Ibiza Bank Holiday Weekend 22-25th of August

Forget the Nottinghill Carnival, this bank holiday was all about the sun, sea and sand ... well almost!

I jetted off for a long weekend away to the island of Ibiza for a bit of a boogy, some top quality cuisine and of course the sunshine.

Upon arrival to our Hostal  (hello we thought we were staying at a hotel), we unpacked the outfits and headed into the centre of San Antonio for dinner. Now most people would assume that at a guess the cuisine on this part of the Island would be crap, but thanks to a local shop assistant, we managed to stumble upon El Rincon De Pepe, a brilliant Tapas restaurant, slap bang in the middle of all the touts, bars and chaos. 

Tummy's full we went back to get ready for what turned out to be the best night of the holiday, Fedde Le Grande @ Pacha. Leaving our jet lag in our suitcase we rocked down to Ibiza Town for the event and didn't stop grooving till about 5am, approximately 23 hours since we last hit the slept the day before. Fedde was amazing, but the guy after him was even better, pumping up the crowd with every track. 

Next day and really really knackered we hopped on the local bus to head over to a local beach. 

Hello, where was the sunshine???? It wasn't worth crawling out of bed for, in fact , it rained. Typical or what. 

Saturday night was a lot better as we had booked dinner at the amazing Bam Buddha Grove restaurant and boy it certainly didn't disappoint. With a Tantric cat, nomad, Thai decor, sex shop and brilliant food, this place is definitely worth a visit and funnily enough had been recommended to us by a number of friends. Thanks to all of you as it was fab. 

After this we went Ibiza Town, had a drink, met our toilet friend, some crazy guy that was mega funny and invited us to go to Space the following day, though we never actually saw him in there. About 1.30am we caught a taxi to El Divino for Hed Kandi, and despite me blagging guestlist through my music contacts back in London, it was crap. Nothing like a typical sort of Ministry night. The venue was shite as well. Left there about three and got some much needed kip, well about 4 hours of it before getting ready for our only day in the sun, at the beach party down Bora Bora. 

The aim on Sunday was to get to Bora Bora for about 11am and chill there for a few hours before heading to Space nightclub for their Space Sunday's event. The beach party was great fun, it seemed like all the hot people on the Island had decided to party in one location. Plus all the planes flying straight over the beach every 10 minutes added a special something to the atmosphere. 

With 6pm looming we went over to Space, only for me to get ID'd, lame. It actually worked out for the best as we decided to make the most of the rest of the day and visit the sunset at Cafe Mambo, on the other side of the island. It was the best sunset i have ever seen, with thousands of people seating themselves on the rocks just for an glimpse of the Spanish sunshine. 

It was well worth doing as Space was too hardcore for us, so we are really glad we made the most of our final day.

Monday was mainly about the tan, but with Heather not using any sun tan lotion on her face, i knew i was never going to catch up, whilst on factor 40. Oh and yes you've guessed it, it was cloudy again. 

Had a great weekend, but it was all ruined by Iberia airways who decided to delay our first flight, which meant our luggage didn't make the next connecting flight. Our bags stayed in Madrid for two extra days, which put a bit of a downer on everything, just wish i could have stayed out there with them. 

Thai Food Festival - 10/08/08

I stepped out in the (brief) sunshine last weekend and headed down to Greenwich, not to see the remains of the Cutty Sark, but to a scrummy food festival instead.



The Thai Food festival or Thai @ Zero Longitude as it is called took place on both Saturday and Sunday from 11am until about 6pm.



Having travelled to Thailand earlier this year i thought it would a great excuse to get some friends together for a bit of a feast in Greenwich Park.




Once inside we were pleasantly surprised by the array of food on offer. Remarkably over priced, but definitely worth a try, there was up to 10 stalls from various different Thai eateries around the capital, and i pretty much gave 50% of those a try. There was everything on offer from Pad Thai, Fish Cakes to Fruit Shakes.



There was also loads of other entertainment going on like Thai food carving classes, kick boxing, music and of course dancing.


I would definitely go back yesterday, but would make sure it was near to closing as everything got reduced 75% but i was already full :(

Fashion V Sport @ the V&A, 4,08,08

We headed down to the launch party of the highly anticipated Fashion V Sport exhibition at the V&A Museum, South Kensington.

Aside from all the free drink, canapes and ice cream we also came down to preview the collection of sportswear on show, 24 hours before the public.



















Mainly to showcase the new technologies in sportswear over the last 20 years the exhibition also documents how high end fashion brands such as Chanel, Stella McCartney have collaborated with sports brands to create a new more popular fashion style.

We also got to look at the science in sports wear such as the Michael Phelps Speedo Razor full body swim suit and the Puma all in one football kit.
Though relatively small the exhibition was a good insight into the world of sportswear and with special events taking place throughout the 6 month exhibition such as Noki's - Cut The Brand, and a Secret Wars live battle it's definitely worth a look in.

After Party was held at Bungalow 8 with all the other street wear heads to Covent Garden for a bit of a post launch party, party.

Hello One and All

Hello one and all Nani blog fans. I know i know, im sorry. I have been away for way to long. Got caught up in the world of entertainment PR for the last year and have been a bit distracted and strapped for time on the whole Nani front. Boyz II Men and Chaka Khan took up too much of my time.

But fear not because im now im back and this time it's to stay. I am now moving to pastures new in a couple of weeks, trying my hand at a bit of the old fashion PR stuff, so moving away from music.

Massive thanks to all at Hudson PR who have kept me on track for the last year, keeping my reallly really busy, it has been a blast. I will miss everything about the job, apart from the late evenings, but the time has come for me to move on to bigger and better things.

Miami June 6th till 14th, 2007

Bank Holiday Sunday at Amika, 27/05/07

Bank Holiday Sunday was pretty much a typical torrential rainy day in London Town, but a glimmer of heat was brought to us by the super cool Sunday event at Amika. A few of the girls arranged to check out the night after hearing great things about the previous bank holiday bonanza at Amika weeks earlier.

Dressed in our glad rags we braved the downpour and just about survived the walk from Jessica’s car to the club in High St Ken. We got there ridiculously early on the advice of Liz, (who didn’t actually make it to the event herself) only to find that the cue was already 15people strong.



Once inside it was time to sample the crowd and with, what had to be the biggest cocktail glass ever in hand we went into the main room to find our spot on the dance floor.

Funnily enough the DJ dishing up some sexy electro beats was none other than my best mates childhood pal. I’ve only met Esan a few times, but it was great to see him and his oh so dazzling gold jacket doing their thing.

The night brought me back to three years ago when I would start to spot the same crowd in every venue I would attend each week. It seems we managed to attend the coolest nights two days in the week as most of the crowd in attendance had been at Studio Valbonne two days earlier on Friday night. We stayed till close at 3.15am and made our way out into the drenched High St to head home. It is without a doubt Amika is my favourite club at the moment and I can’t wait till I pay it another visit soon.

Secret Wars Final, 31/03/07

Cough cough cough, I just gotta clear my throat before I announce this next statement… SECRET WARS GRAND FINAL PEOPLE! What a mad hectic night. Girls were fainting, blokes were sweating, the artists were tense and the drink was flowing. It was certainly a night that should and probably will stick in the memory banks of those who were lucky enough to make it inside for the ultimate battle between Teck 1 and Alfamale.





Juno bar was jammed full of previous Secret Wars entries, budding fans, photographers and film crews. This series has certainly drummed up some interest and rightly so. It’s been a challenging 9months, but finally we have reached the end, but from the word on the street many can’t wait for it to start all over again.



Who would win the £500.00 grand prize, Edding foosball table, toy design contract, Ecko watch and various other goodies? Only 120 minutes were separating us from the answer.



With a battle that in my opinion looked pretty one sided from the outset, Alfamale was crowned Secret Wars champion. Teck 1 had a piece that was just too complicated. The battle message wasn’t clear enough for the crowds and I think that’s what swayed the vote. Alfa conducted a piece with a Hamlet character painting the names of past secret wars victims on skulls. The message was simple the image was strong. Teck drew a canyon scene with the sign “see you in hell” in the background, but there was just too much going on.






The judging seemed to go on forever, but it was so exciting to find out who would win. Both artists seemed happy to just be taking part and no one went away empty handed. Alfamale was presented with a wrestling belt and Teck 1 with a pen medallion. Both of the trophies looked really top notch. Can’t wait to see how the prizes next season can top any of these, we will just have to wait until June to find out.

Good luck to all the artists in Series two as I expect it to be bigger and better than the last.