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    • 26 Feb 2011
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  • Crystal Palace in the snow

    • 2 Dec 2010
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    I can't say we weren't warned about the weather up here - there was a blizzard last January when we started house hunting - even so, it's amazing to see so much snow! I'm off work this week so haven't actually needed to leave the house, but even so I wouldn't have been able to go far as all the trains stopped working.

    Fingers crossed for venturing further afield tomorrow, though...

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  • Crystal Palace one of the greatest little-known neighbourhoods - Lonely Planet

    • 4 Oct 2010
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    • Crystal Palace Lonely Planet South-East London dinosaurs
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    5. Crystal Palace, London, England

    Navigate here by the Eiffel-like radio mast: this lofty southeast spot is worth finding. The namesake palace burned down in 1936 but its legacy park still hosts a maze, a stage and the world’s first dinosaur models, controversial in the 1850s and now good to picnic near. Outside the park the area is more contemporary, with gloriously cosy cafes, a world of restaurants and some independent oddments including a jungly reptile shop and sell-everything vintage market. But best is the view: stand atop Westow Hill and the whole city spreads out below. Go by train from Victoria or London Bridge directly to Crystal Palace Station; or join the Green Chain crew and walk from the Thames.

    via lonelyplanet.com

    If there was ever any doubt as to how great the 'Palace is (our new home for the past few months, when house prices predictably pushed us out of our previous, more central location) then it's just been tipped by the Lonely Planet as one of the greatest little-known neighbourhoods in the world. I love it here - for the snug pubs and restaurants, the random, quirky retro furniture shops, the bookshop on Twitter, and for the amazing view of most of London just outside our window. Also - where else do you get to live near dinosaurs? 

     

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    Photos: the view from our bedroom window, pork pies at The Mansion, dinosaurs in the park, and Crystal Palace Antiques

     

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  • Giant Chinese fish

    • 4 Oct 2010
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    Taken at a random restaurant, in Chinatown.
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  • Cher Guevara

    • 18 Jul 2010
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  • My kind of Starbucks...

    • 16 May 2010
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    Spotted outside random coffee shop on Clapham Junction station. As one of the only people I know who don't drink coffee, this is much more up my street than a latte/espresso/yawn whatever.

    Love Ribena, it reminds me of my childhood (and teenhood, when my Dad would make me a mug every morning in an attempt to make sure I got up on time).

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    Anyway, I was off to a very lovely wedding of one of my uni friends, in the beautiful village of Cold Overton (population: 40) in Rutland, somewhere very north of London. Congrats to Duncan and Roweena x.

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  • C4 Alternative Election Night 'Copter

    • 6 May 2010
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    Has been hovvering over Soho all day...

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  • Oxford Circus ghost tube photos

    • 24 Apr 2010
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    Yesterday morning I took a wrong turn on the tube, and when I finally found my way all the people had vanished. It wad a fairy eerie moment considering it was 8.30, a time when Oxford Circus is normally so full it's difficult to breathe...
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  • What Would Emma Pillsbury Wear?

    • 1 Apr 2010
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    I have lost count of the number of people (including my mum) who have told me I look exactly like Emma Pillsbury from Glee. Not quite sure what to think about this to be honest but she does do a mean twinset and is surely the definition of colour blocking. WWEPW is a style blog with a twist, dedicated to one person's sartorial stalking of the character's wardrobe.

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  • Exchange champagne

    • 16 Mar 2010
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    Hi, Posterous, this is my blog of random things.

    You can also reach me on: www.twitter.com/gill_edwards

    Email me at gillian.edwards AT gmail.com

    Or see my other blog at http://minxology.blogspot.com

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