The London Mummy, Author at The London Mummy

Summer Box: Pop Up Shop

Summer Box is a collaboration of cool companies showcasing a range of swimwear, home wear, accessories, women’s and children’s clothing all under one roof. It is set to be an Aladdin’s cave of treasures.

Here’s a sneak preview to what will be there –

Ethical Beachware: www.beach-candy.com/shop

High Quality Eyewear: www.taylormorriseyewear.com/shop

Glamorous Swimwear: www.tooshie.com

Spanish Children’s Clothes: www.pepaandcompany.com

Fashion From Mexico: www.santalupita.com

Fine Jewellery: www.byjada.com

Women’s Fashion: www.bgoandme.com

African Enterprise: www.lalibella.co.uk/about

Homewear: www.feudebeaumont.com/

It’s a perfect one stop to shop to inspire and get you ready for the Summer. Put it in your diary!

Summer Box

27th April till 24th May

308 Kings Road, London, SW3 5UH

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Interiors Products Spotlight

A Hip Kid: Glass Accessories

After producing a crunched and leaking Evian bottle at an after school picnic yesterday, I realised that this means of water consumption for the next 5 warm (!) months was not going to suffice. What to do? I think I have a chic and practical answer.

A Hip Kid, a lifestyle brand, as featured in the May/June Edition of Vogue, was started by two friends, Camilla Hicks, based in Clapham, and Avery Kaufman-Benemache, an American currently living in Paris.

Avery and Camilla

Over Avery’s kitchen table in Paris, they had an idea for glass baby bottles which are more hygienic, with non slip (and non smash!) silicon sleeves.

Baby bottles

They proved so popular, they ventured into other areas and now have a large number of products. On my wish list are the stemless wine glasses – perfect for slippery sun creamed hands at the beach.

Stemless Wine Glasses

The water bottles are also very cool, a great replacement for my plastic bottle and they would even spur the laziest person to exercise. All the gear no idea…

Their ‘5 favourite’s’ are –

Restaurant: The Wolseley, London
Hotel: Scallywags – Indonesia and Hotel L’Abbaye – Paris
Website: www.delicouslyella.com & www.calgaryavansino.com
Shop: Labour and Wait, Babylist
Place to go with Children: London Wetlands Centre

To order –

www.ahipkid.com

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Food People Services Spotlight

Georgie Colquhoun : Cooking Them Healthy

If I’m jumping on the ‘healthy eating’ bandwagon, it must be going mainstream. My rotating repertoire of unoriginal supper’s has stooped to a new low. I gave my friend’s child Spaghetti Hoops and Hotdogs for lunch on Friday! I need help. Pronto.

Luckily, there is an answer. Cooking Them Healthy is a sparkling website full of inspiration, from snacks to supper’s and everything in between, for your little mite’s.

Georgie and Jo, the founders, hold great value in the art of using ingredients to heal and strengthen and with their combined knowledge of both food and nutrition, they hope to create the perfect “go to” place for parents to learn more about health topics. I believe, this they have done. The information in the media can be overwhelming so they aim to debunk the confusion and provide you with what you really need to know for a healthy family.

Georgie with 2 of her 3 children

One of Georgie’s most popular recipe’s to make with her children the It’s a Wrap Pizza as it covers all ages including her husband!

One of my favourite categories on the website is the Essential Shopping Basket. There is a list of key healthy ingredients that are easy to throw into your weekly shop, paired with helpful delicious recipes.

Thank goodness for this jam packed website full of information to inspire – clearly and helpfully laid out. Bookmarked!

Georgie’s ‘5 Favourite’s

Shop: Whole Foods

Website: www.ocado.com

Hotel: Babington House, Somerset

Restaurant: Abu Zaad in Shepherds Bush, London

Place to go with Children: Portobello Market

For more ideas and inspiration go online at

www.cookingthemhealthy.com

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Events Places Spotlight

Parsons Green Film Society

Parsons Green Film Society is a new society founded to create a space for independent cinema.

Jane Strang Steel and her business partner, Howard Goldstein are both passionate film fans with backgrounds in media, film and TV. They wanted to build a membership of fellow film lovers and a local place to find movies not readily available in mainstream cinemas – classics, documentaries, foreign language and independents. The community aspect of PGFS was really important to them, and their audience loves the social element of the film nights too. With a new baby, it was a local project that Jane could work around motherhood!

Jane & Vivi

It’s a great opportunity to get out of the proverbial ‘mainstream bubble’ and see interesting films not on in local cinemas.

Jane’s ‘Favourite 5’

Shop: Deuxieme in Parsons Green, London

Website: http://www.nytimes.com/

Restaurant: Colbert in Chelsea, London

Hotel: Kamaroti Suites on Sifnos in the Greek Islands

Place to go: Fulham Palace, London

Why not make it a date night with 20% off at Tienda opposite with your PGFN tickets.

For films and dates visit

www.parsonsgreenfilmsociety.com/

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Events Fashion Places

Four Fairies And A Prince: Pop Up Shop

Four Fairies and a Prince invites you to it’s pop-up shop at 330 Kings Road, London from the 20th of April to the 5 May, 2015.

Something for everyone

They will showcase its Scandinavian-Dutch quality clothing, accessories and toys for children aged between one and ten years old. I absolutely love their website – there something for your handsome Prince and little fairy, from clothes, to wands to party accessories. It’s in collaboration with Cecilia of Scandinavian Fashion and Andraya from MeMe London, so there will be something for adults and children alike.

Scandinavian Fashion

Stackable Bracelets

Look forward to seeing you there!

www.fourfairiesandaprince.com

www.scandinavianfashion.co.uk

www.meme.london

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Places Travel

Stylish Child Friendly Holidays

It seems like an oxymoron to have Stylish and Child in the same sentence however according to numerous reports from friends – The One and Only in Mauritius, Martinhal in Portugal and Zighy Bay in Oman seem to have cracked it.

Mauritius

Portugal

Oman

They cater for the whole family in an idyllic and smart setting and keep the kids amused so you actually get some ‘time off’. Some friends have returned for a repeat visit which in my books, is the biggest testament to their brilliance.

Now where is that brochure…

www.lesaintgeran.oneandonlyresorts.com/

www.martinhal.com

Recommended Agent for Zighy Bay

www.theultimatetravelcompany.co.uk

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Activities Places

The Puppet Barge

I highly recommend a visit to The Puppet Barge on Regent’s Canal, near Little Venice. It is a quaint barge permanently situated on the river that delivers traditional tales to all ages using puppets on a little stage. We went to see Town Mouse and Country Mouse which was charming.

Little Venice

The staff are so welcoming and accommodated our antsy 2 year old ducking and diving through the boat (I wouldn’t recommend taking one so young – the age guide is there for a reason).

There is plentiful parking next door to the barge, and if you are a bit peckish afterwards, head over the bridge to the Waterside Cafe

Book now for Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby, suitable for 3 and over on in April and May.

www.puppetbarge.com

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Big Fashion Little Products

A Spring In My Step

Today was the first day of the Summer Term. For my son. Although cycling to school this morning, it felt like it was my first day back and I had forgotten to wear my summer uniform. Many of the mother’s sailed into school looking tanned (not from 4 days of UK sun, I can assure you that!) gorgeous and kitted out in a new Spring wardrobe.

I had to sort it out. I couldn’t do a rain dance hoping this fine weather will pass. So, I weeded my wardrobe and made 3 piles-

charity
chuck
keep for next year

There is a now large whole in my wardrobe that needs filling.

So starting from the bottom up, I have decided these Silver Superga’s will add a spring in my step and I’m tempted by these little things from The White Company She never knows her luck!

Superga 2750 Cotmetu – Silver

Baby Superga Plimsolls – Silver

www.superga.co.uk

www.thewhitecompany.com

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