Soho, that I love

I have been taking the tube to Oxford street for the last month so that I can walk to work through Soho.
Everyday a different route.

Walking through the city as it wakes up and gets ready for the day.
The sounds of espresso machines gurgling, whistling and then the thumping as the residue is knocked out.
The pistachio ice cream green, tiled building that sits on the corner of Beak and Lexington.
Fruit vendors setting up shop in Berwick.
Flat white opposite the ugly Budgens.

Down wardour.
Shaftsbury seems to break the momentum that is Soho. It's like a highway running through a village.
And then China Town.
China Town. Caramelled duck hanging up in window displays.Steaming baskets of dim sum. Unfamilliar yet so familliar.

I love.

to do list

Okay so this is the situation.
I have 4 weeks before i leave current place of arbeit.
In those 4 weeks I am working on ONE project. One project?

Not a lot to do.
I can either get very bored, wishing the time away or, as I have decided, I am going to try make the most of it. So here's my list of things to do before the 4 weeks are up:

1. go to a St Martin in the fields lunch time concert
2. blog blog blog
3. read read read
4. online trends research

G came home last night with the most beautiful box of W&N paints and brushes. I really want to get back into this....

Game on.

I have resigned.
It was hard because I love the people here but I feel like I have been in limbo.
It's time to move on.

I start in 5 weeks.G + I are going to visit Carmensita in Las Palmas the week before I start. We've not been away since what feels like forever so we are both excited at the prospect of a break. Not at home. Away from the house.

So that is my big news.

A little nervous at the new start - anxious really. I just don't want a repeat of this year. I am hoping it's going to be challenging, fresh, fast, but manageable.

Game ON

Goodbye Runlondon hello Supersonic - on myspace??

So Nike has abandoned its runlondon gig and replacing it with SuperSonic. An innovative twist? Perhaps.

In the past you'd log onto an easy to use, clean and simple site that was about one thing: running. You'd sign up for the race, and hope you were one of the first 4000 to do so so that you could secure a place.

Seems Nike is doing things a differently with SuperSonic.

For starters, the website is now hosted on Myspace: http://myspace.com/nikesupersonic. This immediately excludes those who are not net-savvy enough to participate.

The site is ubercool, funky, hip and slick and seems to have a more competitive feel to it. Instead of registering for a place in the 10K run, you now have to register to take part in the 100m sprints (first come first serve - "no promises"). The top 1000 sprinters get to invite 3 guests. Thus 1000x3 = 4000 runners in total (admittedly, a clever way to get to the 4000 mark).
Can you imagine the field day on EBay flogging these tickets???

Anyway. The final twist is that this is a party. And a hip party at that.
It takes place on a Saturday night and promises "one night of music fuelled speed".

I'm sure it's going to be a cool event - especially for the hip and happening youth out there.
But for a brand that is trying to regain credibility in the running arena, this seems like an odd strategy. Then again, maybe Nike has decided to stick to what it does best? And that is keep cool.

Thoughts?