Chantoozie

oops, didn't spot your post, EDOldie! but yes, I can definitely second that recommendation.

there's usually a bonfire and fireworks display at Dulwich Cricket Club, on Burbage Road. they have BBQ, mulled wine, etc, and the setting is lovely. does anyone know if they're doing one this year, and if so, what date? PS if anyone *doesn't* fancy a bonfire on November 5th, they can always come and hear me sing Upstairs @ the EDT on that night, instead. ;-)

I'm sure it's very impressive, but when you live near it (as I used to) it's awful having a clocktower chime throughout the night - the sound travels unbelievably and it used to wake me up in the middle of the night (and remind me what time it was dare I should wake up early ;-)). Fortunately I was only renting for a while; so used earplugs... but if I'd lived there as a 'proper' resident, I would have tried to see if it could be silenced at night. I don't know how their neighbours stand it!

would that be the mini-churchtype structure in the garden that strikes the hour, every hour, even throughout the night REALLY REALLY IRRITATINGLY??!!?? :)

update...Green And Blue has WiFi, too - went and used it on Tuesday afternoon. very pleasant on a sunny day with the 'are they doors? are they windows?' open onto the street.

I've never been to the Caffe Nero on Lordship Lane but that's partly because I've always found Caffe Neros to be dirty! Clapham Junction station, Regent Street... they've always been grubby, especially the loos which are often really quite foul. methinks CN Head Office really needs to work on this...

don't you know that you can't stop the music? nobody can stop the music. sorry. for a moment there I was in an '80s musical...

bearing in mind the Alternative Dulwich thread, I think everyone's just getting ready for the Fourth of July.

The Picture Room - MoMA

Brighton Beach = Brighton Beach no?

PPS Considering the above: Peckham Rye = Prospect Park.

PS Actually, my boyfriend lives in the Park Slope area of Brooklyn, and given a) the large number of white middle class creative people there, b) the tendency for these aforementioned white middle class creative people to raise families there, and c) the abundance of nice, right-on cafes, bars, restaurants, etc. in the area, East Dulwich and Park Slope are surprisingly similar (except for the lovely brownstones). Any EDer would feel remarkably at home in Park Slope. Perhaps we should consider twinning with them?

Dulwich Park - Central Park Nunhead - Brooklyn Goose Green Roundabout - Columbus Circle The back of Ed - Garment District

I think Liquorish has Wifi, too?

Thomas: I think a purely veggie restaurant would go down a storm because, as everyone's saying here, there are already meat restaurants a-plenty on Lordship Lane. so I don't think you'd lose any meat-eating custom: you'd get both pure veggies, and meat-eaters who fancy a change from the current LL fare.