George visits London

Back in May my friend George visited London (you know George, she's the only one who reads this blog - yes that George).  George lives on the Isle of Wight so the plan was to visit and explore the places you can't get on the Island. I mean I'm pretty sure you can't buy these shoes anywhere on the IOW (not that you'd want to, to be honest!)

Sparkly shoes!

I met George at Victoria Station and as useful as the tube is I love to walk around London, everywhere is closer than you think and there is so much to see. Therefore with George already instructed to wear her walking shoes we headed through St James Park, past the Ritz and up through Bond Street. We did a little bit of window shopping in Bond Street. It seemed none of the shops wanted to advertise their prices, but I guess if you have to ask how much it cost you can't afford it. This means I will never know how much those sparkly shoes cost! We then headed to Carnaby Street, an area I am more comfortable in compared to extravagance of Bond Street. After a bit more browsing and popping into Choccywoccydoodah it was time for lunch.

Inside Choccywoccydoodah - so amazing!

How stunning is this cake - perhaps I can change my mind for our wedding cake design.

The original plan was to go to Pitt Cue Co. which is a small restaurant just off Carnaby Street which specialises in American style BBQ with pulled pork, sticky ribs and stacked burgers.  However Saturday lunchtime may not be the best time to visit this place as it was packed when we arrived.  It didn't look like it was going to quieten down at any point and George and I were both very hungry so we ditched this plan and ended up at Cha Cha Moon instead. Cha Cha Moon is a Chinese Noodle bar. George and I shared some Crispy Noodles with Shredded Chicken and a sharing plater with a range of different starters.

Very tasty!

Demolished!

After lunch, which was delicious, it was time for some culture. Leaving Carnaby Street we headed through Soho towards The National Gallery. Before we could reach The National Gallery we found my favourite bar, the O Bar. The O Bar has a happy hour which runs from opening time until 8pm. This happy hour lets you buy two cocktails for the price of one, and if you go there about 3pm (as we did) the place is almost empty so you will definitely get a seat! We enjoyed a couple of cocktails each (one of which was on fire!) we staggered out towards Trafalgar Square.

George enjoying an afternoon pick me up!

 Cocktails for two.

After a wander around the gallery we decided to head back to mine to freshen up, and watch a wonderfully tacky yet inspiring DVD - Stick it! One of the things that George and I share is a love for amazingly cheesy films, if they are about girls in sport (to inspire us for our up coming half marathon) all the better! For Stick It! think Bring it On (cheerleaders) but with gymnasts instead. Feeling revitalised it was time for dinner. To make up for the fact we couldn't get into Pitt Cue I took George to my favourite burger place - yep you guessed it Gourmet Burger Kitchen!