Chapter, Fashionably Light
Sep 13 2013
It’s not the theatre. It’s not the bookshops. It’s not even this view. It’s the magnetic force. [Calm down, scientists, it’s a metaphor.]. My most memorable days have been spent meeting Londoners, or meeting friends because They Will Come to London (YES! Magnet!). A simple Facebook status (“Today, I moved to London”) led to loads of likes, and enough “Hey I’ll come visit you this week” messages to fill up my calendar. Magic!
…was dinner with a bunch of random lady-bloggers. When Che invited me to meet a dozen new faces in one night I was like [eeeep that’s intimidating!] YES.
Meet Michelle, Che, Xandra [hi.], Lulu, Becca, Bobbi, Tania, Freya, and Rosie as well as our invisible friends Amy, Helen, Lou, and Siobhan!
It was already a long day. Come dinnertime I was like eeeuurrrrghsleep. But I am so glad that I dragged myself out of bed, into my polka dots, and out on the town. If I’m going to be a London girl I’m going to live every minute of it.
Nothing has made a greater impact on my blogging life than The Blogcademy and its constant after-party. [I explain here]. Just two London days in January led to reunions in Cambridge, Oxford, and London (see below), my fabulous site redesign by Veronica Dearly, and the acquisition of a furry green thing.
[Too many divas to namedrop, but LucyJ has a cute way of sharing the faces of the team.]
Only a slight exaggeration. But seriously, as Amy and I mused over pre-lunch champagne [#wheninwestfield], events this ebullient are scary. I find the perfect solution to be a combination of mindfully stylish dressing, red lipstick, and a soundtrack of 80s music on the Tube ride over.
Say goodbye to lazy under-the-cover afternoons. Get up, get dressed, and go meet fabulous people!
