London, city of extremes

30 July 2008

One of my favorite things about London is the unrivaled variety of people, buildings and vehicles you see every day in the street.
Today Toby from Richard James sent me this picture he took at lunchtime. A matte black and matte orange Maybach (the 57s I guess – I drove that absurdly fast limo a couple of years ago and didn’t really understand the intended use of such a vehicle), debadged, dechromed, with black wheels, blacked-out windows (including the windshield!), and a mysterious – and ugly – license plate: R R R in orange script letters.
But this being London, a dapper cyclist on a Pedersen bike nonchalantly strolled into the frame, completely uninterested by the $370,000 car next to him.