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People watching - my new hobby!

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V3ra Wed 16-Aug-23 22:10:28

My most favourite ever people-watching place was the terrace at the Café de Paris, opposite the casino in Monte Carlo.
The large group of yummy mummies with their designer children and plentiful nannies, the elderly couple dressed in matching shell suits with their face-lifts so tight they looked like they were in a wind tunnel... absolutely fascinating and talk about another world 😎

Sidelined Wed 16-Aug-23 21:42:37

Aveline snap! Head to toe and all layers M&S too! But I’m a separates person and I would love to be a dress person! There were some fabulous dresses being worn at Next today❤️

Aveline Wed 16-Aug-23 21:18:20

I foolishly went into town today. The Edinburgh festival is in full swing. The sights I saw!! I simply couldn't imagine how some people thought they looked OK to go out in public! Dearie me. I went home asap and didn't feel too bad at all about how I was dressed (head to toe in M&S's finest)

Squiffy Wed 16-Aug-23 21:13:12

London art galleries are my downfall! I spend almost as much time people-watching as I do looking at the art works!

Patsy70 Wed 16-Aug-23 20:15:05

And me. Thank you Joseann, somewhere to go on my solitary train trips! 😊

Joseann Wed 16-Aug-23 19:57:39

Me too.
For the real experience of people watching, (fashionable or otherwise, certainly cosmopolitan), try Searcys on St. Pancras Station. I could sit there people watching all day. It's right by the Lovers Meeting Place statue which gives an added frisson.

Oldnproud Wed 16-Aug-23 19:39:06

Me too. Whenever I go into town alone, I always finish in a cafe with a hot drink and definitely people-watch while leisurely sipping it.

I am terrible at clothes shopping, having no great interest in fashion and nowadays very unsure what I should be wearing at my age or how to pair up my separates, so recently I have made a point of watching passers-by, hoping for ideas and inspiration, and I have to say that it has been quite helpful. ☺

Sidelined Wed 16-Aug-23 19:09:46

That’s not really true, I’ve always loved finding a corner out of the way and watching the world go by. Do you?

I moved away from familiar haunts and it’s taken a long time to find my new favourite - a corner seat in the coffee shop of a Next store that lets me watch people coming in and out. I’m in heaven. Trouble is, I keep seeing women wearing some wonderful outfits (not all Next, I should add) and now I feel so dowdy! I feel a wardrobe update coming on! I wonder if I can that seat for next time 😂😂😂