Maintaining the enthusiasm for Charles Rennie Mackintosh in Glasgow after a visit to the School of Art, I found myself in the reconstructed version of his Willow Tea Rooms in nearby Sauchiehall Street for some architectural snooping as well as a place to have a pleasant lunch before rushing back to London and its many splendors and horrors. Needless to say, after finding my new love and appreciation for haggis (and neeps and tatties, that was indeed what I had ordered- and I also inquired as to what Irn Bru was amongst the refreshments, and ordered it after the waitress's recommendation (she liked it)- which turned out to be an old fashioned sort of orange colored but not orange flavored fizzy drink of the sort which used to be popular (I found out from Better Half's mother) in the olden days in Japan. Of an American equivalent, I can think of none at the moment.
Back to the Willow Tea Rooms itself- it was in a multi leveled space, the second and third floor of which is the tea rooms proper. The ground level was for a jeweler, quite random thing really with their assortment of baubles- and the upper levels served a kind of hidden purpose of which I was unable to ascertain (despite snooping up there, while on a visit to the loo).
Alas, tea and Irn Bru being had, and quite delighted at Glasgow in general and specific- despite the cold rain, which was still on and off, the map of Mackintosh related buildings beckoned me further- one or two more points, and, weather and time be damned, that was next.
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