When we first arrived in the UK, the common topic in conversations with locals usually revolved around weather. “Be ready for a lot of rain” or “why did you move to the UK? We have terrible...
I really miss sandwiches. As I mentioned in my post recently (read here) about my new gluten-free lifestyle, grabbing a sandwich on the go has been my one of my biggest grievances. Of all the sandwiches that I have...
Seven Dials is a relatively small patch of London, nestled between the theatre centre of SoHo and the shopping mecca of Covent Garden. Somewhere between the huge Jersey Boys marquee and the biggest Apple store I’ve...
Drew became a fully licensed UK driver last month but we hadn’t taken advantage of his new official status. With a free day, we decided to rent ourselves a car and make a quick trip up to Cambridge, the town...
Awards are funny things. As much as they attract press and new customers, for die-hard loyalists, an award can send their once beloved cafe or restaurant or bar into the realm of ‘attraction’ thereby...
Portobello Road, a winding residential street in Notting Hill, is home to one of London’s most stalwart markets. For block after block, stalls of antiques, gifts, food, and clothing wind out endlessly, a sea of...
