This was it. My last Sunday for my most favorite Sunday activity; perusing the East End markets. Willa and I hit the Columbia Flower Market first, then on to stroll the vendors on Cheshire Street, Brick Lane, stopping into the Laden Showroom for a spell, and onto Spitalfields Market. With Christmas around the corner, the markets were especially packed and we exhibited excellent shopping endurance. Willa headed back to the Tate Modern in the afternoon, while I started packing at the flat. We regrouped later, and headed over to the newly opened Beach Blanket Babylon on Bethnal Green Road for a fabulously stylish dinner (both us and the food). Our waitress filled us in on the ultra-exclusive Loungelover club behind the restaurant, which is where Madonna held her birthday party. Apparently everyone has “done” the West End of London and now the East End is where to be. In any case, maybe the Loungelover isn’t so exclusive, as Willa and I were invited in by the English chap having a smoke outside the door….

--- all you need can be found on Columbia Road ---

--- the sign says it all... ---

--- Madonna's birthday party material? ---