Watch out Shoreditch, we're coming to play

Lock up your daughters, hide your sons and take in the milk bottles because for one night only we at Simply Nectar and What On Earth are hitting the town and letting our hair down – apart from Jeremy as he sadly doesn’t have much hair to let down! Perhaps we’ll get the boot polish out for him instead so he can go out looking all shiny and new...!

North London will be our playground, pizza will be our food of choice and beer/wine/cider (the list could continue!) will be our tipple.  I’m sure the vodka will make an appearance too – Marta!!  Not too many drinks though because we’ve heard that the venue we’re dining in has no toilets.  Yes, you did read that right!  

No toilets to be seen!

Thankfully the next stop WILL have bathrooms and we will enjoy as many drinks as the bosses will pay for.  Come on Rolf, time to rid your wallet of all those moths.

So, where are these mysterious toilet free digs that we’re gracing with our presence tonight then?

Answer - We're visiting a funky little pop up place not far from Brick Lane. It’s full of pizza, cake, coffee and tea, and perhaps even some stories. Yes, that last bit was a massive clue.  Why?  Because it’s called Storybox (also known as Story Deli) but is set in the old Scooter Shop, hence the reason it has ‘Scooter Shop’ and the word ‘Vespa’ emblazoned on the cafe fascia.  Sorry, just thought I'd spell that bit out!

 

Storybox (courtesy of www.storydeli.com)

 

The cosy little shack serves up amazing pizzas, sumptuous salad, perfect garlic bread and even cakes.  All the food is 100 per cent organic too so it’s just up our street.  Not literally of course, as we are based in Battersea and Storybox is up in Shoreditch.   I’ve just looked at the menu and boy am I excited.  The general consensus in the office is exactly the same too.  WE CAN’T WAIT.  Spirits are high and everybody is gearing up for the fun night ahead.  One hour and counting!

Inside the Storybox den (www.storydeli.com)

If anybody wants to join us, come on up and say hello.  No promises we’ll be paying for you though.  Also, don’t forget to look for scooters, not pizzas, although I’m sure the delicious smell will lead you and your noses to the right address.  The raucous behaviour you'll be able to hear a few miles away may give it away too.

Come back next week to see photos of our night...let’s hope we all get home in one piece!

Simply Shoreditch.

Simply Nectar

Pack the Simply Nectar and let the festival fun begin

Festival season is officially here.  Hooray! 

The great British institution of standing in a muddy field on a rainy day while supping on cider and swaying to the sounds of your favourite bands is almost in full swing.  And I for one cannot wait!  The peg to peg tents, the warm alcohol and the overflowing toilets that stand behind half hour long queues.  Oh the fond memories I have.

As there are thousands of others who would agree with these festival visions, we at Simply Nectar are going to share a secret with you (because we’re a caring lot).  It is the secret that reveals how to ignore or embrace the aforementioned problems and enjoy the summer’s events to the max.  What is it?  Simply Nectar of course!  It is the answer to all your festival woes.  Drinking Simply Nectar will enrich your festival experience and will make it a summer to remember (not to forget in a drunken haze!)

Instead of waking up with a headache in a sweltering tent that is sat beneath the beating sun, get up feeling refreshed and clear headed.  Make sure you drink plenty of Simply Nectar throughout the day to keep hydrated.  Also, don’t reach for the cider, beer or warm wine when you wake up in the morning.  Instead give your body a break, grab a Simply Nectar and drink until your heart’s content.  You’ll be getting part of your five a day and you may even stand a chance of remembering the whole festival!  Plus, if it’s raining, Simply Nectar is pure sunshine in a bottle so you’ll definitely feel sunny on the inside.

Warm alcohol? Yuck! Reach for the Simply Nectar instead

This weekend is the perfect starting point to get your lips around some Simply Nectar.  In the next few days, the Isle of Wight Festival will celebrate its tenth anniversary and will lay on four days of live music action. Rock Ness is taking place in Loch Ness, Download Festival is rocking Donnington and London’s Clapham Common is playing host to some top music acts at Southern Sounds and Get Loaded in the Park.  What’s more, Hampton Court Palace Festival has started today and will keep going until Saturday 18 June.

Here are some other excuses to neck some Simply Nectar over the next month (and these are only the big ones...there are lots of smaller, lesser known gigs taking place too):

• Glastonbury – 22-26 June
• Hard Rock Calling – 24-26 June
• Blissfields Festival – 30 June – 3 July
• The Big Festival – 1-3 July
• Hop Farm Festival – 1-3 July
• Wireless Festival – 1-3 July
• T in the Park – 8-10 July

I’ll come back again soon with an update of all the other festivals that are taking place– just so you can see what other weekends you’ll be enjoying Simply Nectar.

Simply musical.

Simply Nectar

New Word Wednesdays land at Simply Nectar

Wednesdays.  Some people love them, some people hate them.  They are the “hump day” and the mid week marker.  Wednesdays are the day when we are teetering at the top of the ski slope, awaiting the downward ride to the weekend.  They signify the end of early week blues and the beginning of late week happiness.

Now, however, they are becoming something else entirely.  Wednesdays are entering a new world at Simply Nectar.  They will no longer be known as just Wednesdays.  From now on, Wednesdays are known as NEW WORD WEDNESDAYS.  Yes, that was in capitals because I was shouting it.  I was giving the name a bit of drama and I think you should too.  New Word Wednesdays are the way forward and they should be embraced by everyone and anyone.  Pass on the news and get your friends to take part in New Word Wednesdays too.  It will deepen those conversations and intellectualise your life (not that you’re not already intellectual of course!)



freeimages.co.uk



But why have we done this?  Well, it’s pretty easy really.  We at Simply Nectar are a bit of a simple bunch (see photo of George in our first blog for confirmation of this!) so we’ve decided to embark on a weekly task of learning new words.  Every Wednesday we will Tweet and blog new words for all to learn.  These words must be used in our (and hopefully your) vocabulary from now on.  OK, so perhaps not all of them can be used often – there will be many obscure words mentioned I’m sure – but the least we can do is try.

So, raise your cuppas,glasses, pints, Simply Nectar bottles etc to the sky and pledge allegiance to Simply Nectar’s New Word Wednesday. 

Right, here are some words to get you started.  We’re starting from A:

Absquatulate: v. Leave abruptly, depart in a hurry, decamp (Well, there you go. I may absquatulate soon)

Acariasis: n. infestation with mites or ticks; the itch (Wow, hopefully won't be using that very often)

Acciaccatura: n. Music, very short note played before a longer note; short appoggiatura (Of course)

Acetarious: a. applied to plants used in salads (Possibly not one to use overly often)

Achlamydeous: a. Botany having neither petals nor sepals (Every day is a school day – no matter the lesson!)

Use them wisely please.

Simply educational.

Simply Nectar