Cat Morley


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Jul

25

Phase Four
We've been using our lunch breaks to explore London, and today we jumped on the Northern Line for two stops to Clapham North. We started off at Phase Four Espresso where we worked away while sippi...

24

Market Hall Fulham
We decided to try out Market Hall Fulham for dinner this evening. It's a hipster food court in an old railway station arcade with food stalls in each of the old shops. The bar is located in the o...

22

Sunday
It was our last day up in Scotland, so we took Mum & Dad for dim sum at the Imperial Palace for breakfast. It was then time to catch the train back down to London and see Bobbin.

20

Wubba Lubba Dub Dub
There's a new Rick & Morty inspired bar from the Pop Up Geeks in Edinburgh called Wubba Lubba Dub Dub. Excited to check it out, we met up with Pamela after work and headed along. The bars in ...

19

Penny
We were on the train up to Edinburgh today for Kenny's wedding, so we headed to Kings Cross. We stopped off at the GNH Bar for a drink while we waited. I ordered the Blue Velvet cocktail with gin...

17

Genesis Cinema
We headed to Whitechapel for this week's Date Night. I loved the old train signs in the station. We started with a drink at The Blind Beggar where The Kray twins shot George Cornell. There was a ...

15

Bonjour Brioche
We went for brunch in Belsize Park this afternoon and ended up at Bonjour Brioche. It was super hot outside but luckily they served iced coffee which I had with banana bread served with hung yogur...

13

Baby Trump
We were woken up by the sound of Donald Trump's military helicopter flying loudly over our house this morning. We showed him though by heading to Parliament Square at lunchtime to see the giant Ba...

8

Mud

Mud
We headed down to Tooting to try out Mud for brunch this morning. It was really hot outside, so their charcoal lemonade sounded really tempted and I loved how black it was. I tucked into a granol...

3

My neighbours the dumplings
We headed up to Clapton this evening for dinner at My neighbours the dumplings, somewhere I had been really keen to try since reading the name. It was a gorgeous restaurant with gold leaf walls an...

1

Elephant & Castle
We had a little time to spend with Dad this morning before he caught his train back to Scotland, so we took him for dim sum in Elephant & Castle and then went to watch the World Cup at the Elep...

Jun

25

Wild Heart Soho
I met Tom in Soho after work and we went for sorbet prosecco cocktails at Swift. Our waiter thought it was charming that we were doing the puzzles in the paper. I'd got Priscilla vouchers for cock...

24

Shri Swaminarayan Temple
We headed for lunch at Miki's Paradise this afternoon, an adorable cafe on Holloway Road that's famous for it's freakshakes. We shared the Nutella Freakshake which was topped with a peanut butter ...

22

Taylor Swift
We were invited to see Taylor Swift at Wembley Stadium this evening, which was pretty cool because we've never been to a gig that big before. It was our first time at Wembley and it was so huge. W...

21

Game Night
Corey & Ben have just moved into a new place in Camden and invited us over for a game night. We saw some amazing ghost signs for an old pet shop that sold talking parrots and monkeys.

17

Petersham Nurseries
We took Mum & Dad for lunch at Petersham Nurseries which we thought could be Mum's favourite place ever. We picked out a pretty seat in the open air terrace and ordered some lunch.

16

M Manze
We took Mum & Dad out for a proper London adventure this morning starting at M Manze in Bermondsey. M Manze opened in 1892 and is the oldest surviving pie shop in London. I loved the vintage ...

14

A Perfect Circle
I managed to bag a photo pass for A Perfect Circle this evening, so we headed down to Brixton for dinner before hand. We ended up at Chip Shop, a hip hop themed chip shop serving vegan fish and ch...

10

Madame Tussauds
We were invited to take a tour of Madame Tussauds for Cooking Around The London Underground, so we made our way to Baker Street this morning. Opened in 1835 by Marie Tussaud, Madame Tussauds waxwo...

9

Dog & Badger
Figgy's back from the garage with a fresh coat of paint and all of his rust removed. He's looking better than ever and Tom says he's so smooth to drive. Exciting to take him for a test drive, we h...

8

Friday
We treated ourselves to a late brunch at Vanilla Black this afternoon. I had the granola bowl with yogurt and berries while Tom tucked into a super tasty burrata topped with pesto.

6

Wednesday
We got home from our road-trip today and tired out from our travels, decided to have dinner at the Rare Burger Company which is literally just over the road from our place. It was lovely and warm,...

4

Whitby
We woke up at Barns Ness this morning. The lighthouse has been turned into a holiday cottage and at first we were disappointed, because we wanted to live in it one day, until we had the idea to ren...

2

Louise & Robin's Wedding
It was Louise and Robin's wedding day, so we picked up Lynsey in Poppy and headed to Craigsanquhar House near Cupar. The weather was amazing, so the ceremony took place out in the grounds of the h...

1

The Jacobite
It was lovely when we woke up, so we decided to head up to Glenfinnan Viaduct to see if we could catch sight of the earlier Jacobite train crossing. Tom cooked Quorn sausage rolls for breakfast wh...