Cocktails at the Clarion

So the weekend wind blew Ezzie into Cork. I love when that happens and well I do what I always do when this lady is around; indulge and bask in extravagance. A hostess adventure to The Clarion Hotel it was with cocktails in the Kudos bar right off the boardwalk for that speakeasy style of the Boardwalk Empire. Getting right into that prohibition feel we were ladies who experimented with turbans and modern flapper attitude. The only room for brief disappointment was the lack of White Russian on the cocktail menu but Senor Mojito always saves the night.

How many sleeps til London fun?

Ezzie has promised to give me the a 'Shoreditch makeover'.

Blau x 

Ezzie goes to The Sanderson

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So I don't get to do posh things that often, but boy are they nice when they come around. Friday night, I went to The Sanderson in Soho to get me some inspiration. When it comes to getting inspired, sometimes its nice to sit in a fancy garden sipping a fancy cocktail.

Plus, got me a little goody bag from Rococo who were launching their Baby Metal collection. Sisters and business partners, Ange and Vernice have been working in the nail industry for 15 years and after building a cult follwing launched their amazing colours. They're available in Harvey Nicks and Space NK.

Goody bags + cocktails = happy Ezzie

Ezzie Goes to Purl

Its not often that I get giddy over something new in the capital, but my good friend Clair insisted I try Purl. Thinking it to be some snooty over priced bar where the hostess looks down at you from her stilettos and the waiters swear at you while you are still in earshot, I thought nothing new there and off I went none the wiser. What I was greeted with was nothing new, initially. Nice location, loads of space- but I expect these things when you have to blag your way in and pay through the nose for a bloomin' cocktail.

On closer inspection, I realized I had jumped the gun. A LOT of thought has gone in to this place. Open just 6 months, Purl is a labour of love. Their attention to detail is admirable. Their cocktails are unique (see the science experiment that is Dr. Hydes's Fixer Upper) and their concept is different. Plenty of bars suggest to be vintage. It's a mega buzz word. But Purl maintains its 1920s Prohibition feel throughout. Decadent chandeliers and retro armchairs, only the exposed walls and arches remind you that you are actually underground in a basement, just like a real speakeasy. 

 With the bar men dressed up and the hostesses dressed down, it sets the dresscode to be just like the bar- whatever you want it to be.

On entering, you can actually feel that you are somewhere special. It feels like a secret. I almost didn't want to tell you.

Dr.Hydes Fixer Upper- served in a smoke injected, wax sealed potion bottle