Thursday 6 May 2010

It's all There: In Pimlico the Beautiful

My overall feeling today is joy. Joy and excitement. As I glance over at the date on my computer screen, I realise that we are more than halfway through this short week and we can start looking ahead to the weekend. As a frequent traveler, I tend to enjoy my London weekends a lot these days. Maybe it has something to do with constant urge to discover new places, maybe I just like it here. It's probably a little bit of both to be quite frank. I like just hanging out. And I don't care that the term hanging out has a colloquial tone to it, there is just no better way to translate my feelings onto the page. Hanging, from being loose. Out, from being out and about.

 Church of Saint Saviour, Pimlico

Spring is my favourite season to enjoy the many beauties London has to offer. Lately I've sort of developed an obsession with the squares that dot our gorgeous city. Yes it's true. Last weekend, we were lucky enough to be blessed with at least one nice day. I took this opportunity to wander about an unfamiliar area, Pimlico. Me oh my, what a lovely little picture book neighborhood. The little Square cornered off by Pimlico Road and Ebury Street offers all of the above. It's all there: the church, the fountain on the square, the little farmers market buzzing with loud butchers and bakers.


Restaurants and pubs permeating the air with the salt and batter scent of their freshly cooked fish n' chips. Walking around the little square, you'll want to try out all of them: the Orange, owned and operated by the same owners as the Thomas Cubitt on the neighboring Elizabeth Street, the Ebury Pub, La Poule au Pot, Daylesford Organic. And they are all within walking distance of each other. 


If you fancy a terrasse lunch or dinner when the weather gets warmer, La Poule au Pot, offers a lovely southern exposure and a prime location on the square. You can enjoy a delicious bowl of onion soup while you marvel at the hundreds of passersby. It's a charming sight, you'll see.

8 comments:

  1. I've been lucky enough to live in Pimlico for the last two years and absolutely love it. I walk to and from work, I walk almost everywhere on the weekends and am able to just stroll a few minutes and find all these glorious things. We've just signed up to stay a little longer here as we can't bear to leave it just yet!

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  2. I have eaten here at La Poule au Pot. Indeed, it's nice to sit there and watch London go by.

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  3. How much I want that onion soup right now!! Thanks for the tour! Have a lovely day!

    Kristin xxxx

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  4. Kristin: I know! LA Poule au Pot was such a surprise! I loved it.

    Marie: I can see why you love it so much. It has a peacefu way about it.

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  5. I am so glad I stumbled across your blog today. I live in Chichester so not far away but I am increasingly spending more time in Londres not just for seeing friends and going to parties but it is where I am learning photography, so great to see what little gems and hidden corners of London I should go and snap! I love Pimlico - one of my best friend's used to live there.

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  6. We thought about moving to Pimlico before our choice fell to Richmond. There are days when I am still a bit undecided...

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  7. I must say I'm not a fan of Pimlico... at the risk of sounding like an old hippy, the energy there is really weird! (But perhaps I'm just not used to the elegant quietness in the area!)

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  8. I forgot to say thank you for your suggestion of going to the Make Lounge in Islington...have signed up to experience one of their sewing workshops. Looks like a fab place! And it has reconfirmed my decision that we need something of that ilk down here near Chichester....so excited can't wait to get stuck in starting something, with a differentiating twist.

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