“Magical day in London – lovin’ life” - that was my facebook status after spending the day with my Spanish friend Berta Bernad and our friend Bennie Gray, who gave us a personal tour around London. We met up at Dance Works (Oxford Street) which is London’s leading dance studio and watched a ballet and tango class. They offer dance and fitness classes of the highest quality and Berta and I were luckily given a free membership, so I need to go back there soon and start working out!

Afterwards we walked around the corner to Gray’s Antique Center at Davies Street . Gray’s was established by Bennie Gray in 1977 and is the epicentre of the art and antique dealing world. I didn’t know about Gray’s, but when I walked into the beautiful nineteenth century terracotta building I was sold. There was an amazing selection of vintage costume jewelry, antique jewelry, fine antique silver, porcelain and glass. It was heaven for a vintage lover like me. Gray’s is definitely worth a visit and is open Monday-Friday 10am-6pm, and many dealers are open Saturdays 11am-5pm aswell.

We were lucky with the weather, so it was perfect to cruise in a convertible towards Alfie’s Antique Market at Church St. Bennie opened Alfies back in 1976, when half the shops in Church Street were boarded up and there was a terrible problem with vandalism. (more…)