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…
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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…