There’s something to be said about the beautiful people in Paris. And that is that I am definitely not one of them. Not only am I about three feet too short, after two days of drip-feeding myself with macarons, chocolates, croissants, crepes and er, anything else I could get my mitts on, my face is … Read More →
Ages and ages and ages (read: 6 weeks) ago, one of my best friends in this glorious world, Loreen, turned the ripe young age of 30. She was off on the Inca trail on this momentus day, proving her youth by trekking this hideously high altituded (oh yes, that is now a word) pathway sans … Read More →
I made this gorgeous! stunning! I’m so modest! pavlova for a dinner party on Tuesday night and have been dying to post about it because aside from being absolutely beautiful, it also complements the weather right now perfectly ~ London is in the midst of another little spurt of summer, with the mercury rising into … Read More →
I learned two very important lessons this weekend. I learned the hard way that one should never assume anything and that on a more minor scale, one should always seek information from others, because one (and this one in particular) is not always the cleverest bean in the pot. And these lessons were learned through … Read More →
Ok. I’m sorry, I know I’ve blogged like every single day this week but I can’t help that I love y’all so much and really, blogging is the only therapy I get from having to manage the abundance of crazy thoughts that are happily swizzling through my brain. Actually, I just want someone to talk … Read More →
It happened again. This time last year, I remember waking up, frothing at the mouth excited like someone was giving me a puppy wrapped in a ticket to Vegas on Christmas morning. But it wasn’t Christmas and there was no puppy. A ticket to Vegas did come eventually, but that’s not the story. The story … Read More →
Right this moment I have to say I deserve something amazing. Like totally amazing. Like an Eton mess, complete with fresh strawberries and blueberries and generous scoops of Häagen Dazs vanilla ice cream. YEAH. Why do I deserve such awesomeness? Well because today I worked. For free. I helped out at the Bea’s of Bloomsbury … Read More →
We had dinner at Café VN tonight. That’s two visits in three days so I thought I’d better show some RES.PECT. and blog about them. What can I say? I’ve fallen head over heels in love, in love with the… … squidge-tastic noodles… *heart* I realise there are quite a number of Vietnamese restaurants littered across … Read More →
Raspberry and ivoire chocolate usugiri, served in a rose vanilla custard. Roka Restaurant, London. Quickly becoming one of my favourites. And check out this dark chocolate and matcha pudding with crunchy jivara and pear ice cream: Insanely good. Also, thanks so much for all the amazing bloggery-birthday wishes last week! I think everyone drooled on … Read More →
Monstrously green super delicious health kick. All in a latte. Bou Tea 22 Wellington Street Covent Garden, WC2E 7DD 0207 836 6075 website
Yes. I now have yet another place to satisfy my Gruyère cheeseburger fix, washed down by an A&W root beer float. Happy days! Byron is my favourite burger joint. It’s Panu’s favourite burger joint. So everyone should just like, go. And if you’re really insanely bored or just boycotting work on this gorgeous stunning Friday we’re … Read More →
So I have this job where I work on my own. It’s kind of hard to explain so I’m just going to glaze over that but anyway, every day I plug away on my filthy excuse of a laptop keyboard, poking away at the keys to form words which eventually become some important document that … Read More →
Saturday was always going to be a good. For starters, I woke up and ate Goober Grape squished between two slices of soft white bread for breakfast. What’s Goober Grape you ask? Well, click on the link you lazy punk ass. Or wait. Because I am planning on a whole video post, yes a video … Read More →
It’s summer in London! Wait, did I say that out loud? Sheeesh. I really don’t want to jinx it. Summer in London truly is a phenomenon. While it’s easy to say that Sydney weather is always fantabulous (and I *really* cannot wait to go back to Oz for my dad’s 60th in December) the “alwaysness” … Read More →
Chinese fine dining, hey? We at thecattylife are not unfamiliar with this topic. We’ve been to Kai Mayfair and well, yes, we’ve been to Kai Mayfair. We are not unfamiliar with the topic but we are still much confused. Although we were bedazzled by Kai Mayfair’s superb service and quality food, we are still concerned … Read More →
Awana. A-don’t-really-wana blog about Awana. Mainly because I don’t usually like blogging about negative experiences and well, last time I blogged about bad service, the place closed down! Granted, it wasn’t because of me that they closed down – it was because of the bad service, clearly! Anyway, in my don’t-want-to-blog-about-Awana-ness, I’ll summarise my experience … Read More →
My friendships are the foundation of my life. Having come from an enormous family ~ well, my immediate family is small (and I cherish them so!) but coming from a large extended family where I have over a hundred first cousins, for me, blood is not always thicker than water. I moved out of home … Read More →
How much do you spend on an average dinner at home? This is an interesting question because the general idea is that eating in is cheaper. For the most part I agree, it is cheaper, but that’s not always the case. Panu and I worked out that on average we spend about £12-£14 per meal … Read More →
There is no doubting it, blue is the new black. If you haven’t seen Avatar, well firstly, where have you been?! And secondly, and don’t lie now, but how many of us would trade in our pasty skins for the luminescent glow of the blue Navi’an skin tone, and with that a connection with our … Read More →
Cold udon with fried tofu and spring onions ~ one of the many styles of udon at brand new haunt Koya, on Frith Street in Soho. Freshly made on the premises and utterly delicious. Just what the doctor ordered. Koya 49 Frith Street Soho, W1D 0207 434 4463
It was 27 degrees today. And in what could be the most inappropriate choice of food ever, Su-Lin and I met up for lunch at Soho’s new Korean joint, Bibimbap. Who the hell eats a hot dolsot bibimbap on such a warm day? Oh wait, we do. Well, it turned out to be fun anyway. … Read More →
So last week, I received an email from my web host and they’re asking me for money to renew my domain subscription. I was like hang on a minute what? I paid you already, for the whole year! Don’t be ripping me off! And then I realised that holy mother of God – thecattylife has … Read More →
So it’s Bank Holiday weekend and Panu and I are in London. I know, abysmal effort on our part to get away seeing as we’d just come back from Hong Kong and that virtual cheque book is still hurting just a little bit. I wanted to do something though, anything so as to not waste … Read More →
What did I indeed. One of the things I’m eating isn’t real. See if you can pick it. I mean, if it was real, I would still totally eat it. I promise a real post will follow