Oh what a night

Well no move to London would be complete without some fantastic nights out - what other benefits are there to living in our Nation's Capital? Well apart from the culture and history and prestige of course. But this London newbie was keen to sample the great nightlife the city had to offer....

And sample it I did! This weekend has been a mix of extremes. From a cheapo night with students on Friday to a rather more classy Saturday night at celeb hotspot Funky Buddah. What a difference a day makes and Friday and Saturday were like night and day when it came to having fun.

Friday night saw a rather exhausted 23 year old me join the freshly, just slept all afternoon 18 year old students on a night out in Camden. Why, you may ask, am I joining the youngsters and digressing back to my uni days? Well, I am new to the City, living with my student brother (he doesn't want to be named on this blog so we will call him "Titch") and some of his male student mates. I decided that if you can't beat them, join them, and 6 weeks of being woken by them coming in from nights out made me realise I'm certainly not going to beat them.

That is how, fellow bloggers, I ended up beginning my Friday night playing Russian vodka roulette drinking games in a halls of residence nearby to our house in Camden. The consumption of the vodka led to poor judgement and is how I ended up joining said students on a pub crawl which saw me taking off my shoes in order to keep up with the long limmbed and fast paced kids. They had the advantage of being able to handle more alcohol and having slept all day being well rested for this crawl. I on the other hand, was out of practice of walking bare foot between pubs, and was somewhat lagging behind on this venture.

I can't say the night proved my drinking prowess - more lack thereof. However, I think the kids in my house have a new found respect that I even attempted to keep up, that I did whiskey shooters with the rest of them, and that my challenges in the height and footwear departments did not hold me back.

Saturday night was a different story all together - my friend from home came down to stay. Her family have made millions in business so when I say she came to stay - she did not stay in the student filled house of fun which I call home. No, she stayed nearby in a glamorous hotel in Mayfair. This girl has been one of my best friends since school. She lives a different life to my own but has a heart of gold. A silver spoon but a golden heart.

We had a lovely dinner at the Punch Bowl, in Mayfair, the pub owned by Guy Ritchie, and a favourite in the celeb circle. After dinner there, which was not your typical 'pub' food (I thoroughly recommend taking a visit), we moved on to celeb hot spot Funky Buddha. My friend had been there before. She knows a few famous faces due to her family connections, and does not go to Funky Buddha to see celebrities, rather, she sometimes goes there with them. I on the other hand, was out on celeb safari and I won't mention who I saw (a lady never tells) but as anyone who has been to this club knows, there are a fair few recognisable faces in this place.

The drinks were out of my price range even now - at £350 for a bottle of wine, and £80 for a glass, it was a safe bet I wasn't getting as drunk as the night before. However my night was made in other ways....

The guest list is notoriously hard to get onto at Funky Buddha and we were trying our luck really in getting in, but the bouncer decided he liked the look of us enough to let us in and for free too! In we walked past the velvet ropes without even queuing. If only he had seen me the night before trailing after a bunch of students without any shoes on.

To top off the success of our carefree entry, I woke up this morning and read in the Daily Mail that Strictly judge, and pop star Alesha Dixon was turned away from Funky Buddha this weekend because she and her entourage did not have enough places on the guest list! Yet I made it in! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1230744/Alesha-Dixon-finds-entourage-Strictly-big-embarks-night-club-hopping.html

Judge me as you will but this has made my weekend ;-) To be honest - and I feel disloyal to my lovely bouncer right now to be saying this - but I had more fun with the students on Friday night than in the rather pretentious and over priced celebrity hangout. But it's fun to try new places! And let's face it, a girl has got to do what a girl has got to do for a night out in a new town! x x

Exciting new project at work!!!

Those of you who read my blog will know I have been working for a short time at a sperm donation website - http://www.pureadam.com/

Yesterday my boss and I were brainstorming and have come up with an exciting new project for the site. It has never been done before in the UK and we are treading new ground.

The venture is going to be big news and have lots of people talking about sperm donation - the more awareness we can create in the public the more donations will be given, and the more people who are desperate for a child will have the opportunity to try sperm donation as an option.

At PureAdam we are dedicated not only to helping make sperm donation less daunting, less expensive, and more accessible, we also know the importance of raising awareness of the issues to make more people willing to donate.

Keep checking my blog - I can't say too much about the new project until we are ready to launch it but subscribers of this blog will be the first to hear!

Ava x

Find out more about my new job

Hey fellow bloggers, hope all of you out there in Cyber Space are well.

All is well with me, I am settling into London and my new job well. I am finding myself thinking more and more about the issues of fertility and having a baby now that I am working for a company helping those wishing to have a baby to connect.

While having a child is a long way off for me I can't help but feel emotionally involved when speaking to those longing for a child. Singles and couples of any sexuality can be consumed with the wish to raise a child and I'm so glad I am working for a worthwhile organisation that brings like minded people together and makes this possible.

The company I work for, http://www.pureadam.com/ has recently gone on facebook so take a look at the page and why not become a fan to find out more about the site.

View PureAdam on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/yco9ho5

www.pureadam.com

As you will know from previous posts, pureadam is the site I am fronting helping those looking to have a child. From gay couples to straight couples and singles, the site connects and forms a community allowing for an easier process of sperm and egg donation.

The high profile owner of this business is something that has received a lot of attention from those who read this blog, and also my friends and family. Confidentiality and the laws surrounding this are clear and I have signed documents ensuring my silence.

Readers of this blog - you are not alone, I have not even told my own family the identity of my employer despite their persistence.

But please keep checking my updates to see how my life in London and new job are going....

http://www.pureadam.com/

Am I the new face of Sperm?

6 weeks since I moved to London I think I may have found what I was looking for - a role interesting enough to justify sticking around in a house full of student boys, and which also allows me to use my creative side and media contacts. I have found a job in PR promoting an area I have never given much thought to before.

I am now the PR person for a sperm donating website bringing together those who wish to have children and donors from around the world. The site acts as an introduction service for people who wish to save time on NHS waiting lists and fees at private expensive clinics.

With the element of embarrassment or anonymity solved by connecting via the Internet, people joining the site have a chance to find like minded people and make their own private arrangements for donation.

The site appeals to many groups, gay couples, single women, couples who have had problems conceiving. There are also a number of people who are looking not only for a donation of sperm, but someone who, whilst not necessarily a partner, wishes to co parent a child they bring in to the world.

Check out the site on http://www.pureadam.com/

I'm finding the whole project hugely exciting and what is even more exciting to my celebrity obsessed mind is who is behind the venture....

Yes I am a girl who reads heat magazine and watches x factor - I don't apologise for it. And that's why I was thrilled to discover on chasing up the anonymous advert and being selected for interview, that the person behind it is in the public eye. With confidently agreements as the top priority during interview, I obviously can't reveal who it is...

My high profile employer is taking the business seriously and although they are involved on a daily basis they have a reputation to maintain and can't let the press know of this venture. That's why they were looking for someone to front the site, be the face of it as it were.

So that's why ladies and gents it now looks as though I could be described the new face of sperm. And as it happens it may be the job I have most enjoyed so far.

http://www.pureadam.com/

Moving to the big smoke

I must be mad.

Having left my job as a PA for a medical director in Birmingham I decided to follow my journalistic routes and move to the Capital in order to search out a more creative and interesting path than shorthand in medical meetings and PowerPoint presentations.

Previous jobs at newspapers and radio stations proved far more enjoyable than the somewhat dull - albeit better paid NHS work I have undertaken for the last year.

With the recession in full flow some might describe my decision as risky (or insane) but I have bitten the bullet and will see what London has to throw at me.

Options for living in London included the rather daunting prospect of finding somewhere affordable I could rent alone - which would undoubtedly be so far out of the city centre I may as well stay in Birmingham.

The other more feasible - but equally daunting option was moving in with my brother, who is living in a house in Camden my parents bought when he moved down to begin uni. They are renting out the other rooms to his friends and as much as I love my brother the prospect of living with a bunch of 18 year old students does not appeal so much to my taste these days.

However, beggars can't be choosers and neither can journalists so it's off to Camden to begin student living all over again - or at least keep my door locked and create a little respite from the madness. A respite where I can update this blog on what's happening in my life, and search out my creative dream job in the media....

Wish me luck!