Last weekend The Old Crown invited me and a friend to dinner. I spend so much of my time in the East End so it was a refreshing change to jump on a bus and head to Holborn. The Old Crown is an quirky London pub that serves mean burgers and cocktails to stay out late for. A perfect location for dinner and a show with a … Continue reading The Old Crown
Last week I took my bus/train/car obsessed 2 year old to the Transport Museum in London. I expected buses and trains but I didn’t expect the cool vintage transport posters and signage. Here are some of my favourites below. Apologies for the poor quality phone images. Ha! I loved seeing the old tube maps And next time you’re cursing about that 3 minute wait between trains, … Continue reading Transport Graphics
On Sunday we went to this fabulous exhibition at the British Museum. It was a bit off my usual modern art track but when American Airlines, travel partners of the exhibition, invited me to go along I jumped at the chance. It’s been years since I’ve been to the British Museum. It’s a great place for families. Etta and Jasper loved running around in the … Continue reading Beyond El Dorado: Power and Gold in ancient Columbia
I love this beautifully designed site. Created by the makers of Cereal Magazine, Guided is an online bespoke travel guide. There are currently 10 city guides available and 10 new guides will be added this year. An annual subscription of £20 gives you access to all of the online guides which you can download and print to take on your travels or view on your phone … Continue reading Guided – Online travel guides
I love this furniture and would fill my house with it if I could. (hmmm who says I can’t?) I love the curved edges and layered Ply. I received an invite today to the preview on Saturday December 7 in their pop-up store near Charlotte street, but unfortunately I can’t go. If you would like to attend go to their Facebook page for more details. … Continue reading Lozi Furniture
I’ve been very busy these last few weeks designing Christmas cards. Now that it’s mid-November I think it’s time to share. I’ve designed some cards for kids and adults and some that are very particular to London and East London, where I live. My Egg to my Nog card has been listed in the Etsy Editor’s picks blog as one of their favourite holiday cards I … Continue reading It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
It’s that time of year again where there is just so much going on in London. Before Children (BC) and when I was working full-time I always found it hard to prioritise which events to attend during the London Design Festival (god my life was hard back then – sigh) There were always so many openings to attend in the evenings (so many free drinks to consume!) … Continue reading London Design Festival
This restaurant is on my list of places to go in London. Now I have children this list seems to get longer and longer by the day. As I’m not likely to get there this summer I thought I’d blog about it for the benefit of all you child free, time rich people out there. Named after William Taylor’s 2001 book about Spitalfields, this is … Continue reading This Bright Field
For my husband’s birthday this year we wanted to go somewhere a little different. The Dead Dolls Club in deepest Dalston didn’t disappoint. Situated on a very uninspired stretch of Kingsland Road this pop-up restaurant is set up in a defunct restaurant space. The interiors are very DIY. Furniture is handmade, and the light bulbs held by wooden hands come from the owners’ design label, … Continue reading The Dead Dolls Club
I love this. The editors of oh comely magazine decided to hand-deliver and handful of their magazines to their London readers, to mark their third birthday. They made this charming film and shared it on youtube . Beautifully shot with a great soundtrack – and just a really sweet idea. oh comely is published six times a year, available in over a thousand nice places in the UK as … Continue reading oh comely magazine
