Q&A with our Style Mama Carrie Hobbs

Here at the Creative Bus Depot, I have a few dear friends who help me along the way supplying me with cups of tea, play dates, and lovely long walks where we chew the fat. Eventually after a few Jo Malone treats, and chinese burns they do agree to share their best secrets and tips on some of their favourite things.

Before I digress, here is a quick Q&A from a very special Stylish Mama : Carrie Hobbs who has been volunteering in the ‘making tea and toast department’ at the Depot for 7 years now, and has just had her 3rd gorgeous baby (a boy who is super cute, and also has an ice-skating princess girly, and another rather hard to catch spiderman boy). She has a background in hospitality, events, and fashion, and knows a thing or two about cocktails, The Clintons and New York City.

• Banners in Crouch End – great brazillian cocktails, toys, drawing, lovely healthy smoothies and food for the kids.

• Rockfish – Owned by Chef Mitch Tonks and is one of two of his restaurants in Dartmouth, devon  – the BEST fish and chips (and seafood) in the country and wonderful alcoholic ginger beer!!    they also do fabulous kids packs for free with drawing and stickers and a card game with lots of trivia about fish and a little purse – all free  – amazing!    8 South Embankment, Dartmouth, Devon, 01803 832 800.

• Gracelands – kensal rise, very healthy holistic cafe with toys and crafty things for kids  and little studio out the back where they do kiddy yoga and lots more and of course
• The Groucho Club, Soho for sunday lunch – papers, bloody mary and full creche for the kids with Sharky and George entertainers and great films.

Most important kiddy items…

• Wipes – very boring
• Paw paw lotion  – wonder balm from Australia – cures everything from burns, dry chapped skin, itches etc!
• Hip Flask! just kidding!

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• Hix Champagne and Oyster bar in Selfridges – champagne and shopping! need i say more, or for a treat a
• Mani pedi at Coco Nail Bar on portobello road  / half spa half cocktail bar!
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• Elias and Grace
• I Love Gorgeous
• Kidsen

• Tibetan felt animal slippers from Graham and Green
• Anything from Brora Cashmere
• Canvas tepee from Cox and Cox (online)