I had dinner with my friend last night who is packing up her Chelsea studio in NYC and jet setting to London for a wonderful cooking class experience at Leiths School of Food and Wine, and a fantastic adventure. It's been years since I went galavanting on Kings Road and Kensington Square in high fashion and fury, with my handsome British boyfriend at 22. A bit inspired to branch out beyond my infamous british accent attempts, I decided to peruse what's new and what to do over in London, for her benefit, and mine when I go visit her in the new digs! First - To eat & drink and be merry...

Andaz Liverpool Street Hotel Gaucho O2 Green & Blue Jimmy's Kensington Square Kitchen Lost Society Osteria Stecca Pure California Scott's Shoreditch House The Greenwich Union The Mercer UK Zuma