What Poppy did.: Archive

I've gone...

Tumblr was good between the sheets but it was never meant to be. Posterous proposed, I said yes, we live in a beach house in California with a daughter and a sausage dog and all is just fine and dandy. Tumblr is mega jealous, so is upstaging Posterous on the SEO front and lots of y’all still come to this site when you Google me….but I’m not here. I’ve gone. Where I can...

Jun 2nd

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How to get your photos removed from a porn site.

My debut into the world of porn was an unexpected one. Like many (self-obsessed) people I have a Google Alert set up for my name, at some point before Christmas I was ‘alerted’ to the fact that eight or so pictures of me were being hosted on a rather crudely named ‘bustyskinny.com’. In case you haven’t heard of it, bustyskinny.com “brings you the most popular as...

Jul 26th

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(Not quite Key) Lime Pie

So I haven’t posted here since February, and none of you have even bothered to question whether or not I had died. I can forgive you though, as I’m pretty certain that the only people who read this blog are my Twitter followers (who know by my incessant tweeting that I am very much alive and well) and my Mum. My Mum calls me around five times a day, she’ll know I’ve died...

May 23rd

Living alone vs living with others....

I left home when I was 18 and, aside from popping back for the odd slice of banana bread or Sunday Lunch, I’ve lived independently ever since. I’ve had some rather nice addresses I must say, from living in super lovely WC1 to overlooking the sea on Third Avenue, Hove. I’ve lived at my current London address for 18 months now, but this weekend marks the end of the first ever week...

Feb 28th

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What's nu?

You know when you’re a kid and the Top 10 is about the most exciting event of the entire week? For me, it was even better than going for fish & chips after swimming club. The Top 40 itself was worth getting giddy for but when you got to the Top 10 you knew you were on to something special. After all, in them days you actually needed to sell quite a few copies of a single to make it in...

Feb 16th

Breakfast with Jeff Pulver and friends.

What the hell is wrong with me, do I have no discipline? Evidently not. Hence, this blog post is a week later than I would have liked to have posted it. But there my negativity will end, because meeting Jeff Pulver last week was a real treat. Positivity from this point forward :) So, last week Mr Pulver hosted his first ever breakfast in London taaaahn. Around 50 people descended on the ICA to...

Feb 4th

Me in the shower...

It’s not so sexy is it? Every three weeks or so I recreate the Psycho bathroom scene, all in the name of vanity. Whenever I’m in hotels I worry they think I have some sort of vampire fetish when the maids have to collect my towels the next day. Red hair comes at a price, don’t let anybody tell you differently.

Jan 18th

I went to New York...

…and it was lovely, thanks for asking. I had only been once before, same time of year but in 2006. This trip was very different, I went on my own, didn’t indulge in cheesecake, and I learnt a lot. I knew I was supposed to learn stuff, I was going to a conference after all, but I didn’t expect to come back having learnt what I had. All in all, a very nice trip. I’m writing...

Jan 13th

An old life revisited.

Someone on Twitter was talking about how they’d reached their 4 year blogging anniversary and it got me wondering as to when I wrote my first blog post. I knew my email address (my hotmail one) turned 10 last summer, but when did I first don my blogging cap? After some digging around trying to remember the URL to the darn thing, it turns out my first blog post was on April 26th, 2005. The...

Jan 4th

Braving Oxford Street.

Oxford Street epitomises everything I dislike about London, it’s crowded, dirty, there’s too much traffic and it’s full of tourists who decide to consult their A-Zs in the middle of the pavement (when they’re not rubbing you up the wrong way with their wallets full of super-strength Euros). That being said, I discovered a Cinnabon on New Oxford Street today, I’ve...

Jan 3rd

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Looking back at 2008

It appears to be New Years Eve, which must mean 2008 is pretty nearly over. So what went down this year, anything cool? Well, yes. It’s been a big year for me, I finally graduated from UCL (with honours baybay) having spent what felt like forever studying the impossibly difficult but thoroughly fascinating subject of Economics, Business and East European Studies. Somehow or other I wrote...

Dec 31st

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Back from Israel

Last week, I flew home from Israel. I had a rather fabulous time I must say, the smug feeling of getting a tan whilst those back in London shuffle about in grey drizzle is hard to beat. And when it comes to nosh, Israel can’t be topped. Whether it’s a cup of coffee or a simple salad, it will undoubtedly be delicious. Naturally, the Mac came with me on holiday. I wanted to use the time...

Dec 30th

Nov 29th

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Blackpool Pleasure Beach This is a very quick mish mash of clips from the weekend. The family and I went to Blackpool Pleasure Beach for the day and had a throughly pleasureable time, so I guess the place does what it says on the tin. This has been hastily ‘edited’ because my fingers are cold and I’m sleepy but I just wanted to get it posted…a full review of the Blackpool...

Nov 24th

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My new Marc Jacobs boots and sandals On Saturday I had an unusually succesful shopping trip, which culminated in the purchase of two of the most loveliest shoesies to ever adorn my feet. I feel they’re worthy video material, and I’m blooming annoyed that I can’t wear my boots today as it’s tiddling with rain.

Nov 24th

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Rainbow over powerstation I caught this out the car window on my way back to London yesterday, not sure if it’s pretty or what but I thought it was an interesting image. The rainbow was really bright and complete all the way to the other side of the motorway.

Nov 24th

Nov 20th

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Nov 20th

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London is exceptionally sunny this morning, it’s bloody cold too but that’s negated by the fact everything looks so beautiful when the sun rears its head. I thought I may as well take an outdoorsy video whilst it wasn’t raining for once and the above is my cackhanded effort. I was trying to do a couple of things with this video… Play with vimeo - This was easy, slick and...

Nov 19th

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Nov 18th

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Nov 17th