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A perfect day in London’s east – Allpress, Pizza East or Brawn, Geffrye Museum, Duke’s Brew and Cue

01:30 AM, June 14, 2012 |

East London is about far more than hipsters and fixed gear bicycles- though granted you’ll see plenty of those around. Close to the Olympic sites and easily accessible by bus and the overground the east London suburbs of Shoreditch, Hoxton, Haggerston and Bethnal Green are also where you’ll find great coffee, markets, good food and one of the sweetest museums in London.

So here’s a perfect day in the east designed for you- and all mapped out below (both in text and a handy google map at the bottom so you can see how it all fits together).

Breakfast – Allpress Coffee

At Allpress you’ll find everything beloved about to brunch down under, …

Travel essentials- the art lover

12:44 AM, June 13, 2012 |

Travel essentials

This travel essentials post comes from a different perspective to The Adventurer, Mr Technical and my guide to getting away with a shoulder bag for the soul purpose of feeding yourself.

This is a contribution from an art lover- a close friend who when she travels nourishes herself with culture, rather than carbs. She currently lives in London, hails from Bondi, was the creative force behind this most beautiful wedding and three years ago accompanied us to El Bulli. This piece comes with her patented sense of whimsy and was written in the wake of her most recent trip to New York.

Here are some travel essentials from an art …

Beef carbonnade (beef slow cooked in beer)

11:58 PM, June 11, 2012 |

beef, boy food, feeding a crowd, french, gluten free, In the kitchen

The first time we traipsed to a supermarket in Britain, The Hungry One was agog. There I was, busy puzzling over ‘Fairy liquid’ when he appeared clutching a champagne sized bottle of something in his hands.

‘Three pounds! Three pounds for Leffe!’ he said shaking his head in disbelief.

It was at that point I knew it would be hard to get him back to Australia (where he used to pay much more than that).

Belgian ales are his weakness; his Achilles heel. They were panaceas for crummy weeks. They were what we marked birthdays with. And they were what urged him onto the finish line of his marathon, when at kilometer 39 …