Fun Ways To Spend This September Weekend
The leaves are beginning to turn golden, and the air is getting chillier as we officially step into boots and coat season. And if you’ve got your sights set on a fun weekend, there’s a great bottomless brunch with a carnival theme you can book, a sing-along session at one of South London’s hottest destinations, a new Leonardo DiCaprio film to catch and a must-see fashion exhibition. Here’s our list of ways to spend this weekend:
Check out this fashion exhibition
It is the most fashionable month of the year, so it’s a great time to head to the Barbican for Dirty Looks. The exhibition is all about how we can create a sustainable future for fashion, and explores how dirt and decay have been used to defy beauty standards, and why it’s going through a resurgence in young designers’ work and featuring work from iconic designers like Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood, and emerging designers like Elena Velez and Yuima Nakazato.
where: Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS
website: www.barbican.org.uk
Try a limited edition Negroni menu
Electric Shuffle has launched a limited-edition Negroni menu, which runs until 30th September. The new limited-edition cocktail menu will feature three twists on the Negroni, alongside the original recipe. The new menu has been created by Electric Shuffle’s bar masters and includes cocktails like the Bittersweet Symphony, Orange Crush and Kiss From A Rose. You can head to Electric Shuffle at Canary Wharf, London Bridge, and now King’s Cross, to taste-test the new menu before the end of the month.
Where: across london
website: www.electricshuffle.com
Watch Leonardo DiCaprio’s new film
One Battle After Another is loosely based on the novel Vineyard by Thomas Pynchon, with Leonardo DiCaprio playing one of the former revolutionaries around whom the film centres. There’s a sizeable cast joining DiCaprio in this one, including Teyana Taylor as gun-toting revolutionary Profidia. Other big stars include both Sean Penn and musician Alana Haim, as well as Benicio del Toro, who’s also set to appear in the Wes Anderson film The Phoenician Scheme.
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Enjoy your first Autumnal walk
Is there any better way to spend a weekend than walking through the beautiful Hampstead Heath? We think not. Whatever you’re looking for – short autumnal walk, long walk, dense trees, vast open spaces, lakes, dogs – Hampstead Heath’s 800 acres have everything. Take in the changing colour of the leaves as they crunch beneath your feet, and pop in for a cosy tea in Kenwood’s Brew House to warm up mid-walk.
Head to Westfield London for a beauty pop-up
Try out Miu Miu’s stunning new fragrance launch, Miutine, at this pop-up in Westfield London, where you can get your hands on the fragrance and enjoy flavoured lollipops in the signature ingredients: strawberry, brown sugar and gardenia. For an added personalised touch, there will be someone available to create a poem for you on Miu Miu-branded postcards, in vintage typography, and you can even get an engraved perfume bottle. Open from 26th September to 8th October, beauty lovers don’t want to miss this.
Try out Miu Miu’s stunning new fragrance launch, Miutine, at this pop-up in Westfield London.
where: North Atrium, Westfield, White City, London
website: www.westfield.com
Book this bottomless brunch
From cocktails to carnival games, there’s plenty of fun in store at Swingers West End Carnival Bottomless Brunch. For £50pp, you can enjoy 90 minutes of bottomless drinks, a street food voucher to redeem at Patty&Bun, Pizza Pilgrims or Breddos, and a reserved area for your group. Plus, there are some retro favourite games like Jet Pong that bring out your competitive side. Available all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday, up until 90 minutes before close, this is a great spot to spend a few hours this weekend.
Where: 15 John Prince’s St, London W1G 0AB
website: www.swingers.club
Go to Rosa Thai for bottomless curries
This is for those days when one bowl isn’t enough. For just £25 per person, you can get unlimited bowls of Rosa Thai’s classic curries with jasmine rice and prawn or pumpkin crackers. Plus, you can go big and grab yourself a bucket of Singha beers or a sharing cocktail for the table. The menu is available every Saturday and Sunday from 12 to 4pm, for groups of four or more with a 1.5-hour limit.
where: across london
website: www.rosasthai.com
Head to Fulham Pier for a sing-along
An 8-piece band to soundtrack everyone’s favourite racing game…while you compete on a huge screen? Fulham Pier is bringing Mario Kart, as if you’ve never seen it before. To make the whole experience even more exciting, audience members will be picked at random to compete for the coveted Marioke Gold Cup and a Super Mario Bros 40th anniversary speedrun competition with DJs spinning gaming mashups throughout the night.
where: Fulham Pier, London SW6 6HH
website: www.fulhampier.com
Attend a sushi masterclass
TOKii restaurant at The Prince Akatoki London offers a range of great experiences for sushi lovers – head for the sushi masterclasses, an interactive experience led by their head sushi chef, where guests learn the artistry of sushi-making. Or if you just want to settle down and enjoy a good meal, go for the Omakase Experience – a chef’s choice tasting menu showcasing seasonal Japanese ingredients or try an East-Meets-West afternoon tea – a Japanese-inspired twist on the British classic, featuring handcrafted sweets, savouries and premium teas.
where: Cumberland Place, Marble Arch, London, W1H 7FD
website: www.tokii.co.uk
