We were really excited to be contacted by Tristan Manco, author and general force-for-street-art-good, who let us know about the launch of his new book, Street Sketchbook – Journeys.
In the book Tristan explores the secret world of sketchbooks by tracing artists creative journeys, from the initial idea to its development. He features work by the most innovative street and graffiti artists from around the world, and unsurprisingly it contains a large proportion of work from the growing number of Mexican artists pushing the boundaries of street art, both in the UK and at home in Mexico.
To find out more and see a selection of the work from the artists featured, including Daniel Acosta, Daniel Berman and Uriel Marin, check out the exhibition running at the Pictures on Walls gallery, 46 – 48 Commercial Street, from Friday 1st October 6pm. For full details, check out their events page.
If you do go along, we’d love to hear what you think – just leave a comment below.
We’re really pleased to have been asked to team up with the guys at Action Against Hunger, helping to promote their Twin Peak Challenge – A double tower run taking place on Sunday 7th November. The challenge aims to raise money that will work towards ending child hunger around the world. The race involves a climb of 935 feet in total, covering 67 floors, and a mere 1512 steps!
We’re always looking for fun on-line ideas, and so we’ve offered to sponsor their hugely addictive viral game. In keeping with the tower theme, the person with the highest score by the 6th November, wins a meal for 8 people including drinks at Wahaca Canary Wharf – Either as a slightly dubious preparation for the tower run, or perhaps as a celebration afterwards. Luckily the restaurant is on the 1st floor of Canary Wharf’s famous Canada Square tower, and there’s a lift if the thought of 1 more step just becomes too much.
You can find out more about the great work that Action Against Hunger are doing around the world, including details on how you can enter a team in the Twin Peak Challenge, by visiting their website, and you can find the viral game here, but be warned, it’s highly addictive!
We’d love to know if you’re entering a team in the race, or how you are getting on with the viral game, so post your time and score here (We’ve just managed to get under 45 seconds after playing for most of the day!).
We’re celebrating the 200th anniversary of Mexican Independence Day this week, with a Modelo Especial on the house for any table that brings a Mexican flag to the restaurant on Wednesday 15th or Thursday 16th. There are 200 bottles available, one for every year since the original Grito de Dolores – The shout which started the uprising that led to Mexico’s independence.
We want to make sure as many people as possible can join in the celebrations, so don’t worry about bringing a full size flag along, all you have to do is bring anything that shows the Mexican colours and crest in a vaguely flag-shaped way and we’ll give everyone on the table a beer. If you’re feeling artistic, you might even want to draw one.
If you’re coming along for a beer, then we hope you’ll take the opportunity to try out some of the delicious dishes on our summer menu – It might be the last chance to see some of the summer favourites from this year (you only need to look out of the window to see that autumn is fast approaching). If you’re feeling like really getting behind Mexico, you could try one of our street food specials, 20p from each dish sold goes to ednica.org.mx, a UNESCO charity helping to educate street kids in Mexico City.
We’ll look forward to seeing you down here, we’re off to put the beers on ice.
1 beer available per person on every table that shows a mexican flag. Whilst stocks last on Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th September 2010.
We’ve lost our pig somewhere in the streets of London and and we were hoping you could help us track him down. The first person to spot the cheeky swine, and upload a photo of him to our fan page, wins a meal for 2 at Wahaca, so get hunting.
So, you’ve planted your seeds, waited with baited breath and crossed your fingers, and all of your dreams have come true – Your chilli seeds have sprouted! But before you get ahead of yourself, just hold on a second, you’ve got to make sure you look after them well if you’re going to be rewarded with precious fruit. In the second of our installment of Chilli Expert videos, our guru grower talks you through repotting your plants to ensure you get an even growth. Over to you Craig…
When your chilli seedling has developed its second set of leaves, it is time to pot it on to another pot.
A mistake that some people make at this stage is to repot it straight into a huge pot, thinking that this ok. If you do this, all that will happen is that the chilli plant will grow to fill the pot, but concentrate on producing foliage, but no flowers. If the plant does not produce flowers, then you will not get any chillies!
As a general rule of thumb, your chilli plant should be potted on to a larger pot when the roots start to appear out of the bottom of the current pot. Personally, I pot on plants from a 3 inch to a 5 inch and eventually to a 7 inch pot.
Keep an eye on your plant and water it if the compost looks as if it is drying out. Again, the idea is to keep the compost moist and not drenched. In the colder months, you will find you only have to water every two or three days, but as the weather heats up, you will probably need to water every day.
When flowers start to appear on the plant, you can give it a helping hand by adding liquid tomato feed to the water. It should be diluted at half of the recommended ratio for tomato plants.
Alternatively, you could use one of the feeds that are specifically designed to be used with chillies.
In the next video, I’ll be giving you tips about how to make sure that all the flowers on your chilli plants turn into lovely chillies. See you then!
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