So I’m sure that plenty of people know about speakeasies – hidden bars that you need a password to get into. These originated during the days of prohibition in the States when alcohol was outlawed and so bars needed to be sneaky about serving people and hide from the law. Nowadays the main reason for…
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Hampstead Ponds & KERB KingsX
I’ve lived in Camden for 14 years and I have never swam in the ponds on Hampstead Heath. So last weekend my friend fixed this for me. We cycled up to the Heath – luckily working up a sweat as it wasn’t that warm out and despite it being the end of summer the water…
School of Wok bloggers event
Having caught up with my blog on the cooking post finally, I can now catch up on what I did over the last two weeks! This includes the event hosted by Gorkana at School of Wok – this is the first event I’ve been invited to for free (!) but also means it’s not something…
Bath Gin at the Canary
I was down in Bath last week to say hello to my new nephew – little Dylan Hugo! And as is often the case this meant trying a new bar with the parents – I finally got to the Canary, the home of Bath Gin. Mum & Dad outside the Canary. Mum was on a…
Escape the City: Into the Empty Quarter
Last Thursday I attended the screening of the adventure film ‘Into the Empty Quarter’ at Escape school (more on them later). Having recently moved into a new office space you can tell they are still settling in (fresh paint, temporary flooring and the screen propped up with a few books!) The Escape Manifesto doing hard…
Gin Club outing to Kew Gardens
Some of Gin Club getting tuned into nature at Kew (this was after two gin based drinks!)* So the inaugural Gin Club with a Reading Problem outing (with more than two members), happened at Kew Gardens on Sunday. The gang ready to get going Our aim was to combine some touristing (I haven’t been to…
Roman Baths: Touristing in Bath!
I was back in Bath last week (unsurprisingly given most my family is here these days!) This time mum decided we should do some touristing – interesting fact, but if you are a Bathonian then you get free entrance to a lot of the tourist attractions with a special card proving that you are a local. That…
Menu Gordon Jones
Continuing the theme of trying out all that Bath has to offer, we were privileged to get a last minute table at my parents local restaurant – Menu Gordon Jones. The premise of the restaurant is that you don’t get to choose. The menu that Gordon Jones has put together, of several seasonal courses,…
Camden beach & tank party
Last week – on possibly the last day of summer :s – I took advantage of the long bank holiday weekend to spend a day hanging out in Camden. The plan was to head to Made in Camden under the Roundhouse for their bottomless Bellini brunch – but unfortunately they were short staffed and only…
Tapas at the Opera Tavern
When my parents were in town last week to see Shakespeare in Love, which by the way they loved and thoroughly recommend, they took me to dinner afterwards. We met at the Opera Tavern for a tapas meal. I love the concept of tapas, being a greedy pig it appeals to be able to try…