Weekend Scoop for London Families (Jan 27-29)


Weekend Scoop for London Families (Jan 27-29)
It's a weekend to celebrate, as we Enter (the Year of the) Dragon and Londoners get down in Chinatown. Happy New Year! Hot Pick Sun: Chinese New Year Celebrations, Chinatown, Shaftesbury Ave and Trafalgar Square (Leicester Square and Trafalgar Square tubes) Spectacular Dragon dancing, Lion parade, acrobatics and...

Pocket London: Apps for Londoners


Pocket London: Apps for Londoners
[gallery] It's raining, it's pouring, it's cloudy... well, it's London, innit? Cheer up love! Put a little sunshine in your pocket with these brilliant iPhone apps (and iPad apps) to help you get the best of London. Brolly or not, here we come! Getting Around London Bus Checker (£1.99) Find...

Hot to Trot in Chinatown (Trendy Toddler)


Hot to Trot in Chinatown (Trendy Toddler)
Mummy took me to Chinatown last week, near Leicester Square. I was happy as she said we might eat dim sum and I love dumplings. She said she wanted to take a picture of me for Trendy Toddler Tuesday so I gave her my best Zoolander...

Sugarhill Babes: Rapper’s Delight! (Video)


Some parents get a thrill from hearing their little ones sing the Alphabet song for the first time. For this mama, it was teaching my babes the chorus from Rapper's Delight by Sugarhill Gang that made my heart swell with pride. And here they are...

Foodie Friday: Pudding Parlour at the Athenaeum Hotel, W1


Foodie Friday: Pudding Parlour at the Athenaeum Hotel, W1
I know a lady who likes to eat dessert before her main course and, while I prefer my sweets after savouries, I always thought the idea was deliciously naughty. Turning pudding into the star of the show has a ‘Let them eat cake’ type of decadence. So...

Weekend Scoop for London Families (Jan 20-22, 2012)


Weekend Scoop for London Families (Jan 20-22, 2012)
This weekend we highlight a puppet show at Tricycle Theatre, Chinese New Year celebrations in the Docklands and in Camden, a Hootenanny (but no Jools Holland). Enjoy!Fri-Sat: The Pied Piper of Hamelin at Tricycle Theatre, 269 Kilburn High Rd, NW6 (Brondesbury overground)The classic tale of...

Work, Life, Balance? How to be a Work-at-Home Mum (Guest Post)


Work, Life, Balance? How to be a Work-at-Home Mum (Guest Post)
This week in our Raise Your Game series, we have a brilliant piece from the fabulous Jo of Slummy Single Mummy on the juggling act of working from home. Jo flies solo as a mother of two, a blogger and a freelance writer and has...

Toddler, A Cappella


Toddler, A Cappella
Swagger. I can't even spell it, but mama says I've got it in spades. Anyone can see I love to pose. I was dancing here, at the London A Cappella Festival last weekend and Mummy snapped me mid-flow. It was a fun afternoon at King's...

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