Revealing Ealing

At the risk of sounding sexist, I think this is one for the ladies....so lads, look away now Since I live in London, you would think that I would be spoilt for choice when it comes to a good place to get a decent and reasonably priced manicure? To put it bluntly, you would be wrong. I have lost count of the places I've been to that have ripped me off, done a 'gel' manicure that has come off in 2 days (having been advertised as a 2 week manicure) and (in one case) damaged my nails. So, it gives me great relief to say that my search is over, and I have found the best place, right here in Ealing! Bhavi Beauty  are a relatively new salon in Ealing Broadway shopping centre (their entrance is in the covered bit opposite the back of M&S) and I have been there about 5 or 6 times now. Every time I've either had a mani or a pedi - always gels - and every time I have walked away happy and with fabulous nails. I wanted to share them with you...

Lucky for us, the nights aren't drawing in just yet, but we have passed through the midsummer point. Here in Ealing, we had a little celebration on Ealing Green and although it was a few weeks ago now, I wanted to show you a few pics - mainly because I need you to see the biggest hot dog I've ever eaten in my life! And here it is.........what a whopper! Giant hot-dogs aside, there was a lot of fun with more food stalls, activities for kids, music, a bar and (my personal favourite) iced coffee. And to think I only stumbled across this on my way home! One of the things I love about Ealing is that there are always things going on and boy have we got a lot happening at the moment! The Summer Festival season has started in Walpole Park (which is looking rather flash!) and, just announced, we have our fantastic roof top cinema coming back in August. You'll be please to know I have tickets for both of these so will be reporting ba...

Being from Birmingham,"Blues" means a generally disappointing football team, but not so in Walpole Park - it means a pinch of ass moving funk, a sprinkle of moody lyrics and a big old glug of getting your groove on! I'm almost ashamed to say that we had been debating whether to go  with the forecast being all stormy (so didn't really fancy either getting wet or being in a tent if lightening struck), but miraculously the bad weather swerved W5 and we got our party on. not sure that counts as a parking permit??   You could only get tickets on the door, so after a very short time queuing we paid up (£5 per person) and headed into the Blues Festival. Team pink ready to get our blues on One of many festivals that Ealing has seen in Walpole this summer, this was my first taste of the Blues one and the first thing that struck me was how diverse the audience was. There were kiddies doing cartwheels, babies sleeping in prams, older people napping i...

Please excuse my terrible post title - it seemed funny when I thought of it at the end of a gin-fueled evening Anyway, some of you might remember a month or so ago when I wrote about vising The Drayton Arms ( POST HERE! ) - well a few weeks ago, we went back and experienced our first No 5 Club Comedy night. We were stationed downstairs at The Drayton and I have to say how rather grand the room is - I can see now why people have their wedding receptions there (although my heart still belongs to Kew Gardens) - I tried to take a pic of their fancy chandelier but my iPhone wasn't up to it. We got hand stamped (in a previously life, the sign of a very different kind of night out!), got some drinks from the bar (most conveniently right behind us) and settled in our seats to enjoy the gig.  Unsurprisingly - him with beer, me with gin. The premise of the night was for the comedians on the bill to take us through a pre-Edinburgh set - which basically mea...

I am hanging my head in shame, I have woefully neglected you.... Sorry about that, but my "not Ealing" life has got in the way - how rude of it! Anyway, I'm back and to say soz here's a strawberry from my garden - didn't quite stretch to a fruit salad, but sharing it with my green fingered other half was a sweet, if short-lived, moment of achievement. Anyway, I am back (hurrah I hear you cry!) and have a few Ealing updates for you to share before the summer of fun kicks off........so keep your eyes peeled over the next few days for some posts showing that I didn't drop off the face of the earth over the last month : )