I’m going to make a bold claim here. I think I’ve found the perfect afternoon tea for London visitors.
I know, I know, I told you it’s a bold call.
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I’m going to make a bold claim here. I think I’ve found the perfect afternoon tea for London visitors.
I know, I know, I told you it’s a bold call.
I haven’t spoken about this much, just shared a cheeky peek on Instagram Stories here and there, but I’m a year into reading* a degree in Digital Marketing. As a (literal) card-carrying student, I wanted to share my version of a student’s guide to the London lifestyle.
My cat boss literally cracking the books…
Digital Marketing is a field I’ve been working as a freelancer in for the last 7 years as a social media specialist and I am absolutely loving the challenge of being back in Higher Education, filling in those theory gaps that my on-the-job practical experience has missed. (Sometimes this is as simple as finding the correct vocab and I’m really enjoying exploring the deep psychology of sales & marketing.)
I became a little obsessed with the ParkRoyal Collection Pickering hotel when working for a design agency, researching eco-friendly architecture for their social media channels.
I discovered it on Instagram (that’s pure millennial I know…) and years later remembered it when we decided to explore Singapore for a few days on the way home from New Zealand.
Drawn into Austin by the lure of classic blues, we began in the city where guitar players wander off the stage and into the road, the pavements where students Snapchat alongside families and blocks upon blocks of bars showcase local talent. Austin Texas, the self-proclaimed ‘live music capital of the world’.
2 US states, 3 cities, 800 miles of driving + 1 internal flight, a serious amount of Texan BBQ, a swamp tour on a Louisiana bayou with gators and raccoons, music pouring from doorways, a small red car christened Bonnie (just because we could), 7 hotels (definitely a record for us, we like to make a single central base) and a few gallons of craft ale. That was our two-week road trip through Texas and Louisiana.
Struggling to find a Christmas present for someone that has everything? How about paying kindness forward to a charity. I’ve been sharing a charity gift guide annually since 2014 (which have also helped me buy meaningful presents for those friends and family who are notoriously hard to buy for as well…) as well as supporting great small businesses who are making a difference in the world.
Blogger gift guides are pretty well established now, but as ever I couldn’t just do a normal one – it needed a slightly Adventures of a London Kiwi twist (I even spotted a couple of little sheep fellows – hey, you can take the blogger out of New Zealand…)