Reyka Vodka bitters launch party at Looking Glass Cocktail Club

It feels like it's been ages since I've written a post on here.  There's been a lot going on the last month that I've barely had a chance to think, let alone drink.  So when the lovely people of Reyka Vodka wanted me to try out their new bitters product at Looking Glass Cocktail Club because they were throwing a party, I decided alcohol was definitely the solution.  

Cocktails at the Dark Circus Party Holborn

The invitations I usually receive in the post are for weddings and christenings (I'll take your look of surprise as a compliment.  Yes; I am at that age where those types of invitations are normal).  So when I received an invitation in the post with tickets to the Dark Circus Party, this made an interesting change to the norm.  Instead of a ceremony and reception, this invitation had the promise of it being "glamourous, provocative and a bit risque", not to mention surreal and subversive.  

The Hoxton Grill Cocktail Bar Review

I have an over zealous interest in Shoreditch despite having no affinity to it at all.  Every time I'm within sniffing distance of EC1/2, I'm well aware my wardrobe of New Look items has no place here.  I think my interest is because Shoreditch seems to be my antithesis; trendy, liberal...grimy.  But the Hoxton Grill shows that Shoreditch can class it up when it wants to.

Cocktails on Butler's Gin barge Hackney Wick

So there were not 3 but 13 wo/men in a boat this weekend for my friend's birthday.  Butler's gin originated in the insanely hipster Hackney Wick (if only I had a full beard, a dog and classic denim) and as such welcomed gin lovers to their amusingly named concept "Drunch" to taste their unique blend of gin.  On a barge.  I believe the next phrase should be that overused one.  Standard.

Cocktails at the NYE prohibition party Holborn

I'm gonna party like it's 1999...or the 1920's as I was off to the Bloomsbury Ballroom again but this time at a prohibition party.  I was a big fan of the dark circus party thrown by Bourne & Hollingsworth (review here) and they were throwing lots of parties on new year's eve, one of them being a prohibition party.