More Random Snapshots

Some random pictures that might interest you. From November and December.

The British Telecom (BT) Tower is the tower with the red light at the top. It's visible from almost everywhere and sits right above the intersection of Tottenham Ct Rd and Euston Rd. This is right by UCL; hence the name "The Beacon" - if you're ever lost, just head for the tower.


The rotunda in the middle of the main library at UCL. A tad pretentious, don't you say? At least it's beautiful.


My home, aka the anthropology library. Ah how I love thee, library, and how well I know thee after spending so many countless hours among your hallowed shelves...


Platform 9 3/4. Self-explanatory. Nami and I think that we were meant to go to Hogwarts, our owls just got lost trying to get across the Atlantic.


Pretty (cloudy) shot of the Thames, the London Eye, Big Ben, etc. Typical lovely London day.


Abbey Road is not as great as you might think it could be. It's just another road in London, and though it's still home to several recording studios, it doesn't look anything like the Abbey Road on the cover of the Beatles album.


Skyline in East London - St Pauls, cranes, the Gherkin, with the Southwark Bridge in the foreground - on a sunny November day.


Booksellers on the South Bank, under one of the bridges. Tables and tables full of used books and maps and all sorts of interesting finds.


Southbank sculpture, near the British Film Institute.


Tate Britain. My favorite art museum in London because of its excellent collection of 19th and early 20th century paintings. Their big exhibit is hundreds (literall) of Turner paintings, and they always have some interesting modern installation pieces (though nothing on par with the Tate Modern).


Portobello Road. Love the bright colors.


Banksy graffiti on Portobello Road.


Mutate Britain! Get it? I didn't go in, but above the fence I glimpsed a giant baby's head, several dinosaurs, a crushed car, plenty of graffiti, and lots of bits of colored metal and wood.


My friend Tomoko on Portobello Road. She's holding a box of Hummingbird cupcakes; this accounts for the ecstatic look on her face.