West London's Hottest Roof Terrace: Pergola on the Roof, White City

West Londoners, allow me to introduce you to your official summer hangout - Pergola on the Roof in White City... Now, I must start this by saying I have heard about this nowhere, seen no advertising and can't claim that any little secret squirrels told me. I learned about Pergola on the Roof the old fashioned way - I drove past it. Naturally anything that involves flowers, a rooftop and the chance to bite into one of London's most delicious burgers is a place I'd like to be. So Mr. FFG and I made plans to block out a few weekend hours to check this place out.  Let's start with the basics. Pergola on the Roof is a popup roof terrace with bars, food stands and plenty of outdoor seating. It's set under, you guessed it, a Pergola, and replaces what I presume used to just be an old car...

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Style Update: Silks from Sarah & Sorrentino

Allow me to introduce you to a brand that's already making headway, is favored by some of the top stylists in the world and is earmarked as THE next name to know. This is Sarah & Sorrentino, a fashion duo responsible for some of the most lush prints and luxurious silks I've ever laid eyes on. But more so than anything else, this is a brand that has the ability to transform the wearer with one touch of the fabric. Yes, I do believe this silk is magical. Now, I need to go ahead and admit that I already knew I'd love this brand after hearing that one of the founders, Sarah Pasricha, cut her teeth at Ralph Lauren. This post isn't long enough to list the names of great designers that have started their careers with my number one man. But here we are, worshipping one of them.  I had...

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Outfit du Jour: It's all about coordinates

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Chelsea's in Bloom (and we have the pictures to prove it)

Oh, it is officially my favorite time of year in London. It's that time when we all start hoping that there's a summer ahead. The newspapers start writing stories with headlines like "hottest summer ever ahead," and "it's going to be a scorcher." And we all pray for such an outcome, only to either end up complaining about it being a total rain out or complaining it's so hot that we're all wishing air conditioning was in every home in London. Hey, we have a thing about talking about the weather. It's cultural. But, there's something else that comes this time of year... flowers... so many flowers... and they pop up first in Chelsea for the Chelsea Flower Show. Only, the good people of London like to share in the festivities and, in Chelsea, there's an actual competition upon retailers when...

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Shoe of the Month: Aquazzura ‘Wild Thing’ Sandals

Aquazzura ‘Wild Thing’ 105mm Sandals in White Also in Red | Black Suede | Black leather | Light Grey Blue | Green | Navy | Clementine | Pink Cognac | Gold | Khaki and Cornflower blue In a lower 85mm in Red | Black | Blue | Rose Gold | Cognac & Deep Red In a 50mm block heel in Black | Red | Turquoise | Cognac | Biscotto and Grey Budget version in four colours here | here | and here We need to talk about the shoe that you surely haven't missed if you are a heel-lover like me. The red version of the Aquazurra ‘Wild Thing’ sandals basically flooded Instagram last summer and apparently, we are still not over the pair. There is no end in sight for the fame of the best fringe sandals on the market as they are now part of the current collection. A...

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Chanel Inspired Espadrilles for £12

// JavaScript is currently disabled in this browser. Reactivate it to view this content. I've been lusting after two tone espadrilles ala the infamous Chanel Espadrilles for a while now and one day on one of my usual jaunts around the ASOS site - I came across these beauts. Unfortunately they were out of stock in pretty much every size. Always the way isnt it? Fall hopelessly in love with something and they dangle it in front of your face. After a lot of waiting and refreshing and genuinely contemplating if my trotters would fit into a size 4.  I for real made a new bookmark in my tabs so I could check it easily thats how much I wanted these shoes. THEY FINALLY CAME BACK. I would recommend sizing up, I got a 6 even though I'm normally a 5 - They fit me perfectly so...

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One Day...

As I mentioned I recently went on a little road trip around  California with Zoe. It was a whirlwind trip in which we went to San Francisco, Drove the Pacific Coast Highway One and then finally spent a good few days soaking up some atmosphere in Los Angeles. Going to San Francisco has always been on my bucket list, things like Alcatraz appeal to my sense of morbid curiosity and seeing cool hippie places like the Haight and Ashbury was high up on my list. Driving down the coast and stopping wherever we felt like it was a dream come true. Despite it being a long journey every second was so worth it. I found my eyes drifting towards the blueness of the sea constantly. LA was really great although I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I was going to which was odd. It's like east London...

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