Blog Archive 2017 • Cat Morley

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2017

Dec

30
 

George Michael Memorial Garden

George Michael Memorial Garden
Tom and I decided to head up north on the Northern Line today and explore Highgate. There were so many pretty houses and the view over London was amazing. We stopped for a drink at The Flask, a p...
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24
 

Paddington Bear Afternoon Tea

Paddington Bear Afternoon Tea
It was Christmas Eve and it looked like we were the only people left in Kennington when we spotted Figgy all by himself in the carpark. Luckily we didn't have anywhere to go as I'd planned a Paddi...
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23
 

John Lewis Roof Garden

John Lewis Roof Garden
Mum, Dad & Nana arrived in London today, as they'll be spending Christmas with us. Nana's been saying for a long time how much she'd love to see London again, so we were excited to take her on...
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22
 

Christmas Party

Christmas Party
Tonight was our Christmas Party for our friends, so I spent the day crafting and cooking in preparation. I started by making Christmas crackers, filled with bad jokes, Chocolate bitcoins and crack...
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21
 

Hair By Fairy

Hair By Fairy
Whoever got Tom as their Secret Santa at FreeAgent knows him so well, because he got a tea towel covered in cats in the mail this morning. I treated myself to a much needed haircut at Hairy By Fai...
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20
 

Pines & Needles

Pines & Needles
The wreaths we made at the workshops yesterday look so pretty on our door. I dried some orange slices to add a little colour to my wreath and they smell amazing. Check out Dried Orange Slices on ...
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17
 

West India Quay Festive Workshops

West India Quay Festive Workshops
I had an awful headache when I woke up this morning but we had a full day of crafting ahead of us, so we jumped on the DLR and headed down to Canary Wharf, stopping off at Starbucks for some festiv...
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12
 

Tuesday

Tuesday
Tom booked a table at the Draft House Chancery this evening for a mini ex-colleague work party with Faheem, Ola and Art. They do the tasty veggie burger like our local but also serve halloumi frie...
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09
 

Ace Cafe

Ace Cafe
We were heading up to North London today, so had to drive Figgy right through the middle of Central London. It was actually fun seeing all the sights from the Fig and Tom didn't even find the driv...
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08
 

Friday

Friday
For my next experiment in latte making, I decided to try a matcha latte. Check out Matcha Latte on Cut Out + Keep
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05
 

Pawsecco

Pawsecco
It's beginning to look very Christmassy in our loft. Tom put curtains of fairy lights up in each of our windows and now we've got the brightest house on the street. We picked up some Pawsecco for...
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03
 

London Cocktail Club

London Cocktail Club
We headed up to Bethnal Green this afternoon where we stopped to admire the tiles and awesome clock in the tube station. It was the day of the Bust Christmas Craftacular at York Hall, so we popped...
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Nov

30
 

Thursday

Thursday
I was in a crafty mood today, so I decided to eat up some of my yarn collection by making pom poms including this Princess Leia pom pom. Check out Princess Leia Pom Pom on Cut Out + Keep
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27
 

Giant Robot

Giant Robot
Alex & Duncan were down in London today and popped by to visit us. We headed out for lunch at London Grind where they had a brand new cocktail menu, so I tried a Chai Mojito and Tom had the Tu...
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26
 

Caravan

Caravan
It was almost time for Izzy & Paul to catch their train back to Edinburgh, so packed up their bags and headed up to Granary Square near the station for breakfast. There was an amazing singing ...
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25
 

Nine Lives

Nine Lives
Izzy & Paul are down in London to visit so we decided to take them on a beer crawl along the Bermondsey Beer Mile. Our first stop was the Southwark Brewing Company for some half pints of beer.
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24
 

Hopetoun Gardens

Hopetoun Gardens
I spent the night in Burntisland last night so that I could visit my Nana today and we set off on a trip to South Queensferry, meaning that I'd get a chance to drive over the new Queensferry Crossi...
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22
 

Wednesday

Wednesday
One of the highlights of a trip back to Edinburgh is getting to see Katie & Phil. And despite all the fancy restaurants we could have went to in the city, we ended up at Wetherspoons, proving ...
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21
 

Beer Kitchen

Beer Kitchen
The best thing about being back in Edinburgh is being able to catch up with our friends and today I met Katie for lunch. We went to Fredericks Coffee House next to Katie's office which has huge wi...
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20
 

Back In Edinburgh

Back In Edinburgh
We're back in Edinburgh for Tom's first week back at FreeAgent. It's so nice to be home but much colder than I'm use to after the mild London weather. Izzy booked us a room at the Leonardo Royal a...
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13
 

Absurd Bird

Absurd Bird
John Lewis have a roof garden on top of their Oxford Street store and it's decorated all prettily for Christmas. It was sunset when we arrived and the view over London was so pretty. Though there...
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12
 

Ramen Burgers

Ramen Burgers
I've been wanting to try a ramen burger for ages but we've been struggling to find anywhere that makes them vegetarian, so I decided to make my own. Check out Ramen Burgers on Cut Out + Keep I u...
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11
 

Southwold

Southwold
We took a drive out to Essex today and stopped off at Orford Ness on the coast, somewhere Tom had been curious about since spotting it on the TV show Hunted. We continued along the coast to Southw...
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10
 

Pop Brixton

Pop Brixton
We decided to check out Pop Brixton for lunch today, a cool little street food market based inside container boxes down in Brixton. It was so pretty inside with fairy lights everywhere and there w...
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09
 

Loving Hut

Loving Hut
It's been getting a little cold outside, so I've been experimenting with latte recipes to warm me up. Today, I tried a charcoal latte which looked awesome and gothic in my glass mugs. Check out Ch...
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08
 

Sea Containers

Sea Containers
Tom had been curious to check out Sea Containers, and then an offer popped up on TimeOut, so we went along for dinner this evening. The restaurant is in the super swanky Mondrain Hotel on the Sout...
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06
 

Beigel Shop

Beigel Shop
I've been wanted to try some rainbow bagels from the Beigel Shop on Brick Lane ever since I saw them on The Apprentice. They only cost 30p and they look amazing. I need to come up with a colourful...
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04
 

London Sewing Machine Museum

London Sewing Machine Museum
We went for breakfast at TOTA in Tooting this morning. Tom had Eggs Royale and I had a Bellini with French toast with banana, walnuts & maple syrup, which came served with a side of watermelon.
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Oct

29
 

Halloween ARTea

Halloween ARTea
We continued our Halloween themed weekend today as we headed into Soho to check out the Newburgh Quarter of Curiosity. We'd heard the street would be filled with spooky treats and shops, including...
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28
 

Ghost Train

Ghost Train
I treated myself to a set of spiderweb nails from Primark. They looked amazing but it was so hard to do simple tasks, I don't know how people manage to wear them all the time. We were heading over...
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