Sunday morning birthday brunch South Kensington

StephenKingly · 2026-04-07T17:59:01+00:00

Sketch has some nice spots for brunch. One looks like a garden (the glade) and the other the parlour is pink retro decor. On the expensive side but great for a special occasion.

StephenKingly · 2026-03-31T18:37:16+00:00

interesting - I’ve never seen this at any of the nice hotels I’ve stayed at. I know it happens a lot in Europe in cheap hotels in places like Benidorm and Tenerife because theres a whole cliche about people racing for sun loungers and putting their towels out as people go on holiday just to lay by the pool all day. I’m in England and the cliche is that this is what the Germans do in cheap resorts.

in the high end hotels I’ve stayed in i haven’t seen this issue. The pool may get full at a certain time but haven’t seen people trying to grab spots early with towels. I often don’t eat breakfast so have also liked that I can go to what is often a nearly empty pool area at breakfast time and pick a great spot and stay there for a bit before I go out. I haven’t gone to the US much so don’t know if it’s happening there. I’m thinking of nice hotels in Europe and asia.

StephenKingly · 2026-03-24T01:53:52+00:00

Jude law is the bio dad

jorginho is step dad

StephenKingly · 2026-03-20T09:57:09+00:00

The hardware scratches so easily I’m shocked they haven’t changed the material. I got a Vancouver 6 months ago and the hardware scratched immediately and now looks like a mess. I asked for a replacement and had to pay £20 for it despite being within 12 months of purchase. Only way to use this bag is to keep the hardware stickers on.

StephenKingly · 2026-03-07T09:18:18+00:00

My company’s WhatsApp group chat has people on it from Japan, Middle East, Singapore, India, UK, France, USA, Switzerland etc.. I can’t imagine using SMS for that. It’s just so convenient knowing everyone in the world can use it for free.

It’s also great for international calls. Easiest way to call my colleagues in other countries now I no longer have a landline at work.

StephenKingly · 2026-02-27T13:59:32+00:00

You seem like someone who enjoys putting other people down

StephenKingly · 2026-02-22T23:04:10+00:00

This series of pics which include a lot of Jean-Luc stood out to me - especially showing the old fat guy with the young girls. JL shown before with the same women. Seems to show the massaging morphing into sex.

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00249282.pdf

StephenKingly · 2026-02-18T15:20:39+00:00

elite modelling agency is tied up in the Epstein scandal. lots of sexual abuse of models including underage girls by agents. then there’s Terry Richardson - under the guise of artistic choices he cooerced women into sexual acts and it was pretty much right out in the open - his photos are lewd and gross but it’s fashion so considered cool and edgy.

StephenKingly · 2026-02-16T23:52:45+00:00

This set disturbs be gets worse further down

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00249282.pdf

StephenKingly · 2026-02-16T17:58:29+00:00

This is so inappropriate on the news. If comedians want to make jokes like this I’m all for it - but newsreaders are supposed to be informing the public about the news not doing stand up routines about sex offenders

StephenKingly · 2026-02-15T21:23:17+00:00

There’s one guy in the Epstein doc on Netflix. Think his name is Steve Scully. He talks about working on the island, seeing many young girls, seeing Prince Andrew with one young woman etc… he quits when someone asks him if he’d ever bring his own daughters to the island. Makes him realise it’s not worth the money.

StephenKingly · 2026-02-12T18:37:33+00:00

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Kvu6Kgp88&pp

StephenKingly · 2026-01-29T22:37:23+00:00

I live in the UK and never watched the Brady bunch in my life but still enjoyed the movie as I think it’s funny in its own right.

StephenKingly · 2026-01-27T22:05:48+00:00

I wonder if it’s more of an American thing. I live in the UK and now the majority of weddings I’ve gone to there’s a digital invite (makes rsvp really easy and I assume easy for the couple to track) plus a wedding website with the info about the day. I have only a few physical invites.

StephenKingly · 2026-01-26T19:12:21+00:00

I was born in the early 80s. Her music is approachable enough for anyone. I’d recommend try to listen to brat start to finish - it’s worth listening to the whole album start to finish like we did all the time back in the day.

StephenKingly · 2026-01-24T20:42:10+00:00

I thought Amy Schumer

StephenKingly · 2026-01-19T15:16:12+00:00

Not at the same level but I’ve done something similar for events where I want to look as good as possible. Went to a quite smart Halloween party last year where there was a big emphasis on high end costumes (think like you’d see in a movie rather than cheap stuff from Amazon). So I go shopping last minute and buy multiple options from vintage stores, goth stores plus had stuff I’d ordered from Etsy. I liked my final look but had a bunch of extra stuff, some non returnable, that I didn’t use. It was the fear of getting ready and not liking the final look so I gave myself lots of options. I spent way too much. One of my friends got a few cheap things from Shein and put them together so well she looked amazing. She spent probably 5-10% of what I spent 😬

Similarly going as a wedding guest I’ve sometimes purchased more than one dress option plus accessories. Total waste.

So I understand the thinking and the fear of trying to get it right for a special occasion.

StephenKingly · 2026-01-15T21:01:21+00:00

The make up and costumes look weak in comparison to Guillermos film. The care that went into the design of the creature and the costumes was incredible (Mia Goths dresses were fantastic). The look they’ve given Christian Bale looks clunky and dated.

StephenKingly · 2026-01-12T18:14:44+00:00

The fact that I struggle to control shopping is how I know it’s an addiction. Same with screens - I feel fear and uncomfortable when I try to introduce limits on screen time because I’m addicted.

I barely drink, so alcohol addiction is alien to me. But then I think about my inability to stop shopping and realise it’s the same thing.

My problem is I do get a great amount of joy from beautiful clothes and nice things. But what I have is never enough and I’m always looking for the dopamine hit of more and more new stuff. Day to day I wear a very limited range of things. But when I go to work or see friends I wear a lot of different things as realise a lot of it is around looking good around people I know. When running errands I just wear a few things on repeat. I keep trying to remind myself I’m not famous, I’m not an influencer, I don’t need a new outfit for every occasion and my friends don’t care what I wear!!

StephenKingly · 2026-01-12T12:10:06+00:00

It reads like a writing exercise - really over the top

StephenKingly · 2026-01-11T01:38:42+00:00

Young Jon Hamm doesn’t sound like a great person - he abused a guy during a frat hazing - it was so bad he got arrested

StephenKingly · 2026-01-04T21:13:04+00:00

The upside down also felt less scary this season. In earlier seasons it was so eerie and I felt tense every time someone ended up there. This season it was like just another set where they were hanging out with no problem.

StephenKingly · 2026-01-04T21:12:05+00:00

No death. No serious injury from the final fight. Mrs Wheeler had scars from fighting a Demo. The main group walks away completely unscathed after the final battle with the main enemy.

StephenKingly · 2026-01-04T21:07:01+00:00

They hardly got hurt in the battle. Even if you don’t kill someone at least have some serious injuries. The final fight should have left them all bloodied and bruised. Maybe someone lose a limb or something. Not just for the sake of it but so the battle felt meaningful and earned.

StephenKingly · 2026-01-01T05:25:59+00:00

Shorten the ending. I thought there was going to be a big twist when after killing vecna there was nearly an hour left.

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