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Photo Story: Fight Night! (Urban Travel Blog)
Photo Story: Fight Night! Urban Travel Blog, Dec 5th, 2010 With its bulletproof box office window, where you can only see the fingers of the person receiving your money and giving your ticket, to all the hawkers and lucha fans milling … Continue reading
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Tagged arena mexico, cuidad de mexico, lucha libre, mexican wrestling, mexico city, Photography, urban travel blog
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London Daily Photo: Covent Garden Reindeer
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Exhibition Review: Rising Stars in Bethnalham at High Roller Society (Londonist)
Exhibition Review: Rising Stars in Bethnalham at High Roller Society Londonist, December 4, 2010 at 16:36 pm Rising Stars in Bethnalham opens today at High Roller Society with an eclectic mix of art inspired or otherwise derived from London’s East End. … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Graffiti, London
Tagged Art, E2, E2 0SY, EXHIBITION REVIEW, gallery, Graffiti, high roller society, London, Londonist, RISING STARTS IN BETHNALHAM, street art
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New Restaurant Review: Inamo St James (Londonist)
New Restaurant Review: Inamo St James Londonist, December 4, 2010 at 14:00 PM Londonist has no qualms recommending a small dish of truffle marbled beef (thin slices with truffle vinaigrette and crispy garlic and mixed cress, £7.95) and are adamant … Continue reading
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Tagged inamo, inamo st james, London, Londonist, mayfair, new restaurant review, oriental fusion, pan asian, regent street, st james's, SW1, SW1Y 4PE
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London Daily Photo: Snow Angel
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Tagged angel, december 2010, islington, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, N1, Photography, snow
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Reindeer Pie at Battersea Pie Station, Covent Garden (Londonist)
Reindeer Pie at Battersea Pie Station, Covent Garden Londonist, December 3, 2010 at 16:30 PM Made from organic free-range (not farmed) Swedish reindeer meat in a red wine and mushroom sauce and garnished with a dusting of herbs, it’s good value … Continue reading
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Tagged battersea pie station, christmas, covent garden, december, London, Londonist, pie and mash, reindeer, reindeer pie, WC2, WC2E 8RA
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London Daily Photo: Hanging Gardens
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Guru Event: A Warming Wednesday Fiesta at Camino Canary Wharf (Qype does London)
Guru Event: A Warming Wednesday Fiesta at Camino Canary Wharf Qype does London, December 2nd 2010 Our gracious hosts at Camino went well out of their way to ensure conditions were perfect for a wonderful evening of socializing. Owner Richard Bigg took … Continue reading
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Tagged camino, camino puerto del canario, canary wharf, E14, E14 8RR, free, freebie, London, Qype, Qype Does London, spanish restaurant, tapas
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London Daily Photo: Suspended
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Steampunk Brunch at A Fluid State This Sunday (Londonist)
Steampunk Brunch at A Fluid State This Sunday Londonist, December 1, 2010 at 15:00 PM A “mash up of the Aussie-brunch lifestyle and Victorian-era Britain”, A Fluid State’s Steampunk Brunch this Sunday the 5th offers a weekend recovery of mini … Continue reading
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Tagged a fluid state, brunch, London, Londonist, steampunk, steampunk brunch, the tasting sessions
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Exhibition Review: Aware: Art Fashion Identity at the Royal Academy of Arts (Londonist)
Exhibition Review: Aware: Art Fashion Identity at the Royal Academy of Arts Londonist, December 1, 2010 at 8:44am Considerably more profound and than one might expect, Aware: Art Fashion Identity at the Royal Academy of Arts sets an often haunting and … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Shook Up
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Tagged Celebrities, elvis, elvis presley, fun fair, LDP, leicester s, London, London Daily Photo, Photography
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New Restaurant Review: Made in Camden (Londonist)
New Restaurant Review: Made in Camden Londonist, November 30, 2010 at 17:05 PM Highlights from our lunch included scrummy baked eggs, spicy tomato, greek yoghurt and sourdough (£8 or £9.50 with grilled chorizo … and you’ll want to go with the … Continue reading
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Tagged camden, chalk farm, London, Londonist, made in camden, new restaurant review, NW1, NW1 8EH, roundhouse
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Discovering the Right Boutique Hotel for You
When booking a hotel, if you can “go boutique” I reckon you should …. most of the time anyway (I recently had a very comfortable and convenient stay at the high rise and well heeled Presidente Intercontinental Mexico City and … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: End
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Never Judge … ? Group Exhibition at StolenSpace in Association with Penguin Books (Qype does London)
Never Judge … ? Group Exhibition at StolenSpace in Association with Penguin Books Qype does London, November 29th 2010 Contributing artists (and there are many) include Anthony Lister, Blek Le Rat, Cyclops, D*FACE, EINE, Jon Burgerman, Kid Acne, Matt Small, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Lister, Art, Blek Le Rat, brick lane, Cyclops, D*FACE, Dray Walk, E1, E1 6QL, EINE, exhibition, jon burgerman, Kid Acne, London, Matt Small, Methane Studios, Michael De Feo, Miss Van, penguin books, pete fowler, Shepard Fairey, Sickboy, stolenspace, sylvia ji, Tara McPherson, The London Police, The Old Truman Brewery, usugrow, WK Interact, word to mother
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London Daily Photo: Big Cats
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London Daily Photo: Neck-N-Neck
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Tagged carousel, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, merry-go-round, Photography
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London Daily Photo: Wonders
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Chefspective: Allan Pickett, Head Chef at Plateau (Londonist)
Chefspective: Allan Pickett, Head Chef at Plateau Londonist, November 26, 2010 at 14:00 PM A few months back, Allan Pickett became Head Chef at Canary Wharf mainstay Plateau. With a challenge to create dishes that rival or exceed the quality … Continue reading
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Tagged allan pickett, CANADA PLACE, canary wharf, chef, chefspective, E14, E14 5ER, head chef, interview, London, Londonist, plateau
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London Daily Photo: Amused
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Tagged charlie chaplin, LDP, leicester square, London, London Daily Photo, Photography, statue
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The Mad Men of Jazz and a Three Martini Lunch at A Fluid State (Londonist)
The Mad Men of Jazz and a Three Martini Lunch at A Fluid State Londonist, November 25, 2010 at 16:30 PM Photo/Tiberiu Arsene Improv jazz, whisky pairings, foodie finds from New York street vendors and a Plymouth gin cocktail bar: it’s going … Continue reading
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Tagged a fluid state, cocktails, gin, improv jazz, London, Londonist, the tasting sessions, whisky
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Win a Free Week’s Stay at Park Inn Manchester, Berlin or Djerba, Tunisia
Park Inn Hotels are running a competition with a chance to win some killer prizes, such as iPads (ooh!) and £250 hotel vouchers which can be used at more than 200 hotels in 16 countries (including Park Inn, Radisson Blu … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Hold Out
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Tagged autumn, Clerkenwell, EC1, foliage, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, Photography, st john street, tree
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London Daily Photo: Whitehall
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New Restaurant Review: Wright Brothers Soho (Londonist)
New Restaurant Review: Wright Brothers Soho Londonist, November 23, 2010 AT 19:35 PM Kumamoto oysters (three for £8). We’d never had these slightly sweet and delicately flavourful morsels before, but after a lovely meal at the newly opened Wright Brothers in … Continue reading
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Tagged carnaby street, KINGLY COURT, KINGLY STREET, KU, London, Londonist, new restaurant review, OYSTERS, seafood, W1, W1B 5PW, WRIGHT BROTHERS
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Imagine the Blogabilities!
ebuzzing.co.uk, part of the Wikio Group, allows bloggers to display videos and publish articles about their particular kind of brands – and actually pays ’em for it. ebuzzing is completely free to join for bloggers. They’ve got a strict code of … Continue reading
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René Redzepi – chef at the Best Restaurant in the World (Locally Sourced)
René Redzepi – chef at the Best Restaurant in the World Locally Sourced, 23 November 2010 Much of the success behind this nouveau Nordic restaurant seems to stem from Redzepi’s pared down innovation and keen interest to adhering to what … Continue reading
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Posted in Food, Food Network, Locally Sourced, London, Restaurants
Tagged chef, cookbook, food network, freemasons' hall, locally sourced, London, noma, nordic cuisine, René Redzepi, review, WC2, WC2B 5AZ
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London Daily Photo: Cathedral Segments
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Western Conceptual Art and Ghanaian Film Meet in Doug Fishbone’s Elmina Photography Exhibition (Cadbury Fairtrade)
Western Conceptual Art and Ghanaian Film Meet in Doug Fishbone’s Elmina Photography Exhibition Cadbury Fairtrade, November 22, 2010 Running parallel to his groundbreaking feature-length film, Elmina, the American-born London-based artist Doug Fishbone’s new photography exhibition at Rokeby gallery in London … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Cadbury Fairtrade, London, Movies
Tagged cadbury fairtrade, doug fishbone, exhibition, film, ghana, ghanaian film, London, Photography, rokeby
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London Daily Photo: A Head for Fashion
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London Daily Photo: United Flags of Mayfair
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Tagged brook street, flags, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, mayfair, Photography, Shopping, W11
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London Daily Photo: One Foot in the Grave
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And Guadalajara Too! (Qype Community)
And Guadalajara Too! Qype Community, November 19th 2010 With its mix of old and new, thriving business environment and large university, Guadalajara is a dynamic destination. Whether basking in the glory of its cathedrals, taking in the heaving nightlife, going … Continue reading
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Island Restaurant & Bar Now Serving its Own Honey (Londonist)
Island Restaurant & Bar Now Serving its Own Honey Londonist, November 19, 2010 3:25 PM Photography by Max Nathan A half million bees later (talk about sweet occupancy rate!), the hotel had its first honey harvest this summer and is … Continue reading
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Tagged beehives, bees, honey, hotel, island bar & restaurant, lancaster gate, London, london lancaster, Londonist, W2, W2 2TY
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