Londoners - Your help is needed urgently!

[ironictwist]

You heard right!

I am taking a gorgeous girl out tonight...Dare I say it, there is serious chemistry. She lives just North of London, I live obviously on the coast. We're rendezvousing in a few hours time at about 8pm!!

Firstly, I'll be hopping on the train to Victoria but my question is, I'm assuming there is a Starbucks (outside of the station) that has a pleasant view by chance? We're both rather fond of frappacino's.

I heard Covent Garden will be gorgeous, any entertainers out today?

Also, we're both bookworms so love getting lost in literatures & all things that evoke history - Whether it's dusty huge librarys & bookshops to random places like car boot sales, that's our style.

We want something quirky & unusual to do for the evening? Any suggestions?

& before anyone says it ladies & gents...There will be no scaling of the Oxo Tower I'll have you know....It's all prim proper stuff where by one will be simply be gentlemenly.

To clarify, no back doors will be broken down. At all

[Plotloss]

Are you sure you're knocking on the right doors?

Frapaccinos, entertainers, books and views.

I hate to be the one to break it to you but I think you're gay...

[ironictwist]

Plotloss said:

Are you sure you're knocking on the right doors?

Frapaccinos, entertainers, books and views.

I hate to be the one to break it to you but I think you're gay...

[grumbledoak]

Covent Garden will be a massive improvement on Victoria - I'd go straight there. Several of the big bookshops around there have coffee shops and sofas...

[GKP]

Any pics of the lady in question?

[john_p]

What's the deal with bookshop/sofa areas ? Do you bring a book with you + get accused of stealing said book : or take a book from the shelves to read + get accused of abusing their stock etc?

[Gylen]

Pub, get her pissed and then back to hers? You can always read together afterwards, I suppose...

It's the cheapest way. if she's hungry get her some McCoys while you're getting a round in. And make sure she knows it's rounds so she gets hers in. And see if you can cop a feel before you leave the pub so you know it's not a wasted trip back to hers.

[The Dirty Bubble]

I am afraid my idea of entertaining a young lady is vastly different from yours.

[grumbledoak]

john_p said:

What's the deal with bookshop/sofa areas ? Do you bring a book with you + get accused of stealing said book : or take a book from the shelves to read + get accused of abusing their stock etc?

They're pretty relaxed - hoping you'll buy it.

[AnthonyC]

Sounds like Gavin and Stacy.

A few shots, bit of a dance, cheap hotel, in like Flynn.

Give her a made up phone number, last train home.

Friday night out with the lads, job done.

[ali_kat]

Have a walk along the River, by the Southbank Centre - there are often book sellers with stalls and a bar

[loltolhurst]

there always seems to be a book fair on the south bank not sure if its on every day seems to be ( and its only 5 mins walk to the oxo tower..)

http://www.wherescool.com/spots/south-bank-book-fa...

edited to say dam beaten to it!

Edited by loltolhurst on Thursday 20th August 17:55

Edited by loltolhurst on Thursday 20th August 17:57

[Gargamel]

Plenty of specialist book sellers near brewer street market....

[Planet Claire]

You could go to the huge Waterstones on Picadilly - apparently, so they say, it's the largest bookshop in Europe!

[Soovy]

[Justayellowbadge]

ironictwist said:

I live obviously on the coast.

As in cliched and predictable, or screaming attention queen?

[sleep envy]

ironictwist said:

Firstly, I'll be hopping on the train to Victoria but my question is, I'm assuming there is a Starbucks (outside of the station) that has a pleasant view by chance? We're both rather fond of frappacino's.

yep, come out of the main entrance and to the right you'll find a S/Bs kiosk which has the most magnificent view of 8 storey scaffolding

[Vixpy1]

Soovy said:

Bookmarked

[The Dirty Bubble]

Soovy said:

Took me a few seconds

[Chrisgr31]

I went to Rules for lunch the other day. A haunt of Graham Greene apparenltly, mind you I was glad I wasn't paying the bill!

Just choose a location whether it is South Bank or Convent Garden and wander around. Not sure Brewer Street offers the reading you are looking for! Even if I was dragged round there the other day for reasons I never understood.