I just spent the afternoon at The Guardian Coffee Shop at Box Park, Shoreditch attending the Etsy and Guardian reader craft event. Jonna Saarinen, the talented designer led the workshop. It was a very relaxed informal, friendly and fun event.... Continue Reading →
I set off for a run at Regents's Park but ended up hiring a paddle boat in the lake, looking at ducks, swans, storks and seagulls. It's quite a funny experience being able to get up close to the birds... Continue Reading →
A 17m long sperm whale beached in the Royal Navy college lawn, near cutty sark, Greenwich. 'This super-real, art installation is the work of the Belgian arts collective Captain Boomer, created in collaboration with Zephyr Wildlife Reconstruction. There are even... Continue Reading →
Finally the weather cleared and I decided to pop down to the affordable art fair in Hamstead. It's only a half hour walk from my house so i needed good weather to drag myself outside. I got there around 330pm.... Continue Reading →
I discovered this quirky little cafe last Sat. A friend of mine brought me here. This cafe used to be an old Vespa repair workshop, hence, the scooter decor. It's just round the corner from Waterloo station. The cafe is... Continue Reading →
I love discovering street art in London. It always ends up to be my most enjoyable afternoons. Yesterday there were several street artists at work. Turville st just off Brick Lane was getting a new wall. That wall changes really... Continue Reading →
I spent the afternoon at the beautiful Kew Gardens and had an Incredibles experience. The IncrEdibles is a celebration of the amazing bounty of the plant world. Being vegetarian, the promise of exploring edible plants drew me to Kew to... Continue Reading →
I tracked to Kew today for a lovely lunch with some friends who wanted to share with me a bit of British history. We had lunch at The Original Maids of Honour, famous for its Maids of Honour tarts, which... Continue Reading →
