dont judge a greasy spoon by its shop front...

after a 'night on the tiles' we were on the hunt for some good english grub of the greasy spoon variety. after wandering by a few particularly dodgy looking vendors in faringdon (london) and deciding that they were just tooooo greasy to risk we were faced with our final option 'the popular cafe'. hmmmm....cafe didn't seem THAT popular (we were the only customers bar one), and claims of popularity always make me nervous. the cafe looked like it hadn't been touched since the 70's, which added to my worry about the food. however, the boys' stomachs did the talking on this occasion and we ventured in.


and then i fell in love.


one, with the gorgeous formica orange tops. two, with the lovely smiley waitress. three, with the retro sauce bottles. four, with my rather suprisingly tasty mushrooms on toast (though i'm sure the hangover improved the taste). five, for the tea being served in chunky mugs. and six, for the red top newspapers (i actually really dislike red tops, but they seemed an important part of the picture at this cafe). it was the 70's throwback that made me love it. and the best thing is i dont think they were trying to be 70's, they just were.

and aren't these pictures soooo cool? and no, unfortunately i haven't recently acquired a lovely polaroid camera (i wish), these pics were rather geniusly created through a little program i stumbled across on amity's blog. poladroid creates polaroid style images of your photos though a simple drag and drop program, and as a nice little touch you get to see the photos 'develop'! not sure how but i managed to save one of the photos as it was 'developing'....got a nice washed out look from it. you've got try it out, it's very addictive.

would love to see the poladroids you create - please share links in comments below!

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