Last weekend, I tried to show my American Couchsurfer some good time – which obviously means I took him out to eat London style: in markets and pop-ups. Here’s some Hawker House and Boss Hoss goodness for you. Saturday morning meant making our…
Yesterday night The Dead Dolls Club’s new venue, The Dolls’ House at the House of Wolf, opened its doors to the public for the first time. I was there (as always). After closing its Hoxton doors late last month, the…
In these past two months I discovered I don’t need to be in America to succumb miserably to food cravings. It turned out I am perfectly capable of eating healthy and exercising for a whole week, to then pack all…
What with being away from London and all, I had never had the chance to check out what the deal was with this Duck & Waffle everybody was raving about – like, ten months ago. So today I went in to…
When you work 9 to 6 in a metropolis, having random travellers crash on your couch might not be your ideal of a relaxed evening. Yet, Couchsurfing hosts in over 10 USA cities were willing to put me up – and…
If you’re too tired to make a rave out of your weekend, the  Pillow Cinema in Shoreditch is the place for you. Head to the former Shoreditch Overground station near Brick Lane and you’ll be invited to an event in full East…
A sold-out workshop at Frame Shoreditch taught me and a room packed with girls (and a guy) how to dance like Beyoncé. Sort of. We all knew Beyoncé was flawless, but no one in London as yet had thought to bring…
If you haven’t yet been to my favourite London bar/restaurant, The Dead Dolls House in Hoxton Square, your time is running out. The team behind the House, the Dead Dolls Club, announced today it will be closing down to move…
I saw Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) for the first time when one of my Couchsurfing hosts in Los Angeles asked me to join him for a pre-screening at the Landmark Theater, one of the best cinemas in LA…
I saw a copy of Bad Feminist on every bookshelf and in every book store during my Couchsurfing trip in the USA. By the time I reached San Francisco I was basically bullied into buying it by a bunch of impressive reviews. Here’s what…
