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Well. If any of you have been to Glastonbury Festival before (excluding last year’s heat wave), you won’t be surprised that this year is a total washout. However, thanks to the total amazing line up and killer reputation, 170,000 people are gladly donning their wellington boots and going to join the mudslide. The first few thousand started to arrive on Tuesday, and immediately churned up the ground into a pit fit for naked wrestling in...
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We’re really proud of ourTick Tock Taxi online booking service. Our website is simple to use and pleasing to the eye, our fares are some of the cheapest around and our standards are consistently high. During the development of Tick Tock Taxi we have encountered a few hurdles along the way, and to make sure we’re very best, we still need to make a few upgrades. We won’t be satisfied until we’re number one across...
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A lot of you will have already heard of Cargo, and some of you will definitely have been there. Judging by the queue down the road at the weekends, its popularity shows no signs of waning! It has a reputation for good food, good drinks, good music and a great beer garden. Split into different sections, you can choose whichever area suits you best; there’s a funky dining area with a reasonably priced, varied selection....
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When they say that history repeats itself, they’re not joking. We’ve seen a reemergence in fashion trends, music and dance styles over the years. I swore I’d never wear 80s leggings and baggy jumpers again after I hit puberty, and look at me now! My teens were dominated by flared jeans and wedge sandals (70s, anyone?) and now I favour 1940s glamour in my wardrobe choices. As I previously blogged, swing dancing is a big...
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Friday is arguably the most exciting night in London. From around 4.00pm onwards, you can hear papers shuffling, file cabinets closing and computers shutting down across the city, as workers eagerly count down the few remaining minutes of their gruelling working week. The minute the clock strikes 5.00pm (4.00pm if you’re lucky, 6.00pm if you ain’t), you can almost feel the city sigh with relief, with a new found zeal to get its groove on! In...
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Going to see the ballet is something that most of us have on our list of things to do before we hit 30 (or 40, or 50), but somehow we never quite get round to it. Yes, it would be a night of culture and entertainment, something you could talk about at posh dinner parties to pretend you’re terribly rich and witty and educated. Watching a beautiful and thought-provoking performance will enrich your life and,...
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I can’t remember when I first started to love swing music. My grandfather sang in a swing band, and although I wasn’t born in time to watch him in action, I was always fond of the crackled recordings that we had on cassette tape. I suppose it was one of my trips to London from the remote countryside that really introduced me to the glamour and opulence of that whole era: the music, the fashion,...
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What’s that you say? It’s the end of the working day, AND it’s Friday? Well tickle my feet and call me Shirley - it’s time to get the weekend started! I don’t know about you lot, but I’m going to book a Victoria taxi and go and have some fun on the town! It sounds like a good plan, but saying that, I am actually pretty tired. The working week in London really takes it...
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We’re used to bands and music artists going on tour. Thousands of people flock to hear their music in London minicabs, paying anywhere from a few pounds to a few hundred pounds to get their hands on a ticket. You can find some absolute bargains for a relatively unknown or local act, or battle it out in online auctions for the chance to see an international superstar. The venues across London are also used to...
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We’re a rather cultured bunch here at Tick Tock Taxi (ahem, honest). Every now and then we like to take a trip to the theatre, seeing what new talent is treading the boards. This week, we booked an Islington taxi in N1 and headed down to the Pleasance Theatre to watch a dark comedy entitled ‘The Pork Crunch’. Having read a 5* review online that described the show as “a bit different, oddly charismatic...
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Believe it or not, the time of year is upon us; this week, the Eurovision Song Contest will be gracing our screens once again. It tends to have the same effect as Marmite, dividing the nation (and probably the rest of Europe) into lovers or haters. Some will gather their friends and family, crowding around the television and waving Union Jack flags to show their patriotic support. They might have a full blown party with...
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We all love a bargain. Especially those of us who live here in London, who are used to paying way more than the national average for everything from beer to bananas. When I see a SALE sign, I squeal with delight; yes, it gets me some odd looks in shops, but you’d be impressed with the amount of cut price deals I have under by cut price belt. Tonight, all of you lovely Londoners and...
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This Sunday 8th May sees the return of the annual Curry Festival in Brick Lane, East London. This is its 11th year, and coincides with the Bangladeshi New Year, known as the ‘Baishaki Mela’. As if that wasn’t enough reason to celebrate the fantastic cuisine and culture from the East, the area has also been awarded the title of ‘Olympic Curry Village’ for 2012. This status is bound to attract even more tourists than ever,...
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Fancy dress costumes. Cocktails. Barbecues. Face painting. Live music, vintage fairs and hoards of people lining the streets, waving flags. Is it a carnival? A festival? A jubilee? Nope, just a regular bank holiday in London. Ok, perhaps not quite a ‘regular’ one; in fact, it’s the extra day we’ve been given off work to celebrate the wedding of Great Britain’s golden couple, Prince William and Kate Middleton. The royal darlings have been together since...
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Just in case you haven’t yet heard, a member of the royal family is getting married this week. Did you like our little joke there? Hm? Of course you’ve already heard! The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is absolutely inescapable; it’s all over the radio, the television, newspapers and magazines. They even made a dodgy film version of how they met, which didn’t quite make the cinema! It’s the biggest royal wedding since...
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I adore this time of year. Long weekends, spring sunshine and lie-ins. Now, not only do we get all the usual bank holidays that surround Easter weekend and the beginning of May, but we also have a free ticket to Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding on Friday 29th April! Not a literal ticket of course, but a day off work to watch it on telly. Thanks to their ingenious planning, British workers have four...
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Have you invested in a pair of elasticated trousers yet? With Easter just around the corner, we’re going to need a bit of extra room in those waistbands! What was once a religious festival for Christians is now also an international secular celebration, giving us an excuse to gorge ourselves on chocolate eggs, surround ourselves with chicks and bunnies, and send colourful cards to each other. “Just another commercial ploy” the sceptics may say, but...
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You’ve probably heard about it by now; it’s that time of year again when hundreds of fit, motivated people put me to shame by running the London Marathon. Not only will they be displaying an impressive amount of endurance, but they’ll also collectively be raising thousands of pounds for some of the world’s most worth causes and charities. Almost all of us know of someone who will be taking part in the 26 mile run...
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I first heard about Secret Cinema from a friend about two years ago. The concept really appealed to me: a bunch of random Londoners meet at a secret location in the city, not disclosed until the last minute, and take part in an interactive film experience. You don’t know which film you’re going to be seeing; the only clue is from the dress code that is required for all ticket holders. Each secret venue is...
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YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! It’s finally happened: a hot, bright weekend of glorious sunshine in London! ‘Hooray’, ‘hurrah’, and a host of other gleeful exclamations can be heard in the streets (or perhaps just in my head) as people wind up the working week to enjoy their days off in Mediterranean temperatures. I’m sure you will have noticed that plenty of enthusiastic and optimistic Brits are already in their flip flops, blinding passers by with their exposed pasty...
