I just have some clean up questions before our England/Scotland trip (Dec. 19-Jan. 1). Advice on any of them would be great.<BR><BR>1) I collect teapots. Where would be the best place to buy a nice British teapot? Any thoughts/ideas?<BR><BR>2) My husband and I are 27. We wanted to try clubbing one night, but someone said Leicester Square would be a teenager crowd. Other suggestions? Also, what do people wear clubbing there? It really varies in the U.S. in my experience. When I lived in L.A., it was a &quot;no jeans&quot; environment; things are a little more relaxed in San Francisco and just-as-dressy-but-less-skin when I lived in Boston. I was thinking of just wearing some low cut (hip) jeans and maybe a nice fun top and heels, but was wondering what would be appropriate. What about for my husband? Anything I should be aware of?<BR><BR>3) Are pubs open on Sundays? We wanted to go to some pubs, and Sunday is the night we currently have free for that.<BR><BR>

To buy new teapots you might try Bramah?s tea and coffee museum, on Southwark Street, nearest station London Bridge. Please see www.bramahmuseum.co.uk/ and http://www.bramahmuseum.co.uk/our_shop/equipment.htm. Or a department store, such as Selfridge on Oxford Street. To buy second hand teapots you might try a street market: I suggest Greenwich on a Saturday morning, the stalls inside the old town hall, and the open air stalls.<BR><BR>I am afraid I am no help on clubbing.<BR><BR>Outside the City of London (the business area) pubs are open on Sundays from noon to three and from about six to eleven.<BR><BR>Please write if I can help further. Welcome to London.<BR><BR>Ben Haines<BR>

Sherry- Ben's suggestions sound great. For the teapot, some other thoughts...any of the major department stores are good from Harrod's to Harvey Nichol's (one of my favorite shops). John Lewis is a dept store for the home with china, linens etc. &amp; not bad prices.<BR><BR>Most of the museum gift shops will also have teapots (I love the V&amp;A gift shop.) The V&amp;A also has a website so you may be able to check out beforehand what they offer. Don't know if you're into antiques, but that's also another possibility for a teapot. Kensington Church Street has lots of antique shops that I believe should have some china pots but they may be pricey. Portabello Road might be a fun place to look as well.<BR><BR>As to clubbing, I'm out of date but last Sunday's NY Times had a big article on the East End of London which has become very trendy -(Shoreditch, Spitalfields, Hoxton, Whitechapel). In Shoreditch they mention under night life, CARGO (at 83 Rivington St.) www.cargo-london.com as a popular live music club with everything from jazz to new world (expect an hour wait outside on weekends according to the article)<BR><BR>Hope this helps &amp; have a great trip!

I've just noticed someone has topped a thread for you called &quot;London nightlife&quot;. Make sure to check it out.

Thanks, everyone! What great info. Fodors' message boards made our honeymoon great this summer to Hawaii (I discovered Fodors in the planning process), and has been even more helpful this go round. I want to say thanks in particular to Ben Haines, who always posts such well-thought, constructive, informative, and kind messages. I don't know if all Londoners will be as nice as you, Ben, but I sure feel welcome already! This will be our first trip to any part of Europe, and you (and all the Fodors postors) have made planning it a pleasure (and an obsession!).<BR><BR><BR><BR>

if they still exist try the China Reject Shop)s) in Kensington and Chelsea

The Timeout site (www.timeout.com) usually has good info on bars and nightlife.

Pubs: All pubs are open 12:00 - 22:30 on Sunday (unless they are in an area of very low demand, eg the City). In Scotland the hours are longer.<BR><BR>Clubs: Leicester Sq area and the west end in general is full of foreign kids (ie teens). There are as many clubs as you could possibly want, have a look through time out and pick accordingly, that will also advise on dress codes. (school uniforms and Huggy Bear outfits seem to be very popular at the moment.) There will probably be somewhere near where you are staying.<BR><BR>hope this helps

Clubbing - Lonodn can be dressier than the States - when I studied for 3 mths in Chicago, I could not believe how slobby a lot of the places were. Some places will not allow jeans in - even when if it just a jean cut and not blue etc. Others may not allow you in if you are not trendy enough. Sometimes they just want people to queue for the fun of it and show off how busy they are.<BR><BR>If you like some live music - Dover St Wine Bar (nr Green Park tube)is an ever popular place. Not cheap (GBP10 entry, maybe more now?) and if you do not want to queue, get there early or book dinner (OK but poor value - GBP15 for main course, house wine - undrinkable at GBP10 or thereabouts - get more expensive one, no beers sold)). No jeans but do not need a tie. Age group is 20s and up. It is basement place with small dance floor but guaranteed to be busy on Friday and Sat, prob Thurday as well. Big clubs like Hippodrome in Leicester Sq are full of teenagers getting pissed.

Just as a note to us Americans, in Britain, 'getting pissed' means getting drunk, not getting angry