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[Like last year, I'm embarking on an eastward journey. Unlike last year, I'm not taking my sewing machine. I'm cleaning out my studio, getting rid of a ton of scraps and bits of fabric. I'm not able to send numerous packages this year, though; instead, I'll send it all to one person (randomly drawn--you pay shipping, about 6 dollars) on Wednesday. If you'd like a chance, leave a comment with your favorite anything to do with England, and your email address or website. I'll draw the name Wednesday morning my time.]
posted by eireann at
7:51 PM
44 Comments:
Hmm...only one favorite thing about England? I love Salisbury cathedral. It's where I saw actual people wearing scarlet and ermine, experienced how organ music can roll over you, and first sang "My Country Tis of Thee" while everyone else sang "God Save the Queen".
I'm at aegialia@gmail.com
Hooray for cross-continental travel! My favorite thing about England is a "who" - Ricky Gervais. I'm at madebyanne@gmail.com. Bon Voyage!
Not taking your sewing machine? Eek! I've never been to England but we do go to the British store sometimes for crunchies.
Love your blog and well-loved fabric!sign me up please! favorite memory of england: going to a rainy richmond on my 18th birthday with my best friend, and finding the perfect little coffee shop, my favorite song on the radio inside.
happy travels to you!
echaffi@bgsu.edu
My favorite anything to do with England: You. And the Brontes. Hmm, and Shakespeare. And Lake Country. And Beowulf. But mostly you.
Does the accent count as a favorite thing about England? If yes, that's definitely my pick.
parksch@bc.edu
Two favorite things: the Lake District and "Midsomer Murders." And Poirot.
Hope you have a wonderful time.
ann@forsties.com
McVitie's Digestive Biscuits! And a young man named David who made my 16th year a memorable one in a little town in Surrey.
Becky!
hamboxmail@yahoo.com
oh this is hard! the museum of tea, the scones at the cranley hotel... brixton market...topshop at oxford circus...wagamama...this lovely green park in brixton...paddington bear...
rowntree wine gums...suppose i should stop.
well, have a wonderful time!
mrspilkingtonknits@yahoo.com
Impossible to pick just one! Those giant KitKats are definitely up there. Liberty. Old-fashioned mailboxes, phone booths, and double-deckers - love that red! The National Portrait Gallery. The British Museum. The Penguin shop that sells nothing but Penguins, so fantastic! Kings College Chapel. The way you can just walk through fields from one village to the next without getting shot. And of course, the weather! LOVE the weather.
So pleased for you! I hope you have a wonderful time.
no sewing machine?? and just 2 bags... amazing!
my favorite thing about england... hmmm. teatime, i think.
xo
Tough one - I guess I have to say Cornwall.
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The music! The Beatles of course, and my all time favorite: Queen!!Have a wonderful time in England!
Favorite thing about England??? Has to be the Beatles! :)
Love, love me do!
my favorite thing about england, well the first thing that came to mind was the bargain room in the basement of Liberty's. My mother and I never got near the upstairs, we spent at least an hour in the basement. I found two beautiful pillow cases, made from the wonderful Liberty cotton. I still have one of them, although it is too worn to use any more, as my mother and went to England last in 1985.
dwbm@comcast.net
my favorite thing about england... simply that it was the first international trip i took on my own. it made me feel very brave and free. and it made me appreciate that you can buy tylenol + codeine over the counter because i really needed it after the torture i put my feet through, walking all over the place.
"Mind the gap" over the p.a. system on the trains in a friendly accent, as if she truly cared. Have a great adventure!
vrooms@comcast.net
- annri
Wow! So many things I love about England! First, memories I have from all my trips over there, ever since my first one with my best friend Lyne almost 13 years ago. The British Museum. The Turner exhibit at the Tate. The accent(s). Fish and chips on friday nights. The english countryside. Portobello Road Market. Oxford. The amazing clock in front of Selfridges, London. Being called "Luv" all the time! I could go on forever... Have a good trip, Luv!
My favourite anything to do with England is walking through the ghosts of my ancestors when I visit. I hear their echo everywhere.
A blessed journey to you.
megan.young@maxnet.co.nz
My favorite thing about England is HATS. I love that the women wear hats there to all occasions.
Kelly
kjakin@qwest.net
when in college (longer ago than seems possible), i took a trip to europe. on of my most favorite bits of whimsy ever came from a little shop in covent garden, a teeny little frog prince (about an inch tall, painted metal, jointed arms + legs) complete with crown and wee shoes turned up at the toe. i just searched the fficial site, and sadly, the shop was no where to be found.
have a lovely trip.
oh, and i am very lovingly still cutting up and using a vintage floral sheet (white with incredibly-colored flowers) that i got from you last year (i think before the last trip).
hmmm...easy. rowan yarns. as an antipodean who always felt like she should have been born on the moors of northern England or Scotland, rowan embodies the cool, damp, green and misty place of my imagination... real? i dunno but they make it look so good.
hmmm...easy. rowan yarns. as an antipodean who always felt like she should have been born on the moors of northern England or Scotland, rowan embodies the cool, damp, green and misty place of my imagination... real? i dunno but they make it look so good.
i am at jujubillings@gmail.com
I would have to say high tea, Boots the Chemist shops and Harvey Nicks Dept. store. And the Liberty shop! And Peter Finer Arms and Armour.
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My favourite anything is all my lovely friends who live there canal side, now officially ex-pats I guess. Sometimes I wonder if we'll ever manage to entice them back home to Australia.
I'm at tamsincarvan@gmail.com
Have a wonderful journey.
It's been so long since I've been to England, so an obvious thing, but wonderful thing, is finding a couple of pubs you like. I can also guess that you will take advantage of hopping across the river to Paris. I always thought that would be a lovely set up.
Ohhh-- I've never been but dream of the day I get to go. Lucky you.
The Cotswolds!! Have a lovely trip, Eireann.
I'm at sweetjessie@comcast.net
Sit down for a lovely pot of tea with scones and clotted cream! Although if I went again I'm sure I'd be on a hunt for Liberty fabrics, which I've never done before.
I LOVE everything about England; I feel as if I lived there in a past life. My favorite thing about it though (leaving aside the McVities and a nice cuppa) is just the sheer Englishness of it: the history, the fact that you can look out a train window onto a landscape that looked much the same three hundred years ago, fluffy white sheep, green green green, misty weather. Ah, England! Have a brilliant trip!
My favorite thing - is the fact that my daughter was born in England nearly five years ago. :)
Oops, forgot to add I'm
jennifer AT themakelounge DOT com.
ooohhh, Liberty fabrics. And the accents. I absolutely adore an English accent on a man. I've never been over the pond but hope to someday soon! - kat
orangegiggle@bellsouth.net
oh, there are so many things to love! the museums, the accents, the architecture, the history, the tea - everything. [though my true favorite may also be a "who": i adore john allison & his illustrations so so much!] my email is aquamarinespring at gmail dot com.
have a lovely time!! ♥
From experience, I can not remember much about England when I visited as a young girl. I do remember shopping along Portobello Street and some little vintage shops in that area where my dad bought me a fabulous opal/ruby ring. And I do fancy scones.
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safe travels to you. i have only been in england for a few hours but i saw pictures of the flagship store of Orla Kiely there and oh my!
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My favorite thing about England was the Queen Mother's hats and the accents of the cute adorable children I struck up a conversation with in the park. Safe travels to England.
My first trip to Europe at age 14 started in London and we have now been back several times. As an architect, I am always amazed by the sense of history and the past on a scale you just don't see here in the States. Best of luck on your trip.
kdumo@comcast.net
I love the rain and the light on the Thames in December.
I wish you safe travels, Eireann.
Jen (konzagirl@hotmail.com)
I don't know why when I leave a comment it doesn't link to my blog--boo! Just in case I'm lucky enough to be chosen, my blog address is www.foziewisp.blogspot.com.
Thanks!
I know I am too late for the post but my favourite thing about England is that Scotland is stuck to the top of it!!
If I could chose only one thing about England that I love it would have to be a proper cup of tea.Not very imaginative I know but there is nothing better!
OK, this is nothing to do with the draw but England - by which I guess you're coming here! Favourite things:
wildflowers
tea
public libraries
green fields
Victoria sponge (don't, whatever you do, buy it in a packet. If you're ever feeling lonely drop me an email and I'll make you one)
charity shops
the Persephone bookshop
the light (when there is any)
pubs (good ones)
radio 3 and radio 4
hedgerows
second-hand bookshops
Polos
cathedrals (York, Lincoln, Rochester, and King's College Chapel in Cambridge and Bath Abbey)
autumn leaves
marmalade (on buttered toast or in a cake)
Marmite
the South Bank at night
tea shops
punting
bizarre and unexpected museums
Christopher Wren churches
village fetes
suspension briges
county shows
the seaside
the coast (they are quite different and equally wonderful)
parks
picnics
free concerts in the Royal Festival Hall
local newspapers
the incredible mixture of architecture you can find along even one street
apples
Aldeburgh
Bath
Bristol
Cambridge
Cornwall
the Lake District
London
Looe, Cornwall
Manchester
Newcastle
Oxford
the Yorkshire Dales
You're probably better read than me, but apart from our obvious greats, I'd recommend *Trains and Buttered Toast*, and Virginia Woolf on London. Actually if you're going to be in London (or are at all interested), my old English literature department ran a course called London in Literature; I could ask them for a copy of the reading list.
As for the weather, wait for a spring day after the rain, summer evenings that fade imperceptibly past 10 o'clock, crisp, cloudless, crystal-clear October and November days
Also, I second Ann, Mrs Pilkington, Max, Amisha, Noa, Chinesetwine and Jen. See, there are many good things about England! And then there are Wales and Scotland too...
Good luck! x
Mary Poppins!
carrie.picott@anheuser-busch.com
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