Observations of an Unimportant Man
Inane jabber, uneducated opinion and plenty a piccies (2023 and counting) from places near and far.
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Notting Hill Carnival - England
For a little over 360 days a year the trendy West London suburb of Notting Hill is a tranquil leafy locale ruled by the latte and boutique beer set.
The cafés and restaurants do a roaring trade but Jamaican pasties and blackened corn on the cob rarely feature on the menu. There's more Mozart than Marley. And in the pubs and clubs you're more liable to spot the jilted step of a drunken city banker than the smooth soca of a Caribbean queen.
But all that changes on the August bank holiday weekend as the Notting Hill Carnival - Europe's largest street party and second only in the world to Rio's Carnaval - swings and sways its way into W11.
