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Making the Most of Mexico City’s Museo Nacional de Antropología (CheapOair)
The Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City is the national museum of Mexico as well its most visited. Home to significant and numerous archaeological and anthropological artifacts from pre-Columbian Mexico, it is considered to be one of the most important institutions for the study of ancient Meso-American culture and society. By many of its visitors, the Museo Nacional is thought to be among the greatest museums in the world. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, CheapOair, Mexico, Travel
Tagged anthropology, archaeology, Art, cheapoair, cuidad de mexico, mexico, mexico city, Museo Nacional de Antropología, museum, polanco, Travel
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The Great British Tapas Project with José Pizarro and Codorníu (Blue Tomato)
With his eponymous and popular tapas bar and an equally adored sit-down restaurant (each just a minute’s walk away from the other on the trendy restaurant row that is Bermondsey Street), chef patron José Pizarro knows a thing or two about tapas and the British palate. Now, this master of the London tapa (before opening his own eateries, José was a chef at Eyre Brothers, Gaudi and Brindisa) has teamed up with cava brand, Codorníu, to add a Spanish twist to some of Britain’s most popular dishes – with the launch of the Great British Tapas project. Continue reading
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Posted in Blue Tomato, Drink, Food, London, Recipes, Restaurants, Shopping, Wine
Tagged apple crumble and custard, apple crumble crema Catalana, beef and pimentón Yorkshire mini puds, bermondsey, BERMONDSEY STREET, BLUE TOMATO, brindisa, british cuisine, british food, CAVA, chef, chef patron, CODORNÍU, EYRE BROTHERS, fish and chip tostados, fish and chips, full english breakfast, full English sourdoughs, Gaudi, Great British Tapas Project, jose, JOSE PIZARRO, London, PIZARRO, restaurant, restaurants, roast beef, roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, Shepherd’s Pie, shepherd’s pie croquetas, spanish cuisine, spanish food, spanish restaurant, spanish wine, sparkling wine, tapas, yorkshire pudding
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Jack the Ripper’s London Today (CheapOair)
This year marks the 125th anniversary of the notorious Jack the Ripper murders in the East London area of Whitechapel. The first of the Ripper’s victims, Mary Ann Nichols, was found in the streets near London Hospitality in April of 1888. The identity of person who murdered her and four – or possibly five – other women still remains a mystery, but the case continues to horrify and fascinate as much as it did back over a century ago. Continue reading
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Posted in CheapOair, London, Pubs, Travel
Tagged cheapoair, east london, history, jack the ripper, Jack the Ripper Walking Tour, London, London Dungeon, pubs, spitalfields, ten bells, the ten bell, walking tours, whitechapel
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London Daily Photo: Hackney Marsh
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Win a Free Pair of Tickets to @LdnCoffeeFest
I’ve got a pair of tix to giveaway for this weekend’s upcoming London Coffee Festival. Continue reading
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Posted in Coffee, Competition, Drink, Food, Freebies, London, Shopping
Tagged competition, east london, free, free tickets, freebies, giveaway, London, london coffee festival, old truman brewery, starbucks, WIN
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So Impressed! Mozzarella & More, King’s Road SW3
Mozzarella & More is the newest outlet (and concept) from the Made in Italy restaurant group. One part trattoria, one part mozzarella bar and one part deli, M&M is located just a couple of doors down from the original Made in Italy restaurant. It’s also the only restaurant in London producing its own mozzarella. Continue reading
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Tagged burrata, cheese, chelsea, italian restaurant, king's road, London, made in italy, made in italy restaurant group, mozzarella, Mozzarella & More, neapolitan, new restaurant, new restaurant review, restaurant, review, ricotta, sara corsaro, scamorza, sicilian, SW3, SW3 5EL
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London Daily Photo: Up
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Evian Baby and Me Video – Dancing Babies!
Dancing babies Continue reading
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Tagged baby, cute, dancing baby, evian, evian baby, Evian Baby and Me, SPONSORED POST, Video
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Where to Shop in Rome (CheapOair)
Wondering how Italians always seem to look so effortlessly fashionable? Or maybe you’re hoping to score a few summer vacation souvenirs at bargain prices or come home from your Roman holiday with some truly unique gifts? Have a quick glance at these four Roman shopping hubs and decide which best suits your tastes and budget. Continue reading
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Posted in CheapOair, Italy, Rome, Shopping, Travel
Tagged cheapoair, designer brands, flea market, italian designers, Italy, Porta Portese, roma, Shopping, shopping in rome, Travel, Via Condotti, Via del Boschetto, Via del Corso
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London Daily Photo: Sloane Square
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Tagged chelsea, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, Photography, sloane square, street photography
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The Best Food Shopping in Bologna (OneTravel)
Here’s a list of some of the best places in Bologna to shop for food – all centrally located within easy walking distance of each other, near the Piazza Maggiore and around the evocative and quaint Via Drapperie. But the wisest advice for any Italian food lover visiting Bologna would be simply to hit the cobbled streets and explore every last portico of this delicious city. Continue reading
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Posted in Beer, Chocolate, Drink, Food, Italy, OneTravel, Restaurants, Shopping, Street Markets, Travel
Tagged A F Tamburini, beer, bologna, chocolate, Drink, Drogheria Gilberto, Eataly, Food, Italy, Mercato delle Erbe, Mercato di Mezzo, OneTravel, Piazza Maggiore, Shopping, street markets, Travel, Via Drapperie
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London Daily Photo: Holbein Place
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Tagged april, chelsea, flowers, Holbein Place, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, Photography, sloane square, spring, street photography
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Google Hangout with Chef Marcello Tully and Great British Chefs
I had a lot of fun last Saturday “hanging out” with Chef Marcello Tully of the Kinloch Lodge on the Isle of Skye. The Great British Chefs Google Hangout in association with Tesco Real Food offered an up close and … Continue reading
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Posted in Food, Great British Chefs, Recipes, Restaurants, Scotland, Shopping, Social Media
Tagged chef, Chef Marcello Tully, Cooking with Kids, fish fingers, fish fingers recipe, GBC, google hangout, GREAT BRITISH CHEFS, Isle of Skye, Kinloch Lodge, Marcello Tully, Rice Krispie Fish Fingers, Skye, Tesco Real Food
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London Daily Photo: Blind Fred
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Tagged A Sunny Soul, Blind Fred, east london, hackney, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, Photography, plaque, street photography
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Raw Wine Festival Returns to London (OneTravel)
Coming to London next month is RAW, a “totally independent” wine fair created and organized by “Crazy FrenchWoman” and the first French female Master of Wine, Isabelle Legeron. The two-day fair celebrates natural wines from around the world that, as Isabelle puts it, are “authentic expressions of place” and the “polar opposites of industrialized, big-brand, manufactured, nothing-but-alcoholic-grape-juice wines, that use imagery and suggestion to sell a product.” Continue reading
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Tagged artisan wine, biodynamic, french wines, Klinec Medana, London, NATURAL WINES, old truman brewery, organic, RAW WINE FAIR, tower hamlets, wine, WINE FAIR
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Prime Steak and More at Palm London (CDCLifestyle)
Star of the table at Palm London is the steak: New York strip, rump and boneless rib-eye to be precise. Sourced exclusively from Smithfield stalwart – Tom Hixson & Co – and grilled to perfection by Executive Chef Spencer Westcott and his kitchen, the Palm serves gorgeously marbled and tender corn fed, hand selected USDA Prime beef aged for a minimum of 35 days … But the reasons to choose Palm don’t stop with the steaks. Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Food, London, London Daily Photo, Restaurants
Tagged bar, bar snacks, beef, BELGRAVIA, burgers, CDCLifestyle, cocktails, comte des cierges, DRINKS, Food, hamburgers, knightsbridge, London, palm, palm bar, palm restaurant, Pont Street, prime beef, restaurant, review, steak, steaks, SW1, SW1X 9EJ, USDA, USDA prime beef, USDA Prime beef steak
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London Daily Photo: Central
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Tagged E8, east london, hackney, HACKNEY CENTRAL, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, Photography, street photography
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Keeping in Touch with Friends While Travelling (by Carla Bedouin)
Before I went to university, I took a gap year. I decided to take a year off education to go around the world, explore new countries and meet new people. I went from the US to Australia to South East … Continue reading
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Tagged Carla Bedouin, Contributed Article, international SIM card
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Win Priceless Theatre Moments and Tix to The Olivier Awards with MasterCard
An active supporter of London theatre, MasterCard has teamed up with three of the world’s biggest musical productions with a campaign to share a few priceless moments with some very lucky theatre goers. The Priceless Theatre campaign gives fans a chance to … Continue reading
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Posted in Celebrities, Competition, Hotels, London, Restaurants, Theatre, Travel
Tagged 2013 Olivier Awards, competition, Les Misérables, London, mastercard, Olivier Awards, Oliviers, priceless london, priceless moments, priceless theatre, SPONSORED POST, theatre, we will rock you, wicked
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London Daily Photo: Windows
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The Best Transport for a School Trip to London (by Pearl Wallace)
School trips are a fantastic way to get pupils engaged with a subject. Whether you’re planning on arranging a class visit to London’s Science Museum, the Tate Modern or London Zoo, you’ll need a way to get your pupils there. … Continue reading
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Ripley’s London Celebrates World Circus Day (CheapOair)
Believe it or not April 20th is World Circus Day. And as the place where the world’s first modern circus was presented back in 1768, London’s as apt as any destination to celebrate this family friendly event. Continue reading
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Tagged London, piccadilly circus, ripley's believe it or not, Ripley's London, Travel, World Circus Day
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GB1 Seafood Restaurant & Bar at the Grand Brighton (CDCLifestyle)
Newly opened at the recently refurbished Grand Brighton hotel, GB1 Seafood Restaurant & Bar serves up a treat for lovers of fresh and expertly prepared fruits of the sea. Continue reading
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Posted in CDCLifestyle, Drink, Food, Hotels, Restaurants, Travel, Wine
Tagged B1, brighton, CDCLifestyle, Charles Smith Boom Boom Syrah, chef alan white, comte des cierges, De Vere Hotels, england, executive chef alan white, GB1, GB1 Seafood Bar & Restaurant, grand, hotel, lobster burger, new restaurant review, restaurant, review, seafood restaurant, sussex, the grand, the grand brighton, wine
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London Daily Photo: Sitting Pretty
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Tagged BMW, clapton, CLAPTON POND, daffodils, E5, flowers, hackney, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, Photography, spring 2013, street photography, tkichris
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Imli Street: Renamed, Revamped and Reopened
Soho Indian restaurant, Imli, goes “street” to keep up with the competition. Is it any better than before and worth actually coming in off the street for a taste of the new menu? Continue reading
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Posted in Design, Drink, Food, London, Restaurants
Tagged bar, cocktails, Drink, Food, imli, imli street, indian cuisine, indian food, indian restaurant, London, relaunch, restaurant, restaurant review, soho, street food, W1F 8WR, wardour street
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London Daily Photo: Morning Lane
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Tagged east london, hackney, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, morning lane, Photography, shadows, street photography, supermarket, tesco
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Queen’s Day in Amsterdam 2013 (OneTravel)
This year’s Queen’s Day promises to be a particularly special one, and presumably the last for a very long time. The Queen has announced that she will abdicate on the date and that her son, Willem-Alexander, will be inaugurated. Continue reading
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Tagged amsterdam, dutch, festival, holland, king's day, koninginnedag 2013, koninginnedag festivities, Koningsdag, netherlands, OneTravel, queen's day 2013, queens day, the netherlands, Travel
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London Daily Photo: LONDON ACCOMMODATION
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Tagged chatsworth road, clapton, E5, east london, hackney, homerton, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, Photography, street photography
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Guatemala Antigua: Starbucks’ First Origin Espresso (Sponsored Video)
Guatemala Antigua: Starbuck’s First Origin Espresso Continue reading
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Tagged coffee, espresso, guatemala, Guatemala Antigua, SPONSORED POST, starbucks, Starbucks' First Origin Espresso, Video
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London Daily Photo: Soho Square
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Tagged LDP, London, London Daily Photo, Photography, soho, SOHO SQUARE, street photography
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Four of This Summer’s Best European Music Festivals (OneTravel)
Here comes summer (and not soon enough!). For the young and the youthful among European music fans that means it’s time to party. Heading to Europe this summer and hoping to add an extra dose of fun to your vacation? Check out this four unique music festivals. All four are great value for money too! Continue reading
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Posted in Hotels, Music, OneTravel, Travel
Tagged Alt-J, Animal Collective, Arctic Monkeys, Blur, Bulgaria, camping, Croatia, dance, dance music, Disclosure, Echo Festival, Editors, europe, FESTIVALS, Hey, hotels, Kendrick Lamar, Kings Of Leon, Maria Peszek, Meadows In The Mountains Festival, Modest Mouse, music, music festivals, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, OneTravel, Open'er Festival, poland, Queens Of The Stone Age, Rihanna, romania, Skunk Anansie, SunSplash Festival, Tame Impala, Travel, turkey, underground music
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Takeaway Pizza from Palm 2, Clapton E5
Just a quick little post to say the freshly made sourdough pizzas for takeaway at Palm 2 (my local grocery, the pride of Clapton Pond and arguably London’s best cornershop) are delicious and very good value. Continue reading
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Tagged clapton, CLAPTON POND, clapton village, cornershop, E5, E5 0QJ, east london, Food, grocery, London, LOWER CLAPTON, lower clapton road, palm 2, palm II, pizza, review, takeway
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Burlexe: Burlesque Inspired Theatre at Shadow Lounge, Soho
Featuring skits inspired by real life interviews with contemporary burlesque performers and stories “of the legends” along with actual dancers saucily stripping, Burlexe at Soho’s Shadow Lounge aspires to be the Vagina Monologues of burlesque. How’s that for a Wednesday night out on the town? Continue reading
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Tagged amber topaz, bar, brewer street, burlesque, burlesque review, burlexe, burlexe promo code, cabaret, cabaret review, chloe ewart, comedy, dance, dancers, dancing, discount, drinking, DRINKS, jo king, kele le roc, London, monologues, promo code, review, soho, stage, the shadow lounge, theatre, W1, W1F 0RF
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London Daily Photo: Moor Street
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Tagged LDP, London, London Daily Photo, Moor Street, Photography, soho, street photography
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Clockjack Oven (Blue Tomato)
All in all, my lunch at Clockjack Oven was way better than I’d expected or even hoped – so satisfying, in fact, that I could definitely see myself craving for a repeat visit soon. Continue reading
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Posted in Beer, Blue Tomato, Discounts and Special Offers, Drink, Food, London, Restaurants
Tagged beat the clock, beer, chicken, DENMAN STREET, Drink, early bird special, Food, free range chicken, London, lunch, new restaurant, new restaurant review, restaurant, rotisserie chicken, sage and onion balls, soho, W1, W1D 7HJ
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