A night in London in the 1920's

My cousin Brandon came to visit us for a few days at the end of January. We were excited to show him what life is like for us in London. Fortunately he had the best weather (sunny!) in which to explore.

The first night he was here we packed it in with dinner at home, a trip to see a band and then a 1920's bar. The guitarist on the left of this punk band works with Syd. The music had a fun vibe and it was a good start to the night.

Of course, we couldn't do this dressed in our modern duds, we had to immerse ourselves in the era! I borrowed my mom's flapper costume and Syd and Bran wore suits with fun historic hats. Bran said that he felt like the spiffiest backpacker ever!

We took a black cab to the bar, which Bran thought was quite authentic. We gave the cabbie a good laugh with all of our Canadian references and observations along the way to the bar in Soho (near Oxford Circus). Upon first entering the bar we instantly fit in as there were tons of gangsters and flappers - boas everywhere. On stage was a freaky clown that stripped down to burlesque clothing. So strange was he that none of us could stomach getting a picture of him. ;o) We did manage to enjoy watching others, and getting creative with our photography (below). Good times!