Another case for the Ponceyness Police?
Teepees are this season's favourite pop-up (scroll down):
But just when you thought the pop-ups had packed up, a new breed of winter spin-offs has arrived on the scene, complete with reindeer skins, hot punches and open fires.
Summer saw a disused factory in Hackney taken over by the team at Forza Win, which creates seasonal "dining experiences" in offbeat spaces. Now they're back on the rooftop with an Italian winter feast featuring minestrone soup and wood-roasted porchetta (until 21 December, forzawin.com).
Also in east London, WigWamBam (pictured), the popular rooftop bar at the Queen of Hoxton, is back with a Nordic flavour, including a candlelit tipi adorned with deer hides, and a menu of Arctic-inspired goodies including wild boar sausages and marshmallows for toasting (until March 2014, queenofhoxton.com/wigwambam).
Continuing the Nordic theme, Brighton Music Hall bar and restaurant will launch a Tremendous Tipi Christmas Festival in an 8m teepee on the seafront (weekends from 23 November to 22 December, brightonmusichall.co.uk).
In Manchester the Oast House restaurant's Curious Teepee bar is spreading seasonal cheer on Spinningfields (theoasthouse.uk.com), and Bath will host its first-ever "après-ski" bar at the Abbey Hotel, with schnapps and falling snow (28 November to 20 DDecember, abbeyhotelbath.co.uk).
Okay, when I was in Afghanistan, there was a hotel at, I think Bamiyan, where you could (at some cost) stay in a yurt, but at least yurts had some connection with the region. Some of those above would more appropriately be building igloos.
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