The Gin Den at Bistrotheque followed by a reggae party

Last week I went to Bistrotheque to a party to celebrate their newly decorated bar which was designed by House of Hackney and sponsored by Bombay Sapphire gin.  I'm rather partial to a bit of Bombay Sapphire.
House of Hackney are an interiors and lifestyle brand described as "Colefax and Fowler on acid".  Run by partners Frieda Gormley and Javvy M Royle, they're based in a house in London

88* by Bistrotheque. Where we go to dinner on a speedboat

Our destination - I didn't take this, obviously.
Last Friday evening The Actor and I had dinner at Bistrotheque's latest pop-up restaurant 88.  We're very lucky to be invited to such fun things.  The venue was a soon-to-be-demolished postmodern office building in Canary Wharf.  Built in 1988, the theme was the glamour and excess of that time.  All the music was from 1988 and the food reflected

David Waddington's 40th Birthday at Bistrotheque

Birthday boy the gorgeous Mr Waddington
Yesterday my great friend David Waddington co-owner of East End restaurant, bar and cabaret Bistrotheque gave a lunch for forty close friends and family to celebrate his 40th Birthday.  It was also the seventh anniversary of Bistrotheque's opening.
Even after seven years Bistrotheque still has no sign outside just this painted on the wall in entrance
It

Congratulations to my friends at the Restaurant Awards!

Bistrotheque's Studio East on the roof of Westfield at the Olympic site

Big congratulations to my great friends Pablo, David and Tom for winning the American Express Innovation Award at the 2010 London Restaurant Festival Awards last night.


The chap from Amex with Head Chef Tom Collins, with Co-Owners Pablo Flack and David Waddington
Pablo and David own the legendary East London venue

Bella Freud and Susie Bick - Screening and dinner

Last night I went along to the screening of a short film for Bella Freud and Susie Bick's gorgeous knitwear label.  The film was made at my house so I was really interested to see how it looked.  Director's Willem Jaspert and Steve Langmanis had done a wonderful job.  I love the film!  I will be able to post it here as soon as the music is cleared.  They've used a great song by Susie's husband

Me and Mrs Jones' weekend

I love this picture
The Actor is away filming in Cape Town and Fee's ex-husband had taken her son to Ibiza on holiday.  We took the opportunity to have a whole weekend doing whatever we liked. How times have changed from the days we used to go out for the entire weekend only popping home to change into another one of Fee's fabulous designs.  It was like a challenge amongst our friends who could

The launch of Studio East Dining by Bistrotheque

Photograph courtesy of Carmody GroarkeThe restaurant interior
The Actor and I went along to the launch dinner of Bistrotheque's amazing new temporary restaurant at Studio East last night.  It was a dreary, rainy Monday evening in London but as always for Bistrotheque the turn-out was fantastic.  Mandi Lennard did a brilliant job organising the evening which was packed with the leading lights of