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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Free Breakfast at Giraffe Bar & Grill, Soho: Wednesday 14 December (Londonist)
Free Breakfast at Giraffe Bar & Grill, Soho: Wednesday 14 December Londonist, December 13 at 18.26 pm Just a quick post to say if you’re around Soho tomorrow morning (14 December) from 8-10am, Giraffe Bar & Grill (11 Frith Street, W1D 4RB) … Continue reading
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Posted in London, London Daily Photo, Photography
Tagged breakfast, free, freebie, frith street, giraffe, GIRAFFE BAR & GRILL, London, Londonist, soho, W1, W1D 4RB, WIDE AWAKE BREAKFAST
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Zoning Out on London’s Underground (OneTravel)
Zoning Out on London’s Underground OneTravel, Dec 13, 2011 Odds are if you’ll soon be boarding flights to London, you’ll need to go “underground” to get around town. The London Underground, more commonly referred to as the Tube, is London’s underground rail … Continue reading
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Posted in London, OneTravel, Travel
Tagged London, london underground, OneTravel, public transport, public transportation, subway, TFL, the tube, trains, TRANSPORT FOR LONDON, Travel, travel zones
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New Year’s Eve Fireworks in London (CheapOair)
New Year’s Eve Fireworks in London CheapOair, December 13, 2011 Every year upon the New Year’s Eve midnight tolling of iconic Big Ben’s bongs, London puts on a free spectacular fireworks display. As the biggest annual fireworks display in the whole of the United … Continue reading
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What’s for Lunch? The Counter Cafe, Hackney Wick (Londonist)
What’s for Lunch? The Counter Cafe, Hackney Wick Londonist, December 13, 2011 at 11.30 am With a front row view of the Olympic Stadium’s backside, this large-windowed, post-industrial canal-side cafe has high hangout potential. Within warehouse cum exhibition, performance and … Continue reading
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Posted in Coffee, Food, London, Restaurants
Tagged cafe, coffee, E3, E3 2PA, FISH ISLAND, FISH ISLANE, HACKNEY WICK, London, Londonist, lunch, OLYMPIC STADIUM, POACHED EGGS, POTATO CAKES, salmon, smoked salmon, STOUR PLACE, THE COUNTER CAFE, W4L, WHAT'S FOR LUNCH?
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London Daily Photo: Blind Santa
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London Daily Photo: Happy Snow
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A Chocolate Festival to Savour (Great British Chefs)
A Chocolate Festival to Savour Great British Chefs, 11 December 2011 Delicious strolls down memory lane and Christmas shopping aside, I took my visit as an opportunity to indulge in some of the more savoury chocolate creations on offer. I … Continue reading
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Posted in Christmas, Food, Great British Chefs, London, Shopping, Street Markets
Tagged anna maes, Arancini Brothers, chili, chilli con carne, chocolate, chocolate festival, chocolate flavoured beer, chocstar, Gran Chocolat, GREAT BRITISH CHEFS, London, Meantime Brewing, outsider tart, risotto, southbank, Valrhona, Village Workshop, WILLIAM CURLEY
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London Daily Photo: Upper Street Pink
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Tagged angel, christmas, essex road, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, mobile photography, N1, shopfront, street photography, upper street
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London Daily Photo: Santa Pint, Santa Westie
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London Daily Photo: Beary Special Xmas
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National Trust Sites in and Around London (CheapOair)
National Trust Sites in and Around London CheapOair, December 08, 2011 Within the Greater London area, there are eight National Trust sites. All are worth visiting. Here’s a list of these treasured properties along with the Trust’s description of them … Continue reading
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Posted in CheapOair, England, London, Travel
Tagged cheapoair, england, HISTORIC PLACES, London, national trust, Travel, UK, united kingdom
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London Food & Drink News: 8 December 2011 (Londonist)
London Food & Drink News: 8 December 2011 Londonist, December 8, 2011 at 16:00 pm What’s up and coming in London food and drink news? A lot! Here’s this week’s particularly festive round up. READ MY COMPLETE POST: London Food & … Continue reading
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Posted in Christmas, Drink, Food, London, Pubs, Restaurants, Shopping
Tagged ALDWYCH, CHERISH FINDEN, CHRIS OSURN, CHRISTMAS FAIR, comptoir libanais, E5 BAKEHOUSE, FESTIVE AFTERNOON TEA, ginger pig, GINGERBREAD HOUSE, Hansen & Lydersen, HARVEY NICHOLS' FIFTH FLOOR CAFE, HOME DELIVERY, hotel, HUBBUB, knightsbridge, KOPAPA, LA FROMAGERIE, London, london food & drink news, Londonist, NEW RESTAURANTS, palm court, paul a young, pub, seven dials, south kensington, THE DELAUNAY, the langham, THE WOLSELEY, water poet, WINTER FEAST MENU
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Visit One of London’s Oldest Surviving Homes: Sutton House (OneTravel)
Visit One of London’s Oldest Surviving Homes: Sutton House OneTravel, Dec 08, 2011 Sutton House is a Grade II* listed Tudor manor house on Homerton High Street in the east London borough of Hackney. The historic house is owned by the National Trust … Continue reading
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Tagged E9, E9 6JQ, east london, grade ii listed, hackney, homerton, homerton high street, London, manor, national trust, OneTravel, sutton house, Travel, tudor
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In Pictures: Inside the Olympic Athletes’ Village (Londonist)
In Pictures: Inside the Olympic Athletes’ Village Londonist, December 8, 2011 at 14:00 pm Possibly some of the last photos to be taken by the public as the area is soon to enter “lockdown” for final preparations, here’s a peek … Continue reading
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Posted in London, London 2012, Photography, Travel
Tagged 2012, ATHLETES VILLAGE, E20, EAST VILLAGE, IN PICTURES, London, london 2012, Londonist, olympics, Photography, STRATFORD
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London Daily Photo: Meat
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Tagged borough market, butcher, christmas, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, Photography, street photography
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Hanging out and Smoking with Hansen & Lydersen (Great British Chefs)
Hanging out and Smoking with Hansen & Lydersen Great British Chefs, 7 December 2011 Hanging around Stoke Newington in a back alley of an old industrial lot smoking … no this wasn’t the scene of shiftless youths loitering along the … Continue reading
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Tagged fish, GREAT BRITISH CHEFS, Hansen & Lydersen, kiln, London, N1, norwegian, Ole Martin Hansen, smoked fish, smoked salmon, smokehouse, Stoke Newington
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London Daily Photo: £1
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Street Market Focus: Chapel Market (CheapOair)
Street Market Focus: Chapel Market CheapOair, December 6, 2011 … largest street market in Islington and one of the most traditional in London. Both the market and the street exude old school working class charm. Still, all the creature comforts and conveniences … Continue reading
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Tagged angel, chapel market, cheapoair, islington, London, N1, street market, street market focus
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Understanding Britain’s Value Added Tax (VAT) (OneTravel)
Understanding Britain’s Value Added Tax (VAT) OneTravel, Dec 06, 2011 To understand why goods are priced the way they are in Britain and how you can get a refund for some of the items you buy in the UK, you … Continue reading
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Posted in England, London, OneTravel, Shopping, Travel
Tagged england, great britain, London, money, OneTravel, Travel, united kingdom, value added tax, VAT, VAT refunds
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What’s for Lunch? Pieminister, Boxpark (Londonist)
What’s for Lunch? Pieminister, Boxpark Londonist, December 6, 2011 at 12.00 pm As mentioned here last week, the world’s first pop-up mall has opened in Shoreditch. Along with all the retailers, a number of eateries are present to sling a variety of … Continue reading
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Tagged BETHNAL GREEN ROAD, BOXPARK, BOXPARK SHOREDITCH, E1, E1 6GY, GRAVY, London, Londonist, lunch, MASH, pie, pie and mash, PIEMINISTER, RETAIL, shipping containers, Shopping, shoreditch, W4L, WHAT'S FOR LUNCH?
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London Daily Photo: Extra
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Tagged corner shop, dalston, DE BEAUVOIR TOWN, essex road, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, off license, Photography, street photography
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London Daily Photo: Remember
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Good Stuff
Before I lose track and the frenetically festive season ramps up, here’s a list of list of some things I’ve come across lately and have really enjoyed but for whatever reason they didn’t get much mention on this blog, my … Continue reading
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Posted in Christmas, Coffee, Food, Good Stuff, London
Tagged anova books, cinema, clapton, domestic sluts, domestic sluttery, E5, E8, east india company, fashion for freedom, good st, hackney, hackney picturehouse, kemey lafond, lea river, lea river walk, London, map, medical aid for palestinians, Movies, westminster cathedral
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London Daily Photo: Window Scrawl
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In Pictures: Pop-Up Shopping Mall Boxpark Opens In Shoreditch (Londonist)
In Pictures: Pop-Up Shopping Mall Boxpark Opens In Shoreditch by M@, Photographs by Chris Osburn Londonist, December 2, 2011 at 15:30 pm It’s the most-talked-about-new-shopping-mall-built-from-shipping-containers in London’s history. Boxpark opens in Shoreditch [today], bringing ‘more than sixty carefully chosen fashion, arts and lifestyle brands’ … Continue reading
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Tagged BOXPARK, BOXPARK SHOREDITCH, container, E1, E1 6GY, hackney, London, Londonist, Photography, pop-up, RETAIL, ROGER WADE, shipping containers, Shopping, shopping centre, shopping mall, shoreditch, street photography
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Wine of the Month: 2010 Berrys’ Chianti, Badia a Coltibuono, Tuscany
Yes, I’m well aware that it’s been more than a year and a half since my last WOTM review. Hey, just trying to live life these days sometimes gets in the way of trying to live the good life – … Continue reading
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Posted in Berry Bros & Rudd, Christmas, Drink, Food, London, Shopping, Thanksgiving, Wine, Wine of the Month
Tagged 2010, 2010 Berrys' Chianti, Badia a Coltibuono, Berry Bros & Rudd, berry brothers, chianti, christmas, italian, London, organic wine, red wine, SW1, SW1A 1EG, thanksgiving, tuscan, Tuscany, un-oaked, wine, Wine of the Month, wine review, wotm
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London Daily Photo: Freedom of Choice is What You’ve Got, Freedom From Choice is What You Want
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Photo Story: Leith Docks (Urban Travel Blog)
Photo Story: Leith Docks Urban Travel Blog, Dec 1st, 2011 Edinburgh’s port, Leith, offers visitors to this little slice of waterfront Scotland a microcosm of 21st century Britain. Post-industrial, mixed use, but largely residential with lots and lots of restaurants, pubs … Continue reading
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Posted in Hotels, Photography, Scotland, Travel, Urban Travel Blog
Tagged edinburgh, leith, LEITH DOCKS, MALMAISON, PHOTO ESSAY, PHOTO STORY, Photography, scotland, street photography, UK, urban travel blog
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London Daily Photo: World Scientific
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Some London Pubs with Fireplaces (CheapOair)
Some London Pubs with Fireplaces CheapOair, December 1, 2011 Brrr … Its cold outside. Gather some friends, grab a pint and cozy up with this warming list of London pubs with crackling wood-burning fireplaces. The pubs listed here are all … Continue reading
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Posted in Beer, CheapOair, Food, London, Pubs, Travel
Tagged ale, beer, cheapoair, Clerkenwell, dickensian, EC1, fireplaces, London, pub crawl, pubs, pubs with fireplaces, winter
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London Food & Drink News: 1 December 2011 (Londonist)
London Food & Drink News: 1 December 2011 Londonist, December 1, 2011 at 16:00 pm The Long Table is set for Dalston’s street foodie night owls, The Well and Boyd’s Brasserie capitalise on Christmas and Del’Aziz comes to Clapham. READ MY … Continue reading
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Posted in Christmas, Drink, Food, London, Pubs, Restaurants, Street Markets
Tagged boyd's brasserie, christmas trees, CLAPHAM, Clerkenwell, dalston, del'aziz, London, Londonist, MINCE PIES, mulled wine, night market, nuno mendes, pub, street food, street market, STREETSMART, SWEDISH SKI LODGE, the long table, The Well, trafalgar square, TRAFALGAR SQUARE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY, ZAHRA
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London Daily Photo: God Awful
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