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Coffee Break with the “Whatleydude” (espressoCrazy)
EspressoCrazy’s Blogger in Residence Chris Osburn takes a break with James Whatley to talk blogging, the relative meaning of ‘happy’ and, of course, coffee. James Whatley – known to his 10,000+ Twitter followers as @Whatleydude – is a prolific polymath dabbling in the social, … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Sloane Square
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Tagged chelsea, LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, london photographer, Photography, photography blog, sloane square, street photography, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Win a Free Copy of Hilarious Children’s Book for Adults: GO THE F**K TO SLEEP!
Parents with small children, are you in need of a good honest laugh and a moment’s peace? Adam Mansbach’s “children’s book for adults” – Go the F**k to Sleep featuring funny colourful illustrations drawn by Ricardo Cortes helps to soothe an excited child to sleep*, while humour the annoyed parent! And guess what? I’ve got a copy to share with one lucky reader. Good luck and sweet f*****g dreams 😉 Continue reading
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Ramen Fun at Shoryu Soho, Denman Street
So it’s been about a month since I visited Shoryu Soho ramen bar. But that doesn’t mean I’ve forgotten how much fun I had dining there. Besides, judging from the queue out-the-door I observed when I passed by the Soho outlet last night, I guess the restaurant hasn’t been in need of any positive press. Nevertheless, here’s mine up-thumbed input about the place. Continue reading
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Posted in Beer, Drink, Food, London, Restaurants
Tagged beer, denmen street, Drink, Food, JAPANESE CUISINE, japanese food, kirin, Kirin Frozen, miso, piccadilly circus, ramen, ramen bar, restaurant, restaurant review, restaurants, shoryu, shoryu ramen, shoryu soho, soho, soup, tonkotsu, W1, W1D 7HA, zomato, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: Elmcroft Silhouette
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Tagged clapton, E5, east london, hackney, LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, london photographer, Photography, photography blog, street photography, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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4 French Quarter Shops for Fun and Funky NOLA Gifts (OneTravel)
In Nawlins for Mardi Gras and feeling guilty because certain friends, family members or colleagues couldn’t come with you to enjoy all the fun? Or maybe you’re hoping to rub it in about what a great time you had once … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Drink, Food, Louisiana, OneTravel, Shopping, Travel
Tagged big easy, Chi-wa-wa Ga-ga, Food, french quarter, Leah's Pralines, louisiana, mardi gras, Nawlins, new orleans, New Orleans School of Cooking, nola, OneTravel, Shopping, travel blog, voodoo, Voodoo Authentica of New Orleans Cultural Center & Collection
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London Daily Photo: Methodist Central Hall
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Beyond El Dorado: Going for Gold at the British Museum
Featuring more than 200 objects from the Museo del Oro in Bogotá, Colombia alongside dozens of pieces from the British Museum’s own collection, Beyond El Dorado: Power and Gold in Ancient Colombia at the British Museum strikes it rich with a mother lode of fascinating cultural artefacts and lots and lots of dazzling golden objects. Keen to see? You should be! But make sure to head over to the museum soon as the show ends in just a couple of weeks. Continue reading
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Dixie Detours: Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler!
Happy Mardi Gras! I hope you’ve enjoyed reading my Dixie Detours miniseries featuring the highlights from my recent trip to Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana and Florida along with suggestions for planning your own sojourn to the Deep South. Continue reading
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Posted in Alabama, Art, Coffee, Design, Dixie Detours, Drink, Florida, Food, Georgia, Hotels, Music, Restaurants, road trip, Shopping, Tennessee, Travel, Wine
Tagged Alabama, athens, Deep South, Dixie Detours, florida, georgia, louisiana, MIAMI, Muscle Shoals, road trip, TENNESSEE, Travel
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London Daily Photo: Senate House
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Tagged bloomsbury, LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, london photographer, Photography, photography blog, senate house, street photography, UCL, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Infographic: The Shift in TV Technology
Courtesy of Sony You’ve come a long way, Tellie! From your humble black and white cathode ray tube beginnings to the ultra-wow TVs of today, you’ve entertained families across the globe for generations and you’re still the centrepiece in most homes … Continue reading
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Tagged 4K TV, design, infographic, sony, SPONSORED POST, television, TVs
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Craft Beer Rising Review by @cathiasays
A couple of Sundays ago (while I was still bumbling round in America), London blogger Cathia Randrianarivo kindly subbed for me accepting to attend on my behalf a beer-ific event I was unable to make. As Cathia puts it, “I … Continue reading
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Britain: One Million Years of the Human Story at London’s Natural History Museum
Last week I popped round to the Natural History Museum to catch the Britain: One Million Years of the Human Story exhibition and was so glad I did. It’s a great show chronicling human existence in Britain since the first people set foot here (or at least as far back as the evidence suggests). I recommend going as it’s almost guaranteed you’ll be wowed by the artefacts and items on display. Continue reading
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Tagged Britain: One Million Years of the Human Story, cromwell road, exhibition, EXHIBITION REVIEW, exhibition road, fossils, kennis, Kennis and Adrie Kennis, kensington, London, London blog, model makers, museum quarter, museums, natural history, natural history museum, neanderthals, prehistoric britain, prehistory, review, south kensington, SW7, SW7 5BD, Video, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Dixie Detours: Miami in a Minute
The final stop of our Dixie Detours visit to the US was Miami, where an overnight layover afforded Kemey and me the chance to check in on some friends who had recently moved there – big thanks to Tanya and Francesco for being such fantastic hosts and showing us around so much of your fine town – while soaking up some south Florida sunshine before heading back to Blighty. Continue reading
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Posted in Beer, Coffee, Dixie Detours, Drink, Florida, Food, Hotels, Music, Restaurants, road trip, Travel, Wine
Tagged BARS, cocktails, coconut grove, collins avenue, cuban coffee, CUBAN SANDWICH, cubano, design district, Dixie Detours, Drink, florida, Food, hotels, jazz, lagniappe house, las olas, las olas cafe, las olas cafe south beach, LINCOLN ROAD, live music, lulu in the grove, lunch, MIAMI, MIAMI BEACH, miami dade, miami florida, midtown miami, music, restaurants, road trip, sanctuary south beach, scotty's landing, SOUTH BEACH, south florida, Travel, travel blog, wine bar, wynwood
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London Daily Photo: Lower Clapton Rainbow
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Tagged clapton, CLAPTON POND, E5, east london, hackney, LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, london photographer, lower clapton road, night photography, Photography, photography blog, rainbow, street photography, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Dixie Detours: Sweet Shoals Music
Before our visit to the Muscle Shoals area of Alabama, I never would have imagined the music of Aretha Franklin could resonate even more with me than it already did. Goosebumps on top of goosebumps – how’s that gonna happen? But there I was standing in Studio A of Fame Studios in humble little Florence, Alabama where the mighty diva recorded such classics as Do Right Woman, Do Right Man, and something clicked in a deep and soulful sort of way. In the few days since Kemey and I checked out the Shoals, listening to Aretha’s songs has been coupled with an even deeper and more satisfying feeling than before. Continue reading
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Posted in Alabama, Beer, Design, Dixie Detours, Drink, Food, Hotels, Music, Restaurants, road trip, Travel
Tagged 20th century design, Alabama, Alabama Music Hall of Fame, ARCHITECTURE, aretha franklin, back forty, back forty beer, back forty beer company, bar, beer, birthplace of helen keller, Bob Seger, catfish, Cher, colbert county, CRAFT BEER, Deep South, design, Dixie Detours, do right woman do right man, Drink, Duane Allman, Etta James, fame studios, florence, florence alabama, frank lloyd wright, garden gate cafe, hank williams, helen keller, hotel, ivy green, kodachrome, live music, Lynyrd Skynyrd, marriott, marriott shoals, Marriott Shoals Hotel & Spa, mid century modern, Muscle Shoals, muscle shoals rhythm section, muscle shoals sound studio, music, naked pig, naked pig pale ale, north alabama, northwest alabama, OH! Bryan's Family Steakhouse, Oh!Bryan's, Otis Redding, pale ale, paul simon, Percy Sledge, recording studio, restaurants, road trip, Rock 'n' Roll, rolling stones, rosenbaum house, sheffield alabama, shoals, soul music, spa, steakhouse, sticky fingers, still crazy after all these years, sun ra, Swampers, swampers bar, Swampers Bar & Grill, tennessee river, the Osmonds, the shoals, TOM JONES, Travel, travel blog, tuscumbia, tuscumbia county, Wilson Picket
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London Daily Photo: Russell Square
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Tagged LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, london photographer, Photography, photography blog, street photography, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Dixie Detours: Chattanooga, Choo Choo City
Chattanooga is my old teenage stomping ground. Since I’ve moved away, every year or two when I’ve managed to make it back for a visit (usually around Christmastime), the area always seemed to have gotten better than I remembered it being. Same holds true this time round. Continue reading
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Posted in Coffee, Dixie Detours, Drink, Food, Georgia, Hotels, Pizza, Restaurants, road trip, Tennessee, Travel
Tagged bob's brick oven, brick oven pizza, Chattanooga, chattanooga choo choo, chattanooga choo choo hotel, chickamauga, Deep South, Dixie Detours, georgia, hotels, ice cream, la altena, mexican food, pizza, road trip, rock spring, rock springs, TENNESSEE, the brick oven, Travel, walker county, walker county georgia, yellow deli
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London Daily Photo: What More do You Want?
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Dixie Detours: Tabasco Tourism on Avery Island
Louisiana’s most iconic brand, McIlhenny Company’s Tabasco brand Original Red Sauce packs a wallop of distinctively spicy flavour. For all its flavoursome punch, it’s comprised of only three natural ingredients: aged red peppers, vinegar and salt from Avery Island, which is also the home of all Tabasco production. In addition to the pepper sauce factory, the island (roughly two hours from New Orleans and 40 minutes from Lafayette) is also a botanical garden, bird sanctuary and wildlife refuge. Our last day in Louisiana, Kemey and I spent a fantastic morning on Avery Island before carrying on with our Dixie Detours road trip. Here are some highlights from the fun time we had there. Continue reading
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Tagged alligators, Avery Island, cajun, cajun country, Dixie Detours, egrets, Food, food origins, hot sauce, Jungle Gardens, lafayette, Louisiana wildlife, McIlhenny Company, new iberia, pepper sauce, road trip, south louisiana, SpringHill Suites, SpringHill Suites Lafayette, SpringHill Suites Lafayette South at River Ranch, tabasco, Tabasco brand Original Red Sauce, Tabasco Sauce, Travel, travel blog, vincent's cafeteria
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Dixie Detours: A Cajun Good Time in Lafayette
It’s a down home kind of place, Lafayette, where a koozie for your cold one is handy asset indeed. Continue reading
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Tagged bayou, Blue Moon Saloon, Blue Moon Saloon and Guesthouse, cajun, cajun country, cajun food, CRAFT BEER, Deep South, dixie, Dixie Detours, double wide, double wide band, envie american pale ale, Food, frog legs, hard country, henderson, henderson lousiana, hotel, lafayette, lake henderson, live music, lousiana, marriott, mcgee's landing, music, new iberia, parish brewing co, restaurants, road trip, SpringHill Suites, SpringHill Suites Lafayette, SpringHill Suites Lafayette South at River Ranch, swamp, Travel, travel blog, victor's cafeteria
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London Daily Photo: King’s Cross
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Tagged king's cross, LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, london photographer, Photography, photography blog, street photography, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Dixie Detours: Mardi Gras World
One of neatest (if rather touristy) things Kemey and I did while in New Orleans was visit Mardi Gras World. Open seven days a week from 9.30 am to 5.30pm with tours running every 30 minutes (which is pretty impressive … Continue reading
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Tagged big easy, louisiana, mardi gras, Mardi Gras World, Nawlins, new orleans, nola
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Win a Free Afternoon Tea for Two at Harrods
Hey everybody, I’ve teamed up with the folks at Buyagift to offer one lucky reader the chance to actually win a gift! The prize in this case is an opportunity to indulge in a delicious afternoon tea for two at the world famous department store, Harrods. Keep reading to find out how to win this fantastic day out in London. Continue reading
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Dixie Detours: New Orleans School of Cooking
Wow. Our afternoon visit to the New Orleans School of Cooking on St Louis Street in the French Quarter was a lot of fun – and well worth its own write up among all the entries in my Dixie Detours miniseries. Continue reading
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Tagged 18 Ashwin Street, abita, abita amber, beer, big easy, cajun food, chowder, cooking, creole, Dixie Detours, étouffée, Food, french quarter, louisiana, Nawlins, new orleans, New Orleans School of Cooking, nola, pralines, recipes, road trip, Shopping, Travel, travel blog
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London Daily Photo: King’s Cross
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Tagged king's cross, LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, london photographer, Photography, photography blog, street photography, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Dixie Detours: NOLA!
New Orleans is a sultry dream. I can’t imagine anywhere else in America that’s even half as beguiling or idiosyncratic. Probably the most dynamic city in the US, it is without doubt the most spontaneous and freewheeling. When I think about other destinations across the planet that offer experiences comparable to what I’ve happened upon in NOLA, I find myself coming up with a list of my absolute favourites places. Put simply, NOLA rocks (it shucks, jives, slides, saunters, shimmies and rolls too). Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Beer, Coffee, Dixie Detours, Drink, Food, Hotels, Louisiana, Restaurants, road trip, Travel
Tagged abita, abita beer, abita turbodog, Adolfo's, Art, BARS, beer, big easy, Carousel Bar and Lounge, cocktails, crab meat cheesecake, creole, dixie beer, Dixie Detours, Domilise's Po-Boy & Bar, folk art, Food, french quarter, frenchmen street, garden district, gumbo, hotel, Hotel Monteleone, La Boulangerie, louisiana, Maison Dupuy, Maison Dupuy Hotel, mardi gras, merry-go-round-bar, Nawlins, new orleans, nola, palace cafe, po-boys, restaurants, road trip, sandwiches, sazerac, simon, Toulouse Street, Travel, travel blog, turbodog, uptown new orleans
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Do I Need a Watch?
I haven’t worn a watch in years. Sometimes I wonder if I should get one. And every so often, muscle memory kicks in and I automatically glance down at my wrist when wondering what time it is. When that happens, … Continue reading
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Dixie Detours: Overnight Luxury in Mobile, Alabama
The rather underrated and often overlooked Gulf Coast town of Mobile proved to be an excellent choice and our time there an all too short and actually quite luxurious stay. Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, battle house, battle house hotel, Battle House Renaissance, Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel and Spa, beer, Conecuh sausage, CRAFT BEER, Dixie Detours, downtown mobile, Drink, Food, fried oysters, Good People Brewing Company, Good People Brewing Company Pale Ale, gulf coast, gulf of mexico, Historic Hotels of America, hotels, LODA, lower dauphine street, mardi gras, mardi gras in mobile, marriott, mobile, mobile alabama, mobile mardi gras, pale ale, restaurants, road trip, southern alabama, Travel, travel blog, Trellis Room, Wintzell's, Wintzell's Oyster House
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London Daily Photo: King’s Cross
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Tagged king's cross, LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, london photographer, Photography, photography blog, street photography, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Dixie Detours: When in Rome … Georgia
The wedding of my old friend Jack and his lovely fiancée Beth was the main reason prompting my and Kemey’s visit back home and a big factor behind the design of our Dixie Detours itinerary. The wedding was held in Rome, Georgia where Jack had attended university. Yes, that’s right. I went to Athens one day and Rome the next – all without leaving the great state of Georgia! Continue reading
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Tagged bar, berry college, berry college mountain campus, brunch, Deep South, Dixie Detours, Floyd County, frost chapel, frost memorial chapel, georgia, Harvest Moon, Hawthorn Suites, Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham, hotel, johnny's new york style pizza, North Georgia, Northwest Georgia, pizza, restaurants, road trip, rome, rome area history museum, rome georgia, Travel, travel blog, wedding venue, wedding venue rome georgia
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Why Should You Invest in the Costa Del Sol? (by Chris Fenwick)
The global economic climate is gradually being restored with governments worldwide looking to paper over the cracks that lead to such a well documented crisis. Confidence is yet to be fully restored which has undoubtedly put many investors off but … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: King’s Cross
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Tagged king's cross, LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, london photographer, Photography, photography blog, street photography, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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6 Blogs about Venice, Italy (CheapOair)
With Carnevale events already taking place (the big day is Tuesday the 4th of March) in a city which many regard to be among the world’s most elegant and evocative destinations, now is a superb time to see what’s doing with a few … Continue reading
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Tagged Blogs, carnaby, carnevale, CARNIVAL, cheapoair, I am not Making This up, Italy, Italy to Los Angeles and Back, Monica Cesarato, The Venetian Experience, Travel, travel blog, Venetian Cat, venezia, venice, venice blog, venice blogs, Италия, イタリア, 意大利
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