Tag Archives: Shoreditch
Eyre today, gone tomorrow.
Bars: I’ve known many, too many to mention. But none quite like the one that for over fifteen years lived at 70 Leonard Street, London EC2. The Eyre Brothers was launched by David and Robert Eyre in 2001, a luxe … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Entertaining, Eyre Brothers, Family, Food and wine, Friends, Home, Life and romance, London, Uncategorized
Tagged business, David Eyre, Eyre Brothers, food and wine, forte, friends, Hospitality, London, Shoreditch
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A Wanstead afternoon and other social shenanigans
It began on the first Friday of April. I had invited very old friends from Cambridge days of yore, people with whom I had mingled during the year of my secretarial training. The early ‘80s involved partner in crime, the … Continue reading
Posted in Entertaining, Family, Food and wine, Friends, Home, Life and romance, London, Uncategorized
Tagged Art, Bethnal Green, Family, Food, friends, Giovanna Forte, life, Shoreditch, wine
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A new life-work balance … with buttercups and daisies
The start of this year heralded what I have come to think of as The Cancer Months, now happily behind me. Life has settled into a slower steadier pace; my body won’t accept any more or less and I listen … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Family, Friends, Health, Home, Life and romance, London
Tagged Bethnal Green, Bottega, business, cancer, Curtain Road, flowers, healthcare, meadow, medicine, Peezy, Rivington, Shoreditch, walking, work
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Preparing for Launch: how The Hood came good
A launch isn’t just any old launch when it’s yours. When you are CEO of the company launching the thing to be launched, you can’t feign invisibility, safe in the knowledge that your lack of cuticle care will go unnoticed. … Continue reading
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Tagged 3Thirty, Andy Goldberg, business, CEO, clothes, Cowshed, Dames Chair, design, Dr Vincent Forte, Eyre Brothers, fashion, Forte Medical, Giovanna Forte, manicure, Mark Hix, Medical Futures, MSU, Neighbours, pamper, pedicure, Peezy, product launch, Rivington, shoes, Shoreditch, Shoreditch House, Sonia Rykiel, Start, Tramshed, women in business
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East London: a culinary playground
East London: a place of many textures and many tastes is now inextricably linked – for me – to the sating of a raging appetite for good food and great wine, at friendly places. But how times have changed. In … Continue reading
Posted in Food and wine, London
Tagged East London, Farringdon Road, Hoxton Square, Italian cuisine, Leonard Street, London, Rivington Street, Shoreditch, Uncategorized
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