Ghost Bike of St John Street
Qype does London, April 5th 2009
Ghost bikes are (according to ghostbikes.org) “small and somber memorials for bicyclists who are killed or hit on the street.” These memorials are actual bicycles that have been painted completely white and locked to a street sign near the site of a crash. In addition to commemorating the loss of cyclists, ghost bikes …
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Photos: Chapel Market
London Hotels Blog, April 3rd, 2009
Located in Islington just a short walk from Angel Tube Station, Chapel Market is a daily street market on the street of the same name. The market and the street exude old school working class charm.
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Liminal: A Question of Position @ Rivington Place
Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, March 2009
Did you ever just want to start throwing balls at random people’s faces? Or, perhaps, share steps with a random stranger on the other side of the globe? Hey, why not?
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Calçots and Romesco with Jennifer Klinec of Eat Drink Talk
Londonist, April 3, 2009 11:07 AM
Life for Londonist just keeps getting yummier and yummier since finding ourselves in the good graces of Jennifer Klinec. We’ve been amazed by her kitchen capabilities a few times already. But, with her recent offering of the traditional Catalan dish, calçots (roasted leeks) and romesco sauce (or “vegetarian chorizo in a bowl” as Jennifer describes it), we were absolutely reeling in foodie delight as our taste buds danced a giddy sardana of appreciation.
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Dog Days at the Affordable Art Fair
Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, March 2009
For the most part, this year’s AAF was a hit or miss affair. Lots of over-priced kitsch (dogs were an especially popular theme for much of the art on show) and last minute purchase possibilities for the next weekend’s UK Mothers Day (March 22nd) were on display with plenty of landscape paintings and portrait photography rounding out the bulk of what was represented. Of course, with the mission to exhibit thousands of paintings, sculpture, photography and original prints with price tags between £50 and £3,000, perhaps such run of the mill works were to be expected. Despite the same-old-same-old aspect of many of the works, enough diamonds in the rough, undiscovered marvels and memorable up-and-comers were exhibited to make AFF a worthwhile visit, if not a mandatory shopping excursion, for both seasoned and wannabe collectors.
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Here’s a reference to a Qype does London post featuring some of my shots from a yummy evening of wine and cheese in South Kensington at one of London’s most scrumptious destinations, La Cave à Fromage.
Wine and Cheese chomping at La Cave à Fromage
Qype does London, April 2nd 2009 by inspirationjunkie
… 12 Qypin’ cheesy keenies ventured down to the rather wonderful La Cave à Fromage, popular with Qypers from both past and present. Proceedings kicked off just after seven, with a long, narrow table jam packed with a veritable feast of delights … For more photos of the night log onto Qype’s infamous Flickr stream here courtesy of the most diligent Tikichris.
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Review: Royal Warrants Specialty Food and Drink Market
Londonist, April 2, 2009 5:19 PM
Londonist made it over to the Royal Warrants Specialty Food and Drink Market (read our preview here) this afternoon and we were generally pleased with our experience. In particular, we liked …
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Roaming Round the G20 Protest with My Trusty Nikon
Qype does London, April 2nd 2009
For the most part, the scene was festival with plenty of reggae blaring and colourfully clad folks out to have fun spreading a message of non-violent change (despite the crackpot nature of so many of their stances). I think I even got a bit of a contact high just walking through the crowd. However, I did see some aggro: cops shoving people unnecessarily, protesters throwing cans at cops, masked anarchist getting a little too pissy for my taste about …
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Photos: G20 Protests
London Hotels Blog, April 1st, 2009
Riot police, mounted police, balaclava-ed anarchists, erstwhile students, crusty punks, old hippies, and lots and lots of photojournalists took to the streets as the lawyers, bankers and other City workers mostly stayed home. Not without some serious altercations, vandalism and aggressive provocation, the protests were for the pretty safe and actually quite festive.
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Fish Fragrant Aubergines with Hollow Legs Blogger Lizzie Mabbott
Londonist, March 31, 2009 1:13 PM
Fish Fragrant Aubergines taste as poetically luscious as they sound, as we found out last night in the kitchen of food blogging wunderkind, Lizzie Mabbott. From Hong Kong but living in the UK since her teens and hankering for a taste of back home, Ms Mabbott took up cooking to get back to the flavours she loved as child. With a well used and lovingly tarnished wok as a testament to her efforts, Lizzie’s ease at the hob wowed us almost as much as the appetizing dish she so aptly prepared for us.
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Preview: Royal Warrants Specialty Food and Drink Market
Londonist, March 31, 2009 9:38 AM
The Royal Warrants Association represents individuals and companies who have supplied goods or services for at least five years to HM The Queen, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh or HRH The Prince of Wales. Obviously, a seal of approval means these suppliers are considered among the cream of their respective crops. Drop by Cardinal Place on Thursday and sneak a peek inside the Buck House cupboards.
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2000 Square Feet of Free Fruit and Veg at Covent Garden, 1pm Today
Londonist, March 30, 2009 12:33 PM
The world’s purportedly biggest invitation ever has been created this morning at Covent Garden. Comprised of 2,000 square feet of forty-three thousand seasonal fruits, flowers and vegetables (including more than eleven thousand parsnips and nine thousand cauliflowers), the edible invite serves as an announcement of the launch of The Big Lunch. An ambitious idea from …
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I spent Tuesday afternoon with fellow Qype Guru, warriorgrrl, and a few other lucky Qypers zipping around the Thames in a Thames RIB Experience speedboat. Awesome! Here’s a link to warriorgrrl’s video of our adventure as well as links to her review and the photos I took for Qype.
Bond On The Thames, Baby!
Qype does London, March 25th 2009 by warriorgrrl
What better way to spend a sunny Tuesday afternoon than whizzing along the river? Yesterday I was joined by a group of fellow thrillseeking Qypers to sample the Thames RIB Experience … Our very own tikichris took some amazing photos of the afternoon – check them out here.
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And don’t worry if ya can’t make it over this week – Fika has waffles on their dessert menu year round.
For our Våffeldagen visit, we sampled a couple of starters and mains from Fika’s regular menu and saved the waffles for dessert. Special menus aside, Fika is certainly worth remembering for the handsome portions of Swedish meatballs and pickled herring we started out with last night. The lax planka (grilled salmon from Billingsgate Market on a plank with Hollandaise sauce) was some of the best salmon we’ve had in long time, while reindeer sausages served with pressed potatoes, tossed greens and a “vibrant” juniper berry sauce left us belly-rubbingly satisfied. A refreshing Kopparberg Swedish pear cider in a frosted glass did our meal crisp justice. And then the waffles! We got a stack o’ wonder with jams and sauces and ice cream and more. Yum.
We waddled out of Fika and down Brick Lane glad to have indulged in one of Sweden’s tastiest of traditions at such a cosily Nordic spot. With cocktails named after Abba songs, life-size artificial turf reindeer sipping from teacups on the wall and homey food at reasonable prices, Fika is a find!
Fika is located at 161a Brick Lane. Visit their website for hours, specials and more.
This post was originally published at the Londonist.
Happy Vaffledagen!
Foodtv.co.uk, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 11:23
In Sweden, the 25th of March is known as Vaffeldagen, which in English simply means “Waffle Day” … a day of yummy waffling.
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Gallery Hop Springtime Strolling with Chris Osburn
ArtSlant, March 2009
… nostalgic scenes of domestic life play out alongside those of a more documentary nature. The juxtaposition eliciting an “outside-looking-in” feeling of a time now beyond any viewer’s grasp.
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The incredible history of the chocolate Easter egg
Foodtv.co.uk, Sunday, 22 March 2009 00:55
Spring is in the air and that means Easter will soon arrive, bringing with it those delicious chocolate Easter eggs. Not just rich in flavour, the history of our beloved Easter egg is loaded with interesting facts. Here are five of the best…
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Now that Cadbury Dairy Milk has gone Fairtrade (yay!), they’re looking for smartypants foodies to talk generally about food as well as how Fairtrade and ethically sourced foods affect purchasing choices. Here’s my take …
Having a chat with Chris Osburn
Cadbury Fairtrade, March 23, 2009
Ultimately, I think quality and ethics are often aligned in such a way that the highest quality product available is likely to be the most ethically sourced as well. When the best conditions for all stakeholders and the environment are introduced, it gives people a sense of ownership, pride and sustainability about the products they help bring to market. I reckon happy workers who are socially and ecologically aware are more apt to care about their work – especially with respect to food, resulting in yummier products for consumers.
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Here’s a reference to an ilikeucoz blog post that features a bunch of my photos from a really fun day running around Covent Garden trying to find out what it is folks like about each other. What’s ilikeucoz? It’s the world’s first appreciation engine.
ilikeucoz takes it to the streets…
ilikeucoz.com blog, March 19, 2009 by Fabio
A very special thank you goes to Laurel Parker (MobleyStreet.com) for shooting our video and to Chris Osburn (tikichris) for our great still photography. A massive thanks also goes to Tobias Tobbel of Anthillmedia who kindly edited the video (stay tuned to watch it…). These amazing guys helped us because they like our idea and wanted to help us spreading the love. Guess what, we like them coz they did it!
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Photos: Mum’s the Word at Columbia Road Flower Market This Mother’s Day
London Hotels Blog, March 22nd, 2009
It’s Mother’s Day here in the UK and what better way to celebrate dear old mum on this sunny Sunday in London than a trip to Columbia Road for its vibrant flower market!
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