London ­ The Coolest
City on the Planet?
You've heard
all that stuff about London being the coolest city on earth...what
is cool is in a state of constant change...
The best way
to see any city is to tag along with people who actually live
there...
Intro
You've heard
all that stuff about London being the coolest city on earth,
and you've decided to come and see what all the fuss is about.
But where do you start your exploration of all that is hip to
the London beat, cats?
What people,
and cats, generally mean when they bang on about London's COOL
is its special 'street scene' which periodically gets taken up
by the high falutin' worlds of fashion, music and literature.
You know, the
punk spirit and all that. But it can be tough for a tourist to
sort out what is real street from what is fake street, or to
put it another way, it can be hard to push your way past Leicester
Square.
Leicester Square
is not a street. It is a square. That ought to be clue enough
to the aspiring street-seeker, but you would be surprised at
how many hapless tourists believe that London's street scene
begins and ends at the famous cinema venue.
There is nothing
wrong with Leicester Square, by the way. It is a great place
for people watchers to congregate and watch other people watchers
schlepp around in mass, short-circuited confusion. And it's good
for films.
But it isn't
cool. Not even close. Trouble is, what is cool is in a state
of constant change. And that choppy-changey cultural flux can
flux you up good and proper if you are not one of the in crowd.
So you need
help, and we are here to help you. Throughout the coming weeks,
LondonNet will offer invaluable ways for the everyday tourist
to step off the everyday tourist track and discover the London
that everybody else wishes they knew about.
The best way
to see any city is to tag along with people who actually live
there, and London is no exception to this general rule. But if
you're looking to be cool you don't want to join some cruddy
pen-pal scheme, especially as practically all pen pals, of whatever
sexual orientation, have an overwhelming aim to disgorge their
deeply held religious beliefs before inviting you to tea with
their grandparents, with a view to subsequent marriage.
What you want
is to have some real London type friends, or 'mates' as many
Londoners would say, and if you haven't got any mates before
you arrive that could prove tricky to achieve, mate.
With limited
time at your disposal, how can you establish the kind of close
relationship necessary to let you inside the secrets of Londonness?
Love, my friends,
is the answer, or failing that a lethal combination of sex, stimulants
and spondooliks. Given your lack of time, you have no real alternative
but to play on your national stereotype in a bid to win the hand
of your chosen belle or beau.
"Pull":
score, get-off with, get sorted, cop-off with, strike it lucky,
etc
Americans
Good News.
American girls can do no wrong as far as the hot blooded London
male is concerned...
 American guys have
two ways to go; clean cut or grunge...
 German girls have one
overriding problem as far as winning the hearts of London lads
is concerned...
 Let's be honest about
this: German men do not enjoy a great reputation in London...
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