Next to Waterloo Bridge (The Southbank Centre)

Outside the Southbank centre, next to waterloo bridge, the area has been renovated ready for summer, a man made beach has been made! 

They have added beach huts next to the river Thames to get the seaside feel. Each hut holds something different, in one you could take a seat and pick a book from a rather big selection and read for a while. There was a mosaic art hut, a fashion one and all sorts of others.

In the Southbank centreThere has been an Indian restaurant open in the Southbank centre, called the 'Dishoom', it's as if you were in a proper indian restaurant in India. Nicely decorated and friendly staff.

at the moment at the Hayward Gallery Tracey Emin has an exhibition on called "Love is what you want". Tickets are £9 with student discount.

There has been made a beautiful terrace garden on top of the Southbank centre, with a greenhouse, cafe and lots of different plants growing. 

If you fancy your portrait being painted go to Lady Lucy's portrait studio just underneath the Southbank centre...

www.beingll.com

Gabriel's Wharf

Gabriel's Wharf is a riverside square, with a mix of shops, studios, bars and restaurants. There are some lovely collections of jewelry, ceramics, fair-trade furnishings and affordable artwork. There are beautiful views of the river and St Paul's.

Shops such as Ganesha which sell re-cycled hand made goods, inspired by Indian design, there is also a shop at Covent Garden. this is the website: http://www.ganesha.co.uk/

Also in Gabriels Wharf there is the Southbank Printmakers

http://www.southbank-printmakers.com/

A fairly large collection of screen prints, big, small and all for sale. The shop is run by artists and printmakers themselves

The Bargehouse and The Oxo Tower

http://www.southbanklondon.com/attraction/bargehouse/

Bargehouse is an impressive 4-storey warehouse within Oxo Tower Wharf which presents a changing programme of art, design and photography exhibitions. The raw space is a blank canvas and can be hired for corporate events, shows and private parties.

The Oxo tower overlooks the Thames and is home to a unique community of design boutiques and studios. There are cafes and restaurants including the famous Oxo Tower Restaurant & Brasserie and exhibition spaces at gallery@oxo and Bargehouse.

I found A surface design shop, this is the website http://www.snowdenflood.com/

Here is an example of the work.

the big lunch

I went for a free lunch today organized by the bass player in the Blur, Alex James.

Next to Tower bridge, it was promoton for a "big lunch" which is set to be organised on the 5th. of june. The concept is to bring everyone together to spend lunch together outside in their area. So on the 5th of june, find out if in your area anyone is organising a big lunch, or you do it yourselves!

Bubblelogy

Tea Time ~ Craving for some hong kong/ taiwan tea ?
Bubbleology at 49 Rupert St. serve bubble tea that originated from Hong kong/ Taiwan. Bubble tea is flavoured
fruit tea and milk tea served with chewy natural tapioca balls! It's like a quirky snack and drink in one!
Try one now ! there is always a Q !
http://bubbleology.eu/about.php

中華街 chinatown

Chinatown, located at 27 Gerrard Street, London has plenty of chinese goodies and food.

If you love chinese food such as dumpling noodle soup, duck rice, char siew pao (bbq pork bun)

here is the place to go ! Perhaps its a tad too expensive, try making chinese dishes at home !

There are a few chinese supermarket here which are all stocked with all kinds of oriental ingredients,

spices, herbs and vegetables. If u are a poor student craving for noodle soup, get instant noodles or

cup noodles from these supermarket, it only cost 90p at most for a pack. Add an egg and some vegetable

with the noodles and voila ! you get yourself a cheap easy 'decent' meal. (not v.healthy, though) 

Not really a fan of chinese food ? Well, there is hanging ducks to see !

JERWOOD SPACE AND VISUAL ARTS

Excellent facilities for the Work of Art

Opened in 1998 as the first major capital initiative of the Jerwood Foundation, the Jerwood Space is now established as one of the best rehearsal spaces for theatre and dance in the country.  Young dance and theatre companies develop their work at a greatly reduced cost, working alongside established professional companies who pay competitive rates.  

A beautifully refurbished Victorian school also offers a contemporary art gallery, café and striking glazed courtyard; these are all open to the public and available for events.

Jerwood Visual Arts (JVA) is a contemporary gallery programme of awards, exhibitions and events at Jerwood Space, which then tours nationally. Jerwood Visual Arts promotes and celebrates the work of talented emerging artists across the disciplines of drawing, painting, sculpture, applied arts, photography and moving image. It also aims to make connections and provoke conversations within and across the different disciplines.