Tag Archives: London
London Daily Photo: Bridge
London Daily Photo: Pause
London Daily Photo: Gap
Tibits: All-Day Veggie Dream Boat Just Off Regent Street
Tibits is an all-day vegetarian restaurant and bar nestled within a quiet little alcove just off Regent Street. With a “food boat” featuring 40 hot and cold dishes where customers create their own buffet-style meal (either plated for eating in or in a container for takeaway), Tibits has plenty of quality dishes on offer for healthy conscious diners and folks with dietary concerns. Continue reading
London Daily Photo: Untitled
In Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace
In Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion, an exhibition currently running at The Queen’s Gallery, shines an intriguing light on the fashionable follies and sartorial considerations of 16th and 17th century nobility. Continue reading
Ride London’s Overground “Culture Line” (CheapOair)
The Overground’s East London extension opened in spring of 2010. This line runs from Highbury and Islington station in the north to Croydon to the south and is particularly useful – especially for culture vultures keen to check out London’s quirkier side. Continue reading
London Daily Photo: E20 Birdhouse
Afternoon Tea at the Kensington Palace Orangery
I recently had an old friend from high school visiting London from the States and found the afternoon tea at the Kensington Palace Orangery to provide an ideal opportunity for a catch up with sightseeing. Continue reading
British Summer Time Festival, 5 – 14 July at Hyde Park
You’ve heard about BST at Hyde Park, right? It’s going to be huge. Bon Jovi, the Beach Boys, Elton John, Lionel Richie, the Rolling Stones … and those are a few of the acts. Continue reading
Can You Do the Wimbledon Wiggle?
Get your Wiggle on for your chance to WIN Wimbledon tickets with this fun video sponsored by Evian.
London Daily Photo: Cheapside
London Daily Photo: Dynamo Hanging Out at Westminster Bridge #livefornow
More photos of the Dynamo levitation here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tikichris/sets/72157634304485116/with/9126960948/
London Daily Photo: Hang Time
London Daily Photo: Summer Glances
London Daily Photo: Reflections
London Daily Photo: Little Red
Pup Idol Dog Show at Hampstead Heath Pub, London (CheapOair)
Great news! One of north London’s best loved and most picturesquely placed pubs is going to the dogs. Continue reading
#Herbfest at the Southbank Centre
Herbfest is a new “botanical experience” for summer 2013 at Southbank. It’s part of the greater Festival of Neighbourhood running until 8 September and provides London folk a riparian reason to learn about herbs, eat food prepared with fresh herbs and simply relax in a leafy green urban oasis. Continue reading
London Daily Photo: Black Cabs
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London Daily Photo: Downs
Amazing Video: See London’s Air Ambulance at Work
Discover how 4GEE helps London’s Air Ambulance save lives in this fascinating video featuring true to life London heroes. Continue reading
London Daily Photo: Mare Street
London Daily Photo: Golden
Lunch at Assiette Anglaise, Liverpool Road, N7
I had a fantastic lunch last week at Assiette Anglaise, a relatively new restaurant for Highbury and a welcome one indeed! It’s is a fine little neighbourhood brasserie which locals should be proud to call their own. Everybody else? This all day eatery’s only a short stroll away from Highbury and Islington Station (and is just about as close to Holloway Road and Caledonian Road stations too). The delighful meal I had was certainly worth the time I spent on public transport to get there. Continue reading
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Bourbon Tasting Flights and a Steak of the Month at JW Steakhouse, Park Lane
JW Steakhouse at the Marriott’s Grosvenor House hotel has recently introduced a couple of brilliant new reasons to pay this fine dining establishment a visit post-haste: a series of four bourbon tasting flights and a Steak of the Month. Both these offers represent deliciously good news to be sure! However, what is perhaps even more deserving of me shouting about you making speedy beeline to enjoy is the simple fact that, as I discover during my dinner last night, everything else about this American style Steakhouse is fantastic too. Continue reading
London Daily Photo: Whitechapel Market
London Daily Photo: Save Our Sugar
Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait at the Jewish Museum in London (CheapOair)
The answer to her hit song Rehab may very well be “NO NO NO!” However, if fans of British superstar Amy Winehouse are wondering whether they should check out a new exhibition in London that looks beyond the tabloid news and fame to focus instead on her family life, the answer is without a doubt, “YES YES YES!” Continue reading










