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‘Backbeat’ celebrity launch party at Asia de Cuba, St Martins Lane Hotel
October 30th, 2011 l Posted in Evenings Out, Girl Thursday Posts, Parties At VenuesGirl Thursday organised the opening night party at St Martins Lane Hotel for ‘Backbeat’, the West End hit show about the early days of the Beatles. The 500 or so guests who attended the party included stars such as Dominic Cooper, David Tennant and – of course – the terrific cast.
Terroirs
October 28th, 2010 l Posted in Evenings Out, Girl Thursday PostsTerroirs is in a great spot for all kinds of reasons. Bang in the heart of London near Trafalgar Square, but sufficiently tucked away down a little side-street. Nicely bustly busy but not crammed so tightly with people that you can’t move or have a proper conversation. It’s all French rustic chic but done with such genuine charm that it hits just the right non-gimmicky note.
English fizz
October 28th, 2010 l Posted in Boutique Weddings, Evenings Out, Girl Thursday Posts, Home Entertaining, Parties At VenuesA short while ago, we were creating a party with a ‘modern classic’ / ’terribly, terribly, English’ feel to it and I had this idea to serve sparkling English wines. Unsure whether this was a) bonkers or b) actually quite a good plan, I consulted my trusty wine supplier who is never slow to give me his honest opinion on which of a) or b) he thinks I’ve come up with.
And gloriously, it turns out that English sparklers are no longer the embarrassing aunt of the fizzy wine world, which is fabulous news because everybody knows that champagne proper is frightfully outré these days.
Giving the gift of lingerie
October 28th, 2010 l Posted in Gifts, Girl Thursday PostsChristmas is just starting to poke its nose around the door. Only a little, and not really enough to get in your way, but it’s there and it’s no use pretending it isn’t. Which means that at Girl Thursday we’re starting to limber up for our gift-purchasing endeavours for private clients. And that inevitably means many, initially slightly awkward, conversations will be had with men about lingerie shopping.
GT event in Tatler
August 25th, 2010 l Posted in Boutique Weddings, Evenings Out, Gifts, Girl Thursday Posts, Home Entertaining, Parties At Venues, Weekend BreaksTatler’s September 2010 coverage of the book launch event for ‘Sibling Rivalry’ by Georgia Coleridge and Karen Doherty, as organised by Girl Thursday.
Macaroons – again (sorry)
April 30th, 2010 l Posted in Gifts, Girl Thursday Posts, Home EntertainingI swear that I’m not on a commission from the Great Macaroon Foundation. It’s just that I love them and since I wrote last year about giving them as a hostess gift, I’ve had so many faithful Trufflers asking me for the recipe. I made them again recently and that reminded me to commit the recipe to Trufflebox.