The Hoxton Grill Cocktail Bar Review

I have an over zealous interest in Shoreditch despite having no affinity to it at all.  Every time I'm within sniffing distance of EC1/2, I'm well aware my wardrobe of New Look items has no place here.  I think my interest is because Shoreditch seems to be my antithesis; trendy, liberal...grimy.  But the Hoxton Grill shows that Shoreditch can class it up when it wants to.

Cocktails on Butler's Gin barge Hackney Wick

So there were not 3 but 13 wo/men in a boat this weekend for my friend's birthday.  Butler's gin originated in the insanely hipster Hackney Wick (if only I had a full beard, a dog and classic denim) and as such welcomed gin lovers to their amusingly named concept "Drunch" to taste their unique blend of gin.  On a barge.  I believe the next phrase should be that overused one.  Standard.

Cocktails at the NYE prohibition party Holborn

I'm gonna party like it's 1999...or the 1920's as I was off to the Bloomsbury Ballroom again but this time at a prohibition party.  I was a big fan of the dark circus party thrown by Bourne & Hollingsworth (review here) and they were throwing lots of parties on new year's eve, one of them being a prohibition party.