[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-broadway-market-and-winter-hibernation":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Yesterday evening, I had lots of things to do, but all I managed was a flop on the sofa, then drawing this before I went to bed. I tweeted with it: \u003Ci>I am very tired. I would like to hibernate for the rest of the year, please.\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sarahmcintyre_hibernate-e769811d50.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nWhereas, of course, this is the strongman image I \u003Ci>usually\u003C/i> try to project, ha ha. (Thanks to the new tattoo shop in New Cross for this.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sarah_strongman_newcross-9205a8ceaf.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nYesterday I made a point to spend Quality Time with Stuart. We rode our bicycles from home, under the river at Greenwich, then up Regent's Canal to Hackney, to bustling \u003Ca href=\"http://www.timeout.com/london/shopping/features/8801/Broadway_Market_guide.html\">Broadway Market\u003C/a>. This photo's kind of grainy, but I love how it came out: sort of timeless, but then there's a chick with her iPhone.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/broadway_market_mcintyre-1f696b6494.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI'd never been to Broadway Market before, and it was hipster paradise, but it had so much yummy food and we managed to do a fair bit of my Christmas shopping for the year.\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for lots more photos and links under the cut!-->\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/broadway_market_juices-ff77c9ac8d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's a traditional pie and mash shop by the market, with sawdust on the floor and everything. I thought no one was in it because the market food was so good, but about an hour later, it was pretty full. According to \u003Ca href=\"http://broadwaymarket.co.uk/history.php\">this website\u003C/a>, Fred Cooke has been selling jellied eels there since 1900, and served the shepherds who were driving their flocks to the City of London.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pienmash_broadway_market-c2a9e69939.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nStuart and I got our lunch from this stall: fried haddock wraps with lots of beetroot and salady stuff, they were yummy. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/broadway_market-de96e102e3.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThe weather was very nippy, so we popped across the street to the coffee shop and had this view of the market while we cupped our hands around our lattes. \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garynorthfield.com\">Gary Northfield\u003C/a>'s farm, excellent. He is a cold overlord, just like it says; yes. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/northfield_farm-7aeb97b205.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nWe saw a lot of great outfits, but I only worked up the courage to ask this nice couple if I could take their photo. His orange spec frames made me smile and I love her coat. (This is me pretending that I am \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thesartorialist.com/\">The Sartorialist\u003C/a>. Oh wait, I haven't looked at that website in ages... *\u003Ci>pops over from blogging to have a look\u003C/i>*) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/broadway_market_couple-4915c45068.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd then we rode back home along the canal. You can see a few more of my pictures \u003Ca href=\"http://instagram.com/jabberworks\">over on Instagram (I'm 'jabberworks')\u003C/a> if you want a peek. I love this boat's yellow. I stopped to take a photo and another cyclist almost crashed into me from behind, which could have sent either us into the canal. Oops. :-/ He \u003Ci>WAS\u003C/i> going stupid-fast for that stretch of the towpath, though, silly lycra lout.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/regents_canal_boat_dec12-a8d3e0da6f.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSpeaking of silly Instagram situations, Stuart and I LOVE this College Humor song about it. \u003Ca href=\"http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6853117/look-at-this-instagram-nickelback-parody\">Click over to watch\u003C/a>. I am guilty of so many of these things. (Thanks to \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jamiesmart\">Jamie Smart on Twitter\u003C/a> for the link!)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6853117/look-at-this-instagram-nickelback-parody\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/instagram_nickelback_parody-37a4a52f68.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nThe song's a parody of some \u003Ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0DU4DoPP4\">Nickelback song we'd never heard of\u003C/a>, so we had to find that, too. I don't recommend watching that video, it will make your eyes and ears bleed. That \u003Ci>voice\u003C/i>, it's just like the one in the parody. Argh. Why do people do \u003Ci>that voice\u003C/i>?\\r\n\\r\nOn a better note, \u003Cb>Neill Cameron\u003C/b> is on a roll in \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/\">The Phoenix Comic\u003C/a> with his nearly-weekly Art Monkey tips, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/awesome/\">\u003Ci>How To Make AWESOME Comics\u003C/i>\u003C/a>. You'll find this page in this weekend's Issue 49, but I recommend \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/subscribe/\">subscribing\u003C/a> to get regular tips on how to make your own Awesome Comics. (Teachers, libarians, pay attention!)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/phoenix_neill_awesomecomics-af68c86d73.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnother link, cartoonist and illustrator \u003Cb>Mik Brown\u003C/b> has \u003Ca href=\"\\r\nhttp://miko-cartoon.com/blog/index.php/2012/12/08/the-society-of-authors-futures-of-publishing-event/\">blogged about our Futures of Publishing event\u003C/a> at the Society of Authors (which featured this fine crew). Thanks, Mik!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"\\r\nhttp://miko-cartoon.com/blog/index.php/2012/12/08/the-society-of-authors-futures-of-publishing-event/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/futures_publishing_team-c258c32ea1.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Tonight at 8pm\u003C/b> you can hear a bunch of us talk about our book \u003Ca href=\"http://www.blankslatebooks.co.uk/our-books/nelson/\">\u003Ci>NELSON\u003C/i>\u003C/a> on Resonance FM, \u003Ca href=\"http://panelborders.wordpress.com/2012/12/09/todays-show-nelson/\">here's the link!\u003C/a> I'll post a link to the podcast later, in case you miss it.\\r\n\\r\nWhile I was flipping through my copy of \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thebookseller.com/\">The Bookseller\u003C/a> magazine, I found this lovely illustration of \u003Cb>Foyles Charing Cross\u003C/b> bookshop by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.foyles.co.uk/107-Artists\">Rian Hughes\u003C/a>, which is also featured on one of the boards in front of the soon-to-be new shop. In fact, get down there before it opens, because you can see the history of Foyles, in comics form, by loads of my favourite comics artists, organised by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.comicafestival.com/\">Comica Festival\u003C/a>. Or you can look at them online on \u003Ca href=\"http://www.foyles.co.uk/107-Artists\">Foyles' website here\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.foyles.co.uk/107-Artists\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/bookseller_rianhughes-3935d9972f.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nOften I click 'favorite' on Twitter to save articles that look interesting for more leisurely read later. \u003Ca href=\"http://www.empiricalzeal.com/2012/06/05/the-crayola-fication-of-the-world-how-we-gave-colors-names-and-it-messed-with-our-brains-part-i/\">Here's one that Caroline Lawrence flagged\u003C/a>, about colour, that looks interesting.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.empiricalzeal.com/2012/06/05/the-crayola-fication-of-the-world-how-we-gave-colors-names-and-it-messed-with-our-brains-part-i/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/colourblog-da9857d3b6.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAnd I'll end with my favourite tweet of the morning:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/twitter_onsiefox-a0ff1038d0.jpg\">","2012-12-09T09:56:00.000Z","broadway-market-and-winter-hibernation",[],"broadway market and winter hibernation",1776628724503]