Tourist in my own City: Westfield Stratford & Liverpool Street Station

Just a few photos I managed to take a midst the hectic chaos that is Westfield Stratford City and the lovely Liverpool Street. It's not even a weekend! However, I had a wonderful time with my best friends and hope to catch up with them again soon as they're back from uni for the Summer!

The greatest Pizzeria on Earth

A cheeky Leyla sneaking in on my photo

Liverpool Street Station

The second greatest place on Earth

"Too shy too shy..."

 Do you prefer White City or Stratford City?

30 Cute 'n' fun things to do over the Summer.

1. Go bike riding. If you don't have a bike, get one or borrow one from that nice chap called Boris.
2. Open all the windows in your house and drape yourself over your sofa like Daisy Buchanan.
3. Drift around like a feather whilst listening to Lana Del Rey.
4. Get a penpal. Write cute letters to eachother and stick to it.
5. Tidy your room and light some incense.
6. Go swimming just for the heck of it. Even if it's at the leisure centre.
7. Get up really early one morning and go to a field car boot sale.
8. On a hot day, get the hose out and spray it everywhere.
9. Make bunting out of old bedsheets or clothes and host a super sweet tea party in your garden.
10. Put on your fave summer frock and glide around like a total babe in town or something.
11. Go for a long walk. Anywhere.
12. Paint your toenails sparkly and wear sandals.
13. If it's raining, sit indoors and play big summer hits to cheer you up e.g. venga boys & s club.
14. If you have a cat, play with him or her in the garden.
15. Same goes for dogs.
16. And rabbits or any other type of pet except birds or fish.
17. If you do not have a pet, go to a pet shop and look at them to make your heart feel warm.
18. If you are allergic to pets then I am v. v. sorry :(
19. Listen to any song that is ft. Pitbull cause it is likely very summery.
20. Make some sangria!
21. Eat ice cubes.
22. Eat strawberries and cream.
23. Eat jelly and ice cream.
24. Go to the beach e.g. Weston-Super-Mare, Southend or Blackpool and just have a rad time.
25. If the beach has a pier, go on the pier and win some tickets!
26. Go to a photo booth with your best pal and get some cute shots to pin to a cork board.
27. Make some ice lollies with your fave juice and/or fruits!
28. Read a book you've been meaning to read, cover to cover.
29. Press some flowers.
30. Have the best, most rad summer imaginable.

Greased Lightening...

I've just returned from the most wonderful place in the world.

Okay, I may be exaggerating, but it's not far off. My Boyfriend's parent's took us to Brook's Diner in Southgate, a 50's style American Diner type restaurant. Hearing the description excited me enough, but actually walking in... Wow. I felt like I was in some sort of haven. Rocking up in my 50's swing dress courtesy of Lindy Bop, pin curled locks and cat eye sunglasses, I was right at home.

The decor was gorgeous. Monochrome with splashes of bright red, everything shiny and gorgeous, walls adorned with photos of various film and music stars, along with guitars and other bits of music memorabilia. On the front of the menu, a Sailor Jerry-esque pin up girl, immediately exciting me even more, if it were possible.

Oh but the food. God the food. I chose a Cheese and Bacon Burger with Fries (screw the diet, just for today) and it was glorious. Mum-in-law opted for Scampi and Fries while the boy and Pa-in-law went for Supersized Burgers with everything on it. I also had a gorgeous Strawberry milkshake which would put every other drink of the same name to shame. 

In short, I had a fabulous time and would recommend it to anyone, whether you're a fan of the era or not. The service was spectacular and George, the owner, is a warm, funny and welcoming man. So, if you can't quite see the address in the picture above and find yourself in the North London area, the address is:

24 Hampden Square

Southgate
N14 5JR

Let me know if you've visited before or are planning to!

Love and sparkles,

xoxo

Meal time at Harvester!

What's better than a salad bowl at Harvester? Nothing. Well apart from a salad bowl at Harvester with your nearest and dearest by your side.

As a sort of leaving meal for our friend Chanell (she's heading back to Uni for her last exams) we decided to go for a little girly meal. Well, I use the term 'girly' loosely... We eat like pigs and swear like sailors.

It was lovely to see my girls again, it needs to become a more regular thing! Especially with those Rocky Horror ice cream sundaes... Mmm.

Blogging all the while...

My go-to option... The Chicken and Bacon BBQ Stack...

The Rocky Horror!!

xo

Sophie the Foodie

I decided that in light of my new 'if I'm going to be healthy let's at least make it exciting' lifestyle, I pay tribute to my all round idol: cooking/domestic/sexual goddess Nigella Lawson.

As an avid reader of her blog and a shameless addict of her Facebook page (but seriously, those supper updates... Please can I be you? Pretty please?) I thought I should start being a foodie type person too. Because that's the only logical thought track, right? Which then lead to me deciding that in my new Domestic Goddess status, I should learn to use the oven shouldn't I? (Slight exaggeration, but ask anyone, it's not that far off.)

One thing I can make, pretty well if I do say so myself, if a damn good omelette. (Insert Benedict Cumberbatch's HIGNFY 'Damn good shag' here? No?) So why not extend on that? Because in all honesty, egg and cheese gets a bit boring in the end doesn't it?

SO, with a massive mug full of green tea and lemon (my new favourite beverage don't you know) I trawled my fridge and decided that red pepper, red onion and parmasan would be a nice combo. (Don't laugh, it's scrummy) Thus, Sophie's super hearty and super chunky red type omelette thing was born.

Ingredients:

Flora sunflower oil cooking spray
2-3 Medium eggs. (I use two, but you never know, you might be well hungry.)
1 medium Red Pepper
1/2 Red Onion
Grated Parmasan (or you could do it yourself, you posh thing, you.)

Recipe:

1. Chop up the Pepper and the onion. I like to keep the pepper quite chunky and the onion fine, as I think the texture in the outcome is beautiful.
2. Chuck them onto the hob with 1 spray of the flora, just to brown them up a bit whilst you crack the eggs.
3. VERY IMPORTANT!! In my opinion, the secret to a perfect omelette is all in the beating (ooer madam). DO. NOT. WHISK! Literally, just break your eggs into a jug, break the yolks and stir it no more than five times. You want lots of definition between the yolk and the whites still. If you want fluffy, this is the trick. If you whisk and beat them like you're making scrambled egg, then I hope you're looking forward to an egg pancake.
4. Chuck the peppers and onions into the jug with the eggs, then chuck everything from the jug back into the pan.
5. Cook to desired look, then sprinkle parmasan over when complete.

Ok, ok, so I'm not Nigella. I get that. My omelettes come out looking like wet flannels. But the thing is, I don't care what they look like because they taste bloody marvelous. So, from now on, I'm going to let my little creative mind think up some other quite frankly amazing recipes in my bid to become: Sophella Lawson.