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7 great non-fiction books…for people who hate non-fiction

by Mira / February 14, 2021February 14, 2021
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Circe | Book review

by Mira / January 10, 2021
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I read some of the most hyped up books from recent years & here’s what I thought

by Mira / December 29, 2020December 30, 2020
Food

Cocotte’s Cocorico | London’s best brunches

by Mira / August 30, 2020December 3, 2020

It was on a gloomy August morning when I discovered this silky French baguette toast you’ll want to try too …

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Food

Meridionale | Where to eat in West London

by Mira / August 16, 2020August 16, 2020

Started with stuffed focaccia, indulged in the creamiest of pasta dishes and found burrata aplenty …

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Conversations with friends | Book review

by Mira / July 13, 2020July 13, 2020

Wasn’t this delicious? The simple prose, the dialogue intertwined within it, the ever pouring wine. …

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The ultimate list: best books to read in lockdown

by Mira / June 14, 2020January 29, 2021

Let’s talk lockdown books. From inspirational literature to the classics you never got round to reading, I’ve rounded up the …

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What I’ve been reading lately (and you should read, too)

by Mira / May 26, 2020May 26, 2020

With so much time spend at home there are no excuses not to read more. My commute has been slashed …

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Food

Gstaad dinner at Dalloway Terrace | London’s best dinners

by Mira / April 12, 2020April 12, 2020

An Alpine dinner in the midst of London. Discovering Swiss cuisine wrapped in a blanket, enjoying the mountainous views…without leaving …

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Lifestyle

The One That Never Got Away: Why do we still watch Friends in 2020?

by Mira / February 9, 2020February 9, 2020

The One with the Controversial Obsession Friends has always been a part of my life. As a millennium, you might …

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Travel

How I spent 7 days in New York City

by Mira / January 12, 2020July 11, 2020

Loads of eating, plenty of drinking and just the right amount of sightseeing. September in New York. …

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First-timer in New York: what to do on your first trip

by Mira / November 10, 2019November 10, 2019

Where do you start with New York and once started, where do you finish? With this many songs written about …

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Bodrum photo diary

by Mira / October 13, 2019October 13, 2019

Endless sunshine, cloudless skies and boundless seas – the choice of things to do in Bodrum is almost limitless… You’ve …

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  • FIRST MEAL OUT ☕️Yes, enough was enough. I booked half a day off and went to my favourite pub ever!
  • Cosy is a state of mind that’s not saved just for winter ☕️ I’ve been a bit absent from social
  • Different season, same place. Hot or iced coffee? ☕️ ☕️ Personally, I’m ready to swap my oat cappuccino for an
  • Let’s talk HYPED UP books! ‍♀️ Over the last year I really tried to catch up with all these books
  • Get ready for outdoor dining!!...In the UK. In April. Best known for such hits as April Showers and Umbrella Weather
  • Post lockdown mood board because we all need one Now dining out is in the near future, I’m setting my
  • ‘Perhaps you see city streets or verdant fields, vast mountain ranges or dark, haunted forests, striking slums or golden temples.
  • Hope everyone celebrating is having a lovely Easter! Meanwhile somewhere in South West London: Can’t wait to find a book
  • April greys ☁️ ☕️ Currently cozied up with a vodka cocktail, watching the mighty director cut of Zack Snyder’s Justice

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  • FIRST MEAL OUT ☕️Yes, enough was enough. I booked half a day off and went to my favourite pub ever! And you know what, I inhaled the food I was desperate to eat out, sat at one of my favourite places, savouring a meal that was prepared by someone else. And what delicious food that was... Needless to say now isn’t the time to say no to dessert. And I really didn’t! Not when it combined two of my favourite ingredients: chocolate and pistachio. An indulgent chocolate fondant was perfectly balanced by a dollop of creme Fraîche, while the crunch
  • Cosy is a state of mind that’s not saved just for winter ☕️ I’ve been a bit absent from social media the last few days as, all of a sudden, I’ve become incredibly busy with presentations and pitches. Is April the new January? To top it off, my first night out in a pub ended up giving me a massive hangover And this is considering I was taking it easy. So, either I’m not as used to drinking out (please, let it be this!) ...or I’m officially getting old. And now hangovers are really hitting me even after a few
  • Different season, same place. Hot or iced coffee? ☕️ ☕️ Personally, I’m ready to swap my oat cappuccino for an ice oat latte. Gentle breeze, sunrays and lush greens all around ... there is just something in the air that makes me crave an ice cold, fully-caffeinated beverage. Just a degree or two later and I’m ready to swap the ice latte for a frappe but let’s not get ahead of ourselves Last day in full lockdown () and I’m impatient to sip on my coffee on a table bathing in sunshine rather than a bench shielded from the wind.
  • Let’s talk HYPED UP books! ‍♀️ Over the last year I really tried to catch up with all these books that have been following me around wherever I went: on bookstagram, in bookstore windows, prime positions on magazine lists, and pretty much any website with book recommendations you’d click on. Lockdown seemed the perfect time to put some of these to the test and see what all the fuss was about. I actually ended up writing a whole blog post about it (over on gininthecity.com - link in bio) featuring the pictured books here...Spoiler alert: I ended up discovering new
  • Get ready for outdoor dining!!...In the UK. In April. Best known for such hits as April Showers and Umbrella Weather ☕️ Weather worries aside, I do wish you all could get the one space that’s both the closest to the heater and under the limited cover, so you can enjoy your martini in peace. Having said that, I’m known for drinking in pub gardens in snowy January. Freezing to my very core, while downing an equally icy G&T. Sometimes while simultaneously holding an umbrella to cover me from the rain while we drunkenly discuss politics with workmates. There were no
  • Post lockdown mood board because we all need one Now dining out is in the near future, I’m setting my post-lockdown sights on great food and even greater cocktails. Thinking big. Mr Big. From New York getaways to central London brunch days, it’s a game of either/or. It’s 2021 & we aren’t taking anything for granted any more. The only thing I know is I’m sure as hell not counting calories or bad decisions. At this point, it’s all or nothing...And when I’m saying ‘all’ I do mean bottomless brunches galore My mood board looks a little bit like this.
  • ‘Perhaps you see city streets or verdant fields, vast mountain ranges or dark, haunted forests, striking slums or golden temples. A multitude of worlds written into being.’ The only travelling I (we) have been doing lately is through the pages of a book. So it should come as no surprise that it’s a book I’m turning to as I’m anxiously counting down the days until I can get on a plane to somewhere new, or familiar, or why not both. With this guide in hand? I’m thinking somewhere that I’ve already visited between the pages. And while I’m browsing through
  • Hope everyone celebrating is having a lovely Easter! Meanwhile somewhere in South West London: Can’t wait to find a book that will have me as enthralled as Evelyn Hugo. With this in mind, counting down the days until I will walk into a bookstore again. About two weeks from now...and darling, I’m planning on making it rain in there
 
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