There are a lot of pop ups in Hoxton at the moment and Bibendum were joining the craze this week with their one off Sake tasting at the Dolls House on Hoxton Square. The venue itself was unique and interesting – the plain rooms decorated with murals depicting furniture in black and white, which contrasted…
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Sightseeing with the Brazilian in London!
It been really fun not working at the moment – it’s allowed me to be a tourist in my own city and this Sunday evening I was again touristing with someone I met whilst travelling! I met Cecilia and her friends in a hostel in Punta del Diablo Uruguay. They were all from Brasil –…
Karaoke Krazi! The best karaoke in London?!
This weekend my favourite stalker Lucy tracked me down to London. The first thing we did when she was off the train was to head to the St Pancras Champagne Bar – apparently longest champagne bar ever! (But not the longest continuous bar – it’s made up of booths and mini bars). This is the…
Caning Camden in a few hours
I finally got to meet Margarita on Sunday afternoon – she is a friend of a friend – we both met Aaron whilst couchsurfing at his in Vegas. As Margarita is now living in London Aaron put us in contact so I could at least show her around my neighbourhood and that’s what we did…
Shoreditch cocktails
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…