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...

01.30.15

Photo Essay: Istanbul

WRITTEN BY Julie

One of the best vacations we ever took was to Istanbul in 2011. This trip was before our move to the UK, when we were firmly entrenched in the rat race that IS New York City, and this ten day getaway was a substantial...

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...

01.26.15

Reasons We Love Brixton Market

WRITTEN BY Julie

It’s way off the tourist path. At the end of the Victoria tube line, you gotta work to get to Brixton Market. For us, it’s a 45 minute trek of walking and tube-ing and walking some more. The mystique does add to 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....

01.21.15

Overrated London Activities

WRITTEN BY Julie

Over the next few months, we will have visitors of several sorts, including cousins, aunts, uncles and friends. The emails have begun as we dole out advice about what to do, how to do it, and which London hotel is in...