2:25:27
Ofcourse l've seen herfilms...
2:25:28
Ofcourse l've seen herfilms...
2:25:29
andalways thought
she was, well, fabulous.
2:25:32
But, you know, a million, million miles
from the worldllive in...
2:25:35
which is here, Notting Hill,
my favorite bit ofLondon.
2:25:40
There's the market on weekdays selling
everyfruit and vegetable known to man.
2:25:44
Rock-hard bananas,
five for a pound !
2:25:47
The tattooparlor
with aguy outside whogot drunk...
2:25:50
andnowcan't remember
why he chose "l love Ken. "
2:25:53
The radicalhairdressers...
2:25:56
where everyone comes out
looking like the Cookie Monster,
2:25:58
whetherthey want to ornot.
2:26:00
Andthen, suddenly,
it's the weekend,
2:26:02
andfrom break ofday hundreds
ofstalls appearout ofnowhere,
2:26:05
filling Portobello Road,
right up to Notting Hill Gate.
2:26:08
And whereveryou look thousands of
people are buying millions ofantiques,
2:26:11
somegenuine andsome...
not quitesogenuine.
2:26:17
And what'sgreat is that lots offriends
have endedup in thispart ofLondon.
2:26:21
That's Tony, forexample,
architect turnedchef,
2:26:24
who recently investedall the money
he everearnedin a newrestaurant.
2:26:28
Andso, this is where
lspendmy days andyears...
2:26:31
in this small village in the middle of
the city in a house with a blue door...
2:26:35
that my wife andlbought together
before she left me fora man...
2:26:38
who lookedexactly like Harrison Ford.
2:26:41
And where lleada strange half-life
with a lodgercalled--
2:26:44
Spike !
2:26:51
You couldn't help me with an incredibly
important decision, could you ?
2:26:54
Important compared to, let's say,
whether they cancel Third World debt ?
2:26:58
That's right. I am at last going out
on a date with the greatJanine,