Thursday, 27 August 2009

family fun

Some more ideas for the end of the summer holidays:

Visit the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery to join the family trail and illustrations by Oliver Jeffers. You have until 20 September and admission is free.
Or you could pop in to the National Gallery to enjoy their free family activities. There’s something for everyone, from under-5s Magic Carpet Storytelling to Teen Workshops. Enjoy Free Family Sundays, every Sunday, too. Admission is free.



Saturday, 22 August 2009

Friday, 21 August 2009

on your mark, jet set!


If it’s new, funky and ultra-chic, then Mel will find it. She’ll buy it, test it, and then - if it does what it’s supposed to - pass it on to her friends with a glowing review. Who’s Mel? Here’s Mel (gorgeous blonde, portfolio shots). You see, Mel comes from a long line of early adopters: mum Barb (had a $600 digital microwave in 1981) and grandma Marnie (got a bank loan in the ‘50s to buy an automated toilet seat to make the farm’s pit toilet more, er, enjoyable), so she knows a good thing when she sees it.

One of her fabulous finds was Flight 001: a company designing and selling travel gear to make getting from A to B as easy (and stylish) as pie (more stylish than pie). Featured here is the F1 Seat Pak (found in the In-flight Comfort section), which, once you own, you won’t leave for the airport without. With this, your days of rummaging around in your hand bag, elbowing your neighbours, searching for a pen (that you just had in your hand), or your moisturiser (that, if you've forgotten, you'll immediately start to shrivel). Simply hang it on the coat hook on the seat in front of you.


Sunday, 16 August 2009

prints charming


We're going to be busy. Visit Liberty by 2 September to enjoy ‘all things wacky and wonderful’ about the world famous prints.



Friday, 14 August 2009

snozzcumbers and frobscottle

We’ve only got until 6 September to enjoy The Wonderful World of Quentin Blake at the Museum of Childhood, E2 9PA. While we are there we can check out Bettina von Zwehl: Profiles III.



Monday, 10 August 2009

c’mon linda, take the photo!

Can’t wait for this