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Monthly Archives: November 2012
London Daily Photo: Watch
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Posted in London, London Daily Photo, Photography
Tagged HACKNEY WICK, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, Photography, street photography
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Handy Scandi Christmas Gifts from Scandinavian Kitchen
When Danish/Swedish tag team Bronte (from Denmark) and Jonas (from Sweden) opened Scandinavian Kitchen in 2006, the plan was simply to make available to themselves and their ex-pat communities all the food and drink they missed from back home. Little … Continue reading
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Posted in Beer, Christmas, Coffee, Drink, Food, London, Restaurants, Shopping
Tagged cafe, christmas, christmas 2012, christmas gifts, christmas shopping, fitzrovia, glogg, London, nordic, review, scandinavia, scandinavian food, scandinavian kitchen, taster boxes, W1, W1W 7PP
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Now Published: A Guide to London’s Caffs and Chippies (OneTravel)
A Guide to London’s Classic Cafes and Fish & Chip Shops is a fantastic resource for scouting out the last bastions of London’s old school takeaways and traditional fast food. Whether you’re keen for a little retro kitsch with a … Continue reading
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Posted in Books, Coffee, Food, London, OneTravel, Restaurants, Travel
Tagged A Guide to London's Classic Cafes and Fish & Chip Shops, book, CAFES, caffs, chippies, chippy, fish and chips, guidebook, London, OneTravel, review
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London Daily Photo: In Flight
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Tagged autumn, dogs, fall, hackney, LDP, leaves, London, London Daily Photo, park, Photography, staffies, staffordshire terrier, street photography
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The Scots Fiddle Festival, Edinburgh (CheapOair)
The UK’s biggest fiddle festival and one of Europe’s leading events in its field is back for a 17th consecutive go at bringing the world’s best fiddle players and fans together for a full weekend of “all things fiddle.” Read … Continue reading
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Posted in CheapOair, Music, Scotland
Tagged cheapoair, edinburgh, fiddles, folk music, music, music festival, queens hall, scotland, scots fiddle festival, scottish, traditional music, violins
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Wallpaper, Ketel One and VICE Want to Fund Your Modern Craft Project
Partnering with Wallpaper magazine, VICE and Ketel One are on a quest to find contemporary craftspeople who bring traditional skills into the modern day and striving to take their work, careers and talents to the next level. Folks keen to establish a craft … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Competition, Design, VICE, Video
Tagged Art, artisans, competition, craft, craft exhibition, design, ketel one vodka, modern craft exhibition, prize, SPONSORED POST, the modern craft project, vice, Video, wallpaper, wallpaper magazine
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London Daily Photo: Take a Moment
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Tagged autumn, fall, foliage, LDP, leaves, London, London Daily Photo, november, Photography, street photography
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Thomas Schütte: Faces & Figures at Serpentine Gallery, London (OneTravel)
Thomas Schütte: Faces & Figures presents key pieces from the German contemporary artist’s most famous series alongside new works made especially for the exhibition. Read my complete post at the OneTravel blog.
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Posted in Art, Freebies, London, OneTravel, Travel
Tagged artist, contemporary art, Faces & Figures, gallery, installations, kensington gardens, London, museum, OneTravel, park, portraits, portraiture, portratis, review, sculpture, SERPENTINE GALLERY, Thomas Schütte, Thomas Schütte: Faces & Figures
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The Stack: Malmaison’s Massive New Burger
I swung by the Malmaison London hotel for lunch today to sample the new mega-burger created by Mal’s Executive Chef John Woodward. Called The Stack, the burger is a massive tower of juicy, beefy meatiness consisting of … One classic … Continue reading
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Posted in Food, Hotels, London, Restaurants, Travel
Tagged burger, charterhouse square, CHEESEBURGER, Clerkenwell, EC1, hamburger, London, london mal, lunch, mal burger, MALMAISON, malmaison london, review, the stack
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The Hybrid Project – Air – The Film
Kemey’s a project collaborator on this. Check it out and please help if you can!
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Posted in Art, Design, London, Movies, Social Media
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London Daily Photo: Rise and Shine
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Tagged autumn, fall, foliage, LDP, leaves, London, London Daily Photo, november, Photography, street photography, tree
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London’s Best Toilets (LBM 97.3FM)
This Dalston pub caused controversy when they installed these Rolling Stones-style lips urinals. Erotica also covers the walls. A bit of fun or misogyny? View the complete feature at the LBM 97.3FM website.
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Posted in Design, LBM 97.3FM, London, Photography
Tagged bathrooms, LBC, LBC 97.3FM, London, london's best conversation, restrooms, THE HUNTER S., toilets, urinals
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Britain’s Smallest City: St David’s, Wales (OneTravel)
Tiny little St David’s, located in Pembrokeshire on the west coast of Wales, is a fantastic and scenic place to visit. It also has the distinction of being “Britain’s smallest city.” Despite the village feel of this community of approximately 2,000 residents, … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Millfields Meet
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Tagged autmumn, clapton, E5, fall, foiliage, hackney, LDP, leaves, London, London Daily Photo, millfields park, november, Photography, street photography
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Guinness Cupcakes
It’s really cold. And I’m such a cheapskate I don’t want to turn on the heat. But if I can find a simple baking recipe then I can have something to eat and warm the flat by having the oven … Continue reading
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Posted in Beer, Food, Recipes
Tagged baking, baking mad, baking with beer, beer, cooking, cooking with beer, Guinness, guinness cupcakes, recipe, SPONSORED POST
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London Daily Photo: Up
Bitter cold morning. Coffee and a bowl of granola to get me going. It’s still dark out. The rain woke me up way too early pounding down on the roof. Resisting the urge to turn on the heat so early … Continue reading
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Tagged clapton, E5, hackney, LDP, London Daily Photo, lonodn, Photography, rain, SPONSORED POST, window
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Japanese #SoupSearch: The Adventure Continues
I spent last week exploring Japan in search of the next great flavour for Ainsley Harriott’s World Kitchen range of soups. Now back in London, the next step of my #SoupSearch Challenge is to meet up with Ainsley and crew … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Muted Morning
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Tagged canal, LDP, lea river, lea river walk, London, London Daily Photo, penguin, Photography, playground, street photography
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Four Fine Dines in Pembrokeshire (CheapOair)
Pembrokeshire is one of the most scenic places in all of the British Isles. It’s also one of the tastiest. Believe it or not, for such a sparsely populated part of the UK, there’s actually a huge range of quality … Continue reading
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Posted in Beer, CheapOair, Coffee, Drink, Food, Pubs, Recipes, Restaurants, Travel, Wales
Tagged Angle, Angle Village, crab, Cwtch, dressed crab, hiking, lawrenny, Lawrenny Quay, lobster, lunch, Old Point House, pembrokeshire, pembrokeshire coast, pembrokeshire coast national park, pub, Quayside Tearoom, restaurants, review, solva, solva crab, Something Fishy, st david's, wales, walking, welsh
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Edwin’s French Wine Bar Brings Lyonnaise Yum to Shoreditch
Alright Shoreditchers, have you tried your new local wine bar yet? It’s a good one, offering up a smartly curated list of French wines and a tasty menu of Lyonnaise dishes. Owner-manager Edwin Chan thinks he’s come up with a … Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Food, London, Restaurants, Wine
Tagged 2010, cabernet franc, Chinon, Domaine de la Perrière, EC2, EC2A 4NU., Edwin's, Edwin's French Wine Bar, Edwin's French Wine Bar and Restaurant, foie gras, french cuisine, french food, french restaurant, french wine, London, lyonnaise, new restaurant review, Phipp Street, restaurant, review, shoreditch, wine bar
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Japanese #SoupSearch Day Four: Kyoto
I spent last week exploring Japan in search of the next great flavour for Ainsley Harriott’s World Kitchen range of soups. What a fantastic opportunity! Japan has been one of my dream destinations ever since I was a kid learning the importance … Continue reading
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Posted in Ainsley Harriott's #SoupSearch Challenge, Drink, Food, Halloween, Hotels, Japan, Restaurants, Shopping, Travel
Tagged #soupsearch, #soupsearch challenge, ainsley harriott, ainsley harriott foods, bullet train, choco moo, cooking, cup soup, eirakuya, fish, halloween, Hidesada Shimazaki, hotel vista, japan, japanese food, joyrich, jr kyoto station, kyoto, kyoto station, MISO SOUP, morihei, nabeyak, nishiki, nishiki market, NOODLES, odawara, odawara castle, sake, shinkasen, soup, soup search, symington, symington's, tea ceremony, tempora, tengui, udon, wak japan, yuzuya
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London Daily Photo: Leaside
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Tagged canal, LDP, lea river, leaside, London, London Daily Photo, Photography, street photography
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Japanese #SoupSearch Day Three: Hakone
I spent last week exploring Japan in search of the next great flavour for Ainsley Harriott’s World Kitchen range of soups. I had so much fun! Japan has been one of my dream destinations ever since I was a little kid rushing … Continue reading
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Posted in Ainsley Harriott's #SoupSearch Challenge, Food, Hotels, Japan, Restaurants, Travel
Tagged #soupsearch, #soupsearch challenge, ainsley harriott, ainsley harriott foods, baths, cooking, cup soup, day trip, fuji, hakone, hakone free pass, hot pot, hot springs, itoh dining by nobu, japan, japanese food, kimono, kobe, kobe beef, kobe steak, miso, MISO SOUP, mount fuji, mountains, mt fuji, nobu, soup, soup search, symington, symington's, tokyo, yamashita kyoko
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Byron’s MO Burger – Limited Time Only – For a Good Cause
Available from today and through to the end of November at all Byron restaurants is the MO Burger, a “classic American cheeseburger with a twist … topped with Cheddar cheese, served with pickled red onion rings, salted cucumber slices, sliced … Continue reading
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Posted in Beer, Drink, Food, London, Restaurants
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London Daily Photo: Breaks
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Tagged clapton, clouds, E5, hackney, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, morning, Photography, shafts of light, sunlight, sunrise
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