Meet your Google Places Neighbor: Jenny Meyer

Editor’s Note: Now and then we'll spotlight one of our amazing Google Places reviewers. Both so you guys can start to get to know one another and so we can pull together and share our favourite local places. Today, we introduce you to Jenny Meyer from London.

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Jenny was born and raised a Londoner, but still enjoys discovering new places — she even tried out Japan for a couple of years! We spoke to this week’s featured user about Victorian cemeteries, Swedish sweets and the downside of London travel.

What do you like about reviewing on Places?
Getting to share something good, that people might not have found otherwise.

Tell us your top London tip:
Walk if you can.  Also, travelling by bus is pretty good for helping you get a sense of place — you get to see where things are so much more than by taking the tube.

If you could have any secret power, what would it be?
Flight. Or failing that, teleportation. I like to travel and my commute isn't getting any cheaper...

What’s been your favourite Places event so far?
Oh, tricky. Probably the Brewdog tasting, because it was new to me and definitely prompted me to try (and enjoy!) a few new beers I wouldn't have otherwise.

And what are your five favourite London places?

Nunhead Cemetery - Like someone tipped a graveyard over a forest. It doesn't have any famous graves like Highgate Cemetery does, but it's far nicer in terms of places to go for a walk — all giant trees and overgrown ivy and brambles. It's also a great place for foraging, mostly blackberries and elderflower, but some damsons too. There's a great view from the top, clear through to St Paul's Cathedral.

Union Chapel - One of my favourite venues in London. Lovely acoustics that really bring out the best in musicians. Friendly staff, nice bar, cheerful suppliers of tea. It's not a bad idea to bring a cushion — pews are not designed for comfort! And get there early, since the entrance can be a little disorganised and the seating is unassigned.

Gosh! Comics - Good selection — a reasonable amount of manga, a good lot of indie and alternative, and masses of the Marvel and DC. They have really, really good staff, who are helpful, friendly, knowledgeable and not patronizing. Slightly sad to see it move from in front of the British Museum, but this location is better.

SugarSin - Excellent! So good to find a swedish sweet shop. It has a great selection of sours (giant fizzy cola bottles, that kind of thing) and licorice/salmiak flavour sweets. It also sells Fraser and Finnish sweets and some nice adult-equivalent-of-kids’-sweets chocolates. And lakerols! It does have a reasonable amount of more familiar boiled sweets as well.

Posted by Alexandra Sheppard, London community coordinator