Entries in Britain (2)

Brit Photographers Get Intimidated Too


There's an interesting article in the Torygraph about photographers in the UK being harassed by all manner of security personnel. In April 2006, I took the above picture of the 2012 Olympic construction, which is now policed -- overzealously, it would seem -- by the Orwellian-sounding Olympic Delivery Authority. My old home town of Ipswich gets a mention in the article: A photographer there got hassled for taking pictures of Christmas crowds. Then there's the good citizen that called 999 (911) on a photographer-blogger for taking pictures in a park.

One apparent difference between the US and Britain: If you have a camera round your neck in public in the UK ,you are more likely assumed to be a pedophile than a terrorist.

Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 12:03PM by Registered CommenterBIB in , , , | CommentsPost a Comment

4th Ave 'Clover' Coffee, $3; London Dung Coffee, $100

400_2008_DSC_1450.jpgEarlier in the week I popped down to the new coffee place on 4th and Carroll to try the $3-a-cup brew from the $11,000 Clover coffee maker (left), one of only a few hundred in the country. I have to say it tasted very good -- strong yet light -- and it gave me a great fake rush (the process produces less caffeine per cup than basic filtering).

Should you think $3 is a lot for a coffee, avoid Caffe Raro: It's produced from Kopi Luwak beans that have been eaten and, um, passed by an Asian palm civet (bottom), available to you the consumer at £324 ($640) a kilo. If you wish to sample a £50 cup on your British holiday, head over to Peter Jones in Sloane Square. Profits during April go to Macmillan Cancer Support.

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Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 12:50PM by Registered CommenterBIB in , , , | Comments5 Comments | References1 Reference