Tag Archives: London
Coffee Break with Urban Pixxels (espressoCrazy)
EspressoCrazy’s Blogger in Residence Chris Osburn takes a break with a fellow blogger and foodie Jacintha Verdegaal to talk coffee and other matters. Jacintha Verdegaal is a Dutch expat living in London. Her blog, Urban Pixxels, is an account of her … Continue reading
London Daily Photo: Poland Street
5 Great Cafes Near London’s Oxford Circus (CheapOair)
Yes, it’s invariable that I will leave at least a couple of great cafes off this list in my pursuit to share a few ideal places to have a quality coffee while keeping within striking distance of all on offer … Continue reading
London Daily Photo: Soho Vice
London Daily Photo: & Erotica
London Daily Photo: Message
London Daily Photo: K
London Daily Photo: Valentines
London Daily Photo: Hackney Heart
London Daily Photo: Heart of Hackney
London Daily Photo: Regent Remoulds
London Daily Photo: Ramillies Street
Heathrow’s New Terminal 2 to Open This June (OneTravel)
After 54 years of service, Heathrow’s Terminal 2 closed in 2009. But come this June, a newly named “Terminal 2: The Queen’s Terminal” is set to reopen. Despite being built in the center of one of the world’s busiest airports, … Continue reading
London Daily Photo: Russell Square Cafe
London Celebrates Shakespeare’s 450th Birthday (CheapOair)
Guess who’s turning 450 this year? It’s William Shakespeare. With the subject matter and themes of his work ringing as true as ever before, The Bard’s his plays are still performed to sold out audiences around the globe – including … Continue reading
Super Yacht Me
So, I left my one bedroom flat in East London (Zone 2) early on a ho-hum Tuesday morning to hop the bus en route to the exclusive five star May Fair Hotel just off the Piccadilly to attend Superyachts.com’s Top 100, an event for mega yacht execs and brand reps to rub elbows and gab about the future of their industry. Featuring a full day of press workshops with “the visionary builders and designers behind the largest super yachts in the world”, Top 100 had been set up for journos to crash “intimate sessions with the heads of the super yacht industry, gain an in-depth insight into the largest luxury yachts set to launch in 2014 and discuss the most vital topics surrounding the world’s most incredible yachts”. Continue reading
London Daily Photo: Luck
London Daily Photo: Untitled
Interview with A Lady in London Blogger, Julie Falconer (CheapOair)
Julie Falconer is a London-based travel writer and consultant. She writes a blog called A Lady in London, on which she covers destinations across the globe with an emphasis on culture and food. She also runs a Europe travel website called VisitingEU. … Continue reading
London Daily Photo: Economy
London Daily Photo: Up
Theatre Review: The Golden Dragon at the Drayton Arms, SW5
Fancy a theatrical and thought provoking Thai/Chinese/Vietnamese takeaway? The Golden Dragon is a “dark modern tale of immigration” set in the kitchen of an East Asian restaurant as well as in the homes and businesses of some of its regular patrons. Just in time for Chinese New Year … German playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig’s one act exacting contemplation of globalisation is on for a (very) short run at South Kensington’s Drayton Arms pub theatre. Continue reading
Burroughs, Lynch and Warhol at Photographers’ Gallery (CheapOair)
A series of three exhibitions “examining how photography informed and inspired the practices of three key 20th century American cultural figures” has opened at The Photographers’ Gallery showing “a relatively unseen body of work for the first time in the UK” and offering … Continue reading










