Bloggers & Hackney Insights

In praise of great blogs (like ours) I wanted to share one that I came across in a week off I had recently. In fact, I wanted to share a few things from my week off that might be interesting or helpful to you especially if you live in the Hackney area.

I decided to have a weeks annual leave to just to have some R&R and sort stuff. You know, time at home doing all the things you love (watching trash morning telly, drinking cocktails at lunchtime) and doing all the things on the ‘to do’ list that has been slowly growing and not really seeing the ticks appear at the same rate.

Anyway, in conquering another one of the ‘to do’s’, I wanted the details for the fab looking DIY store/joinery at the top of the road and in searching for it, came across this blog http://www.ouralbion.com/ - do have a look to get a taste of it. A quick glance at the home page sets the tone and if it’s your thing, I highly recommend further investigation is left to the weekend when you can truly appreciate it’s beautifully entertaining, lighthearted prose AND really useful supplier reviews and details.

Mr Our Albion and I share some favourite suppliers in the local vicinity but I have one more to add to the list. D & J Simons http://www.djsimons.co.uk/ (get over the crude website, it’s worth it) sell picture framing moulds. If you’ve got a heap of framing to do, know exactly what you want and don’t want to pay over the odds, it’s definitely worth a visit. They are essentially wholsesalers but are very helpful to joe public private clients and have hundreds of styles.

And to round off, a couple more insights from my week off…….
· The Fox on Kingsland Rd is really quite lovely and even lovelier to discover not only can you enjoy a mango pina colada at 3pm on a Monday afternoon but you can invite a friend and it will cost you no more (2-4-1 on cocktails, all day & night, 7 days a week) http://www.fancyapint.com/pubs/pub2771.html
· The Vintage Magazine Shop in Soho is the perfect solution to racking ones brain about what to buy for a male best mates birthday (solution: original of a Playboy from month/year of birth – then framed via DJ Simons with suitably Stuido 54 esque finish) http://www.vinmag.com/ Amongst their wide offering, you’ll find a great array of original and print movie posters, brilliant birthday cards and vintage magazines and comics from the 60’s onwards.
· There is such a thing as lingerie for hens (yes, chickens) http://www.debenpoultrysaddles.com/fittingsaddles.htm

Over and out, rested and relaxed CP x