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London Daily Photo: Sparkling
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In Pictures: Hotel Chocolat’s New Roast + Conch Chocolate Shop (Londonist)
In Pictures: Hotel Chocolat’s New Roast + Conch Chocolate Shop Londonist, February 5, 2012 at 15:00 pm With its new Roast + Conch shop at Seven Dials, British luxury chocolate brand Hotel Chocolat brings small batch chocolate making to London. READ MY … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate, covent garden, Hotel Chocolat, IN PICTURES, London, Londonist, MONMOUTH STREET, Photography, RABOT ESTATE, Roast + Conch, SAINT LUCIA, seven dials, shaftesbury avenue, WC2, WC2H 8JB
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London Daily Photo: Keep Fresh
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Tagged #uksnow, clapton, CLAPTON POND, E5, east london, february 2012, green grocer, grocery, hackeny, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, oranges, palm 2, Photography, snow, street photography
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London Daily Photo: 99p
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Good Stuff
Quiet evening in … and a chance to publish another post in my Good Stuff series – essentially just quick lists of things I’ve come across lately and have really enjoyed but for whatever reason they didn’t make it into their own … Continue reading
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Posted in Celebrities, Food, Good Stuff, London, Music, Pubs, Restaurants, Shopping, Video
Tagged a nation of shopkeepers, berenice bejo, chinatown, chinese new year, dungeons & dragons, ELBULLI, FERRAN ADRIA, good stuff, jean dujardin, leong's legends, London, my neighbor totoro, the artist, tommy flanagan, WHITECHAPEL GALLERY, year of the dragon
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Roast, Conch and Enjoy at Hotel Chocolat’s New Shop (Great British Chefs)
Roast, Conch and Enjoy at Hotel Chocolat’s New Shop Great British Chefs, February 04, 2012 Hotel Chocolat‘s Roast + Conch shop brings small batch chocolate making to the heart of London (4 Monmouth Street in Seven Dials, Covent Garden to be … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Off
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Tagged clapton, faucet, hackney, homerton, London, London Daily Photo, national trust, Photography, sink, sutton house, tudor kitchen
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London Grilling: Part 2 (London Living)
London Grilling: Part 2 London Living, 03 Feb 2012 Taking the hot seat this week is Chris Osburn, the architect behind the visual splendour of tikichris … for the glories of Clapton, irritating English Tube etiquette and lunch on the cheap. READ THE … Continue reading
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Tagged clapton, CLAPTON POND, interview, KATE FOX, London, LONDON LIVING, LONDON UN, lunch, tube, WATCHING THE ENGLISH
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London Daily Photo: Work in Progress
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A Brief History of the City of London (OneTravel)
A Brief History of the City of London One Travel, Feb 02, 2012 Today, the City of London is a global powerhouse at the heart of the UK’s economy, but the City’s important role throughout the history of London and … Continue reading
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London Food & Drink News: 2 February 2012 (Londonist)
London Food & Drink News: 2 February 2012 Londonist, February 2, 2012 at 16:15 pm A bubbly bubble bath that’s the “ultimate indulgence” and more in this week’s food and drink news round up … READ MY COMPLETE POST: London … Continue reading
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Tagged 33 PORTLAND PLACE, AVO HOTEL, BAVARIAN BEERHOUSE, beer, cadogan, CARNIVAL FANCY DRESS PARTY, champagne, CHAMPAGNE BATH MENU, chocolate, dalston, DANIEL MORGAN, hotel, knightsbridge, London, london food & drink news, Londonist, LOVE CHOCOLATE DESSERT CLUB, MAGNUS REID, NIKO B ORGANIC CHOCOLATES, NINE FRENCH PLACE, pop-up, RADICAL DINING SOCIETY, restaurants, Valentine's Day
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Best of Hackney Wick (CheapOair)
Best of Hackney Wick CheapOair, February 2, 2012 This week’s “Hackney Wick and the Olympics” post put the spotlight on an area of East London that’s in an interesting state of transition and well worth paying a visit the next time you’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, canals, cheapoair, east london, HACKNEY WICK, London, london 201, london 2012, olympic park, OLYMPIC STADIUM, olympics
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New Restaurant Review: Léon de Bruxelles, Cambridge Circus (Londonist)
New Restaurant Review: Léon de Bruxelles, Cambridge Circus Londonist, February 2, 2012 at 12.3o pm Moules frites mega chain with humble Brussels roots and a massive presence in France (not quite to the extent of, say, Pizza Express here in … Continue reading
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Tagged BELGIAN, belgian beer, CAMBRIDGE CIRCUS, CHEZ LÉON, french, LÉON DE BRUXELLES, London, Londonist, MOULES FRITES, MUSSELS, new restaurant review, soho, WC2, WC2H 8AA
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London Daily Photo: Level Load
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Tagged dumpster, HACKNEY WICK, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, Photography, skip, street photography
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Dom Pérignon 2003 Vintage #DP2003
Apparently, 2003 was a hell of a year in the Champagne region: an exceptionally harsh winter followed by an unseasonable spring and the hottest summer in more than 50 years. Of particular note was a severe frost on April 11th … Continue reading
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Tagged 2003, 2003 Vintage, champagne, Chef de Cave, Dom Pérignon, Dom Pérignon 2003 Vintage, London, Phillips de Pury & Company, Richard Geoffroy, sparkling wine, SW1, VICTORIA, wine, wine review
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London to Host Maslenitsa Russian Culture Festival (Londonist)
London to Host Maslenitsa Russian Culture Festival Londonist, February 1, 2012 at 14:28 pm The world’s biggest celebration of Russian culture outside of Russia itself will take place this month in London from the 19th to 26th. A second year in a … Continue reading
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Tagged BLINIS, festival, London, LONDON MASLENITSA FESTIVAL, Londonist, MASLENITSA, pancakes, RUSSIA, RUSSIAN CULTURE, TRAFLAGAR SQUARE
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What’s for Lunch? Seoul Bakery, Tottenham Court Road Station (Londonist)
At first glance, Seoul Bakery might not stand out from the other similarly downtrodden Korean eateries lined up in the shadow of Centre Point “behind” Tottenham Court Road Station. Maybe a little, for its more more colourful signage and window … Continue reading
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Tagged BIBIMBAB, centre point, cheap, kimchi, KOREAN FOOD, London, Londonist, lunch, SEOUL BAKERY, ST GILES HIGH STREET, TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD STATION, W4L, WC2, WC2H 8LH, WHAT'S FOR LUNCH?
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Covent Garden Shopping (OneTravel)
Covent Garden Shopping OneTravel, Jan 10, 2012 If a visitor from another planet was somehow instantly transported to Covent Garden, the space alien would soon ascertain that the area is a world renowned shoppers’ paradise. From quaint and indie boutiques … Continue reading
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Hackney Wick and the Olympics (CheapOair)
Hackney Wick and the Olympics CheapOair, January 31, 2012 Seeming to be stuck between a rock and a hard place and making the most of the situation with a stiff upper lip and more than a bit of artist flair, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, canals, cheapoair, east london, HACKNEY WICK, London, london 201, london 2012, olympic park, OLYMPIC STADIUM, olympics
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London Daily Photo: Snagged
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Tagged barbed wire, HACKNEY WICK, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, Photography, street photography
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London Daily Photo: Or
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London Daily Photo: Bitches Brew
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London Daily Photo: Break Slow
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Tagged breakfast, condiments, hawksmoor, HAWKSMOOR GUILDHALL, ketchup, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, Photography
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London Daily Photo: Free Range
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History of the City of London (OneTravel)
History of the City of London OneTravel, Jan 26, 2012 Its storied past of wealth coupled with destruction has made the City a unique area to explore, where iconic modern high rise office towers, such as Norman Foster’s Gherkin mingle … Continue reading
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Tagged british history, city of london, english history, history, London, OneTravel, Travel
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London Daily Photo: Deliveries Contracts Weddings Funerals
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Good Stuff
It’s almost February. We’re well into 2012, and I’m just now getting around to post about things from before and around Christmas. Geez. If you had even half as much fun as I had the final few weeks of last … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, atlanta, BARS, BBQ, bbq cabooe cafe, cades cove, Chattanooga, chattooga county, chickamauga, christmas, clermont lounge, cloudland canyon, cloudland canyon state park, crawfish springs, december, enterprise, enterprise rental cars, fort oglethorpe, ft oglethorpe, georgia, good stuff, Graffiti, great smoky mountains national park, howard finster, howard finster's paradise gardens, lamar's restaurant, lookout mountain, LYNCHBURG, maryville, paradise gardens, pickle barrel, pigeon mountain, pileated woodpecker, rental cars, restaurants, rocktown, summerville, TENNESSEE, tennessee pride, tennessee pride sausage, the tomato head, tomato head, yellow deli
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Visiting the Jack Daniel Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee (CheapOair)
Visiting the Jack Daniel Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee CheapOair, January 26, 2012 The Jack Daniel Distillery is the oldest registered distillery in America. Since all the way back in 1866, JD’s been located in the sleepy little town of Lynchburg, … Continue reading
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Tagged cheapoair, JACK DANIEL, JACK DANIEL DISTILLERY, JACK DANIEL'S, LYNCHBURG, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, TENNESSEE SIPPING WHISKEY, whiskey
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London Food & Drink News: 26 January 2012 (Londonist)
London Food & Drink News: 26 January 2012 Londonist, January 26, 2012 at 16.00pm Bob Dylan, kosher wine, Tsuru loyalty cards, a new bar for Hawksmoor Spitalfields and more food and drink news … READ MY COMPLETE POST: London Food … Continue reading
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Tagged ARTISAN FINE ART, BARS, BOB DYLAN, canary wharf, cocktails, DRAWN BLANK, FOODLIST, hawksmoor, HAWKSMOOR SPITALFIELDS, japanese food, KEDEM EUROPE, KITCHENETTE BAR, KOSHER WINE, KOSHER WINE FESTIVAL, London, london food & drink news, Londonist, LOYALITY CARD, PARK LANE HOTEL, plateau, restaurants, SIPSMITH, sushi, THE DOCK KITCHEN, tsuru, wine
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London Daily Photo: Weeknight
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Tagged dragon bar, hackney, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, Photography, shoreditch, shoreditch high street
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London Daily Photo: Dragon Bar
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Tired of London? Not with this New Book! (OneTravel)
Tired of London? Not with this New Book! OneTravel, Jan 24, 2012 Tired of London, Tired of Life is a 224 page book published by Virgin Books. It is the labour of love by Londoner Tom Jones (no, not that Tom Jones). Featuring … Continue reading
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Tagged book, books, HANNAH WARREN, London, LOTTIE CRUMBLEHOLME, OneTravel, review, TIRED OF LONDON TIRED OF LIFE, TOM JONES, Travel, VIRGIN BOOKS
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New Highs in Luxury at London’s Cadogan Hotel (CheapOair)
New Highs in Luxury at London’s Cadogan Hotel CheapOair, January 24, 2012 Talk about a bubble bath! The Cadogan hotel in London will soon be offering to its guests the ultimate indulgence of a Champagne bath. Keep reading for the decedent details … Continue reading
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Tagged cadogan, champagne, champagne bath, cheapoair, hotel, knightsbridge, London, Shop and Drop, sloane street, the cadogan
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London Daily Photo: Dragon
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Tagged chinese food, chopsticks, greenwich, greenwich market, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, Photography, street photography
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London Daily Photo: Enter the Dragon
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