Portobello Road Market is known for its second-hand clothes and antiques as well as a setting of a scene for Walt Disney musical film Bedknobs and Broomsticks. It's also one of 'must-visit' spots in London guidebooks as a very trendy place. First and foremost, it's a marketplace, where people either trade or buy some goods. All goods here are either old or very old, which makes this street market a paradise for vintage lovers. And although buying a shabby dress that was in fashion some 50 years ago may be controversial for a common visitor, it may be the place where you feel for the first time that London is a special city with its unique atmospere and mood. It is inspiring indeed. You can either wonder around rows of stalls with clothes, each of which represents a particular historic period and trend, look at small colorful buildings, pop into a cafe and have a delicious cupcake (the best I have tried in London so far), or in a spanish food shop - you are most likely to be lost in time and space.. which is definitely worth doing at some point. And it may well be that coming to Portobello market will become your weekend's habit. And who knows maybe one day you will end up buying a fantastic glitzy top to become a queen of a night out.

My first attempt to set up a blog recently was a complete failure... I was on skype talking to may boyfriend who was trying to explain his technology ignorant girlfriend how to become part of the global blogging community and automatically wrote "eiyweryiweyrwewuiriw" on the wall of my facebook profile and (also automatically) pressed button "to share" ... So the first ever comment I got was "???" from my most quickly-reacting friends ) But ventures which start unsuccessfully, to say the least, usually turn out to be very worthy. I hope this will be the case with my blog. Intrestingly, I have never thought about creating my blog. I've always liked writing, and probably my style is close to confession-like, it is very frank. But I felt somewhat uneasy about the fact that many people, including those I may not know, will have access to my ideas, thoughts, feelings. But it's high time that I have started it ... Especially taking account that I have settled down in London for some time... London is the place to start setting yourself free. Free from prejudicies, complexes and 'stiffnesses'. Here I am planning to share my ideas on my favourite topic - lifestyle - through the prisme of my growing expertise in this subject and this fantastic city I have chance to live in at least for a while ... So, let's get started. Tomorrow my friend is taking me and another friend to Portobello .... really looking forward... hopefully will get nice pictures.