Problems Caused by Screaming in the Streets and Pools, Shouting and Playfighting in Public Places

The Problem
On public transport all over the world I am distracted by the sounds and movement of families, especially children.

Whilst I am trying to read, I hear babies and toddlers shrieking.

Sudden movements catch my eyes and distract me. It is teenagers or siblings jumping around, dodging behind their parents - playfighting.

You always have to be alert on public transport, to be prepared for pickpockets, drunks, beggars, falling elderly people, or dangers.

 Sudden movements must distract security staff to anybody monitoring building cameras. People in the swimming pool are constantly shrieking. You would never know if there was a real problem.

   Drunks shout on the way home. After murder cases you hear local people say: "People shout all the time. I thought it was a domestic."

Solution
I think supermarkets and trains should have warning signs.

Signs in public places should say:
                        When standing in one place - Keep still.
                        Keep quiet.
                        No playfighting.
                        No shouting.

                        Then when there's an emergency, we can quickly spot the problem.
What do you think?

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Please share links to your favourite posts.

Notting Hill Carnival Videos Advice - Verdict I vote for films from Nottingham

Problem
What to do to get the best out of the carnival?

Answers

Here's a video of advice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2JRsopnuVE
The speaker is amusing. He tells you to drink water, wear proper shoes, not flip flops (which he mysteriously calls sliders).
Well done for showing street names on street signs.
He should go to Toastmasters or City Lit or Elocution lessons and learn to pronounce the letter T.
Interesting idea that you could pay £1 to go to the toilet in somebody's house instead of the Portacabin toilets (which I haven't seen on any video).
I haven't seen any dancing instruction either.
Yet.

Advice to others:
Don't bore every body with a person talking unless they are in fancy costume or world famous. Get straight to the people in costume.

Don't bounce your camera up and down and move it side to side. Amateur, makes you sea sick. Let the dancers make the movement. Get somewhere you can see, not back views of people walking in front.

Prepare a useful commentary, names of bands, the street you are in.
Get some aerial views, maybe from somebody's upstairs window.

Maybe I should apply for lottery money of fundign to do a proper video. Frankly, the Nottingham carnival was better organised or at least much better filmed.

I tried Vimeo. Better. At least videos started with a title and had some subtitles. I raced through three and got bored and gave up.

Finally Aug 29 I have clicked on the stills and here are some great shots:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4829272/Thousands-streets-Notting-Hill-Carnival-finale.html

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

Casanova Prosecco and More Fun Foods, Drinks and Stories From Imbibe

At the Imbibe exhibition at Olympia I had the chance to try tasting many drinks and a few snacks and hear talks about wines and spirits.

Beef jerky comes in more than one flavour. The original. Or sweet and hot. 

Crisps from Tyrrell's. Who would have thought there were so many flavours of crisps. Ham and cranberry crisps.

After all the gin, vodka an whisky, although you get small tastes at shows, and at events you are supposed to spit, you still soon need water or a soft drink. 

San Pellegrino flavours include Clementina, or Limone e menta. You can probably translate the Italian. The pictures of the fruit helps. Clementine. Leman and mint. 

Perrier water. Not just still and sparkling. Lemon. Or try Green Apple.

Problem

Prosecco? Which one?

What to snack on when I'm drinking beer, wine or spirits? What do add to reduce the alcohol content of spirits and make a colourful cocktail.

Answers

At the Imbibe exhibition at Olympia on July 3rd and 4th I tried a selection of wines and spirits and foods from around the world. Alas, the next show is not until this time next year. It's a show which is informative and fun, for doing deals with the on trade, where you drink on the premises - attracting sommeliers, more than the buyers from off licenses - shops selling alcohol for customers to take home.

Stories

My eye was caught by Prosecco. Something new. Casanova Prosecco. The basic Prosecco is the classic. The more expensive one is the pink one. Oddly, I liked the less expensive one. Jolly good. I am a cheap date.

Tips
More information from:
https://www.jacklinks.com
https://www.tyrrellscrisps.co.uk
https://www.sanpellegrino.com/uk/en
https://www.perrier.com
https://www.belvoirfruitfarms.co.uk
http://www.belvoirfruitfarms.com (Their USA website. You can switch from the US website to the UK website when logging in from the UK.)
https://www.proseccocasanova.com
http://www.tequila.net/tequila-reviews/extra-anejos/san-matias-tequila-extra-anejo-gran-reserva.html
imbibe.com

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. I have other posts on Imbibe, wines, restaurants and hotels and attractions worldwide. Please share links to your favourite posts. 

Christmas Lights In London

Here's my favourite front garden in Harrow on the Uxbridge Road on the left driving towards Hatch End. They have different lights for every holiday season. I have a post on the pictures I took for Halloween. Here's Christmas, snowman, santa and more.

The more you look the more you see. Everything is moving, animated. The archway over the path to the front door has flashing lights. A frieze over the ground floor flashes on and off and on again. Everything twinkles.

When I looked at my photos afterwards, I discovered new amusements. The sign at the front requests: Santa please stop here. The figure on the front of the house is climbing a ladder to the window.

A see-saw goes up and down at the front. I took a series of stills, then thought, I ought to take this moving. My first thought had been to take only still photos. They are easier to edit. You take several and cut out any which are totally blurred. You cut distracting background, bits that are blurred.

Movies are more difficult to edit. It takes longer. You have to go to a movie editing programme. You get annoying sounds.

But when you have a moving scene such as this, it's worthwhile taking both movies and still photos.

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.