Saturday 8 March 2014

Most amazing vegan chocolate cake!

I've made this really delicious chocolate cake three times, and it is really moreish!! REALLY. So here's the recipe: http://www.instructables.com/id/The-BEST-chococlate-cake-ever...that-happens-to-be/

Also... it happens to be vegan. But it doesn't taste vegan! You wouldn't guess that it was. And it's SO easy. You can do it in like 20 mins.

Is it right to edit previous posts?

Occasionally when I'm looking back at previous posts I notice typos or mistakes. Or just stuff I wrote that sounds really lame. If it's a recent post I change it, but if it's from a while back, I feel wrong changing it, you know? Because I feel like I should preserve it - sort of... I won't write like that again. In fact, I won't even  change the font or colouring - and I know this sounds really stupid - but it's sort of for the same reason: I wrote it when I was younger and I feel like I'm faking it if I change it now. Because even if I edit it, it still comes up in the same order (As in, if you edit a post, it won't come up as the latest post) so it appears like I wrote like that a while ago. And I didn't. So it's like I'm lying. The problem is, sometimes the font or colour is Awful with a capital A.

Saturday 1 March 2014

Differences between Camden and Brick Lane market

I went to Brick lane market about a week ago, and at first thought it was quite like Camden; retro stalls, food stalls, graffiti, very-fashionable-clothes and... well, a generally cool atmosphere. But the more I thought about it, the more different they seemed from each other. At first I couldn't work out why; they were both markets, both, "arty" or, "city-ish." Now I can think of more reasons.

Firstly, to me Camden seems more concentrated; wherever you go there will be "Camden-ish" shops or, "cool," stalls/ stores. Whereas in Brick lane, the shops/ stalls seemed further away from each other, and there is a wider range of products on sale, different types of cafes and shops. In fact, Brick Lane almost seemed more real. There were more restaurants and corner shops, places where you can imagine locals going regularly - "useful" places; in Camden everything seems themed - all attention-catching and touristy, which isn't to say that it's all a, "poseur town," just that it seems like it has more tourists than locals.

I also noticed that Brick lane seemed more culturally diverse, with shops (Rather than mainly stalls) selling what I would call, "exotic," food. In Camden, although there are shops that sell, "exotic," food, they sell it as a highly  priced novelty, the food advertising itself as foreign and interesting; in Brick Lane, "exotic," food is sold like it just happens to be exotic. Also, (In Brick Lane) it's not competing so much with other shops to be more attention-catching - and it isn't expensive as in Camden. I'll admit, there were some stalls in Brick Lane where the main attraction was that they're selling (Highly priced?) global food, but there were many authentic-seeming shops on the streets to balance it out.

Another thing I thought was different about the two places was the age-appeal, Camden appears to be younger than Brick lane.

"Rough Trade," record shop in Brick Lane



T-shirt re-styling

Okay, I wanted to do a post on this a long time ago but I didn't have the time/ didn't get round to doing it. So I guess I'll just write now...

A few months ago, I found some videos showing you how to REALLY EASILY re-style your t-shirts. What makes it so easy is that you don't have to do ANY sewing/ glue-gunning and you don't need fabric paints/ special materials/ clothes studs/ sequins/ beads etc. yet it makes your shirts look so cool and new!

Here are some of the videos/ tutorials I found:
- For some of THESE ones you'll need to sew but there are a few here like I was talking about
- Eight ways to cut off-the-shoulder shirts
- http://www.cottonable.com/diy-t-shirts-ideas/#.UxHri14vEx8
- Video
- How to make an old band shirt cool again 
- Make an oversized shirt smaller - making the sides cool too!
- This is a GREAT video
 

You can also do your own stuff inspired by them/ have a look at Pinterest/ Google images for inspiration.