Mykita Celebrities
August 14, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Celebrities in Mykita
Rhys Ifans in Mykita Sunglasses
Rhys Ifans in Mykita Sunglasses
Alex Kopranos of Franz Ferdinand in Mykita Sunglasses
Jonathan van Blerk on holiday in Mykita
Eddie Jordan in Mykita
New Mykita design
Eddie and Marie Jordan in Mykita
New Mykita Designs
The AgenC was started in 1993 in the sleepy, but beautiful hollow of Cape Town in South Africa by Jonathan van Blerk. In 2001 after 8 years in the South African market we broadened our horizons to Sub Saharan Africa and then in 2003 set up our main base in the hub of London in The United Kingdom and have over the last 6 years established ourselves as the premier agents to the top stores in The United Kingdom and Ireland too.
It is a very simple idea and company in that it does not work on the pretence of anything other than being “agents” to manufacturers creating glasses and sunglasses of a very high quality where they are not ethically challenged…the core criteria being that they manufacture and control all their own product, and more than anything their image and quality standards must be of the highest in the industry. These can’t simply be products, but have to be great products, created by great people, who run great companies in the best possible way.
Passion is the key to the success of The AgenC.
The current team has now increased in that Dharmen Soneji heads all the customer services and runs the office from Esher in Surrey. Dharmen has also been integral in launching The AgenC’s latest brand, Cheap Monday, from Bergen in Norway, a new exciting addition to The AgenC.
Oliver Hariani is the person to contact in relation to Paul Frank, from The OC in The USA as well as Andy Wolf from Hartberg in Austria and IDC from Marseilles in France.
Mykita from Berlin in Germany has now become one of the world’s most sort after Optical Brands and has become established as Mykita United Kingdom, Mykita Ireland and Mykita South Africa, which Jonathan van Blerk proudly looks after and has established it with the Very Best Opticians, Optical Boutiques, Fashion Stores and Boutiques to be found in The United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa.
www.cheapmonday.com/clairvoyant
weird tales for everyday life
It started with a small vintage shop only kept open
on weekends. What started out as a couple of friends on
a playdate turned into a Big Bang: A success none of us
ever saw coming. Suddenly 800 pairs of jeans had
conquered the world and indie was the new black.
From the lost highway came a smiling skull and from the
obscure basements below rose the smell of silk screened
t-shirts. Mr Exclusive and Lady Avant Garde dancing the
fandango with everyday man.
It’s all about the dialectics. We always hoped to be the
snail balancing on the razors edge, the one-armed man at
One Eyed Jacks’ – A world within worlds.
We wanted to show the world that the dead can dance. And
that they do it with a smile.
We were trying to infiltrate the mainstream, seduce the
mainstream into embracing originality. But you already
know this.
It’s a world gone mad. It’s a riot. It’s weird tales for
everyday life: It’s Cheap Monday.
2000 The Weekend store opens in a suburb of Stockholm, mixing vintage t-shirts with exclusive
jeans. It is only open on weekends.
2002 The Weekday store opens in the city, widening the concept and is open seven days a week.
2004 The birth of Cheap Monday, with focus on tight, unwashed jeans and printed T-shirts.
2006 Cheap Monday goes abroad with a full scale collection.
2007 Cheap Monday is sold in 2000 Stores in 40 countries.
2008 Cheap Monday joins H&M.
2009 Introducing Cheap Monday Clairvoyant eyewear.
cheap monday clairvoyant
Clairvoyant is a free ride on an exclusive rollercoaster
that takes you through the looking-glass and into the
next dimension.
Open your third eye and experience new colors and worlds
beyond. Deepen your perception. Everyone’s a psychic.
Look into the future with fresh eyes!
It all makes sense when looking good. And everyone looks
good. Clairvoyant.
Clairvoyant French: Clear-seeing.(from clair [clear]+ voyant, present participle of voir [to see].)
Clairvoyant Perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses.
Clairvoyant Precognitive, second-sighted (foreseeing the future).
Clairvoyant Somebody with acute intuitive insight or perceptiveness.
Clairvoyant French: Clear-seeing.(from clair [clear]+ voyant, present participle of voir [to see].)
Clairvoyant Perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses.
Clairvoyant Precognitive, second-sighted (foreseeing the future)
Clairvoyant somebody with acute intuitive insight or perceptiveness.
Through the looking glass C.529:mustard
histoire de l’oeil C.527:dk red
blindness C.520:matt black
the colour out of space C.500:black
a pair of
blue eyes
Size: 52j12,5-130
“The only lights
apparent on earth were
some spots of dull red,
glowing here and there
upon the distant hills,
which, as the driver of
the vehicle gratuitously
remarked to the hirer,
were smoldering fires…”
From:A Pair of Blue Eyes
by Thomas Hardy,1873
C.022:dk gun
C.003:Silver
C.039:gold
C.500:black
Blindness
Size: 52j20-140
“Seen merely at a
glance, the man’s eyes
seem healthy, the iris
looks bright, luminous,
the sclera white, as
compact as porcelain.”
From:Blindness
Jose Samarago,1997
C.525:light turtle
C.520:matt black
C.524:dk green
C.530:turtle
brightness
falls
Size: 50j14,5-140
“That’s the great legacy
of modernism – the fear
of being a rube.”
From:Brightness Falls
Jay McInerney,1997
C.500:black
C.525:lt turtle
C.528:dk red
C.520:Matt black
Eye mind
Size: 53j17-138
“Stacy decided he didn’t
look evil enough, because
his goatee grew in red
and his hair was black,
black, black… so we dyed
it black… so he would
look evil (hahhahah).”
From:Eye Mind
Paul Drummond,2007
C.500:black
C.525:lt turtle
C.530:turtle
For your
eyes only
Size: 56j15-140
“Around the scene of the
killing, the forest,
which had held its breath
while it was done, slowly
began to breathe again.”
From:For Your Eyes Only
by Ian Fleming,1960
C.500:black
C.525:lt turtle
C.523:grey
C.520:Matt Black
C.002:Matt black
heart of
darkness
Size: 58j13,5-135
“And at last, in its
curved and imperceptible
fall, the sun sank
low, and from glowing
white changed to a dull
red without rays and
without heat, as if
about to go out suddenly,
stricken to death
by the touch of that
gloom brooding over a
crowd of men.”
From:Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad,1890
C.028:ant dk gun
C.031:ant gold
histoire de
l’oeil
Size: 54j16-140
“Now in the corner of
a hallway there was a
saucer of milk for the
cat. ’milk is for the
pussy, isn’t it?’ said
Simone.’Do you dare me
to sit in the saucer?’”
From:Histoire de L’oeil
Georges Bataille,1928
C.500:black
C.525:lt turtle
C.524:dk green
C.527:dk red
outer dark
Size: 57j15-140
“It howled execration
upon the dim camarine
world of its nativity
wail on wail while he
lay there gibbering with
palsied jawhasps, his
hands putting back the
night like some witless
paraclete beleaguered
with all limbo’s
clamor.”
From:Outer Dark
Cormac McCarthy,1968
C.519:brown
C.500:black
C.526:matt turtle
C.531:turtle
the eye of
the beholder
Size: 52j14,5-140
“Who is deformed, who
is not – that to some
extent has always been a
matter of opinion.”
From:The eye of the beholder
Robert Garland,1995
C.500:black
C.520:matt black
C.527:dk red
the colour
out of space
Size: 58j15-140
“Strange colours danced
before his eyes; and had
not a present horror
numbed him he would have
thought of the globule
in the meteor that the
geologist’s hammer had
shattered and of the
morbid vegetation that
had sprouted in the
spring.”
From:The Colour Out of Space
H.P.Lovecraft,1927
C.521:brown
C.500:black
C.522:grad. blk
the darkness
that comes
before
Size: 56j16-140
“If it is only after
that we understand what
has come before, then we
understand nothing.”
From:The Darkness That
Comes Before
R.Scott Bakker,2003
C.028:ant gun
C.002:black
C.057:Gun black
the eyes
have it
Size: 53j14-135
“Well, forget your
missing marbles, forget
twins, this calls for
a celebration. I heard
about you pregnant
women and your cravings.
Let’s go get some ice
cream and pickles.”
From:The Eyes Have It
by Madelyn Lorber,2007
C.022:gun
C.003:silver
C.018:burgundy
C.057:Gun black
The hills
have eyes
Size: 57j14-135
“They went on with their
tests, some of the town
folk got sick from the
radiation but they never
quite understood why.”
From:The Hills Have Eyes
Jimmy Palmiotti,2007
C.002:black
C.022:gun
C.057:Gun black
Through the
looking Glass
Size: 51j20-140
“The way Dinah washed
her children’s faces was
this: first she held the
poor thing down by its
ear with one paw, and
then with the other paw
she rubbed its face all
over, the wrong way…”
From:Through The
Looking Glass
Lewis Carroll,1871
C.500:black
C.525:LT Turtle
C.529:mustard
C.528:dk red
C.500:black
Ways Of seeing
Size: 58j12-140
“It is seeing which
establishes our place in
the surrounding world;
we explain that world
with words, but words can
never undo the fact that
we are surrounded by it.”
From:Ways of Seeing
John Berger,1972
C.531:turtle
C.520:matt black
C.529:mustard
C.520:matt black
C.530:turtle
Visions of cody
Size: 51j18,5-140
“And over at 3rd avenue
and 9th street is a beat
employment agency, it’s
over a music store which
(Western Music Co.) has a
dirty piss splashed and
littered sooty sidewalk
in front, and iron cellar
sidewalk doors also
filthy and sag when you
walk over.”
From:Visions of Cody
Jack Kerouac,1972
C.527:dk red
www.cheapmonday.com/clairvoyant
Eddie Jordan in Mykita on BBC
July 27, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Those blokes who entertain us on either end of the race were on stage. Man am I glad its back on the BBC. They are really showing how badly ITV sucked
As I was cruising around The Pipeline, I came upon them raving about Cheap Monday’s brand Spanking new eyewear collection called The Clairvoyant Collection . Not only were they crazy about the styles, but also for what Cheap Monday is known for, the price. The affordable collection of three different styles—Night On Earth, Night Watch, and Night Porter are priced at a whopping $35 Bucks. Much cheaper than American Apparel glasses.
As soon as I laid my eyes on one of their favorites from the collection, the Night Porter (pictured),I soon went to my vintage eyewear box and pulled out these:
These vintage glasses I had purchased a couple months back at a local thrift store for $1 buck. Of course, the Cheap Monday style blow these away, but the style is exactly the same and the silhouette matches. With the love for the vintage glasses I found, I soon got excited to know that I can get my hands on a better similar pair at Brooklyn based boutique Alter. They carry the frames but were a little too late- they’re sold out of the Night Porter style.
Seriously, at that price, did you expect them not to sell out?
Eddie Jordan Pics at Silverstone F1 GP 2009
July 27, 2009 by admin · 1 Comment
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Mykita wearing Eddie Jordan at F1 Charity Gala
July 27, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Eddie Jordan in Mykita Glasses and Mykita Sunglasses
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The origins of April Fool’s Day are rather obscure. There are several takes on it, most of them revolving around the tale of a changing calendar system with massive mockery made of those still following the older dates. But, whatever the origins, the idea and practice of April Fool’s Day is not obscure at all. We started with small practical jokes in school, telling unsuspecting boys that their zippers are open when they’re not.
As we get older, the jokes grow in sophistication. Corporations and news agencies join the fun. BMW, for example, is well-known for the annual April Fool adverts that is worth a separate article on itself to go through. In one of his recent posts, SBY listed a few pranks from the manufacturers themselves. In fact, our friend himself also perpetuated another joke of his own (remember the Chinese Rolls-Royce?), though I have yet to check if he manufactured it himself, or sourced it externally.
I must admit that when I first saw the the “Geely GE”, I went to double check on Google, found nothing of the sort and realized it was a prank. In my defence, since I saw it on the 31st of March, it doesn’t count. Usually, we would fall for the first one of the day, and for the rest of the day, we remain in super-alert, super-vigilant, anti-April-Foolsmode until the end of the day. Any news that’s even remotely shocking is treated with complete scepticism, and men would ignore comments of “Your fly’s open” when it really is.
For this year’s Fool’s Day, as I prefer to call it, I was spared most of the pranks, because I was effectively spending half of the day on the PLUS highway driving from KL to Penang to meet Eddie Jordan. Yes, Eddie Jordan of Formula 1 fame. Ever since selling his beloved “rock-and-roll” F1 team to the Midland Group in 2005, the man has been touring with his band “Eddie & The Robbers” and is now a commentator with the BBC for F1 races.
He’s in Malaysia for the Sepang GP, and Shangri-La’s Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa Penang hosted him in a special dine-in session with guests and members of the media at their in-house restaurant, Feringgi Grill. I was invited to represent AW, and as I was packing for the event, I could not find the spare batteries for my camera, and thus, had no choice but to leave with whatever juice I had left. As luck would have it, and aptly on April Fool’s Day, my camera ran out of batteries in the midst of covering an event. It was a moment for expletives.
This piece almost became a one paragraph fare that read like this: We had dinner in the same restaurant with Eddie Jordan. In between dishes, he took the microphone, reminisced of his time in F1, having the crowd in stitches. After dinner, Eddie & The Robbers enthralled the crowd with a performance of rock-and-roll. End of story.
In-house restaurant of Shangri-La’s Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa, Feringgi Grill, hosted the event.
That would have been a massive cop-out on my part, but as I soaked in the ambience sans camera, I had plenty of time to reflect upon Eddie’s wise words as he spoke. His charm is legendary, and it was obvious, from the moment he spoke, that he is an accomplished story-teller, with his moderately thick Irish accent adding plenty of flavour to his words.
Eddie Jordan with his legendary charm…. then my batteries went flat.
Jordan founded team Jordan Grand Prix in 1991, and was responsible for giving the likes of Michael Schumacher, Eddie Irvine, Alessandro Zanardi, Rubens Barrichello and Ralf Schumacher their F1 debuts. Jordan himself admitted that these guys were all groomed to be sold to other teams for a tidy profit. In his own words, Jordan spoke ofFerrari, who signed Irvine from him, ”I absolutely fleeced them,” then raising his glass, “Here’s to Ferrari.”
He also went on to label Irvine a “cheeky b*st*rd”, when asked “Who was, not the fastest, but the smartest driver you’ve ever had?” He recounted how, in 1996, after reaching an agreement with Ferrari to sign Irvine, with a considerable profit for himself also on the table, the Ulsterman almost scuppered the move by telling Jordan how “he couldn’t leave and that the Jordan team was like a family to him.” Jordan eventually sent Irvine a “one million” (the currency was not mentioned) pay off to get him on his way.
In their tumultuous history, Jordan Grand Prix did reach a few highs, springing massive surprises against more powerful opposition. They finished a respectable fifth placing in their debut season in 1991, had both drivers on the podium in the 1995 Canadian GP, and had Damon Hill and Ralf Schumacher securing a memorable 1-2 finish in the 1998 Belgian GP. However, putting all those heights aside, according to Eddie Jordan, the team’s biggest success was simply to survive. He remains extremely proud of his small “rock and roll” team, who were playing with the big guns of Ferrari, McLaren and BMW and sufficiently held their own.
Also according to Jordan, and he might have ’spiced up’ the tale a little, Bernie Ecclestone once labelled him and his team as a bunch of “f**king robbers,” to which Eddie replied, tongue-in-cheek, “Thanks, that’s a great name for a band,” and with that, Eddie & The Robbers were born – comprising of Eddie on drums accompanied by Johnny (keyboard & vocal), Pete (bass & vocal) and Matt (guitar & vocal). The quartet, after delivering a couple of renditions at the end of the function, were also scheduled to perform at Hard Rock Cafe in KL on the 3rd & 4th of April.
Eddie & The Robbers
(source: http://eddieandtherobbers.com/)
It is worth noting that Jordan’s childhood ambition was to be a dentist before he was seduced into the world of motor racing. As I reflected on the things he said during the dinner, and also on articles about him, I would imagine that a person of his colourful experiences would have very few regrets, if any. I am sure that all of us, at some point of our lives, would have been faced with choices that would ultimately shape the destiny of our lives – whether we live a life of greatness or mediocrity, of peace or chaos.
The name of the function, Life in the Fast Lane, pretty much summarizes Jordan’s life. Many of us go through our lives driven to survive. The concerns going through our minds would revolve around bills, debts and various other issues to make ends meet come the end of the month. Frustration inevitably creep in, we become exhausted zombies, and many complain of job dissatisfaction.
Somewhere along the line, Jordan must have been faced with one of those life-shaping decisions, and I would surmise, he must have made his choice driven by passion, which in recent times, I found, is a motivator far more powerful than the dollar sign.
It is now a tradition that after the chequered flag falls on the final race at the British Grand Prix, the fans are let in to the centre of the circuit where a massive stage has been set up for the British Grand Prix Party.
Hosted by Tony Jardine, the party is a mixture of music and driver / celebrity appearances. This years music was supplied by regulars Eddie and the Robbers (featuring Eddie Jordan on drums) and Rolling Stones tribute band, The Counterfeit Stones.
Whilst the music creates a good atmosphere, the undoubted draw of the event are the driver and celebrity appearances. Once again, Tony Jardine did a marvellous job of whipping up the crowds support with rallying cries for the British Grand Prix to remain at Silverstone, pantomime jeers at the mention of Michael Schumacher, and altogether more heartfelt decrying of Max and Bernie!
The drivers present all seem to treat the event as a chance to genuinely interact with the fans and speak their minds much more freely than when they have a TV camera and microphone shoved in their faces post race.
This year some of the highlights included Eddie Jordan very vocally telling Max & FOTA to stop messing with a sport that belongs to the fans, not them. Lewis Hamilton cheerfully admitting that his 2009 McLaren is a dog of a car, Nelson Piquet letting on that Flavio is a bit of a tough boss to please, and Kazuki Nakajima revealing that the Toyota owned Fuji circuit is not a patch on Suzuka.
The party bosted an impressive roll call of drivers past and present including Johnny Herbert, Nelson Piquet Jr, Sir Stirling Moss, Sir Jackie Stewart, Derek Warwick, Kazuki Nakajima, Nico Rosberg, Damon Hill, Lewis Hamilton (and Pussycat Doll girlfriend), Ross Brawn, Rubens Barichello, Jenson Button, David Coulthard, Martin Brundle, Jake Humphrey, Eddie Jordan, and of course Christian Horner, Adrian Newey, Mark Webber and Sebstian Vettel.
Well, well, well… welcome back to the BBC Formula 1. I’ve missed you!
I am writing this on a flight between Melbourne and Kuala Lumpur where we’re flying for the next Grand Prix. It is round two of what has started as a knockout season, and we’re expecting more fun and games this coming weekend – rain is predicted.
I am not sure what your perspective was of the Melbourne race but I thought you might like to hear mine.
It started with total disbelief that it could possibly be time to get out of bed.
The night before the entire team decided that after qualifying we should go out for a bonding meal, as for many of us this is the first time working together.
It was delicious. Well, the few sips of a well-needed pint were, until word filtered through that there may be an issue with Toyota’s rear wing.
Cue a dash all the way back to the circuit in the dark to track down the Toyota boss John Howett, get the full sp and then re-record the closing link for the re-run of qualifying that was transmitting minutes later.
I love this type of skin of your teeth, reactive broadcasting and the teams were very understanding of our extra-late shift, so kept us happy with coffee and rather odd apricot pastry things.
We piled in the car at about 12.45am local time, back to the hotel 1.15am, into bed 1.45am.
As I was drifting off, all my brain kept asking me was “when are you going to write the script for the race show then”. Blasted conscience!
So, as I’m sure you can appreciate 6.30am was a little uncomfortable, but there was little option so I had a cool shower and got to work writing, stopping for a coffee about 10am and for a live interview on the phone (whilst ironing my shirt for the show – the glamour) with Steven Nolan of Five Live.
I arrived at the circuit via cab with Eddie Jordan and Lee McKenzie at about 11.30am. I chatted through the show with Mark the boss – we’d totally rewritten the running order to reflect qualifying. I then got changed in the back of the edit suite whilst the guys put the finishing touches to the Jenson/Lewis VT… they kept their eyes firmly on the screens!
I then met up with the boys (David Coulthard & Eddie Jordan) who had texts from various celebrities. Whilst Eddie’s best wishes came from the likes of Mick Hucknall I was quite happy and rather impressed to get my dad’s message to say that in Upper Stoke they’d let the dogs out and were nervously eating toast.
Then it was time to get mic’d up and host my first ever live F1 race. Totally surreal.
Two minutes to on-air and into the pit lane. The first thing you aren’t expecting is the number of people. DC took us through the Red Bull garage as the team put the finishing touches to Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel’s cars and we emerged into a pit lane that resembled Wembley Way five minutes after the final whistle.
We walked down to the Brawn garage, where we opened the show from. Rather surreally DC was played a tune on a bagpipe by a random guy wearing a kilt standing on four-foot stilts… that’s my overriding memory as The Chain introduced our first race on the Beeb in 12 years.
After that most of the following couple of hours were a blur. We had a couple of hairy moments. When the jets were screaming a few hundred feet overhead and simultaneously the cars were leaving the garages, for example, I couldn’t hear EJ or DC talk, the gallery issuing me instructions, or myself think. Puts into perspective just what a talented pro my predecessor Steve Rider is.
Relieved Sir Richard Branson kept it clean. Happy with how Eddie and David slipped into their new roles, seriously impressed by Martin Brundle’s gridwalk and quite happy when I was able to hand over the reins to commentator Jonathan Legard.
It was then a case of watching the race unfold in the Red Bull area with the guys, I’ll blog another time about how incredible it is watching the race alongside proper experts… a unique insight.
Before we knew it though the race was coming to an end and it was back to the mayhem, standing just under Jenson, Rubens and Jarno enjoying their champagne moment. The pit lane was now full of cars, mechanics, celebrating Brawn GP guys and what seemed like a million TV crews.
Now, the team off-camera all wear our uniform of blue tops with the yellow BBC Sport logo and as I’ve just learned, that is almost the most important element of the whole weekend.
Here’s why. Take the press conference for example, there’s no way of us knowing how long it will last, but whilst it is being transmitted we have to get from pit lane to paddock.
Not easy when dodging crowds and equipment everywhere, especially when it’s your first time in that environment. I kept my eye on the blue shirt of my right-hand man Steve Aldous’s shirt as we jogged, sidestepped, doubled back and finally found our pre-determined paddock spot.
I recall hearing Norma the PA say down my ear, “10 seconds left on VT we believe”. I breathed out, turned to my left… NO PUNDITS!
Cue sheer panic as I tried to pick out the distinctive figure of DC and the diminutive Eddie amongst the crowds. At the last minute I saw them, did my best face of panic, they got the message and with moments to spare they were in position.
Then I just had to get us off air to the second and I managed it, just, which no doubt pleased Norma.
We then did the interactive F1 Forum live via the red button. By the way I’m keen to make it much more of an interactive experience so after the Malaysian GP do press red and also send us your questions/thoughts about the race to f1@bbc.co.uk.
I know many of you enjoyed Martin joining us, and hearing from the Force India boss Vijay Mallya. The general consensus if you didn’t manage to join us was that the day belonged to Brawn, and Jenson in particular.
It was also agreed that overtaking did seem more prevalent under the new regulations, that Lewis Hamilton proved, like a true racer, that he doesn’t just drive great cars, and that this could shape up to be some season.
Then, finally, the words we all enjoy after a long day: “That’s a wrap”.
Well, I hope you found my little tale interesting, it’s just that I’m often asked what actually goes on during a show. So I hope I shed a little light on it for you. And as for the show, well it was basically an on-air pilot, our first crack at it. A totally new experience for many of us and a good starting point but all we’ve done is set the minimum standard in my opinion – and now we do it all again in six day’s time and for the next seven months.
By the way, the day ended with me ducking out of a nightclub at about 2am with very droopy eyelids, and still no text from Mr Hucknall!
See you all in Malaysia and thanks for the lovely comments you left on the blog. It meant a lot.
So, as promised, here are a few videos and photo’s to give you a unique look at a race weekend from my perspective. I shot the video on my little digital camera so don’t expectLord of the Rings-like production values!!
This first video is our arrival in Monaco for race day. Thanks to the cost of actually staying in the Principality we were a fair drive away and this was shot about 7.30am. I saw the smoke coming from the hillside…not sure what it was but it encouraged me to get out my camera. As you can see Ledgy is in the car and we have a rather well known driver too…
I am a bit of a sporting geek – you may have spotted. I particularly love sporting history and even last week I went to visit a friend in hospital in South London and drove to Plough Lane where Wimbledon FC played until 1991.
A trip to the old banking at Monza is on the cards later in the year, so you can only imagine how exciting it was to be able to stand on the start/finish straight at Monaco where so many legends have walked before me… I nearly got run down but it was worth it.
The filming on the track with DC was incredible… our breakfast stop didn’t make the final cut on air so here it is!
You may think it’s all glamour over a race weekend, and as much as the yacht was very classy, the only way to get there was a little more basic… and I nearly fell in despite once being a member of the 24th Norwich Sea Scouts…!
What you don’t see on air. Well played John for going the extra mile for the perfect shot of EJ. We were all keen to do a link in the Jacuzzi but for some reason the bosses weren’t as keen….strange!
And once the race begins the work doesn’t stop. Making notes, scripting the “outro”, watching the action… that’s me. As for David and Eddie….
So there you go. The Monaco GP through my eyes. You know, looking back at it, not diving in the Jacuzzi was a missed opportunity I think. Oh, well, maybe next year if I can find a six-pack somewherebetween now and then!
Ps. To find out what my race weekend is like you can also follow me on my new Twitter account:www.twitter.com/jakehumphreyf1
Replay – Monaco F1 forum
A full replay of the F1 forum as Jake Humphrey is joined by Eddie Jordan, David Coulthard and Martin Brundle to discuss all the action from the 2009 Monaco Grand Prix.