#london 2023

[peachymetimmy]

Timothée Chalamet interview in London

#timothée chalamet #wonka #wonka movie #london 2023

[theageoftheunderstatement]

Arctic Monkeys at Emirates Stadium, London, 17/06/2023. (Photos by beth_bowden_)

#concert pics #arctic monkeys #alex turner #nick o'malley #am7 tour #london 2023

[robotslenderman]

Anyway I just spent the last hour using washi tape to put receipts, tickets and little cards I'd picked up during the trip in my journal.

Does anyone want to see photos of it?

#London 2023

[randomluck-ofthe-universe]

he's a dream... ❤️❤️❤️

London, July 10th 2023.

#armie hammer #london 2023 #ashton ramsey

[ihearthes]

🫠

#harry styles #cute shirt! #london 2023 #fan pic 2023 #thumbs 2023 #vintage tee 2023 #hair clip 2023 #facial hair 2023 #sunnies 2023 #headphones 2023 #26august2023 #sweater 2023 #my photo edit

[chen-chen-chen-again-chen]

Hi, hello, hola! Thank you for the tag today, @you-remind-me-of-the-babe! Instead of six sentences, today I bring you "six somethings" - six places I'm excited to eat while I'm in London (March 24-April 7)!

If anyone has any recommendations for favourite places to eat in London, PLEASE let me know! 🍽️😋

I'll tag up here because this post is a long boi. Hello hello hello to a buncha folks! @aristocratic-otter @captain-aralias @cutestkilla @thewholelemon @dohrnaira @ebbpettier @facewithoutheart @hushed-chorus @ionlydrinkhotwater @imagineacoolusername @larkral @raenestee @onepintobean @theimpossibledemon @whogaveyoupermission @tectonicduck

6.) Pret (Heathrow)

I know Shepard loses his tiny mind over the sandwiches from Pret, but. I dream of their Chocolate Moose. I have an absurd amount of food allergies, so finding a Chen-friendly, ready made chocolate mousse is a dream come true. So excited to cram it into my face after I clear Customs.

From My Good Egg, Good morning, good night, good morning:

“All right.” Simon goes back to fiddling with Bunce’s phone, and then he says to Bunce, hopeful, “Any chance you brought the rest of my baguette from Pret?”

Bunce says, slowly and carefully, “Simon. I do not know the whereabouts of your airport sandwich. I was rather busy figuring out where you had disappeared to.” 

5.) Borough Market

I have very fond memories of Borough Market from the first/last time I visited London back in 2018. I remember sticking my head in a jar full of dried truffles and just inhaling all that amazing, savoury, umami truffly goodness. (Like, you know, the way that normal humans do.)

From What's Left by @cutestkilla:

I’ve been hanging around Borough Market quite a bit, and I’ve had everything from cheese and croissants to chorizo and balsamic vinegar (in small sample portions only). I think, though, that my favourite thing so far was a fresh buttered wild garlic scone that I bought with some of my stolen money after trying a sample.

4.) MotherMash (Covent Garden)

I also had a good time with a pal at MotherMash years ago - I think instead of pie, I had bangers and mash with gravy, and a tiny, perfect apple pie. My spouse has never been here, but he does frequently say, "I would like to eat a whole pie," and now he will be able to eat TWO pies - one for his main, and one for dessert.

From A cake with your name on it:

Baz was still fuming about the tasting when we met up at his flat for dinner. We had takeaway from MotherMash, and Baz kept stabbing his steak and Stoutheart pie instead of eating it. 

“I’ve never met such an idiot,” he said. “A bumbler. A fool. An absolute nightmare.” 

“Okay,” I said. “We still have that list from my mother with three other bakeries.” 

Baz whipped his head around to stare at me. 

“No,” he said, loudly. Too loudly. He was oddly flushed. “I don’t care if I have to murder and then resurrect him - Simon Snow is making our wedding cake.” 

3.) Brick Lane Beigel Bake (Shoreditch)

I asked my spouse, EarlobeGreyTea, what he wanted to do or eat or see while we're in London and all he would say, over and over again, was "Bagel." He is a remarkably easygoing travel companion.

From an earlier draft of My Good Egg, which ended up getting cut/changed:

They get to Brick Lane before Baz can embarrass himself any further, and he waits outside of a bagel shop until Simon comes out with a salt beef bagel crammed into his mouth, and a very full paper bag. “This one’s for you,” he says, holding out a salmon and cream cheese bagel to Baz. 

Baz takes it, but doesn’t bite into it right away. “Thank you,” he says, slowly, thinking that maybe offering food is one of Simon’s love languages as well, along with killing things. The rats seem to be a lucky intersection. 

2.) E Pellici's (Bethnal Green)

I think my favourite full English breakfast that I ever had was at Pellici's, which is tiny and and owned by an Italian family. The owner spent most of the time I was there embarrassing one of his teenage employees and a girl who was interviewing him for a school project. The owner high fived me when I bought a t-shirt and he went slack-jawed at my powerful, resounding high five. It was great.

From an unpublished bit of My Good Egg:

In the car, Baz passes both slices of fruitcake to Simon, and Simon practically dances in his seat. 

“Are you sure?” Simon asks, “like, really, really sure? Cause I’m telling you, this is really fucking amazing fruitcake, and you can’t buy it most of the time unless you order it special - they don’t even have it on the menu anymore.” “They’re yours, Simon,” Baz says. Honestly, Simon Snow is impossible. He was ready to kill a man for Baz, or not kill a man for him, and now he’s beaming at Baz because of some fruitcake. He needs to pin Simon to a mattress and keep him there — with handcuffs, with a collar, with a ring.

1.) Dishoom (King's Cross)

Dishoom is like... truly magical. That house black daal is no joke. I lack words to describe how amazing the food is - just check out their site (but honestly, it will make you hungry). Everything I've ever had there was fucking delicious and the place and the atmosphere is so gorgeous, just lush and colourful and immersive.

I shared another snippet before about Dishoom from My Good Egg, but here's Simon on the phone with Agatha right after he's ordered takeaway:

“Hey Ags. How’re you – no, I’m not bleeding or throwing up or on fire. I – yeah, I know you said not to call you when you’re at work unless I was bleeding or throwing up or on fire, but this is an – look, it’s not for me this time, all right? Or Penny. It’s for a friend – okay, rude, I have friends other than you and Penny!” Pause. “Yes, Agatha, we’re friends, even if you – yeah, I know you said you would never do another house visit, but you said that the last time, too!” 

Baz leans back so he can catch Bunce’s eyes, and mouths, What the fuck?  

Bunce just rolls her eyes and shrugs, like, He’s Simon, what can you do about it?  

“Well,” Simon says, triumphant, “we already ordered the daal for you, so there!” Pause. “Yeah, love you too. Bye.”  

RIPs & Honourable Mentions

Cinnamon Soho (also mentioned in "A cake with your name on it") - They closed down during the pandemic. But they had a delicious Indian afternoon tea 🥲

Cereal Killer Cafe - This place was rec'd to me by one of my British co-workers (his seven kids were mad for it), but sadly, they closed their storefront during the pandemic and went online. (In my headcanon, this was where Winifred from My Good Egg wanted to go for her(?) first(?) birthday)

Fortnum & Mason - I WILL be going here to buy tea and biscuits (and to replace one of my favourite tote bags, LOL), but not for high tea or afternoon tea. (We have a few other places lined up for that, including The Swan at the Globe and Tea House Theatre). Sorry, Daphne!

Nando's - I suggested to my spouse that we should get cheeky Nando's and have top bants and he gave me a dead-eyed look as if his soul left his body

Again, if you have any recommendations of favourite places to eat in London, please let me know!

I mean, I suppose I'll be doing other things besides eating, like hanging out with my beautiful friends, going to stationery shops, visiting the flower market, seeing shows and things... but really, food is the main draw. 😂😂😂

Happy Sunday!

#six something sunday! #delicious things to consoom #with fic snippets #my good egg #good night good morning good night #a cake with your name on it #what's left by cutekilla #London 2023 #my fic tag

[weepingdoggy76]

3/11/23

#marit photo diary #london 2023 #november 2023

[londonspirit]

Woot! This’ll be magical indeed  - Ali’s ALWAYS doing the best interviews!

#pedro pascal #london 2023 #mandalorian press #ali plumb #i knew the second I saw him at the bbc studios that ali'll get him! #he and josh are my go to guys #one down - one more to go

[savageandwise]

Crystal Palace Bowl

#noel gallagher #crystal palace bowl #london 2023

[peachymetimmy]

💖

#timothée chalamet #wonka #wonka movie #london 2023

[eddieredmayneargentinablog]

Eddie Redmayne, London 2023.

📸 by Jeff Gilbert Photography on IG

#eddie redmayne #eddieredmayne #redmayne #portrait #black and white #london 2023

[theageoftheunderstatement]

Arctic Monkeys at Emirates Stadium, London, 18/06/2023. (Photos by Patrick Gunning)

#concert pics #arctic monkeys #alex turner #nick o'malley #am7 tour #london 2023

[robotslenderman]

13 hour flight and somehow I managed to pass out for 10 of those hours

#got the second leg later tonight #the jet lag on Monday is going to be a BITCH #London 2023

[laurenkmyers]

someone tell me why i'm legit getting up at 5:00am to drive 2 hours to brighton to wait 10 hours in a gusty beach wind with 80% chance of rain queue till doors open for my boy louis to rock my world again

and then tell me why i'm doing it again, but two hours in the opposide direction for birmingham???

(and then, ironically, the gig i'm actually closest in distance to i'm like, na, i'll just rock up an hour before doors???? where is the LOGIC)

#louis tomlinson #louis tomlinson world tour #ltwt23 #3 gigs #1 week #on my todd #my friend bailed on my birmingham gig #so she's a solo stan again #its how we roll apparently #brighton 2023 #london 2023 #birmingham 2023

[ihearthes]

Cutie!

#harry styles #26august2023 #sunnies 2023 #london 2023 #hair clip 2023 #facial hair 2023 #fan pic 2023 #my photo edit

[ruindunburnit]

#Death Note #musical #UK musical #London 2023 #casting #holy shit they did such a good job #this is a little beside the point i know #but how is it the London musical did a better of job of casting diverse actors for diverse roles than an American film adaptation #there is no excuse for not casting talented Asian actors to play Asian characters #you're just whitewashing