FUCK Muffins
I had another interview yesterday. If it’s possible, I want this one even more because it’s an IT job and they actually encourage people to learn and step outside of their specific responsibilities. The thing is, after this interview, I was smiling all the way home. It felt positive. Whether or not it was remains to be seen, but I actually felt like, yes, I could work here. The people (3 interviewed me) were friendly, to the point and open. I will know by Friday if I get it, and…Read More
Muffin Relief
This morning, I had a very important interview. I say important because I really really want this job. It’s at the prestigious auction house Sotherby’s, and I just really want it. Isn’t it always the case that when you go for interviews you don’t care much about, you exude a sense of confidence and calm, but it’s ever like that when you genuinely do want it. So I dressed smartly, arrived early, even got to see their brilliant restrooms (I would’ve taken a picture but there was a lady powdering…Read More
Tastecard Chronicles: Roman Tapas Grill, Caledonian Road
1 year ago today, A & I found ourselves in KFC on Upper Street in Islington, eating the most disgusting fried chicken of our lives as our first taste of London. The only thing suppressing us from completely freaking out about flying halfway across the world to a land of shitty food was…well, the fact that we were in London. Fast forward 12 months, and here we are at Roman Tapas Grill, toasting our 1 year London anniversary in conjunction with our 5 year ”anniversary”. Really, it was just another…Read More
Metropolis – the lost cuts
So 2 weeks ago, I was walking around aimlessly in Soho after a rather pathetic (7min long) interview with a recruitment agency when I stumbled across a Vintage poster store on Brewer Street. With nothing better to do, I strolled in for a peek. Past the tacky Elvis mugs, I made a beeline for the boxes of vintage copy posters. I leafed through the super sexy pinup girls and then onto the sci-fi boxes. I saw Godzilla, Metropolis some other sci-fi movie’s I’d never seen, and then more Metropolis. What…Read More
Thank You Sunshine
This entire week has been bathed in sunshine, and I’ve finally figured out how to tether my iPhone so I can catch some sun while still being productive (job hunting). As I type, I am sitting amongst a hoard of people equally as starved of vitamin D, right in the middle of Islington Green, a little green sanctuary at the fork of Essex Road and Upper Street. A trip to Tesco from across the way had me leaving with a punnet of blackberries, pack of carrot/brocolli/cauliflower and a tub of…Read More
Paris
Paris. The city of lights, the most romantic city in the world. There are many names and many descriptions. It’s a city both amazing and amazingly over-rated. But like everywhere else nothing beats seeing it for yourself. We took the Eurostar – backwards – for 2.5 hours and arrived in Paris sleepy-eyed and lost. Tried to make it without a map, but was clearly a mistake. EU$4.95 later, we were armed with “Paris Pratique Par Arrondissement Edition 2011″ and dangerous. The rest, as they say, is history. Montage time… Overwhelming facade…Read More
Tastecard Chronicles: Bincho, Soho
If you’re from London or have lived in London, you may know of a little plastic gem by the name of Tastecard. For £69.95 you receive a 12 month membership where you receive 50% or 241 deals at over 4500 restaurants all over the UK, of course with a few limitations. If you remember my rants about how bad London food is, you’ll know that getting this card was a complete no brainer. And since I plan to be eating out a lot more, I thought it’d be a good…Read More
Unhibernation
Three months to the day since I last blogged. A blogging hibernation if you will. It’s true, the last London winter has been ‘colder than usual’ – this is the general consensus, how would I know?? But perhaps the truer reasons are, life has been quite bland; the winter holidays were quite a bit more depressing than I’d expected and of course the usual excuse of laziness. So what now? The snow has long since thawed, it’s no longer pitch black when I leave the house for work, the ache…Read More
