Author: Claire
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Brunch at Norbert – London
Last weekend my mother was in town, and as you always do when a relative comes to visit London, you go for brunch. Most 20 or 30 something Londoners’ weekend life revolves around Friday evening drinks at the pub, Saturday morning brunches, Sunday roasts and ‘today I will eat healthy’ Mondays. Basically, brunch is an…
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Dinner at Sparrow – London
Following our brunch at Sparrow, today I am finally sharing my dinner experience at Sparrow! A little background story for this post; Andrew and I have had dinner at Sparrow before, very shortly after they opened. However, we had the ‘excellent’ idea of going the day after we came back from Japan, thinking it would…
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A day in Peniche, Portugal
During our stay on the Atlantic Coast of Portugal, just north of Lisbon, we decided to explore some of the villages in the region. So on a cloudy morning, we headed north of Vila Louro to Peniche, a town poking out of the coastline into the ocean. We arrived mid-morning in what seemed to be a…
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Dark walls and small spaces
A controversial topic I know, but I think dark walls can get a pretty bad reputation when it comes to small spaces. Shrinking the room! Sucking the light away! Are these presumptions actually justified? I thought I would give dark colours a chance and show you how they can turn the smallest room into the…
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Model Market – London
Guess who’s back, back again Guess who’s back, guess who’s back? Guess who’s back, guess who’s back? I am telling what is back: Model Market! One of the best places in Lewisham! Model Market is one of the few Street Feast food markets in London. Open every Friday and Saturday from 5pm to 1am this is…
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Curating a family life on Instagram – MySimpleLondon
I am a Communications professional by background which, in today’s world, means that I spend A LOT of time on internet searching, exploring and learning everything there is to know about SEO, blogging, Social Media, etc. The great thing is that over the years I have also discovered real gems in the process. Some very…
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Travelling in style – Comfortable shoes to wander the world
As I mentioned in my best small bags to travel post, the French in me cannot help but favour any item aesthetically pleasing to something super functional. I know the look of a clothing item shouldn’t dictate everything, so over the years, I had to search and test the most functional travel accessories that yet look fairly…
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A week in Barbados
Andrew and I were craving some winter sun at the beginning of this year. We needed to go away somewhere warm. So we looked at a map of the world and checked where it was ‘bikini’ warm in February/March and under 9 hours flight. The Caribbean became an obvious destination pretty quickly! Unfortunately, our Plan A…
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