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Photo of Rachella S.

"I'll sleep when I'm dead"

Review votes:
147 Useful, 67 Funny, and 107 Cool

Location

London N22

Yelping Since

February 2009

Things I Love

Free Museum Late Nights, Victorian London, magazines, Wonder Woman, David Bowie, Jumbles, Fringe Fashion Week, British Fashion Week, Apartmento, Madge, nachos, Edinburgh, my Mac, Chip forks, Battersea Boot Fair

Find Me In

Norf London

My Hometown

Brentwood, Essex

My Blog Or Website

http://anditfeelslikeh.../

When I'm Not Yelping...

I'm taking pictures of strange things I see around town.

Why You Should Read My Reviews

I might know something.

My Second Favorite Website

http://blogger.com

The Last Great Book I Read

Homecoming

My First Concert

David Bowie

My Favorite Movie

Magnolia

My Last Meal On Earth

nachos

Don't Tell Anyone Else But...

I Tivo cosy mysteries

Most Recent Discovery

A great burrito stand in Camden Town

Recent Reviews

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73 Euston Road
London NW1 2QS
020 7255 9861

O'Neills Bars  

Category: Pubs
Neighbourhood: Euston

3 star rating
 28/11/2009   First to Review
I usually like O'Neills. Yes, it's just a chain, but they have a good selection of decent tasting vegetarian food and the prices are reasonable.

However, because this particular is between Euston and Kings Cross it's completely crowded with people waiting for the Eurostar, waiting for trains, hanging out with their luggage...you get the picture. Everyone is talking at the top of their lungs. The place is so busy the staff forget to wipe the tables down so you eat your meal on a sticky layer of spilt Guinness.

The Nachos are good though

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28-32 Shelton Street
London WC2H 9JE
020 7836 4803

Cath Kidston  

Category: Kitchen & Bath
Neighbourhood: Covent Garden

5 star rating
 24/11/2009  
If you're in the mood for some twee British nostalgia, this is the place to go. The stuff is good quality, though a bit expensive. I always end up buying cute sewing supplies, like toadstool pincushions. They're the type your grannie would use if she was rich, and lived in a vintage cottage in a village heavily protected by conservation laws.

Now if only Cath Kidston made those old-fashioned front wrap aprons, the kind worn by washerwomen and housewives in the lanes during WWII.

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London W12 7GF
020 3371 2300

Westfield London  

Category: Shopping Centers
Neighbourhood: Shepard's Bush

2 star rating
 Update - 19/11/2009 1 photo  
Mariah Carey went to Westfield today to turn on the Christmas lights--enough said.

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  • 2 star rating
    3/11/2009

    Of course I had to go and see this for myself even though it's just a mall of no particular interest. I didn't really expect anything, so I can't say I was disappointed, but I didn't really enjoy it. There's a NEXT, a Gap and a bunch of other high street shops with a roof over them. It's not absolutely horrible, but it is soulless, like the Wag wannabes who hang out here.

    I suppose it would be a good place to go during inclement weather.

    To the yelpers who think Shepard's Bush is a dodgy area: You obviously haven't been to Wood Green lately.

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Euston Rd
London N1 9AL

King's Cross St. Pancras Station  

Category: Transportation
Neighbourhoods: Clerkenwell-Finsbury, King Cross-St Pancras

3 star rating
 18/11/2009  
The Eurostar terminal is nice, but the rest of the station is Hell.

BTW, what's all this fervour about a Harry Potter platform? I read the book and am not impressed.

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205 E Houston St
New York, NY 10002
USA
+1-212-254-2246

Katz's Delicatessen  

Category: Delis
Neighbourhood: Lower East Side

1 star rating
 26/9/2009  
I have to preface my review with one small fact: I'm a vegetarian.

But I still like food. You may ask, why is a vegetarian going to Katz? Well, they used to have good egg creams, and latkes, and after all, I have to eat out once in a while with non-vegetarians, especially when that includes nearly everyone in my family.

The last time I went to Katz was definitely the last. I spent 20 minutes in the line to get a latke, only to be told I was in the wrong line. I ended up eating a plate of pickles for lunch while my companions  gorged on pastrami sandwiches.

Why is it so crowded, and who really cares about Sally's fake orgasm?  Customers were taking pictures of the place the characters sat. Hello people, it's make-believe! It reminds me a bit of the silly Londoners who go on Sex and the City tours of New York.

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9 9th Avenue
New York, NY 10014
USA
+1-212-929-4844

Pastis  

Category: French
Neighbourhoods: Meatpacking District, West Village

4 star rating
 26/9/2009  
The food is fatty and delicious. I've had better, but it's still quite good.

The high point of my meal, though, was not that I saw SJ Parker and Matthew Broderick, but they were turned away for not having a reservation.

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Greenwich Market
London SE10 9HZ

Greenwich Market  

Categories: Farmers Market, Food Stands

1 star rating
 Update - 9/8/2009  
Christmas is cancelled.

The good market to buy junk has now been shut down by developers, and is going to eventually become a library for Greenwich University. The only markets left in Greenwich are the all right, but not-to-exciting Clock Tower market and the twee covered market selling handicrafts to tourists.

Sigh- I'm going to now have to travelled further afield to get my market fix, maybe outside of London.

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  • 5 star rating
    11/2/2009

    Greenwich Market is a bit of a broad term that actually refers to four different markets, which makes things a bit confusing if you're trying to tell someone how to get their.

    My favourite one is the open air Sunday Market--the one with all the junk. While handcrafted items and gourmet food are nice, junk is best. It's one of my top ten markets in London, and definitely my favourite place to spend Sunday morning. Good junk everywhere you look, the peel of church bells in the background, the smell of bacon butties wafting from the market cart, quirky English people selling and buying crap.... what's not to love?

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26 - 30 Stoke Newington Church St
London N16 0LU
020 7923 0555

Mercado Bar and Cantina  

Category: Mexican
Neighbourhood: Stoke Newington Central

1 star rating
 23/7/2009  
After spending years in Texas and Southern California, I've developed a true love of Tex-Mex so when I saw Mecardo's decour I had high hopes.

Unfortunately, it was completely misleading. No Mexican food is served here. We had a burrito with Shepards Pie filling, steamed rice, a veggie burrito with no beans or cheese, all tinged with aroma of curry. Wha?

Mexican, no I mean Tex-Mex, is not hard to replicate. I've had it in Paris and Amsterdam and it was lovely -- granted they served miniscule European portions -- but they got the ingredients right.

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Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ
020 7416 5000

Imperial War Museum  

Categories: Museums, Art Galleries
Neighbourhood: Southwark

5 star rating
 20/7/2009  
Instead of glorifying war, The Imperial War Museum has many exhibits showing all aspects of war. Two of these, "Britain at War," and "The Children's War," focus on the everyday trials and tribulations of living in Britain during WW2, with special attention paid to the evacuation of children from London to unknown towns that were considered safer.

Since I wrote a book about evacuees from London blitz, and both of my parents were children during this time, I found "The Children's War" particularly interesting though the Trench Experience is good, too. Again, it doesn't glorify war, but gives viewers a small insight into how scary an horrid the experience of war can be.

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22 Churchgate
Hitchin SG5 1DN
01462 456202

Hitchin Market  

4 star rating
 7/6/2009   First to Review
I had the day off and the weather was beautiful so it seemed like a good chance to go out to the country. While not as good as Greenwich Market, or even Battersea Boot, the Hitchin Friday Market in Hertfordshire is still worth a visit.  I bought a bunch of old haberdashery and my shopping buddy bought another Nipper (RCA Victor) to add to his collection.

The village itself is lovely. It's a quick train ride straight to Kings Cross or, in my case, Finsbury Park so it's obviously a commuter town. Lots of original cottages and shops give it a real village feel, despite the requisite council blocks and new builds. Overall, it offers an agreeable day out, and a peek into English village life.

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