11/14/2023 0 Comments London lockdown 3.0We are taking the necessary infection prevention control measures being directed from the Public Health, the NHS, Regulators and Professional bodies to ensure we are following all recommendations. That’s why Vision Express is reminding everyone that its stores are still open, with eye health and safety at the top of the priority ensuring all eye concerns and needs are looked after.ĭan McGhee, Director of Professional Services at Vision Express advises: “All our customers worried about existing appointments can be reassured that these will continue to take place as planned safely. Because no one can be charming when they desperately need to pee.Over 2 million adults have not been for a regular eye check in over five years and that Covid-19 has been a significant reason for people not attending their bi-annual appointments. Also, and importantly, there are public toilets in Borough Market, but you can also keep this handy Lockdown Loo website to hand to find more near the river. Grab a few nibbles, then take a very cute stroll across London Bridge and make a bench overlooking the Thames your personal date spot for a couple of hours. Sure the pandemic gave us crippling anxiety, sadness, and existential dread, but it also gave us the opportunity to pick up fluffy buns and pre-mixed negronis from Bao in Borough Market. If that’s leaning a touch too #datenight for you and you’re at the mercy of daytime train times, then a good alternative is a grab-and-go situation from London’s coolest mini-chain, BAO. You’ll have to email them to book a table (sorry) but that’s an entirely acceptable dose of life admin for the chance of leaning over a tealight candle, and trading film suggestions come golden hour: No I really, really do think Booksmart is like an underdog masterpiece. Expect cute little wooden tables, nibbles, £5 raclette cheese toasties, and a long changing list of great wines that start at around the £15 mark. The grand exposed brick situation inside is peak third date material, but they’re opening their more lowkey entrance area from April 12th. Set inside an arch beneath the Holborn Viaduct, this place is the definition of ‘I know a great little place around the corner’. You want somewhere exactly like Winemaker’s Club in Farringdon. You want somewhere that is both charming, whimsical, and quintessential London, but kind of by accident. Absolute hard pass on Oxford Circus, no thank you. Let’s immediately strike Covent Garden, Piccadilly Circus, and Camden from the location rosta because we don’t want any tourist vibes here. Somewhere that casually screams ‘I have my shit together and I live this incredibly cool interesting life in London’. Now, as someone who is eternally drawn to the aloof siren song of long-distance romance and relationships where I act as both girlfriend, beloved tour guide, and cheap AirBNB host, I know exactly what you’re after. After a year of government-mandated celibacy, this is what I would class as ‘A Seriously Exciting Situation’. I am picturing some kind of Nicholas Sparks novel called In My Heart, Outside The M25. An out-of-towner, you say? I am picturing Bridges of Madison County. My my my, you have piqued my interest here. Can do a sit-down or a grab-and-go situation. I’m looking for somewhere that will impress a non-Londoner. The thing is, they don’t live in London but we’re finally meeting face to face soon and I need something that’s a talking point. I’ve been chatting to someone throughout lockdown 3.0.
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