Trouble With Your Love Life? Visit the New Sexual Theme Park

by Jonathon Morgan on

As I’ve mentioned on a number of occasions, the sunny, temperate afternoons and lush green countryside make the UK a great pace to visit during the Spring and Summer. Ahhh.

Now there’s yet another reason for Britain-bound travelers to celebrate — a new sexual “theme park” is has opened in London.

In tourist-friendly Piccadilly Circus, you’ll find Amora, a “love and relationship academy” featuring exhibits that explore every aspect of sexuality, from flirting to fetishes.

After a jaunt though the erotic attraction, you can wander into nearby Soho — which not only is home to great bars, restaurants and jazz clubs, but also the city’s renowned red light district. And — while I wouldn’t normally admit this, but seeing as it’s pertinent — I can personally vouch for at least one of the district’s adult-themed stores. In what has been, as of yet, my only experience with a “sex shop,” I entered one of the Soho’s sleazier establishments at the tender age of 15, and…

Well, we’ll just say it was an eye-opener.

But, at least according to an Amora spokeswoman, sleaze is the last thing you’ll find at the new erotic museum, which aims to inform the more high-brow sexual connoisseur.

Seems worth a visit — as, by the sounds of it, you might even learn a thing or two.

Thorntons’ Wall of Chocolate: The World’s First Edible Billboard

by Willy Volk on

In anticipation of Easter — and to the delight of chocoholics everywhere! — UK candy retailer Thorntons invited visitors to London’s Covent Garden to pick away at the giant wall of chocolate it erected. Decorated with 10 hand-crafted chocolate bunnies and 72 eggs, the 860-pound chocolate wall included 128 individual panels.

It took Thorntons’ master chocolatier Barry Colenso — and his 10-person team — three months to plan the wall and 300 hours to build it. Thorntons expected the wall would last for a week. Guess how long it took nibbling passers-by to devour the wall?

According to the BBC, hungry passersby finished off the candy in three hours.

If I’d been there, it would’ve taken just under 2!

[Thanks, Marilyn!]

Photo of the Day (3/31/07)

by Adrienne Wilson on

Don’t ask me what it is about this particular photo that grabbed me after looking through this collection of London snaps taken by Teal Moss. When I look at the others they scream “London, London!” When I look at this one I’m left scratching my head on where I might be? That goes to show how many times I’ve been over the pond to visit the area. Anyhow, Moss apparently took this photo in Camden right after being stopped by the police. He was being fitted for the description of a purse snatcher in the area, but the police had to carry on with their day and Moss with taking his photos. Check out the entire gallery.

Photo of the Day (03/12/07)

by Iva Skoch on

This is an unusual photo of one of my favorite cities in the world: London. It captures the atmosphere of London well, I think. It was taken by Stephen Hyde.

It is interesting that nowadays you almost cannot take a picture of London without any cranes. There is so much construction going on. Perhaps London is the new New York.

Reykjavik 64°08N 21°54W

by Adrienne Wilson on

Reykjavik 64°08N 21°54W isn’t your typical travel guide, but it is a highly unique concept. The author of the guide, Ami Sioux (a Paris-based photographer) asked 50 people in Reykjavik to hand draw maps of a significant or important place of their choosing. She later takes to the roads and Icelandic wilderness or where ever the maps may lead her and photographs the area. With her photos and the nifty hand-drawn maps combined she pieces together an awesome book for the coffee table. In addition to Iceland, Ami had the opportunity to mingle with Berlin natives, Paris, London, and New York natives as well to create media for each city using their interpretive maps and her travel treasure hunt shots. As of the moment Reykjavik 64°08N 21°54W is not available in the U.S., but those burning to find their way to an Icelandic thermal pool or somebody’s back yard through the book can click here for more purchase info.

I must say I wish I had come up with the idea myself.

via Cool Hunting