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London Daily Photo: Merry Gentlemen
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London Daily Photo: God Rest Ye
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Best Ice Skating Rinks in London (CheapOair)
There are lots of great opportunities in London to glide right through this holiday season and well into the New Year. Here’s a list of the best rinks in town. Read my complete post at the CheapOair blog.
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London Daily Photo: Dead Meat
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Tagged burgers, christmas, december, hamburgers, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, Photography, reindeer, reindeer burgers, reindeer meat, street photography, winter
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London Daily Photo: Silent Night
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Tagged bus, christmas, christmas day, december, LDP, London, london buses, London Daily Photo, Photography, street photography, winter
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London Daily Photo: Danced in Their Heads
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London Daily Photo: Blue Loop
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London Daily Photo: Hanging Christmas Cookie Love
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Mezcaleria Quiquiriqui (Blue Tomato)
A good one to keep in mind for contemplative and/or convivial sipping in the early evening and for getting drunk ‘n’ sweaty later in the night, Quiquiriqui is worth adding to any list of easy going East London watering holes. … Continue reading
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10 Best London Restaurants of 2012
2012, what a delicious year for London! This city – this big old convoluted mess of a city – kept improving its flavour profile and coming up with new and better ways to offer locals and visitors alike more choice … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 Best London Restaurants of 2012, american cuisine, american food, american restaurants, barbican, bermondsey, best of 2012, bethnal green, borough, british cuisine, british food, british restaurants, burgers, cambridge heath, chef, chefs, clapton, Clerkenwell, fast food, french cuisine, french food, french restaurants, hackney, hamburgers, hotel, italian cuisine, italian food, italian restaurants, JOSE PIZARRO, JUMEIRAH CARLTON TOWER, kensington, knightsbridge, korean cuisine, KOREAN FOOD, korean restaurants, London, london restaurants, london's best restaurants, marylebone, michelin stars, Moreno at Baglioni, moreno cedroni, MORGAN M, morgan meuier, penny tapsell, PIZARRO, pizza, pizza pilgrims, restaurants, reviews, Rib Room, roganic, SEOUL BAKERY, simon rogan, smithfield, sodo, Sodo Sourdough Pizza Cafe, soho, spanish cuisine, spanish food, spanish restaurants, tapas, THE RIB ROOM, this bright field, TOMMI'S BURGER JOINT, top 10, top ten
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London Daily Photo: Shortest Day
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Bibigo (Blue Tomato)
Oh yeah. Bibigo will see me again (and probably several times again after that). Read my complete review at Blue Tomato.
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Tagged bibigo, bibimbap, black cod, BLUE TOMATO, chum-churum, great marlborough street, kimchi, Korean, KOREAN FOOD, korean restaurant, Korean steak tartar bibimbap, London, new restaurant review, restaurant review, review, soho, soju, steak tartar, W1, W1F 7YJ
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Shop at East London’s Burberry, Pringle of Scotland and Aquascutum Outlets (OneTravel)
Still a bit rough around the edges – but nonetheless up and coming with exceptional vigour – an area of the East London borough of Hackney is in the midst of being transformed into a high end shopping destination. Here’s the scoop (just in time for holiday shopping) on the bargains available, how to get to the area and what may lay ahead for Christmas shopping excursions to come. Continue reading
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Tagged Aquascutum, burberry, Burberry Factory Shop, chatham place, E8, E9, east london, factory outlets, hackney, HACKNEY CENTRAL, London, London blog, luxury brands, morning lane, OneTravel, outlet stores, pringle of scotland, Shopping, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: In the Old Tram Shed
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London Daily Photo: Whitechapel Christmas
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London Daily Photo: Passage
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Follow the Bread Line to Some Amazing East London Bakeries (CheapOair)
A blend of hipster craftsmanship mixed evenly with some long standing East London traditions has led the London borough of Hackney along with the eastern fringes of Islington to yield some especially delicious baked goods. Here’s a slice by slice route to … Continue reading
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Tagged bagels, bakeries, baking, bread, cake, cheapoair, clapton, dreyfus cafe, E5 BAKEHOUSE, finsbury park, hackney, Happening Bagel Bakery, islington, J Grodzinski & Daughters, London, london fields, palm 2, palm II, pizza, sodo, Sodo Sourdough Pizza Cafe, sourdough, stamford hill
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Moreno at Baglioni: Playfully Exquisite Italian Fine Dining
One of the most noteworthy meals of the year as well as one of the better restaurants I’ve visited in quite some time, I thoroughly enjoyed my dinner last night at Moreno at Baglioni. This newly launched restaurant situated inside Kensington’s lush Baglioni London Hotel sees two Michelin star Italian chef, Moreno Cedroni, share his avant garde approach to Italian cuisine with his first venture outside Italy. Continue reading
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Tagged Baglioni Hotel London, chef, fine dining, hotel, Hyde Park Gate, italian cuisine, italian food, italian restaurant, kensington, London, michelin stars, moreno, Moreno at Baglioni, moreno cedroni, new restaurant review, pasta, profiteroles, restaurant, review, seafood, sushi & suschi, SW7, SW7 5BB., tortellini
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Ice Skating at the Natural History Museum #SpreadTheCheer
The folks from Starbucks kindly invited my “family” to a complimentary 50 minutes of skating at the Ice Rink at the Natural History Museum. Kemey and I had a blast (Winston, our cat and only other member of this family, … Continue reading
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Shetland Night in London (Great British Chefs)
Shetland Night in London was the brainchild of Shetland native, Helen Nisbet. As so many of us Londoners can relate, Helen loves her life in London but misses the charms of life ‘back home’. The day after the dinner, I … Continue reading
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Tagged chef, GBC, GREAT BRITISH CHEFS, helen nisbet, Jospeh Trivelli, London, MUSSELS, mutton, pop-up, REGENTS CANAL, river cafe, scottish food, shetland, shetland islands, shetland night, shetland night in london, supper club, Waterhouse Restaurant
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London Daily Photo: Tomega
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Tagged clementines, december, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, oranges, Photography, satsumas, street photography
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Hong Kong Eye at Saatchi Gallery, London (OneTravel)
Hong Kong Eye features more than 50 works by 18 top emerging artists from Hong Kong. It is the largest ever touring international showcase to date of Hong Kong contemporary art with the majority of work having never been shown … Continue reading
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Tagged chelsea, chinese art, conceptual art, contemporary art, duke of york square, exhibition, gallery, hong kong, hong kong contemporary art, hong kong eye, London, preview, review, saatchi gallery, SW3, SW3 4SQ
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London Daily Photo: Gold
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London Daily Photo: North of the Roundabout
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Sodo Sourdough Pizza Cafe – Upper Clapton Road, E5
Simple, quality pizza at a reasonable price in Clapton? Score. Continue reading
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Tagged beavertown, beer, borough wines, clapton, E5, E5 9JY, E5 BAKEHOUSE, hackney, London, LONDON FIELDS BREWERY, Margherita, new restaurant review, pizza, pizzeria, review, sodo, Sodo Sourdough Pizza Cafe, sourdough, sourdough pizza, upper clapton road
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London Daily Photo: Upper Clapton Road
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London Daily Photo: Chintzy Herald
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Tagged angel, christmas, christmas decorations, december, heart, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, Photography, street photography, tin, window display
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Eating in England This Christmas? Sweet! (CheapOair)
Of course, there are some traditions specific to celebrating Christmas in England. Here’s a list of a few that stood out most to me as an American when I first moved to London back in 2001. Read my complete post at … Continue reading
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Tagged britain, cheapoair, christmas, christmas crackers, christmas dinner, christmas food, christmas pudding, christmas traditions, cider, england, London, MINCE PIES, mulled cider, mulled wine, wine
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London Daily Photo: £951
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Tagged Jewellery, jewelry, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, penguins, Photography, street photography, window display
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The Factory House (Blue Tomato)
The Factory House is a new Victorian themed restaurant in the City with an aim to be a “refuge for the modern-day industrialist.” A bit kitsch to be sure, but the place is comfortable enough with a fully stocked bar … Continue reading
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Tagged bar, beaujolais, BLUE TOMATO, Brouilly Les Thibaults 2010, city of london, EC3, EC3M 7AA, JOSPER GRILL, leadenhall market, lime street, London, new restaurant review, review, wine
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Office to Let in SE1
Hey folks. Some friends of mine have a really nice office to let. I know the space pretty well and the immediate area extremely well (I’m around there a few times a month). It’s pleasant with great natural light, looks … Continue reading
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Tagged BERMONDSEY STREET, borough, for let, for rent, London, london bridge, office, office space, office to let, SE1, to let
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Five Great Korean Restaurants in Central London (CheapOair)
Here are five of my favorite Korean restaurants in London listed in alphabetical order. I couldn’t possibly arrange a list in any sort of ascending or descending order of quality; they’re all good! The list is hardly exhaustive as I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Asadal, bibigo, bibimbap, cheapoair, hot pot, kim chee, koba, korean cuisine, KOREAN FOOD, korean restaurants, London, Po Cha, Po Chung Ma Cha, reviews, SEOUL BAKERY, soup, ST GILES HIGH STREET
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London Daily Photo: Dalston Door
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London Daily Photo: Accessories
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Tagged bond street, fur hat, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, mayfair, molton street, Photography, street photography, sunglasses, W1
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Cindy Sherman – The Vivisector at Spruth Magers London (OneTravel)
Mutilated, melted, dismembered and reconstructed dolls in violent and sexually explicit poses: this ain’t one to take the kids to. But to see art by one of today’s grandest agents provocateurs – and one of the highest paid photographers ever … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, bruce nauman, cindy sherman, contemporary art, exhibition, Frederick Sommer, Georges Bataille, grafton way, Hans Bellmer, London, mayfair, Morton Bartlett, OneTravel, pablo picasso, picasso, review, spruth magers, spruth magers london, todd levin, W1
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