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London Daily Photo: En Garde
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Make Time to Dine at St Pancras Station (CheapOair)
Make Time to Dine at St Pancras Station CheapOair, December 15, 2011 Whether just passing through or staying put for awhile, make sure to enjoy some of the area’s impressive range of food and drink outlets. Trendy cafes, upscalerestaurants, street food, celebrated bars … Continue reading
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Tagged BARS, CAFES, cheapoair, London, pubs, restaurants, st pancras, ST PANCRAS STATION, street food, train travel, TRANSPORTATION
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2011 Highlights
Here’s a round up of all the things I blogged about this year and still have me thinking “yeah, that was awesome” as 2011 now comes to a close. The list isn’t about personal triumphs or such and there are … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Drink, Food, France, London, New York, Photography, Restaurants, Scotland, Travel
Tagged 2011, A LA CRUZ, AI WEIWEI, BISTRO DU VIN, blogging, blue, BLUEPRINT CAFE, brittany, Clerkenwell, copas turkeys, edinburgh, FENG SUSHI, haggis, Hansen & Lydersen, john lyden, johnny rotten, julie's hut, leith, martin wishart, new york, nunhead cemetery, nuno mendes, queen elizabeth II bridge, seafood, secretts, secretts of milford, sex pistols, SINGAPORE TAKEOUT, smoke salmon, somerset house, surrey, sushi, sussex, the corner room, the honours, west sussex, year in review
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Infograph: Superbowl 2011
Fun infograph with everything you wanted to know about Superbowl 2011 … well … except for any info related to American football and the actual game itself. Kind reminds me of the discourse about the London 2012 Olympics: everyone’s talking about … Continue reading
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Tagged american football, football, infographic, superbowl, superbowl 2011, superbowl XLV
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London Daily Photo: Fa La
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Tagged christmas carols, LDP, London Daily Photo, Photography, SINGING, street photography, trafalgar square
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Infograph: History of American Recession
Here’s an interesting infograph that’s pretty relevant what’s happening (or not happening) these days with the economy. I wonder how the Great Recession will be viewed 15 to 20 years from now. Will there be/are we actually in a double dip … Continue reading
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New Restaurant Review: East Street, Fitzrovia (Londonist)
New Restaurant Review: East Street, Fitzrovia Londonist, December 14, 2011 at 14:30 pm Brightly coloured backlight signage hanging from the ceiling and vibrant “local” graphics splayed across the walls and printed on all the ephemera. Friendly, clean cut servers. A noodle-laden, pan … Continue reading
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Tagged EAST STREET, fitzrovia, London, Londonist, new restaurant, new restaurant review, NOODLES, pan asian, RATHBONE PLACE, W1, W1T 1HJ, wok
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Sickboy Straddles Heaven and Earth (Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art)
Sickboy Straddles Heaven and Earth Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, December 2011 Prolific London-based street artist Sickboy opened his Celebration of Earthly Sins and Heavenly Fantasies on a muggy Thursday night in early November at east London’s catch all cool stuff megalith, … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, contemporary art, Graffiti, heavean and earth, London, old truman brewery, Sickboy, street, Whitehot, whitehot magazine of contemporary art
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London Daily Photo: Festive Season
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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London Daily Photo: Extra
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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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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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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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