Woof Woof
Now this place is posh. If you are looking for an idyllic pub in the perfect English village. This is your stop. Ducks are waddling round outside, the stream runs along the side of the road, everyone is skipping. Well that’s an exaggeration but it is pretty perfect. The Greyhound at Stockbridge is great. It ain’t cheap but there’s a fire roaring, big wooden tables and the food is spectacular. Pork belly , scotch eggs, fish cakes piled high with poached eggs on top. The works.
Moves Like Jagger
I’ve just signed up to boot camp. In an attempt to get a bikini body 2012, I’ve signed up and I’m raring to go. For £38 I can go to unlimited classes at different times and different locations across London with SW Fitness. Stumble outside my office and in Green Park this class from hell takes please.
On my first day, I walked into the park to find a group of ten stacked men working out and screaming. I got out my phone and pretended to look at a text. I was about to bail. I could just run away now and they would never know who this mystery ‘I’m going to have a body like Jessica Alba’ person was.
Me before =
Luckily this super hot chick with a bottom I would die for comes up to me and asks if I’m joining the class. This class is full of girls and my best mate is with me. He is practically a girl anyway. We started with some casual running and warming up and then the devil flies out of that pretty lady (who previously reminded me of Miss Honey and now was more like Ursuala in the Little Mermaid.)
After some horrendous squats and sprints I puked in my mouth. That was a low point. I also screamed ‘I hate her’. Also a low point. Especially as the person I confided in was her mate.
Me after =
Not only was I sweating, vomitting in my mouth, loosing the ability to see but I was also being shunned for slagging off the slave driver. It’s painful but apparently you burn lots of the cake off so that’s got to be a good thing. I’ve had to cancel because of “”"”"work”"”"” for a couple of weeks but I’m back, ready to puke in my mouth again next week. It’s worth every penny.
Watch Out
Last night I went to the Basel Geneva event at Christ Church Spitalfields. An event to showcase some of the best picks from the Basel Show this year (the king of watch fairs). I’ve got to say it’s very odd seeing a room full of wide boys trying on Rolex’s with their slicked back hair in a church. Something seems wrong.
I tried on a Rolex. I told the guy (wearing a special glove) that he shouldn’t let me touch it and so put it all on for me. I didn’t even want to move my arm in case I broke it. I just got my first real pair of sunglasses. A watch is just too far.
Excellent venue. Amazing cocktails. Ridiculously delicious canapes of rare beef, treacle tart with a pipette of cream. Left on such a sugar high I got the shakes. But the fact that I cared more about the canapes than I did about the watches proves I’m quite happy to stick to my £20 casio. Thank you very much. To top it all off, there was an old lady in gold hot pants playing the flute to Titanic style music on the stage. Throw in some odd grinding and she was practically in Thailand popping ping pongs out of her ‘you know what’. And that definitely shouldn’t happen in a church.
The Big L
The Royal Court always has some goodies. Some of the best plays I’ve seen have been there… Jerusalem being one of them. Mum became a ‘friend’ of the Royal Court for her birthday and now we are Royal Courting all over the place.
Last week I went to see Love, Love, Love; where a fiery relationship is sparked in the haze of the 1960s and as the play goes on, it becomes charred by today’s brutal realities. Sound light hearted? I was expecting something filled with bunnies and rainbows after reading the title and after the first act I realised things were going to go downhill.
Being someone who is utterly corny when it comes to following your dream, it depressed me massively. It starts light hearted and youthful with the characters shouting about achieving anything and how the ‘world is your oyster’ and all that malarkey. And then things rapidly depress. Dad and I being the dreamy type, left feeling odd and to be honest I was a bit angry that they were dashing my dreams.
While I felt odd, the acting was spectacular. The characters were individually brilliant. The play was over three hours long and it zipped by. The panic at staying awake had passed and seeing that Mike Bartlett’s play won a UK Theatre Award for Best Play, it seems I’m not the only person to think it’s good. You will laugh a lot. Even if you do feel like someone has taken away your dreams of living on a white fluffy cloud. Happily ever after. I’m going to ignore them anyway.
Word on the Street
From The Lab in Notting Hill, Wolf & Badger provides a space for young labels to gain a foothold in the design industry. Now it has taken the best of the best and landed in Mayfair with ‘The Shop’, a new flagship boutique on Dover Street. Stocking designers such as Bora Aksu, Georgia Hardinge, Mark Fast and Jean-Pierre Braganza, Wolf & Badger is taking over the world, starting with Mayfair, where else?
Detox to your Door
The Detox Kitchen has hit the food and dieting scene with a big, healthy, delicious bang. With breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks delivered to your door every day, this detox diet is the perfect solution for time-poor Londoners who struggle to eat healthily. With clients losing up to 8lb in a week, it’s no wonder that the likes of Lily Allen, Elle Macpherson, Daisy Lowe, Henry Holland, Agyness Deyn, Liam Gallagher and Jasmine Guinness have taken delivery. Find a little basket on your doorstep when you wake up all set to feed you for the day. Extremely yummy. Uber healthy. When you say goodie bag, it is actually a goodie bag filled with good things.
Nom Nom
It’s not often you come across a Brazilian/ Japanese restaurant. Well that’s exactly what Sushinho is and it’s spectacular. With 1.6 million Japanese now living in Brazil, it’s no wonder they know a thing or two about a sushi roll. With cocktails that make you feel like you are kicking back in Rio, it’s impressive how amazing the Japanese food is. The crab is breathtaking, the gyoza are perfect and the passionfruit crumble pudding made us ooooo and aaaaaaa for days. The vibe is great, the service is 5* and the food is utterly spectacular. Even if we did see some people from ‘Made in Chelsea’ there, it’s worth every (quite a lot of them) penny.
Main Men
If you need to wear a jacket, but it’s too hot for a suit, slip on an unlined, tailored linen jacket by Fourth & Main. This new label from London based Nikhil Adwalpalkar and James Wright has just opened its doors with a delectable selection of club-collar shirts, tailored shorts and chinos, lightweight knitwear and swimwear.
Beer Blogger
Vedett Extra Blond is celebrating the new concept the brand is launching for its back labels exclusively in the UK from the beginning of May. The new concept invites bloggers and blog aficionados to submit blog posts onto www.vedettgazett.com to be in with a chance of having their blog featured on over 10,000 bottles across the UK.
Got a silly idea? Odd little story? Rocking project? What better way to get it out there than on the back of a bottle of Vedett? Submitting your posts onto www.vedettgazett.com is your chance to share and promote cool projects, inspiring ideas, creative concepts, awesome blogs, original artworks, exciting events, anything with the power to inspire.
On the 7th May Vedett is hitting Tesco, previously only available in independents and select Waitrose stores, so make sure you log-on/ head to Tesco/ start brewing some silly ideas. Your odd little story could get into the right beer holding hand.
Designer Lunch
Dover Street is the most recent addition to the Aubaine family, located in the heart of Mayfair. A perfect haven for those looking to relax and ‘refuel’ after a visit to the designer boutiques of Bond Street and renowned for its exquisite offering of freshly prepared and baked patisserie, rustic style breads, viennoiseries, cakes and desserts; Aubaine offers a delicious variety of breakfast, lunch and dinner options.
For those seeking a more exclusive dining experience, a private room can be found on the lower ground floor featuring a fire and authentic vaulted ceilings, seating up to 25 people or 45 standing. It’s in here that a whole host of designer will be exhibited from the 1st-4th May. Expect the likes of Lemaresca, Doodski, Caruso, Caspita, The N Collection, Marma Eyewear, Italia Independent, Milia M. Just a touch of luxury with your lunch.
