PF Chang's Asian Table

Leicester Square is a funny part of London - there are plenty of nice places in Covent Garden and Soho, but in between is a…

Victorian Giants

Victorian Giants , the new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, celebrates the birth of art photography in the Vi…

Valentine's

Happy Valentine's Day ! May your day be filled with love, hugs, kisses... and thousands of flowers (#lowmaintenance).…

Bill's Supper Club

Back in autumn, I had a wonderful evening with a bunch of foodie bloggers, journalists and Bill Collison, the lovely founde…

Last Night of the Proms

One of the cultural highlights of the year for me is the Last Night of the Proms.  I've always watched it on TV, attend…

La Soirée hits the West End

Roll up, roll up ladies and gentlemen -  La Soirée  is back in town!  The multi-award-winning cabaret company has hit the w…

Ella Canta

Back in September, we went to the opening weekend of Ella Canta   (Spanish for ‘ she sings ’), the new modern Mexican resta…

Aida

I didn't celebrate Halloween this year.  I normally jump at the chance to dress up or cover my face in eyeliner , but…

Kew Gardens in Spring

Cast your mind back to when spring had sprung, England was in full bloom, your Instagram feed was filled with cherry blosso…

Late Night Proms

I've attended countless Proms concerts over the 12 years I've lived in London, faithfully attending my favourites (…

Romeo and Juliet

Last month, the  English National Ballet  brought the world's greatest love story to the Royal Festival Hall for five n…

The Luna Cinema

Last week my boyfriend and I spent a dreamy evening in the grounds of Westminster Abbey at an open air screening of the rom…

Enoteca Pomaio

A couple of weeks ago I headed east to try Shoreditch's latest foodie addition, the casual Italian restaurant and organ…

Turandot

Last month I headed to my favourite building in London, the 18th century, Grade I-listed Royal Opera House  to see Puccini&…

Sushi Class at Billingsgate Fish Market

Men are so hard to buy for.  Every Christmas and birthday I have a long list of things in mind for the women in my life, b…

The Summer Exhibition

Since 1769, the Royal Academy of Arts has held its Summer Exhibition, the largest open submission exhibition in the world,…

The Otherist

I'm baaack!  My little blog hiatus is over, as I returned from Peru on Monday (I have so much to share with you) and th…

RIGOLETTO

Last month I went to the Coliseum to see the English National Opera 's production of Rigoletto , set in 1950s Little It…

CINNAMON BAZAAR

A few weeks ago, we navigated the busy Thursday night crowds in Covent Garden, walked down to Maiden Lane and through the b…

LA TRAVIATA

A couple of weeks ago I attended the last night of Richard Eyre’s classic production of  La Traviata at the Royal Opera Ho…