Le Cool

I silently added Le Cool to my Big Love list the other day after having sworn that I would add nothing of significant value without giving it a little bit of an intro. Le Cool is a well written online magazine with lots of fun suggestions for things to do in London. I look forward to receiving the newsletter every Thursday, it gives some good suggestions and most of the time at least half of them really appeal to me.

Bad times though, most of the things happen in East or East Central. There are a few in West and then everyone loves a bit of V&A.
MMmmmust go and see the Quilt Exhibition at the V&A soon. Mental Note made.

Great Little Place

Great Little Place is a great little site that started out not that long ago on Facebook. They've very recently (last week or so) banged up a proper website. There are a few kinks in the armour still but it's defo worth a look.

Originally, it was just in London, great for me and the other 8 million who live here, but I assume that someone somewhere must have felt left out so they expanded to include other parts of the country.

What's so lovely about it is that the whole site is made up of viewer input. The idea is that if you find a cool place like a great pub or cosy tearoom then comment or send them an email, they then go check 'em out and publish reviews about the best ones. They also credit the person who gave them the tip. Sharing is caring, drugs are hugs and all that.

This is the link to the newsletter sign up as well.

Blog Love X

I added the Blog Love X list t'other day. This will henceforth be populated by all the blogs and sites that I love. Original idea, no. There's a whole load that I could list on there straight away but that's no fun so I might go at it one of a time and do a wee review of each. We've already got Handpicked, but in that case, I may be biased.
SO second on the list is Bitching and Junkfood. Defo one of my fave blogs content-wise. It's how I heard about the Chris Ofili exhibition that I immensely enjoyed two weeks ago. They are based in Hackney I think, and even in the last year, change and expansion for the good is easy to see; I'm sure they'll be massive. I've spent quite a lot of money on their site and some of my favourite pieces in my wardrobe are from there. So much so, I feel a bit protective about sharing it. Recent acquisitions include this amaazing blazer:


I actually placed an order earlier this week and I'm super excited about getting my hands on these beauties:

Handpicked Collection

Now I must admit the reason I started the blog (other than the fact that really do love Jelly but more on that at a later date) is because I manage the blog at work and I found myself posting more about places that I wanted to go and things that I wanted to see that perhaps weren't as relevant as they could have been to Handpicked Collection.
It seems appropriate though to link to it. There is some interesting stuff on there, most intriguing are the interviews from Handpicked's friends including tips from stylist Lucinda Maydon, recipes from Masterchef winner, tellie chef and owner of Wahaca Thomasina Miers and tips for all sorts from Handpicked's Creative Director and resident Domestic Goddess, Amanda Fox. Not forgetting some ideas from yours truly to fill in the gaps. I feel sort of like I'm cheating on Handpicked Blog with this one so let's show it some love.