I don't know what was more exciting about this event the Jo Malone or the Hawksmoor cocktails... Probably the cocktails but hey. I'm still a fan of Malone- it's a fast ticket to buying class. Â I still have a candle unlit by my bed, a gift from last Christmas. It should only be lit on …
Pigging Out At The Pointer
Cursing amatuer tube riders on the Baker Loo line is how my adventure started. It  was a Saturday and thank the lord there was an excuse to get out of the sweaty,  London mug. I was on my way to  The Pointer - a family run  farm, country pub and butcher in Buckinghamshire. We arrived …
Skinny Prosecco- Does What It Says On The Bottle
You know those times you are on a soda lime and vodka phase? "I want to drink but I need to count my calories" You look at your friend who is standing there elegant with their cosmopolitan, and you have this bright green radioactive looking water with pathetic ice cubes floating on top. 'Summer body, …
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What Actually Happens At A Bloggers Event
Top things that happen at a 'food bloggers event': Pre event Twitter takes priority over work Getting to the event, you see a dozen of people wearing nice bags and hats staring into their City Mappers as they wander around the location. You will recognise people at the event but don't know their actual name, …
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Wine- The Training continues at no. 22
Sunday evening- what a rubbish time; 'the weekend is over!' you think as you sit and worry about Monday morning. My advice: go to a wine pairing evening. The feeling goes away in a instant. Yes lucky me got invited by TABL to a little place in Clapham Old Town called- 22 North Street. Now …
Hangover Porn At Dirty Bones
A trend has come to London and it’s more popular then men with beards, Angry Birds and Tinder. It’s the bottomless brunch. Brunch was good enough but making it bottomless is strike of genius. It’s Sunday morning and all you want to do is roll in your filth of dehydration and blurred memories. But you shouldn’t. …
68 and Boston, Soho! Wine With No Whine (and Cocktails…)
The second cheapest wine on the menu is my happy ground. If ever beyond or below that I would get the same look as 'Annie' got... So when Su-Lin invited me to the new bar 68 and Boston,  I was over the moon- Get this: every bottle of wine on the menu is £20...every …
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Catch Of The Week At Fish Market Is Chocolate!
I visited Fish Market once before for my birthday meal, we spent the dinner wrapped in blankets, surrounded by candles sharing a fish platter. And pulling faces. Since that evening I wanted to return. It just so happens this perfect little hide away in Liverpool Street has had a stroke of genius, they have teamed …
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Don’t Sneak Off With The Queen’s Head! My Afternoon Tea At Palm Court, The Langham.
The last time I had contact with The Langham I was calling them to help my mother out for a favour She had got in a panic calling me outside an Apple store " these blue t-shirt men are too busy to find an iPhone charger and my battery about to die. Please I need …
Bloody Mary Hummus and A Sophisticated Summer’s Cup – The Bloggers Picnic!
It's early on bank holiday Monday and I was throwing chickpeas around the kitchen in a panic.  I was invited by the lovely Steph to a bloggers picnic. Bloggers Picnic: where people who write online, meet up, sit on a rug and eat food whilst saying words like: wordpress, trending,hashtag... We have been asked by the organisers  Angie …
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