Blonde In The City

Relax…relax. No, don’t charge some internet to your card, just..relax. This is what I’ve had to keep telling myself since we arrived on Aruba. I’m a city-centred type of traveller. I like to keep a tight itinerary, fitting in as many sights and tours as I can, as if this particular time would be my only chance to see what’s in front of me. So after winning a competition with KLM Air France for two weeks on the happiest island in the world, here I am trying to just empty my mind and enjoy relaxation in its purest form.

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Last week was a definite foodie week. I had my first taste of churros, then I just couldn’t help but grab a burrita at Benito’s Hat while waiting for a train at Kings Cross at the weekend.

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Another day, another post about cocktails…by a tee-totaller. This time I went along to Google Places’ #ThirstyThursday event at Seven at Brixton for a happy hour of cocktails on them and a nice chat with Googly community coordinator Alex.

photo courtesy of Seven at Brixton

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With my lovely new job and more time on my hands I’m really starting to feel like I can enjoy the city so much more. So when my friends announced their engagement and booked a booth at the new London Cocktail Club on Shaftesbury Avenue to celebrate, I stepped up to my 2012 resolution to “get out more” and..well, went out.

I love how London reveals a little gem every now and then. A place that reminds you how exciting this city can be, somewhere that restores your faith that you made the right choice to settle here for a while, a little smirk on the face of caution.

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Just now I was reminded by the lovely @hannahkaty about Sarah Brown’s book Cringe, a collection of hilarious and embarrassing teenage diary extracts.

I blogged about the book back in October 2008 and even posted a couple of extracts from my own teenage twaddle – still cringing at the weirdness of it all, so here I am re-posting here for all to see…(by the way, the Ashton Kutcher crush was well and truly over by 2009…)

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