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Park Life: a blog for Kensal Rise & Queen's Park

People, places and perks that enhance the lives of those in NW10 and NW6. Email park_life@me.com about local things worth celebrating

Recipes

Cornershop cuisine… Hangover helper, part 2: Choc mayo cake

by Jon Murphy on May 16, 2010

Cornershop cuisine… Hangover helper, part 1: Breakfast Pasty

by Jon Murphy on May 11, 2010

Introducing… Cornershop Cuisine

by Jon Murphy on April 4, 2010

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    • The Detox Kitchen
    • Peaceful Solutions: PS Charity Shop
    • Photography competition: can you capture the spirit of #KensalFlea TODAY?
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    Life in the park

    • Adventures in sushi
    • The Detox Kitchen
  • Art & entertainment

    • 90-second Brent films
    • ArtNW10
    • Brent Artists Resource
    • Cabaret Futura
    • John Blandy
    • Kensal Review Choir
    • Lexi film reviews
    • Mistah
    • Nomad Cinema
    • Photobooth Out of Order
    • Seventh Heaven pub quiz
    • The Gallery, Willesden
    • What's on at the Masons
    • What's on at the Paradise
    • What's on at the William IV
  • Books & writers

    • Alex Bellos
    • Anne Celine Jaeger
    • Anthony Gardner
    • Ben Lyttleton
    • Book clubs
    • Caroline Phillips
    • Colin Cameron
    • Harry Eyres
    • Juliet Kinsman
    • Kate Rew
    • Kensal Review
    • Kensal Rise library
    • Polly Williams
    • Queen's Park Book Festival
    • Queens Park Books
    • Rose Rouse
    • Save Kensal Rise Library!
    • Tim Lott
    • Zadie Smith
  • Eating & drinking

    • Alice House
    • Behesht Persian restaurant
    • Brooks Butchers
    • Chamberlayne
    • Dri Dri gelateria, Portobello
    • Eat Sushi
    • Farmers Market
    • Food Inc – the documentary
    • Gracelands Café
    • Holy Cow, Kilburn: Indian take-away
    • Ida
    • Island on the Rise, Caribbean restaurant
    • Jacks
    • Karmarama, Gladstone Park
    • L'Angolo's Italian Delicatessen
    • La Dinette
    • Local Sugar
    • Masons Arms
    • Penk's
    • Rebel Bakery
    • Sabor Latino, Willesden
    • Salusbury Wine Store
    • Sunday roasts at the Paradise
    • The Detox Kitchen
    • The Dock Kitchen
    • The Island
    • The Paradise
    • The Regent
    • The Salusbury
    • The Shop
    • Tong Kanom – Thai
    • Tsiakkos & Charcoal
  • Fashion & shopping

    • Anna Popovich
    • Caryn Franklin
    • Disney Roller Girl
    • Elmstone
    • Folk
    • Humphries & Begg
    • Iris
    • Kirsten Grace jewellery
    • Lalï
    • Love KR
    • nineteen57
    • Rag & Bow
    • Samaritans charity shop
    • Shanti Sundays
    • Supra
  • Home, gifts & interiors

    • Another Country Furniture
    • Artisan gallery and studio, corner of Harlesden and Parkfield roads
    • Canvas prints
    • Circus Antiques & Interiors
    • Eulabee
    • Fleamarket Floozy
    • Goat Design workspace furniture
    • Graham & Green
    • Hagai Atzmon, handyman
    • Homeworks
    • Howie & Belle Vintage Boutique
    • London Garden Studios
    • Lou Rota
    • Niche Antiques
    • Personalised gifts
    • retrouvius
    • Rise gift shop
    • Tacina Smith, the Paint Whisperer
    • Verandah (Kensal Rise)
    • Worldly Wicked & Wise
  • Kids & babies

    • Brent Youth Club
    • Drum Club, the Rhythm Studio
    • Izzy Jones
    • Kidsen
    • Meenymineymo.co.uk
    • Mini Picassos
    • Mr Alexander's Travelling Show
    • Peaks of London – stylish breastfeeding clothes
    • Their Nibs
  • Local people we love

    • Alexandra Shulman
    • Anna Richardson
    • Caryn Franklin
    • Gaby Roslin
    • Jamie Cullum
    • Jessica Hynes
    • Kay Montano
    • Kelly Macdonald
    • Sally Wilton
    • Shaun Keaveny
    • Sienna Miller
    • Simon O'Hagan
    • Thandie Newton
  • Mind, body & soul

    • Alan Dolan, Breath Guru
    • Anne-Sophie Morel, Equilibre acupuncture
    • Bikram Yoga
    • Chaim: the Centre for Complementary Health and Integrated Medicine, Willesden
    • Chamberlayne's Barber Shop
    • Cutting Crew
    • Elmwood Tennis Club
    • Food and Face
    • Gorgeous – hair & beauty
    • Gracelands Yard
    • Hair & Make-up Dept
    • Jivita Ayurveda
    • Locomotive personal training
    • Luca
    • Matt Smart Training
    • Meditation tips from Ralf Marzen
    • Natasha Devedlaka make-up artist
    • Nathan Carr's Smartfit Bootcamp
    • Queen's Park Harriers
    • Reflexologist Sophie Robinson
    • Rolfing
    • Special Yoga Centre
    • Swanky Lash & Nail Bar 020 8964 2569
    • Tabitha Robertson
    • The Detox Kitchen
    • Yogaloft
  • Music

    • Canal Party
    • Don Letts
    • Ed Harcourt
    • Mark Rae
    • Matt Cantor
    • Notting Hill Carnival 2011
    • Peter Parkers Rock n Roll Club
    • Tammy Weis
  • Park Life loves

    • A Cycling Project in North Kilburn
    • Absolutely Notting Hill: what I love about our neighbourhood…
    • Alan Bennett's evening for Kensal Rise Library
    • Contact the Elderly
    • Cornershop cuisine
    • Elders Voice http://www.eldersvoice.org.uk
    • Fleamarkets
    • Freeganism
    • Handpicked Media
    • Ken the Milkman
    • Kensal Flea – next event is 24 March at the Paradise
    • Kensal Green Cemetery
    • Kilburn Library Garden
    • Mardy Mabel
    • Mayhew Animal Home
    • Mr & Mrs Smith boutique hotel specialists
    • Orangutan Foundation
    • Photos from yesteryear
    • Queen's Park
    • Salusbury World
    • Scarlet & Violet http://www.scarletandviolet.com
    • Simply Numbers bookkeeping
    • St John's Church
    • Street parties
    • Supra men and women's fashion
    • Sustainability Institute
    • The Rhythm Studio
  • Shops we love

    • Granger Hertzog
    • Paper Wishes
    • Peaceful Solutions charity shop
  • Travel

    • House swapping
    • Mr & Mrs Smith France hotel guidebook
    • On tour with the Freestylers
    • Smith Travel Blog
    • Tallulah & Hope luxury kaftans
  • Useful websites

    • Brent Council
    • Friends of Kensal Green Cemetary
    • Kensal Green directory
    • Kensal Rise Against TFL's Noisy Buses
    • Kensal Rise overland station
    • Organise For You
    • Queen's Park Library
    • Queen's Park overland and underground station
    • Queen's Park Residents Association
  • Zeitgeist: websites we love

    • Awkward Family Photos
    • Blog of "unnecessary" quotation marks
    • Daily Rubbish blog
    • Emails from an asshole
    • Kensal Rising blog
    • NW6 blog
    • Park Life's twitpics
    • Shit My Kids Ruined
    • The Source magazine
    • Transition Kensal to Kilburn
    • What the fuck should I make for dinner