Friday night is cocktail night! This week the Gin Club met at the Fever-Tree Tonic pop up bar in Hoxton Square. It was a reduced showing – this time just Catherine and me, Kimmy was meant to be there but got stuck at work 🙁 Anyway Cat and I had a great time with the…
Adjusting to life back in London
I’ve been back in London for a month now and people keep on asking how it’s going. Well it’s going good. I’m not finding the transition from travelling to being back in London too bad at the moment, but I think that might be because I’m not yet back in full time employment and even…
Gin by the pool – an afternoon in Chiswick
My procrastination has reached whole new levels… On Wednesday instead of rewriting/finishing my CV I answered the call of Tiva, who had the day off work and headed to sunny Chiswick to visit our friend Alex, who also happens to have a pool at her block of flats. It was an easy choice, I’ve got…
Cocktail crawl in Islington
So Friday night in London means drinks, especially in the summer. This Friday those drinks were cocktails (again!). I met my friends Tiva and Susan in 69 Colebrook Row (aka the bar with no name). They are serious about cocktails here, and it shows with flawless versions of the classics reimagined. My friends adored their…
A quick sightseeing trip with Cameo
When a good friend I met travelling in South East Asia visited London on work, we met up in her downtime for a very quick wizz around some key London sights: Buckingham Palace, Picadilly Circus, Regents Street, Top Shop and Primani (Primark!). I met her at Green Park station and we cut through the park…
Postmodern jukebox gig in Camden
A busy week this week! On Tuesday the girls and I went to a gig at Dingwalls – Scott Bradlee and the postmodern jukebox. This band is effectively a cover band – but to describe them as that is severely underplaying the talent they have. They don’t just cover songs – they reinvent them by…
My favourite gin bar!
It was World Gin Day last Saturday 14th June, so my friend Kimmy and I decided to celebrate with a warm up event at the Oliver Conquest. The Oliver Conquest is pretty much a gin bar – I think their stock of +180 different gins qualifies them for this moniker – they also serve Meantime…
Ukulele’s and sun on the Southbank
After being back in London for a week, in admittedly not such good weather, I joined some friends on the Southbank for a Ukulele flash mob on Sunday the 8 June. First off we prepared – Ping Pong Lazy Sumday Dim Sum, ice tea and beer. Fully sated we headed to the appointed place –…
‘Introduction’ or ‘after my year off’
After spending 13 months travelling all over the world and blogging about it at Katie’s Year Off I’m now going to keep everyone updated with what I’m doing back in London. Look forward to a summer of London centric things – with a new flatmate, old friends, plenty of gin, some jaunts up North (does Scotland count…