On a cold, blustery winter afternoon, three of our intrepid team braved the bitter wind and went to the local and wonderful Borough Market and bought TheFrameworks Christmas tree. The return journey saw the tree proudly carried atop the shoulders of two of our designers through More London, passed Tower Bridge and back to our office in Butlers Wharf.
As part of the tree decorations every member of TheFrameworks London team has decorated their own giant bauble with items as weird and wonderful as bubble wrap, skittles [the sweets, not the ones from the game that closely resembles ten-pin bowling] and a marble.
And so the countdown to Christmas begins. The tree is up, the gifts are arriving – though most of them seem to be online orders for other people – have the Christmas party booked and [Secret] Santa is also due to pay us a visit – we have been good all year after all!
Happy new year!
We hope you had a great time over the festive season and like us are ready for the new year ahead. Here’s also hoping you enjoyed our Advent Calendar (pictured above) in the run-up to Christmas. If you missed it you can still view it here (note that links to its contents are subject to change by third parties).
This Christmas TheFrameworks /London descended on the Blueprint Café located at the Design Museum for some much needed merriment to end off a hard year’s work.
A happy Christmas from all at TheFrameworks.
Last Christmas Santa brought me (and my flatmate) a home-brew kit and today I’m pleased to unveil the second (and seasonal) real ale to be produced from the ‘Blaggers Brewery’ in Guildford: ‘Old Bearded Git’.
Our first ale, ‘London Proud’, was an instant success and “surprisingly drinkable” as one friend commented. This time we went for a different recipe resulting in a slightly paler ale with a more bitter and hoppy taste.
The home-brew process is pretty simple once you have all the basic kit. Then all you need is a ready mixed real ale, 1kg of brewing sugar, 20 litres of water and some yeast. Once mixed together and left at room temperature in a sterilised brewing bin, the yeast will happily feast on the sugar and turn the watery mess into 44 pints of ale (more detailed explanation here).
If you’re a fan of real ale, home-brewing is a great way to get involved in the process, and at the end you get the satisfaction of being able to sit down and drink a pint of your very own beer. Once bottled they also make great gifts, like the bottle above.
If you’re interested in brewing your own then there are plenty of resources available, but don’t forget to drink the fruits of your labour responsibly!
On a dark and chilly night, TheFrameworks ventured east of the Thames to the warm embrace of Tentazioni’s “Degustazione tasting menu” – 5 succulent courses of the finest Italian fare each accompanied by wine and champagne to match.
A festive time was had by all and ensured a unanimous (and much needed) order of bacon and egg butties the next morning!
