I used to think that I didn’t much like fry-ups, save for that one supremely healing one in a proper greasy spoon the morning after I was dumped in a bar (via text, the two-timer). But then I went to Rye and understood the beauty of a fry-up: if every individual component is decent quality, … Continue reading
Summer is slowly leaving my corner of the world. There were foggy mornings this week; I was grateful for my wool tweed (and to Chalk Farm Antiques for their marvellous stock of second-hand clothes – 100% wool jackets for under £40? I am there), but it’s still light enough to go without a hat. I … Continue reading
I’ve recently finished a month’s trial of Kentish Town Vegbox and thought I’d tell you why I’m staying on with them. I’m in love. We’re going steady. Vegbox is my local organic vegetable box scheme. It’s collectively run by members of the Kentish Town community who source and maintain relationships with small-scale growers located as … Continue reading
My beard grows down to my toes, I never wears no clothes, I wraps my hair, Around my bare, And down the road I goes. – ‘My Beard’, Shel Silverstein. (source) When I saw their Saturday morning spread on Twitter, I had to go to The Fields Beneath right away. Even though much of London … Continue reading
Do you remember The Fields Beneath? They continue to please me. I feel very lucky that my very first local is both awesome and earnest. It is still kind of a shock to go from living in the plain yoghurt suburbs to a place that is within easy walking distance of so many interesting things. … Continue reading
Today the Kentishtowner has a new and quite rightly positive review up of my new local, so I thought I would be hip and current by piggybacking on their post. During September I was very curious about the goings-on in the empty shop space next to Kentish Town West. There was a large sign behind … Continue reading
The Furious Pear Pie 
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