Tipped

Where are the eastend folk?

May 25, 2008

A few of my friends and I went there in the afternoon for a couple drinks before going out in Shoreditch. I was excited to go sit near the pool but when we got there it was closed for a private party. So we didn't stay too long b/c it was such a nice day and we wanted to be outside. But we stayed long enough for me to check out the vibe. The afternoon is a lot different from the evening - or at least the evening I went. Chilled out mixture of people having a late lunch; women with bright red lipstick and dressed trendy; and men with their skinny jeans or shorts with flip flops. Definitely locals.

Before I got onto the evening, I have to comment on the decor. I love it! It's exactly what I'd want if I had an old warehouse loft living space. Exposed brick walls, cement ceilings with exposed beams and trendy, but eclectic furniture with funky lights. It works. I like it.

After the sun went down, we came back and ended up playing table tennis and pool. Not exactly what I would have had in mind but it was really fun. The people are completely different at night: Notting Hill, Westend crowd. Older, posher, no sign of east-end cool anymore. No hipsters that are out on the streets nearby. It was packed though so whatever the crowd, they're doing something right, just not for the eastenders.

It's hot and you know it

March 18, 2008

Oh come on! You know you want to go, and you know the only reason is because they won't let you. It's a little slice of fabulous in a pretty grim part of london.

Admittedly I did bump into Sienna Miller there which may have lent my lunch a little something extra the food did not quite provide.

Decor is tres chic, the spaces make you think about getting a decent decorator in for your own home. Food was really good, wine list is fantastic but there is something going wrong between kitchen and table... presumably distance... since my meal was stone cold.

But dammit if we don't all love a rooftop pool and cocktails.

The only living boy in Shoreditch

January 20, 2008

Shoreditch doesn’t make it easy.

It’s members only. And even if you are a member, it’s +3. It’s fucking far. And the pool taunts us as we use central heating in July.

But isn’t that why we love it? Because it says no when we so want it to say yes.

A little over hyped

October 31, 2007

It was Groucho Marks who famously quipped 'I don't want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.'

Now I'm not a member of Shoreditch house but I have been there quite a lot which makes me wonder how many of the people that actually go there ARE members, and if MOST of them are not surely it sort of negates the whole members 'exclusivity' thing?

The setting is awesome, on the right day sat on the roof deck you could be at the Standard in LA however its a) expensive and b) full of people who think they're really cool because they're at a members club (this goes for both members and blaggers alike).

In the day time its a really good place to be quiet and get some e-mails done, maybe have a game of scrabble with your friend in some comfy chairs but in the evening it can get packed.

The upside for most people is that the only time you'll see it is when your boss takes you, and for the prices they charge you want to make sure that its HIS/HER card behind the bar.