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There's no doubt that East London's Columbia Road flower market is the place to be on a Sunday, just a short walk away from Brick Lane's PUMA YARD, it hosts live music, a farmers market, coffee pit stops, cafe's and of course, the flower stalls overspilling with freshly cut or grown greenery. The sound of merchants trying to out shout each other is deafening as you walk down Columbia Road (GET YOUR ROSES £5 A BUNCH!), and always brings a smile to my face.
For lunch I stopped by Printers and Stationers, an old printing workshop converted into an eatery just off the square where you can watch the buskers play, it's the perfect chill out spot for a beer a beer and pulled pork sandwich, as well as being just around the corner from the fresh Oyster bar. The flower market is open from 8am to 4pm on Sundays only.
Helpful tip: turn up around 4pm, closing time, for bunches of flowers for £2 or £3!
Wearing: Haider Ackermann waistcoat, Acne tank, skirt made by me, Alexander Wang brogues, Miu Miu sunglasses, Helmut Lang cuff, Dominic Jones beetle ring
I've had this waistcoat in my wardrobe for well over a year, whilst I love the minimal design, I've been finding it tricky to wear and it's only so far seen the light of day once. I think I feel this way about all waistcoats; they are quite dressy and almost feel like an unnecessary addition to an outfit. I finally triumphed yesterday, by wearing this piece with a simple sheer tank and plain skirt. Yay to not being a waistcoataphobe anymore!
Thanks Jen for the photos!
On Friday night I headed down to the opening of PUMA YARD on
Brick Lane, the interactive new space from PUMA Social. The anticipation has been building up
around east London with Brick Lane walls painted, and
pointing you to the Jamaican themed social club.
There's lots to see and do on entry, from
dozens of rum cocktails to try, incredible Jamaican barbecue food- I tried the
curried goat with plantain, which was awesome, as well as a sprint track, photo booths,
a Bob Marley Listening Wall with headphones plugged into shoes, and games
tables with everything from checkers to ping-pong.
Groove Armada
supported by Redlight and Kissy Sell Out played the headline set on the launch
night, who were totally incredible, the perfect music to dance the night away
to, and I can't quite remember dragging my ass home after a few of those delicious cocktails!
There’s a lot more
amazing events to come from the Boiler room at Truman Brewery- where all the
PUMA YARD events will be hosted over the next 17 days, from live music from Professor
Green to Cool Rummings (a cocktail making competition to complete a rum
cocktail in the time Jamaica took to lap the bob sled course)
I’ll be heading down
over the week so hope to see you guys there!
Bike riding around east London with Jen a few weeks back, stopping off at every little unvisited coffee shop, offering up too many delicious treats to turn down. I recommend All Press on Redchurch street for the most delicious lunches, I had a chilli chicken sandwich that was too good! Followed by my favourite cupcake from Violet, the red velvet. There are always so many little gems that sit unvisited until a friend comes to stay and it's the perfect excuse.
Bike photos by Jen, mouth watering photos by moi
The thing I love most about dressing for the summer is wearing all pastels and nudes. I bought these Alexander Wang shoes back in winter when they were in the sale, knowing that when summer came around they would be living on me. I've been shopping around for some great pastel shorts but haven't found any yet, for now I quite like the pop of colour underneath all my layers. These photos were taken whilst Jen was in London a couple of weeks back, now I'm super excited as I've just booked to visit her in Zurich in ten days! There's nothing I love more than exploring a new city.
