This Saturday Londoners are being encouraged to say hello to people in the street and strike up conversations with strangers on Talk To Me Day. 

My experience of our 'hood is that people are very friendly and it's not too unusual to greet folk as you pass them, have a chat with staff and customers in Red Sea or The Step and pass the time of day with a neighbour but if you need an excuse to break the ice with someone new, Saturday could be a good day to do it. Use a great British stalwart and try talking to someone about the weather at the bus stop. Good luck! 

I wrote about Talk To Me London for Londonist today.