“Nobody said it was easy, no one ever said it will be this hard, I’m going back to the start” (The Scientist, Coldplay). As we think about our 100 Happy Days Challenge and rewind back over those days, these lyrics seem entirely apt. Oh how we laughed at the thought it could be difficult to …
Category: Elldrew Exhales
getting things off our chest
The Chiltern Firehouse Restaurant. Smouldering?
So Elldrew joined the celebrity set recently to dine at what has been labelled ‘London’s hottest celebrity hangout restaurant’; the Chiltern Firehouse. A former fire station in Marylebone, the restaurant opened in February 2014 and on first impression you can see why there is so much hype around this place – it boasts a modern …
An English High Tea, Fit for a Princess
Here at Planet Elldrew we never need much of an excuse to throw a party, so Mama Elldrew’s spring High Tea birthday was in fact the perfect excuse. With a rather cold and grey winter behind us and spring having sprung in a typically English “sprung a leak” rainy kind of a way, we wanted …
Delicious Ducasse – or was it?
A 3rd wedding anniversary might only be the “leather” anniversary but for Elldrew it was the opportunity to join friends and splash out at one of London’s swankiest and most highly acclaimed restaurants – the 3 Michelin starred Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester. We were just in time to enjoy head chef Jocelyn Herland’s new 2014 …
Friday Funny
David Beckham gets into a taxi and he sees the driver looking at him in the rear view mirror. After about 5 minutes the driver says “OK give me a clue”. Beckham says “I had a glittering career at Manchester United, played in America and got over 100 caps for England, is that enough?” Driver replies …
Happy 10th Birthday Facebook
Can you believe it’s been a decade since Facebook launched!? And with the current global upload of everyone’s ‘look-back’ video (our wall is inundated with them), we thought we would share some quick stats about the world of Facebook (we do do more than just travel and eat you know).
Convenience vs Community?
UNWRAPPING THE STATE OF THE U.K. HIGH STREET Relaxing, feet up, sipping on a coffee from the comfort of the sofa, it was hard to control the smirk as I congratulated myself for managing to do all of my Christmas shopping online. But it made me wonder, how was the old high street going? It …
Happy Renovation Anniversary!
We can’t believe it’s been virtually a year since we completed our house renovations (it took that long to get over it)! So we thought we’d pull together a quick ‘before’ & ‘after’ picture blog to show the transformation (more for us so that in 10 years time we can look back and remember it …
Hidden London Gardens: St Dunstan-in-the-East
Without a doubt London is an amazing city. You can live here for years and unexpectedly take a wrong turn and find something new; such history covering such a small metropolis footprint. And there is nothing better than finding a garden oasis in the heart of The City.
Bieber Drag Racing
This was the first thing that popped into Elldrew’s mind upon learning that Justin Bieber had been arrested for drag racing! Although we can’t help wondering who was the actual winner…looks like a photo finish!