18th November 2016

A bottomless bargain in Mayfair: brunch at Mercante

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Brand new Italian resto Mercante has unleashed a bargainous new bottomless brunch on Mayfair. Get in before word gets out.

16th November 2016

Hate waste, love The Social Pantry

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Don’t let the pretty café façade fool you, there’s a lot more to The Social Pantry than meets the eye.

15th November 2016

Buns that wow at Mr Bao

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I’ve finally found the solution to beating the queues of Bao’s Central London steamed bun shops: head south.

12th November 2016

Crampons and clippers: an afternoon off in the West End

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There’s nothing nicer that taking a Friday afternoon off work. Especially when you’re going ice climbing, getting your beard did and beating the queues at one of Soho’s hottest new restaurants.

9th November 2016

Parody panto at Peter Pan Goes Wrong

Emily Gibson / Do, Indoors, London, Mates, Mums, Organised Fun, Theatre, £££ / Christmas, Mischief Theatre, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Play That Goes Wrong, theatre, things to do, west end / 2 Comments

Several years ago, James 1 asked me if I wanted to go and see a play he’d got last minute tickets to at the Red Lion Theatre in Angel. They were free, so off I went.

7th November 2016

A taste of Smith and Wollensky at the Adelphi Bar

Emily Gibson / Dates, Drink, Eat, Impulse Friendly, Indoors, London, Mums, £££ / central London, cocktails, covent garden, dates, dining, dining out, dinner, drinking, eating, eating out, going out, London, luxury, restaurant review, restaurant reviews, restaurants, review, reviews, special occasions, steak, Strand, west end / 2 Comments

I’ve never been to New York, but I’ve known of the great American steakhouse Smith & Wollensky ever since I read American Psycho many years ago. As a discerning psychopath, wealthy protagonist Patrick Bateman name-drops hundreds of fancy brands – some real, some not – and S&W is one of them. 

31st October 2016

Eight things I ate this October

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Steaks, cakes and cinnamon rolls.

29th October 2016

Cocktails in the City at The Four Sisters Townhouse

Carla Juniper / Dates, Drink, Impulse Friendly, Indoors, London, Mates, ££ / bars, City of London, cocktails, dates, drinking, east london, going out, quirky, quirky dates, The City, unusual / 0 Comments

I’ve never worked in the City, but I remember going out there many years ago with Gibson, because it was a good halfway point between my office in London Bridge and hers in Farringdon. 

24th October 2016

The Grill at McQueen: a Great Escape from bad steak

Emily Gibson / Dates, Eat, London, Mates, Mums, Uncategorised, ££££ / cocktails, dates, dining, dining out, dinner, east london, eating, eating out, going out, hawksmoor, London, luxury, restaurant review, restaurant reviews, restaurants, review, reviews, shoreditch, special occasions, steak / 0 Comments

When it comes to lavs, I consider myself a bit of a connoisseur. From Sketch’s unisex egg toilets to the immaculate powder rooms of the Ritz, it’s nice to have a bog with a bit of character. 

21st October 2016

Creatures and clues in Canada Water: Shadow Over Southwark

Emily Gibson / Do, London, Mates, Organised Fun, Outdoors, Sweat, ££ / City Dash, Fire Hazard Games, halloween, Shadow Over Southwark / 0 Comments

I made excuses to avoid last year’s Halloween-themed wide game from Fire Hazard Games, Shadow Over Shoreditch, on the grounds that I am a raging pussy at the best of times, and being chased by monsters in the dark holds as much terror for me now, aged 27, as it did 20 years ago.