London Life

There's big news to share today. After three lovely and odd little years in London, we will be moving back to our native New Jersey later this summer. Along the way I'll be Instagramming our favorite haunts.

Coming to London for the Olympics or a holiday from the heat? Well, you'll need to eat, won't you. While there are plenty of "where to eat in London" lists on the internet already, I've found that many of them are super-pricey, super-meaty, or both. I thought I'd put together the list that I wish someone had given me a year ago when we were moving here. These are a few of my favorite real-life places serving real, vegetarian-friendly food that, for the most part, won't break the bank. I find myself returning to them over and over.

Umami Girl takes a touristy, expensive, and yet quite wonderful trip to London's Borough Market.

A friend from the States asked the other day what my favorite thing about London has been so far. It felt like a rookie answer, what I told her — something a person would say if she didn’t really know anything yet. But it was the truth. “How brand-new everything feels,” I said. A funny thing...