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Winter Lights Festival
If you’re in London before the 27th January, make sure you check out the Winter Lights in Canary Wharf. These are free to view and are really recommended. Here is my article about them for Weekend Notes: www.weekendnotes.co.uk/winter-lights-canary-wharf/
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Losing a few hours in the Victoria and Albert Museum
If you want to visit somewhere that is a treasure trove of amazing things to see, as well as being free to enter, then the Victoria and Albert Museum in London is ideal. It is the world’s largest museum of decorative arts and design, with a permanent collection of over 4.5 million artefacts. With this in mind, you can imagine how easy it is to lose yourself in this vast gallery of beautiful and fascinating objects. Upon entering the museum, you will find yourself with a huge amount of choices of where to start. The layout is confusing admittedly, but if you don’t mind where you go, then it is…
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Sunday Photo- Platform 9 and 3 quarters
Platform 9 and 3 quarters, Kings Cross station, London
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Vantra Vitro
Vantra Vitro is a small restaurant nestled along Oxford Street in London, specialising in healthy food. Everything is vegan which is why a group of us ended up there for my vegan friend Anna’ s birthday last weekend. The restaurant doesn’t sell alcohol so I drank Elderflower water instead (somebody tried the Mangoade). The food was in a buffet style, so you help yourself and then the plate gets weighed. You pay for how much is on your plate. There was a choice ranging from Thai curry to steamed broccoli and strogonoff. I really enjoyed the whole experience and would recommend Vantro Vitro if you’d like to try something healthier. …
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Christmas Markets
A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to visit both Winter Wonderland and the Mill Street Winter Fair in Cambridge. The Mill Street Fair was a lovely day out, with shops and restaurants selling food all along the road. There was, of course, the traditional stalls, as well as street entertainment. It was quite busy, but not too much. My friend and I even ducked into a church to listen to a choir and have a go on their tombola. I am definitely interested in going next year! Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park, London is a different kettle of fish. Now in its 7th year, it is a popular…
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New Fook Lam Moon, Chinatown
I enjoyed this wonderful Chinese meal last weekend- chicken with beansprouts and egg- fried rice. It was unexpectedly really tasty. Recommended.
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Gow’s, London: Calamari with garlic mayo
Gow’s Restaurant and Oyster Bar, Liverpool Street, London. Read my review of Gow’s here
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Right lovely girls and boys, time for a writing update. Since the last time I have posted a blog, I have had this published: http://www.weekendnotes.com/the-shakespeare-pub-victoria. This is quite different to anything I have written before, as I pretty much laid into the entire place. Which is fair I feel, it deserved it. I have also been published elsewhere: http://spiltinc.co.uk/2012/10/31/are-british-universities-really-dumbing-down/ . This is an opinion piece I had sitting around on my computer for a few months. Please read both :=) In other news, I am starting a new job tomorrow! I was in my last one for nearly two years so this is quite a big thing for me. The last day at…
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1 August 2012
Finally I got a chance to blog! I have been watching the Olympics over the last few days. It has been so enjoyable, watching all the different sports and seeing all the countries together. The swimming has been so good. And to top it off, it’s taking place in my closest city. It makes me giggle to see Horse Guard’s Parade turned into a venue for Beach Volleyball. Take some sand and voila… I also really enjoyed the Opening Ceremony on Friday night. I loved Beijing’s effort in 2008 but I thought this one was delightfully quirky and very spectacular. It made me so proud to be British. Anyway, I…
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Weekend Notes
I have now joined Weekend Notes as one of their London writers. As soon as I saw this website, I knew I wanted to write for it. I liked the idea of a website with lots of articles on things to do in London, especially things that weren’t the usual. To be honest, any website about my favourite city is a winner with me. My first article got published last week. Here is the link: http://www.weekendnotes.com/tay-do-cafe I feel that all this different kinds of writing helps me develop my writing style. I also enjoy writing for different genres.
