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London Daily Photo: Fam
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London Daily Photo: Dads
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Chase and Country Tails Terrace at Harvey Nichols Fifth Floor (CheapOair)
Now open to the public but only for a limited time, the Chase and Country Tails Terrace at Harvey Nichols Fifth Floor is a fun al fresco setting for a summer drink. Chase and Country Tails Terrace at Harvey Nichols … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: OOO
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The Gaddafi Archives: Libya Before the Arab Spring
The Gaddafi Archives: Libya Before the Arab Spring opened tonight at the Slade Research Centre (Woburn Square, WC1H 0AB) and will run until 29 June. The show is part of the London Festival of Photography and is in association with … Continue reading
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Tagged arab spring, Colonel Gaddafi, dictator, frame company, gaddafi, human rights watch, LFPH, libya, London, London Festival of Photography, Muammar Gaddafi, qaddafi, slade research centre, the gaddafi archives, the gaddafi archives: libya before the arab spring, WC1, WC1H 0AB
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Save Time and Money with the Belfast Visitor Pass (CheapOair)
Heading to Belfast and hoping to hit the ground running without it making too much of an impact on your wallet? Save Time and Money with the Belfast Visitor Pass CheapOair, 21 June 2012 Photo/Iker Merodio
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Tagged belfast, belfast visitor pass, cheapoair, ireland, northern ireland
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London Daily Photo: Art Books
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Tagged books, hackney, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, netil market, Photography, street market
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Bread and Butter Pop Up Gallery Opens on Upper Street
Listen up all you Upper Street shopping hipsters! Bread and Butter is a new pop up gallery, antiques showroom and cafe. It will be at its current location (Studio 1, 133 Upper Street, N1 1QP) just off the street down … Continue reading
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Tagged angel, antiques, Art, bread and butter, gallery, highbury and islington, London, N1, N1 1QP, pop-up, shop, upper street, VINTAGE
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London’s Lea Valley Walk (OneTravel)
From some of London’s best graffiti to bobbing canal boats moored alongside the path, from impressive views of the modern London skyline to an amazing range of waterfowl, the Lea Bridge to Three Mills walk is one of London’s most varied wanders. … Continue reading
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Tagged canal, east london, lea bridge, lea river, lea valley, lea valley walk, lee valley, London, OneTravel, three mills, urban nature, urban wildlife, walking
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London Daily Photo: Healthy One
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Tagged brick lane, E1, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, NHS, Photography, street photography, tower hamlets
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Very Budget Friendly Tune Hotel Opens Near Paddington Station
Tune Hotels has launched its third London site near Paddington Underground and Rail Station. Tune’s other hotels are at Liverpool Street and Westminster (with plans to open a dozen or so more over the next five years or so, including … Continue reading
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Tagged budget accommodation, edgware road, hotel, London, paddington, praed street, review, tune, tune hotel, tune hotel paddington, tune hotels, W2, W2 1NR
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London Daily Photo: Godzillas
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San Sebastian Tapas Tour (Urban Travel Blog)
House music into the morning amd more giant gin and tonics. Buenos dias hangover! Ugh. San Sebastian Tapas Tour Urban Travel Blog, 18 June 2012
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Posted in Drink, Food, Pubs, Restaurants, Spain, Travel
Tagged Bar Bergara, bar goiz argi, basque country, cocktails, Friends Disco, Goiz Argi, La Cocteleria Dickens, La Cuchara San Telmo, pintxo, san sebastian, spain, tapas, tapas bars, urban travel blog
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Zagat’s Pick of 30 Under 30 Londoners (OneTravel)
Zagat has announced its first ever London 30 Under 30 list. Compiled by Zagat’s editorial team, the list spotlights up-and-coming chefs, managers, sommeliers and mixologists in the London area, all under the age of 30. Zagat’s Pick of 30 Under 30 Londoners OneTravel, … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 under 30, chefs, London, mixologists, OneTravel, restaurants, sommeliers, under 30, ZAGAT, zagat london
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Keeping Tidy with Rachel Khoo (Great British Chefs)
In closing, I asked Rachel if she had any cookery tips to share with the Great British Chefs community. Only a “boring” one she said … Keeping Tidy with Rachel Khoo Great British Chefs, 18 June 2012
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Posted in Books, Celebrities, Food, France, Great British Chefs, interview, Paris, Recipes, Restaurants, Television
Tagged BBC, BBC 2, cookbooks, cooking shows, GBC, GREAT BRITISH CHEFS, home cooking, interview, paris, rachel khoo, television, the little paris kitchen, The Little Paris Kitchen: Cooking with Rachel Khoo
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London Bloggers Meetup: The Photography Edition … and Me
Howdy folks. I’m speaking at the next London Bloggers Meetup where I’ll be sharing my “experiences posting a photo on [my] blog everyday for over six years”. But wait! There’s more. These fine photo bloggers will be speaking as well: … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, covent garden, LBM, leicester square, London, london bloggers meetup, London Daily Photo, madlen nicolaus, networking event, peter marshall, photoblogging, Photography, pub, shimelle laine, the long acre, WC2, WC2E 9LH
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London Daily Photo: An Artists’ Home
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New Toy! Sony NEX-7 24.3 Megapixel Digital Camera
Reviews of the Sony’s “flagship” NEX-7 compact system camera are generally of the glowing variety. Here’s a thoughtful rev from DP Review, and here’s a good write up from What Digital Camera. After a weekend getting my grubby hands on … Continue reading
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Tagged compact camera, compact system camera, digital camera, digital photography, megapixels, nex-7, Photography, review, sony, sony nex-7, street photography
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London Daily Photo: Sunday Snide
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Hotel du Vin Introduces New Lunch Menu
Hotel du Vin has launched a new lunch menu featuring a one, two or three course offer priced at £9.95, £12.95 and £14.95 respectively (not too bad!) along with a selection of salads, sandwiches and tartines. They’ve also given their à … Continue reading
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Tagged a la carte menu, bisto du vin, BISTRO, Chateau Bauduc, Chateau Bauduc 2008 Clos des Quinze, hotel, HOTEL DU VIN, kent, lunch, restaurant, review, royal tunbridge wells, steak, Tunbridge Wells, wine
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London Daily Photo: Someone’s Baby
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Antico, Bermondsey Street: High Quality Italian in a Relaxed Setting
To quote my girlfriend, “Oh my God … I’m in heaven.” Yeah, our visit to this new(ish) Bermondsey Street Italian restaurant yielded a great lunch. A couple of bites off her plate and I could see what she was OMGing … Continue reading
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Tagged antico, antico restaurant & lounge bar, bermondsey, BERMONDSEY STREET, borough, clams, italian cuisine, italian food, italian restaurant, linguine, London, pasta, restaurant, restaurant review, SE1, soave, TIRAMISU, wild black bream, wine
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London Daily Photo: Janet’s
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Tagged bar, COCKTAIL BAR, janet's, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, old brompton road, Photography, south kensington, street photography
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Bea’s of Bloomsbury Crawfish Boil
I am stuffed! Tonight’s crawfish boil at Bea’s of Bloomsbury’s Druid Street/Maltby Street kitchen was a lot of delicious get-your-fingers-dirty fun … and very filling. Apparently, Bea’s down home American style pig outs are proving especially popular too: tonight was … Continue reading
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Tagged ALL YOU CAN EAT, arches, AYCE, bea's of bloomsbury, bermondsey, cajun, crawfish, Crawfish Boil, crayfish, creole, druid street, London, maltby street, seafood, tower of london
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Best of Burgundy (CheapOair)
Burgundy is a foodie heaven, a wine lover’s paradise and an ideal setting for that French countryside vacation you’ve been dreaming about. Best of Burgundy CheapOair, 14 June 2012
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Tagged 2cv citroen, au coeur du vin, beaune, best western hotel henry II, burgundy, chablis, cheapoair, cremant, fine dining, france, french countryside, french wine, hotel, loiseau des vignes, Maison Bouchard Aine et Fils, restaurants, sparkling wine, Travel, vineyards, wine
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Free Pizza Masterclass and Beer with Birra Moretti and Giancarlo Caldessi
I’m just back from an al fresco lunch at Islington Green where I made my own pizza and had a free small beer. The freebie treat came compliments of Birra Moretti. Helping me out with the small group who’d assembled … Continue reading
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Tagged beer, birra moretti, caldessi, free beer, freebie, giancarlo caldesi, inslington green, italian beer, italian food, London, lunch, pizza, pizza in the piazza, pizza masterclass, potters fields park, table moretti, tavistock square
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London Daily Photo: Dilemma
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Street Party Birthday for Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen Restaurant (OneTravel)
On Saturday June 30th, the street outside the doors of Fifteen will be decked out with bunting. There’ll be music and family friendly entertainment along with food for all the guests. Helping Jamie move his party out of the professional … Continue reading
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Tagged eat street, EAT.ST, fifteen, food trucks, jamie oliver, OneTravel, restaurant, street food, street party
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Nelly Duff Banger Art – Graffiti on Cars
Ten cars painted by ten artists to be towed to Victoria Park for the Lovebox festival this weekend. Artists include Sweet Toof, EINE, Pablo Delgado, Matthew Small, Dan Hillier, Aida and others. More photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tikichris/sets/72157630121715480/ More info: http://www.nellyduff.com/index.php/art/shows/future
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Tagged Aida, artists, cars, Dan Hillier, EINE, Graffiti, love box, Matthew Small, nelly duff, Pablo Delgado, street art, sweet toof, victoria park
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The Royal Academy of Arts Gets a New Keeper’s House (Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art)
With a bit of help from celebrity Stephen Fry and artist Grayson Perry, The Royal Academy of Arts in London held a press conference to announce plans to renovate its current “Friends space.” The plan behind the revamp is part … Continue reading
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Chase and Country Tails Terrace @ Harvey Nichols Fifth Floor
The recently opened (and only around until Sunday 15 July) Chase and Country Tails Terrace at Harvey Nichols Fifth Floor is a fun al fresco setting for summer drinks and sharing a laugh. A range of Chase Distillery spirits based … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Advertise Locally
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Oldest Surviving East India Company Warehouse to Become Restaurant Complex
The oldest surviving warehouses built by the East India Company, are to be re-launched by restaurant group D&D London to create a modern British grill restaurant, cocktail bar, fish restaurant and specialist wine shop. Constructed between 1768 and 1771 by the … Continue reading
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Tagged BARS, city of london, cocktails, Conran & Partners, D&D LONDON, east india company, EC2, fish market, georgian architecture, JOSPER GRILL, liverpool street, liverpool street station, London, new street, new street grill, new street wine shop, old bengal bar, restaurants, tower hamlets, warehouse, wine
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Fattylympics
The Fattylympics is a community event satirising the You Know Whats in East London, 2012. It takes place on Saturday 7 July 2012, at Grassroots, Memorial Park, West Ham. It is free to attend and children are welcome. The Fattylympics is organised … Continue reading
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Tagged east london, Fattylympics, free, freebie, london 2012, london 2012 olympic games, olympics, west ham
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Fine Dining Fun at Christoffer Hruskova’s North Road (Great British Chef)
Clean. That’s the word, the concept, the feeling that kept coming to mind during my epically epicurean journey along North Road ‘s seven course tasting menu. The other recurring thought I had while dining my way through this seven course scenic feast … Continue reading
