La Dolce Vita, Bar Kick, & The Shoreditch

I wanna start by sharing some photos of my buddies Aysha & Emma

I love looking at these
Cos it reminds me that we really are just three girls trying to have the best time in London
We face similar troubles, obstacles, and down-times in the quest for the ideal work/travel/play balance

But essentially, I think, we have so much determination and positivity inside us that I have no doubt that each of us will leave London smiling, satisfied, and our minds filled with vibrant memories of numerous holidays, festivals, parties, and colourful people.

My nicknames for them are Booby (Aysha) and Pecan (Emma) – pronounced with a stress on the A, like Pe-CAHHN. I’m glad I met them. Plus, we all do Crazy Dancing, what a bonus.

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Aysha’s holding a wine glass she’d nicked from the Italian Fair that we’d just come out of :p
The event was called La Dolce Vita, held at the Business Design Centre in Islington

It was definitely the fair for greedy people who love food
There were heaps of samples to choose from – ham, salami, SPREADABLE spicy salami (this was superb), a million types of olive oils and wine, pasta, desserts, bread, the most flavourful dips (such as chopped olives + garlic + chilli + aubergine + whatever it is I can’t remember), and the best pesto.

We pretty much had our lunch there

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Tummies full, we then tumbled down to Bar Kick, a really cool bar on Shoreditch High Street so the men could watch the footy while we.. did not.

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Football fans like this bar because downstairs, they have three additional screens, a Big Normal one, a Medium Normal one, and a Medium 3D one.

You get the 3D glasses from the bar in exchange for a £2 deposit, so you can sit downstairs looking stupid but feeling like you could pinch out the people on the screen with your fingers, and.. dunk them into your drink. It’s quite surreal, and quite cool.
Even for a non-football-fan like myself.

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There’s a somewhat old-school theme going on too
They have school desks and chairs
Lots of foosball machines
Red & white checked table-cloths
And their menu is in the style of a crumply old lined exercise book

Bar Kick – Home of Table Football, Great Food, & Live Sports
126-127 Shoreditch High Street
Shoreditch
London E1 6JE

Click here to see events they hold – these include comedy nights, films screenings,
and even speed-dating!

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After a most satisfying Vietnamese meal with my friend Sian whom I met later, we spent the rest of the evening at The Shoreditch.

Previously called The Last Days of Decadence, which had reopened in 2005 following a closure of 80 years and apparently boasted decor with a 1920s / 30s influence, The Shoreditch now has a more art-deco feel and is a really cool place to watch eclectic people and drink cocktails!

And, what other place has a club night in the basement called ‘Mutant Disco’?

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We had JUST missed the 2-for-1 cocktails offer
Normal price: £8.50 each

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Sian is determined to make a trip to Tallinn, Estonia this year
I’d like to join her, I hope
I wonder what’s good to eat/see/do/play with/drink there!

The Shoreditch – MUSIC//DANCE//FOOD
145 Shoreditch High Street
London E1 6JE

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Now, I’m going to have dinner
With ginger wine
And watch a movie on the sofa
A ROMANCE movie

I might as well be 50 years old

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