London Neighborhood Guide: Exmouth Market

WRITTEN BY Drew

Exmouth Market is one of our favorite markets in London, helped by its proximity to us here in Islington. During lunchtime on weekdays, a smattering of food stalls pop up in the middle of the street, selling pad thai,...

02.02.15

We’re on a Houseboat!

WRITTEN BY Drew

What would you do if you won the lottery? We play the lottery game frequently and right up there with a yacht (and crew of course) to sail the world and a beach treehouse in Thailand, a houseboat in Amsterdam is...

01.28.15

Gluten Free Spotlight: Battle of the Pizza Chains

WRITTEN BY Drew

As the next stop on my gluten free food tour, I decided to explore pizza options from the UK pizza chains. If you remember, I recently did a post about the great pizza at The Florist Arms in Bethnal Green. The...

01.23.15

The Olympic Venues at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

WRITTEN BY Drew

As images arise from Athens and Sochi, massive stadiums going unused and crumbling, there is great debate about the necessity to spend billions upon billions building venues and infrastructure for hosting the Olympics....

01.20.15

London Neighborhood Guide: Bethnal Green

WRITTEN BY Drew

Bethnal Green is a funky, fun neighborhood in East London, not too far from Central London. Conveniently located on the Central line of the Underground, sandwiched between Shoreditch, Dalston and Wapping, it is a mix...

01.16.15

Gluten Free Spotlight: The Florist Arms

WRITTEN BY Drew

My journey into a world sans gluten has been relatively smooth, though there have been some bumps in the road. As I chronicled in my last spotlight, sandwiches has been a major food group missing from my life. My...

01.12.15

Restaurant Review: Hibiscus, London

WRITTEN BY Drew

First, some bad news. Thanks to some mysterious import/transfer error, all of our pictures from this amazing meal were deleted off of the camera. We’re trying to take this news for what it is – an...

01.09.15

Enjoying our Islington Green Spaces in Winter

WRITTEN BY Drew

When we first arrived in the UK, the common topic in conversations with locals usually revolved around weather. “Be ready for a lot of rain” or “why did you move to the UK? We have terrible...