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
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- Queens Park Book Festival gala opener at Lexi Cinema
- Pop! Goes the Willesden…
- Last night a DJ saved my life…
- We’re nearly back – thank you for your patience
- Adventures in sushi
- The Detox Kitchen
- Peaceful Solutions: PS Charity Shop
- Photography competition: can you capture the spirit of #KensalFlea TODAY?
- Not just any old tea party… Rebels with a cause
- Broken Down Doll pop-up vintage boutique and absinthe parlour
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- PS Charity Shop at 18 Chamberlayne Road NW10 on Beat the blues with Brent Samaritans
- We hosted a Contact the Elderly tea party with a Rebel Bakery streak on Tea party with a twist
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Life in the park
Art & entertainment
Books & writers
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
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
Local people we love
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
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
Travel
Useful websites
Zeitgeist: websites we love