Going inside Harrod's

[bex77]

The big news from London today is that Harrod's, the incredible luxury department store in Knightsbridge, has been sold. Mohammed Al-Fayed is retiring and sold the store to the Quatar royal family for $2.3 billion. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8669657.stm

Harrod's is a magical place...part store, part amusement park and museum, filled with shops, 28 restaurants and wild architecture and curiosities. It's almost impossible to describe it to someone who hasn't been there. And in the past they've been very secretive...not allowing photos inside etc. until now.

http://www.harrods.com/harrodsstore/
I clicked over to their web site to see what's new, and they have a tag called "Harrod's 360" in the upper left that lets you go on a tour of the various rooms. Beware...it is addictive. It takes awhile to load, but that didn't stop me from touring the food halls, the Egyptian Escalator, the Fossils and Minerals Gallery...the Dodi & Diana memorial...wow. It brought back memories of an amazing afternoon when I visited and gawked and bought a few little things in this temple to consumers and excess.

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[spwebdesign.livejournal.com]

Well, the big news out of London today is still the election results and the hung parliament and the fact that Nick Clegg is meeting with David Cameron about the possibility of forming a coalition minority government. The bit about Harrods being sold to Qatar Holdings is buried under all the election news.

[bex77]

Heh. Politics? Politicians come and go, but it's looking like Harrod's is forever!