Dinner at Pergola on the Roof
Lord knows Londoners love a rooftop in summertime. From Frank’s in Peckham to Queen of Hoxton, we all flock to a place that isn’t in the shade of a high rise in order to get the vitamin D we’ve all…
My First Hot Yoga Class
I am a woman firmly set in her gym routine. I hate cardio, so I go to classes like Body Attack rather than slogging it out on a cross trainer where I’m likely to die of boredom. For strength, I…
Gin Journey: Exploring London’s Best Cocktail Bars
As the weather gets warmer, I become more and more partial to a cold and crisp G&T. Yet as I’ve got older, I’m less fond of a bog standard Gordon’s and have started to discover other gins that really do…
A Lebanese Lunch at Plenty, London
It is extremely rare that I will ever take a full lunch break at work. Generally I’ll take 15 minutes to go and find/heat up some food, take it back to my desk and keep on typing away; it’s ridiculous,…
Chinese Hotpot at Shuang Shuang, London
The word ‘hotpot’ for me has connotations of a thick meat stew topped with potatoes, served by Betty in Coronation Street. It wasn’t until I went to Beijing in 2014 that I first heard of, and tried, the Chinese version:…
Pancake Day at My Old Dutch
My hunt for pancakes on Shrove Tuesday went as follows: Next level disappointment when my work canteen weren’t serving them at lunchtime Walking past two places in Soho that were selling them but I was already on my way to…
Whisky Tasting with Geronimo Inns
I’m a relatively new fan of whisky. Along with red wine, I could never quite understand how people would enjoy supping on a glass, but over the last two years my tastes seemed to have changed and I’ve ditched Sauvignon…
The Ceremony of the Keys at the Tower of London
For 18 months I lived close to the Tower of London, being lucky enough to have to walk past it every day to and from work. It is a beautiful building and one of the few major tourist attractions that…
Breakfast at Granger & Co
Going out for breakfast still feels like such a luxury. I like my lie-ins on a weekend and so I often can’t be bothered with getting dressed to go out in time for the breakfast service cut-off, but when I…