FEAST London

This has been a very food-centered week. On Tuesday we went to Big Easy (great lobster and prices, bad service), Wednesday to Bone Daddies and Thursday to FEAST which I was so, so excited about! We went last year and it was incredible and this year did not disappoint.

We started with a yum bun, which I have heard a lot about and was amazing!






Soft doughy bun filled with pork and amazing hot sauce!

Then me and Lisa moved on to The Rum Kitchen's chicken bake - my boyfriend Dima and new flatmate Matt decided to venture on a meatier (more expensive) journey whilst me and Lisa tried to split food to make it cheaper and less obesity-inducing!



this was really really good and I reaaally now want to go try the restaurant in Notting Hill (but I am a bit broke after this week!)

Then we moved on to ... DEEP FRIED OREOS



which I think is probably one of the best things I have ever eaten!

Lisa went for a macaroon ice cream sandwich..



while I went for a giant slice of chocolate and sea salt cake which I finished off later (very drunk)






Dima and Matt also got....











GINORMOUS ribs, 40 day wagu steak, huge big apple hot dogs, risotto kimichi balls... and a cute little dessert pot to finish..



We went as soon as it opened (5pm) to beat the massive queues that inevitably form and rolled home by about 7 pm to have a quick nap before mahiki!

me and my new flatmates :') (aka my boyfriend and his flatmate)


me and my best friend :')

TIGI

This weekend I was lucky enough to be modeling in the TIGI show. It was absolutely insane - five days of preparation and rehearsals, 9am - 11pm! It was probably one of the best things I have ever done and the first proper job I have got this year so I was really happy to be a part of it.

We opened the show with a history section, one model representing each year of TIGI as it was their ten year anniversary. I was the Alexander Mcqueen 'reptile' - wearing the last dress he ever made!










the other outfits in this section were AMAZING -






also the videos playing in the background showing the history of the designs were amazing!

Next up were some hair demonstrations on stage, dancers and an incredible acrobatic act..



My favourite part of the show was this big party scene where the models were Vivienne Westwood inspired, listening to a piano player. Then a singer came out with flapper dancers and it was basically a massive party on stage. We got to watch it backstage before our final part!


Then for the finale we were 24 models, in groups of 3 with coordinating coloured wigs. We were supposed to be 'storm troopers', and marched out on stage with military music and amazing coloured LED lights on the stage.





then loads of confetti came down at the end when all of the team came out on stage to a standing ovation!


It was an amazing show, so lucky to have been a part of it. 

Majorca

Last week we ditched rainy, miserable London and went to Majorca for a week of sun!
After a false start at the airport involving a cancelled flight, four hours waiting and lots of disappointment we were off two days later!

 we were really lucky - the all inclusive hotel and beach were amaaazing as well as the endless supplies of food!

  we spent most days on the beach or in the pool...

the night life was... interesting. There were 2 'clubs', about the size of a pub and they were both really cringey! There were a couple of bars, but we went to the same one each night because it reminded us of mahiki (but with much, much cheaper cocktails!) and went to a super cringey club... in the end we had to give in and out-cringe everyone!

obligatory Mediterranean kebab

Overall it was such a great relaxing holiday, really sad to be back in London working! Although I have a lot to look forward to, moving to Kensington on Sunday which will be sooo great, living with my boyfriend for the summer!

work

been super, super busy with modeling work! So far I have had 6 full days of work; 3 casting days and 3 test shoots. The shoots were over the weekend and I have been shattered everyday after, but the people were really talented so I think the pictures came out good.

photographer natalia

today was a day of castings - 5! It's pretty tiring when they are all over different ends of London but at least the sun is shining! I left Urban Outfitters for last - good job because there was literally about 100 models and an hour and a half wait! Luckily I made friends with a really lovely model so it went by quickly :)

massive model queue taking up the streets

casting for Look magazine was in Blue Fin building in southwark

test shoot with neil bennett - such a great photographer

interesting test saturday...

amazing wig the hair stylist had spent 3 days making!

whisky mist

This weekend we all went to Whisky Mist.


it is always guaranteed to be a drunk night, with champagne... 





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... giant chalets of star-fruit cocktails..



and drinks

tthis time was especially good because we discovered a SECRET ROOM which was very exciting, and with tthat room came... PASTA!! at 2 am, which was literally heavenly!



Ok so looking back, it was probably quite gross as it was completely cold. But at the time it was AMAZING!

there was even some... interesting dancers




great night!

life is great!

Life is going amazingly at the moment, the two months of exams and 10-hour study days are worth it just to be able to fully appreciate a lie in knowing you have nothing to do!

We went to Dstrkt to celebrate finishing, which ended in quite a drunken night. We told the promotetr (san - who is amazing) that it was Hannah's birthday so we got a cake which ended up quite... messy.

L-R; Elena (wearing y dress which looked far better on her!), Hannah (birthday girl), Katherine and me (wearing an old FCUK dress which AMAZINGLY i fit into that night - size 6!)

Dstrkt is BEAUTIFUL, probably one of the most beautiful clubs I have been to in London and it is huge, but the dancefloor is very strangely small and cramped in the middle. Fortunately we were so drunk that we didn't care!

We were supposed to go to Boujis after to see Will Smith and Selena Gomez but it seemed like too much effort when the drinks were flowing, and the cake was present!





Unfortunately on the way home the cake did get a little... devoured



and the taxi driver was NOT too happy at all, even after our fabulous singing and offerings of cake. So we had to slam the doors and run inside when he demanded 50 pounds.

The next day was spent sofa-bound, watching endless episodes of Made in Chelsea which is actually quite good (hate myself for saying this). I didn't want to watch it because we sometimes see them about and I can currently be like 'oh whatever' but now I will probably stalk them and make an idiot of myself :'(

I also have a new model agency, which is soo so soo soooo great! They are so incredibly lovely and nice, especially after my last one which was always telling me to lose weight. These ones have AMAZINGLY told me not to lose weight and that they will dye my hair blonde for me! My old one made me pay up to 300 pounds to constantly get my hair dyed brown at Harvey Nichols! :')) I have my first castings on Tuesday - Toni and Guy and another online client. Really excited to get back into it!

Also exciting news is that I am going to move to Kensington for the summer! I will go and live in my boyfriend's flat (with my own very tiny room) as it will be much easier to work and my landlords are strangely coming into our house constantly as they live next door in very cramped conditions, so I am certain that as soon as people begin leaving for summer they will inevitably move in.

this is my new model agency, Profile! :)

Goodbye 90210

So 90210 has finally come to an end, after 5 seasons. It was definitely on its way out, with its repetitive storylines and gossip-girl-esque intra-relationships but it was always a good show and I will miss it.

The award for the most cheesy ending to a show ever definitely goes to 90210. Everyone got their happy ending, kind of awkwardly loved the last scene where Liam rode up to the private jet on his motorbike (and proposed... obviously) in the way that you really love something but don't want to admit it. Was a bit disappointing that no one died though (pessimist over here) as I heard someone was going to, thought they were going to shock us.


Naomi is definitely the best character on the show, and she is literally my body idol! Her body is insanely amazing and she is beautiful. In this episode she ended up with her boyfriend whats-his-name with the kind of typically naomi ridiculous storyline of something along the lines of an evil in law and meeting an emperor...
I love all the crazy things they make her do (avatar anybody?) and she is probably the only one that the crazy storylines work on because she brings so much to the show.

I also really liked Adriana in this season, its nice that she has grown up and really nice that she got back with Navid - though their ending was super cheesy with them riding off into the ambulance-sunset.
Annie is as annoying and desperate as ever but it is nice that she also ended up (marrying?) Liam (who has slept with literally every girl on the show except Adriana)(man whore) after the whole 'moving away to other sides of the world' thing - but one thing that annoyed me is how did they send that picture of themselves to all their friends within SECONDS (its 90210 world I suppose) - also here it was extremely annoying that all the way through they were talking about the source of the explosion but WE NEVER FIND OUT!! When it was obviously something from Liam's bag (random)!



Silver was incredibly beautiful in this episode and its probably for the best that she didn't kill herself. Dixon is just Dixon, he was slightly less annoying in this episode.

Overall it was a good finale (if a little 'out there'), and now I'm off to watch the 'special' episode! goodbye 90210, you have been brilliant.

(also quite sad that I will never get to watch the actual 90210 sequence again!)