall Santa - he was super jolly!
Here we are with Mr. and Mrs. Santa - Mrs. Santa even gave me a fun gold coin!
DOJ and I had a lot of fun meeting the different Santas!
Mommy also wanted to be in pictures with the Santas.
I thought that this Mrs. Santa was a little up close and personal - but I'm not complaining! I just hope that Ruby doesn't get upset from this.
At some point, the Santas were disappearing from their Santarchy parade.
I got to watch as Santas were getting ready to have dinner and drinks with their friends and family.
We left shortly after this, because we had to get home and pack for our return flight home. DOJ went to one of his old haunts, Music & Video Exchange, where he bought a bunch of compact discs (including something from Saint Etienne, oy vey) which make great frisbees for me! Look below, you can see how much fun I get to have with DOJ's compact discs. Those pictures are from May 2010.
And to say that itunes ruined it for compact discs...
Love,
Julien the Baby
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