For those of you who just want to get to the action while we just ramble on, help is at hand. Whilst Facebook got the party started, we’ve bit by bit got our heads round this Twitter thing. We’ve been chirping all sorts for almost exunctly a year now, so we thought we’d take a look back to pick out the shout outs we like best. If you’re yet to follow and you’d like to, here’s the place to go: http://twitter.com/glpLondon
Right then, without further ado, here they are our top 25 to send you all a-twitter…
1. A true gem – Four o Nine, Clapham. Press a hidden buzzer, up some stairs, intimate settings and lush French food await. http://bit.ly/8l1djX
2. Hire canoes from the fantastic Pirate’s Castle in Camden and paddle your merry way to great little places a plenty http://bit.ly/frTvzV
3. Cinema can be a classy affair. Treat someone special to a Champagne Afternoon Tea + movie @ Soho Hotel Sunday Film Club: http://bit.ly/HNyGw
4. Food is the way to a heart. Muck in together @ Jamie Oliver’s kitchen shop where you both can learn to cook great food: http://bit.ly/FS9lJ
5. Great views, living history and the most recognisable bong in all the land, Big Ben. Write to your MP to secure a tour. http://bit.ly/dhnUGZ
6. Don your jodhpurs and jump on a horse around Hyde Park for a romantic afternoon. Sand tracks go right around the park. http://bit.ly/9Mn8ge
7. Make certain that you come out smelling of roses; a day creating a bespoke perfume. £big: http://bit.ly/bYMdNS £lower: http://bit.ly/aSKK2J
8. London at its most picturesque, take a guided walk around old Hampstead village’s pubs. Perfect for a Saturday evening. http://bit.ly/cu7L8o
9. To drop the cash bomb: lunch at the sumptious Crush Room at Royal Opera House (Mon-Sat lunch – you don’t need tickets): http://bit.ly/bA77JC
10. Intimate cinema room with class at One Aldwych hotel. Champagne + 3 course meal + film = gold dust: http://bit.ly/dZ8Yjn
11. Animal lovers ahoy, pack a picnic and take your special someone to one of the finest city farms: Mudchute City Farm: http://bit.ly/dBcU8r
12. No secret but decent nonetheless: for a culture vulture date travel between London’s two Tates by boat: http://bit.ly/dyEu0d
13. Chocolate Ecstasy Tours. Need we say more? If your date doesn’t love this, they don’t love you. http://bit.ly/byGJYp
14. Twinkle, twinkle little star. Take your special someone to gaze at the nightsky at the Hampstead Observatory http://bit.ly/am0lHZ
15. Cast your rod in Poirot’s back yard. Trout fishing in the beautiful Syon House’s estate. http://bit.ly/bWeu24
16. For a cracking little spot in Soho head to Phoenix Artist Club – furnished with aeroplane seats and very chirpy folk. http://bit.ly/9IqA5b
17. Candlit tours every Monday evening at the house of artist Dennis Severs: http://bit.ly/b2Yvh2. A great little way to become lost in time…
18. Chocolate making courses at The Melange cafe in Peckham: http://bit.ly/8Zcw6g. They make hot chocolate made from actual chocolate!
19. Play Skittles in the cellar of the Freemasons Arms, Hampstead. It’s like ten-pin bowling but for real heroes: http://bit.ly/cbH3Dq
20. Please sir, can I have some more great little places? Visit the only surviving London home of Charles Dickens. Epic: http://bit.ly/cg71wa
21. Music to our ears. Visit the world’s oldest and last surviving grand music hall – Wilton’s Music Hall: http://bit.ly/cWbdmm
22. Lights, camera, action. Tour the BBC dear friends: http://bit.ly/bmP5xr
23. Wild Wild West! Learn western skills like knife-throwing, lassoing and whip cracking or join a circus training class: http://bit.ly/dTKWt6
24. Quel fromage! Cheese-tasting courses at Neal’s Yard. Eat your heart out: http://bit.ly/gxLpB8. Team GLP
25. Raise a glass at one of the reasonably-priced Wine Tasting evenings at the West London Wine School http://bit.ly/gcBP5L. Cheers!
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