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Greetings from the Olden Country
by acdickson
You can let your breath out, Nottingham, England is officially AC country from now on.
The missus and I are nearing the end of a week-long stay in Robin Hood’s old stomping grounds. We did a pair of seminars in the atrium of the vast Capital One British Corporate Center (recently opened by none other than Prince Charles) and they rocked. Gotta hand it to the folks at Capital One and everyone who keeps the NottDance Festival humming—they treated us like a king and a queen.
Great crowds, slightly more reserved than the US audiences, but fun nonetheless. Did a brisk business in AC Dickson’s Guide to eBay PowerSelling ( one from Thursday night is already up for auction!) and we had some grand finales. The first night we listed a 24-hour auction for lunch with AC Dickson which went for about $35 after 21 bids, and as I write a pub crawl for tomorrow night is up for auction.
Felt good to be back up there on stage with our updated UK show (changed dollars to pounds and got familiar with eBay.co.uk). And I had a few new moves to break out for the pop-off dance. Good times.
Nottingham is a great city, half the size of Portland but just as if not more fashionable. England is the shopping capital of Europe and damn if you can’t find just about anything you want. It’s pricey (the pound has been taking the dollar to the cleaners lately) but there are few bargains, namely BEER. We had a nice stop to the oldest pub in England called the Olde Trip to Jerusalem which is built into the side of the mountain atop which sits Nottingham Castle, where Edward II’s murderer was captured.
At first we were a little disappointed by the (expensive) food, tempura is served soggy and a side of rice at a Chinese restaurant costs $5 a person, but we’ve since found a few spots that are excellent. In fact, one such bar-restaurant called Wax may be auctioned off by yours truly on behalf of the owner. Check back with me on that.
We’re off for five days in Glasgow where we’ll have two shows at the art space Tramway (this Thursday and Friday at 8:15 if you got friends in the area) then finish up in Belgium for another 5 days of fun and festivals.
I’ll finish up with a few fun facts about the UK.
Specs are glasses.
They drive on the other side of the road.
Lager is for tourists, real drinkers prefer Bitters.
They think Burning Man is really cool.
Estate sales are considered in bad taste, they prefer boot sales in big fields.
Your boot is the trunk of your car.
They open up the back of their car and sell things out of it.
Your show sounds great but I can't make it to Glasgow on the nights you are there.
You should bring it to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where I'm sure you could be a hit. Have you heard of the Fringe First Awards a wonderful accolade for any artist. Assuming your show has some comedy you could also be up for a "Perrier".
Posted by: Tom Primrose at May 19, 2005 6:56 AM