Bottlers of London air
#01482
Peckham kebab shop, 02:00
Notes
Wet, brief, notes of doner and regret.
Price
£2.99 a bottle, sealed, to any inbox.
#01482
Provenance
CaptureDrawn on Rye Lane at two in the morning, a yard inside the door, with the vertical grill still turning.
The roomThe room holds chilli sauce, wet coats and the particular heat of a shop that has been open since noon.
The bottleIt is a short bottle. Nothing at this hour lasts long.
The cellar is not open yet
This bottle stands corked and cannot be dispatched today. Leave your address and we will tell you the hour it can.
Also standing
- #01483Circle line eastbound, 18:40Warm, upholstered, a long finish of other people.
- #01484Camden beer garden, 15:20Ripe, sunlit, four pints deep, no apology.
- #01485Deptford market, 16:15Fishmonger's ice, wet cardboard, something turning.
- #01486Hackney towpath, 06:05Cold, silty, a duck's opinion of the morning.
- #01487Soho basement bar, 23:50Dense, carpeted, last orders and a warm gin.
Who a bottle is for
- ForSomething to send your flatmateThe shortest way to raise the matter of the washing up, sealed and delivered to their inbox.
- ForSomething to send your brotherBrothers keep a running account. A bottle settles one line of it, in ninety seconds.
- ForSomething to send a colleagueFor the colleague who microwaves fish at one, on an open-plan floor, without comment.
- ForSomething to send the group chatOne bottle, opened by one person, discussed by eleven for the rest of the week.