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London Neighborhood Guide: Bethnal Green

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...

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Gluten Free Spotlight: The Florist Arms

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...

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Restaurant Review: Hibiscus, London

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...

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Enjoying our Islington Green Spaces in Winter

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...

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Gluten Free Spotlight: Honest Burgers

I really miss sandwiches.  As I mentioned in my post recently (read here) about my new gluten-free lifestyle, grabbing a sandwich on the go has been my one of my biggest grievances.  Of all the sandwiches that I have...

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London Neighborhood Profile: Seven Dials

Seven Dials is a relatively small patch of London, nestled between the theatre centre of SoHo and the shopping mecca of Covent Garden.  Somewhere between the huge Jersey Boys marquee and the biggest Apple store I’ve...