FIT IN THE CITY November 28, 2011 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT So you ignored the headlines a few weeks ago giving you your Little Black Dress countdown. Now you’re faced with the prospect of sporting backless, strapless numbers for the next five weeks. What’s a girl to do? Act sharpish, I say. I’ve researched (yes, I’ve been the human guinea pig) for [...]
Jamie’s new kitsch kitchen November 28, 2011 UNION JACKS 4 Central St. Giles Piazza, WC2H 8AB Tel: 020 3597 7888 FOOD *** SERVICE **** ATMOSPHERE **** Cost per person without wine: £22 Sometimes moments come along that give you a real sense of your own mortality. For the most part they’re fairly clichéd, like realising you can’t name a single song in the [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS November 28, 2011 POILANE OPENS ALL-DAY VENUE Artisan bakery Poilâne has launched its first dining venue in the UK. The Cuisine de Bar by Poilâne at 39 Cadogan Gardens hopes to attract customers already familiar with its renowned chain of Parisian bakeries. Open until 8.30pm, it promises to serve wine as well as its famous bread and coffee [...]
QUAFFER’S CORNER November 28, 2011 Wine marketing is a tricky game I was asked for my opinion the other day about iPad wine-lists. For what it’s worth I’m not really in favour for a variety of more or less abstruse reasons. But I want to use it to expand on the larger issue of marketing led decisions, especially where they [...]
Groupon mulls move from temporary Tech City base to Square Mile office November 27, 2011 BARGAIN website Groupon is poised to move out of the Tech City development in East London, according to reports, becoming the latest in a number of big-hitting companies to turn its back on the area. Groupon has been operating out of temporary offices in the zone, which stretches from Shoreditch to Stratford. But the firm [...]
San Francisco: the foodie’s dream November 27, 2011 THOSE lucky San Franciscans. One hour north and there’s Napa Valley. A hop skip and a jump (or 30 minutes) east of Napa and you’re in the stunning Sonoma wine region. Natural wonders including Lake Tahoe, Yosemite and the Big Sur are all on your doorstep. Top that with the fabulous food and drink and [...]
TRAVEL NOTES November 27, 2011 Australia to set up marine park bigger than Germany Australia has agreed to set up the world’s biggest marine park to protect vast areas of the Coral Sea off the country’s northeast coast and the site of fierce naval battles during World War Two. The park will cover almost 1m square km – an area [...]
Why it’s time to ditch the term Cyber Monday November 27, 2011 Today is Cyber Monday, which means at some point this evening we will all finally be subsumed into the greater consciousness of the net. Don’t panic, life will be better there. There won’t be any nasty “personalities” or “individuals” or “things,” just an infinite loop of the John Lewis advert playing over the surface of [...]
Welcome to Xmas hamper heaven November 27, 2011 CHRISTMAS TEA HAMPER £150 ● Jubilee Biscuit Selection, 500g Tin ● Afternoon Blend Tea, 125g Tin ● Apricot Preserve, no.98 ● Burleigh Mug ● Christmas Coffee, 250g Tin ● Christmas Curd, 327g ● Christmas Spiced Preserve, 340g ● Jubilee Clotted Cream & Pistachio Biscuits, 250g Tall Tin ● 900g Mulled Wine Spice Bag ST NICHOLAS [...]
Grainger up on a south east boost November 24, 2011 GRAINGER, the UK’s largest residential landlord, posted an 8.2 per cent rise in full year net asset value and remained confident in its outlook for the UK residential market as it focuses on London and the south east. Gross net asset value per share at the company grew to 216p at the end of September [...]