Hi there, I'm looking to hold a lovely leaving do for a valued member of staff. We want to hire a room but have access to outside if it's sunny. We want canapes mmm, not a rip off but with a touch of class.
Oh and near Covent Garden.
Am I asking too much? Any suggestions??
Would be very grateful for any help here, thank you :-)
Where is a great place for a works leaving do near Covent Garden?
There is a fantastic pizza place called (I think) Fire %26amp; Stone near to Covent Garden but it's all inside. The food is wonderful - not sure if you could have a private area though. Perhaps you would be better off at one of the pubs closeby - take a look at www.yell.com (Yellow Pages online) and do a search and then ring around a few places. Good luck!
Reply:ALL of them around the garden are good.
enjoy
Reply:I am with Karine D - about £6 a head though
Reply:Chez Gerard on the roof terrasse!!! Lovely atmosphere!
Thursday, April 30, 2009
In the story pygmalion. How does the movement from the public space of Covent Garden to the private spaces on?
In the story pygmalion. How does the movement from the public space of Covent Garden to the private spaces on Wimpole Street and Mrs. Higgins's home affect the behavior of the characters? What is the safest place for Eliza?
In the story pygmalion. How does the movement from the public space of Covent Garden to the private spaces on?
http://www.pygmalionexplained.com
Reply:Eliza is a flower seller. She has to project her voice beyond that which is normal. Internal scenes call for softer tones which Eliza finds difficult. She also finds it hard to modify her personality as a cheeky cockney flower seller.
The safest place for her is probably with Freddie; Higgins is a domineering prig who is only interested in engineering her behaviour to suit his own curiosity.
Most people's view of Pygmalion comes from the film 'My Fair Lady' which gives them a very skewed and untrue version of events. For example she ends up with Rex Harrison, sorry, I mean Higgins at the end of the film.
apply for a loan
In the story pygmalion. How does the movement from the public space of Covent Garden to the private spaces on?
http://www.pygmalionexplained.com
Reply:Eliza is a flower seller. She has to project her voice beyond that which is normal. Internal scenes call for softer tones which Eliza finds difficult. She also finds it hard to modify her personality as a cheeky cockney flower seller.
The safest place for her is probably with Freddie; Higgins is a domineering prig who is only interested in engineering her behaviour to suit his own curiosity.
Most people's view of Pygmalion comes from the film 'My Fair Lady' which gives them a very skewed and untrue version of events. For example she ends up with Rex Harrison, sorry, I mean Higgins at the end of the film.
apply for a loan
What was Covent Garden originally before it became a tourist shopping haven?
Strolling through Covent Garden today, trying to get passed all the annoying tourists I thought to myself - what was it originally?
What was Covent Garden originally before it became a tourist shopping haven?
A fruit %26amp; veg market
Originally (and not surprisingly) a part of Westminster Abbey, Covent Garden was developed into a piazza-style market in the 17th century by architect Inigo Jones. The square held a fruit and veg market since 1649, and although it headed for Vauxhall in 1973, the area still continues to draw shoppers.
Reply:Covent Garden, originally called 'Convent Garden', used to be London's main fruit, vegetable and flower market. It moved to Nine Elms [Vauxhall] sometime in the late 1960s early 1970s.
Covent Garden is now just a tourists show piece, plus the Royal Opera House and lots of over priced restaurants.
The Covent Garden site dates back to the Middle Ages.
In Victorian times, 300 varieties of mushrooms [fungi] were on sale each morning in Covent Garden. Now we only eat one, the boring as hell cultivar.
Reply:markets and a red light distrcit
Reply:As its name suggests Covent garden was once the vegetable garden of the local convent whose name escapes me at this point.
Reply:Covent Garden is a district in London, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest corner of the London Borough of Camden. The area is dominated by shopping, street performers and entertainment facilities and contains an entrance to the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, which is also widely known simply as "Covent Garden", and the bustling Seven Dials area.
The area is bounded by High Holborn to the north, Kingsway to the east, the Strand to the south and Charing Cross Road to the west. Covent Garden Piazza is located in the geographical centre of the area and was the site of a flower, fruit and vegetable market from the 1500s until 1974, when the wholesale market relocated to New Covent Garden Market in Nine Elms. Nearby areas include Soho, St James's, Bloomsbury and Holborn.
For more info, pls refer to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covent_Gard...
Reply:wasn't it a farmers' market?
I believe so...
Reply:A Red Light District for the wealthy.
Reply:A flower market
Reply:it wa a fruit and veg market. i think part of it was called the apple market or something.
Reply:I remember it as a thriving market (stalls with fruit and veges, etc). Now, if you are sitting comfortably, I'm about to copy from "The London Encyclopaedia"
"The area in which Covent Garden stands once belonged to the Abbey (or Convent) of St. Peter at Westminster" ......
"Covent Garden Market, London's best-known fruit and vegetable market began in 1656 as a few temporary stalls erected in the garden of Bedford House (the latter was built on the original Abbey lands after the Dissolution of the Monasteries).
In 1670 a licence was granted by Charles II to hold a market every day of the year except Sunday and Christmas."
Then there is a whole lot of interesting reading, which concludes with:-
"In 1961 the Covent Garden Estate Company owned by the Beecham family was taken over by the Covent Garden Market Authority by Act of Parliament ........ in 1973 the veg market moved to a 64 acre site at Nine Elms, Battersea"
Unfortunately I can't find an ISBN number for this book.
Reply:Im guessing it was a garden?
Reply:I think it's just about covered on the market, and it is the place of the first showing of Punch and Judy. the Punch and Judy pub marks the spot!
Reply:It was the main wholesale Flower, fruit and veg market for London.
What was Covent Garden originally before it became a tourist shopping haven?
A fruit %26amp; veg market
Originally (and not surprisingly) a part of Westminster Abbey, Covent Garden was developed into a piazza-style market in the 17th century by architect Inigo Jones. The square held a fruit and veg market since 1649, and although it headed for Vauxhall in 1973, the area still continues to draw shoppers.
Reply:Covent Garden, originally called 'Convent Garden', used to be London's main fruit, vegetable and flower market. It moved to Nine Elms [Vauxhall] sometime in the late 1960s early 1970s.
Covent Garden is now just a tourists show piece, plus the Royal Opera House and lots of over priced restaurants.
The Covent Garden site dates back to the Middle Ages.
In Victorian times, 300 varieties of mushrooms [fungi] were on sale each morning in Covent Garden. Now we only eat one, the boring as hell cultivar.
Reply:markets and a red light distrcit
Reply:As its name suggests Covent garden was once the vegetable garden of the local convent whose name escapes me at this point.
Reply:Covent Garden is a district in London, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest corner of the London Borough of Camden. The area is dominated by shopping, street performers and entertainment facilities and contains an entrance to the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, which is also widely known simply as "Covent Garden", and the bustling Seven Dials area.
The area is bounded by High Holborn to the north, Kingsway to the east, the Strand to the south and Charing Cross Road to the west. Covent Garden Piazza is located in the geographical centre of the area and was the site of a flower, fruit and vegetable market from the 1500s until 1974, when the wholesale market relocated to New Covent Garden Market in Nine Elms. Nearby areas include Soho, St James's, Bloomsbury and Holborn.
For more info, pls refer to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covent_Gard...
Reply:wasn't it a farmers' market?
I believe so...
Reply:A Red Light District for the wealthy.
Reply:A flower market
Reply:it wa a fruit and veg market. i think part of it was called the apple market or something.
Reply:I remember it as a thriving market (stalls with fruit and veges, etc). Now, if you are sitting comfortably, I'm about to copy from "The London Encyclopaedia"
"The area in which Covent Garden stands once belonged to the Abbey (or Convent) of St. Peter at Westminster" ......
"Covent Garden Market, London's best-known fruit and vegetable market began in 1656 as a few temporary stalls erected in the garden of Bedford House (the latter was built on the original Abbey lands after the Dissolution of the Monasteries).
In 1670 a licence was granted by Charles II to hold a market every day of the year except Sunday and Christmas."
Then there is a whole lot of interesting reading, which concludes with:-
"In 1961 the Covent Garden Estate Company owned by the Beecham family was taken over by the Covent Garden Market Authority by Act of Parliament ........ in 1973 the veg market moved to a 64 acre site at Nine Elms, Battersea"
Unfortunately I can't find an ISBN number for this book.
Reply:Im guessing it was a garden?
Reply:I think it's just about covered on the market, and it is the place of the first showing of Punch and Judy. the Punch and Judy pub marks the spot!
Reply:It was the main wholesale Flower, fruit and veg market for London.
How would i get from Kings cross to Covent garden via underground?
I need to get from kings cross to covent garden via underground. Do you know which route to take? i don't understand the tube network at all.
How would i get from Kings cross to Covent garden via underground?
Take the Piccadilly Line towards Heathrow. It is the 3rd stop.
The two stops in between will be Russel Square and Holborn.
To plan a route, you can visit the TfL website: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/
Here is a underground map, Piccadilly line is the navy blue line and Covent Garden in near the center of the map: http://www.raz7.com/underground_map.jpeg
Reply:Get the Northern Line southbound to Embankment or Charing Cross then walk for 4 minutes following the signs to Covent Garden.
Reply:piccadilly line southbound towards heathrow. pesonally i would take the northern line to leicester square and walk back up long achre, the station at covent garden is always overcrowded and getting out takes ages as the only way out is a lift (well you could walk up the 193 stairs on the nasty spiral staircase if you prefer).
Reply:Jump on the piccidilly line at Kings Cross (it's the royal blue line on the map) make sure it's southbound and then it is just 3 stops to Covent gardens.
Reply:Its so close to walk and you miss the nice architecture if you are underground.
Reply:Straight through on the Piccadilly Line
Reply:on a train
Reply:Piccadilly line
Reply:From King's Cross to Covent Garden is ever so easy.
Take any westbound Piccadilly line train (it's the line that's dark blue on the tube maps) -- it's three stops (about five minutes) to Covent Garden station.
The lifts from the platforms to street level are crowded at most times of day but still very efficient -- I use Covent Garden for work quite a bit and you rarely have to wait more than a minute or two. Have your ticket or travel pass in your hand as the lift doors open; the barriers and the exit to the street are right in front of you. Look to your right as you come out of the station and you'll see Covent Garden piazza (the old market).
Hope you have a good time!
Reply:just find a tube map (just google it!) it's really easy probably just one line. I don't live in London but ive been there and the tube maps are really easy to understand. Even if you need to change lines, it shouldn't be a problem either!
How would i get from Kings cross to Covent garden via underground?
Take the Piccadilly Line towards Heathrow. It is the 3rd stop.
The two stops in between will be Russel Square and Holborn.
To plan a route, you can visit the TfL website: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/
Here is a underground map, Piccadilly line is the navy blue line and Covent Garden in near the center of the map: http://www.raz7.com/underground_map.jpeg
Reply:Get the Northern Line southbound to Embankment or Charing Cross then walk for 4 minutes following the signs to Covent Garden.
Reply:piccadilly line southbound towards heathrow. pesonally i would take the northern line to leicester square and walk back up long achre, the station at covent garden is always overcrowded and getting out takes ages as the only way out is a lift (well you could walk up the 193 stairs on the nasty spiral staircase if you prefer).
Reply:Jump on the piccidilly line at Kings Cross (it's the royal blue line on the map) make sure it's southbound and then it is just 3 stops to Covent gardens.
Reply:Its so close to walk and you miss the nice architecture if you are underground.
Reply:Straight through on the Piccadilly Line
Reply:on a train
Reply:Piccadilly line
Reply:From King's Cross to Covent Garden is ever so easy.
Take any westbound Piccadilly line train (it's the line that's dark blue on the tube maps) -- it's three stops (about five minutes) to Covent Garden station.
The lifts from the platforms to street level are crowded at most times of day but still very efficient -- I use Covent Garden for work quite a bit and you rarely have to wait more than a minute or two. Have your ticket or travel pass in your hand as the lift doors open; the barriers and the exit to the street are right in front of you. Look to your right as you come out of the station and you'll see Covent Garden piazza (the old market).
Hope you have a good time!
Reply:just find a tube map (just google it!) it's really easy probably just one line. I don't live in London but ive been there and the tube maps are really easy to understand. Even if you need to change lines, it shouldn't be a problem either!
Where can I find a craft shop in Covent Garden?
Im looking to buy someone a glass painting starter set or a photo albulm scrapbooking set. With only a few days left until christmas I need to find it in Covent Garden/Leister Square.
Where can I find a craft shop in Covent Garden?
Take the tube to Covent Garden. Ask anyone where the covered market is (you can see it if you look UP the road if standing in Southampton Street). You should find what you are looking for but be prepared; it is a wonderful place and you may be sidetracked into buying other things and stopping for a snack! Check out: www.coventgarden.uk.com/picc7.html
If that venue is unsuccessful, I would take a 30 minute stroll, or a 10 minute tube journey to Piccadilly Circus and walk up Regent Street to Hamleys' (Oxford Circus is an alternative station and walk DOWN Regent Street for two minutes). For sure you should find what you want there. Check: www.hamleys.com/
Reply:Go to Convent Garden and walk around, peering in every window and looking exasperated until somebody realises you are looking for a glass painting starter kit. This worked for me in the past.
Reply:Covent Garden Market. Off ya go and good luck!
Where can I find a craft shop in Covent Garden?
Take the tube to Covent Garden. Ask anyone where the covered market is (you can see it if you look UP the road if standing in Southampton Street). You should find what you are looking for but be prepared; it is a wonderful place and you may be sidetracked into buying other things and stopping for a snack! Check out: www.coventgarden.uk.com/picc7.html
If that venue is unsuccessful, I would take a 30 minute stroll, or a 10 minute tube journey to Piccadilly Circus and walk up Regent Street to Hamleys' (Oxford Circus is an alternative station and walk DOWN Regent Street for two minutes). For sure you should find what you want there. Check: www.hamleys.com/
Reply:Go to Convent Garden and walk around, peering in every window and looking exasperated until somebody realises you are looking for a glass painting starter kit. This worked for me in the past.
Reply:Covent Garden Market. Off ya go and good luck!
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