The Bubble Diaries
Blog URL http://thebubblediaries.blogspot.com/
Located London, London United Kingdom
Tags Bubble and Squeak, Breakfasts, Pubs, Walking, London
A bored Librarian's outpourings about breakfasts,beer and London.
Latest Blog Posts
- The English Swearing Championships on Aug 11, 2009 in Holloway Road swearing cafes
Venue: Metrochef Cafe, Holloway RoadTime: 8:30am1st participant, old cockney-type geezer "fucking asthma! you don't know what fucking asthma is you cunt!"Challenger, another old geezer "I,ve got to use three fucking nebulisers"1st - "I was nearly fuc...
- Up the Elephant!! on Aug 11, 2009
Wife and kid away in Ireland, nothing to do last Sunday so I decided to check out the 'Carnaval del peublo' in Bermondsey, a Latin American extravanganza!I walked from London Bridge down towards Elephant & Castle and then down to East Street Mark...
- Healthy Eating!!! on Jul 3, 2009 in Holloway Road cafes
Conversation overheard in 'Metrochef Cafe', Holloway Road, 5 women, 4 of them order 'Chicken Burger and Chips' the fifth one "I aint havin chips, they're unhealthy", "can I have a double cheeseburger with no salad, I don't like salad"It's good to see...
- they're fuckin fairy cakes!!!! on Jul 3, 2009
Bloody cupcakes! What's the big thing with cupcakes? We have had fairy cakes for years, every birthday they would be lovingly wheeled out and eagerly devoured, and now they have been re-branded and americanised as 'cup cakes'. They're sold for a bloo...
- Time gentlemen please! on May 2, 2009 in pubs gentrification stoke newington newington green
Walking from Newington Green up to Stoke Newington one afterenoon a couple of weeks ago, I thought that it might be a nice idea to have a pint or two. I passed six pubs and all of them were closed, none of them opened in the afternoon.I can only surm...
- What! No British? on Apr 24, 2009 in spain
Just come back from a family holiday in Estepona, a great spanish seaside town. A brilliant place for relaxing and sauntering, something i'm particularly good at. The town is full of parks and squares, and the old part is very authentic and pretty.I'...
- Walking the River Pinn on Mar 6, 2009 in walks pubs paddington
The river Pinn runs from Pinner to the Grand Union Canal at Cowley, 12 miles in all. Pinner is classic 'Metroland', a sterile suburban high street and an old village green, church and a couple of 17th C. pubs.The route from there runs through an amaz...
