A quick dash over to Boundary Street for lunch with lovely Urmee and her accomplice, Bertie.

(You should follow Bertie on Instagram – he has wonderful adventures.)

“Take me for a walk, why are you working human?” #frenchiefriday #frenchbulldog

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(That face!)

We met at Albion and Urmee and I both went for the salad table.

You can see why in the photo above.

Albion

It’s a lovely place, part of a small chain that I suspect has big ambitions. The vibe is like Bill’s but a little younger, a little hipper and a little more seaside-y.

Or maybe that was the sunshine that day.

The salads were excellent – pepped up with little jewels of pomegranate and dried cranberries – the sort of thing loved by ladies who lunch. If they did a cookbook, it might do rather well.

The shop attached to the restaurant is very cute too.

albion-shop-interior

Temptations lie within …

On the way out, I picked up a couple of treats for Ted’s Christmas stocking.

(Sorry – first mention of the C-word this year – it’s far too early, isn’t it.)

Then a wander around Shoreditch …

shoreditch-graffiti-girl

Graffiti guvnor.

shoreditch-love-bike

<3 Shoreditch, <3 bicycles.

… where a ghost taxi was hiding in among the graffiti.

ghost-taxi

“SOTR, love? Not a chance.”

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