A freelancer's dilemma: Where to settle for a long ‘in front of the screen day', filled with Zoom, and Huddle meetings, while trying to juggle the revisions given at the last minute, while also waiting for an IRL appointment who is late due to tube strikes. The answer to the elaborate question is mostly the nearest coffee shop with a window seat (now that winter has come, not so comfy), the table on the back with two plugs (the night falls around 4 p.m., a bit somnolent), a co-working space (like a sailboat, the friend’s membership is always better) or a nice desk at home away from the bed, the kitchen, and the TV.<img lazy="loading" src="https://images.aposto.com/1200xauto/2022/10/0/1669559879372.jpeg" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="1.78" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><h4 fr-original-style="text-align: center;" style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Bermonds Locke, Tower Bridge</h4><hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;">But if I said, after trying all of the above, I found the ultimate solution to catch-22 and the answer is a hotel lobby. At the five <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.lockeliving.com/en?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Locke</a> locations across London (Tower Bridge, Dalston, Aldgate, Millenium Bridge) you can see people designing shoes, websites, and briefings; writing dissertations or book chapters; on calls or meetings; lying on chaise longs or swings. The tune varies from bossa nova to nu-jazz and if you stick around long enough, you can participate in pop-up shows, exhibitions or workshops.Duly noted: At Bermondsey Locke, the coffee is provided by Shaman, you can bring sandwiches from home, no questions asked.

Sometimes it’s just about going beyond. Beyond that café on the corner to the one athwart the park. Not because the seats were occupied at your regular one, but for a change in scenery and mindset. Beyond Portabello Road to Westbourne Park, Green, Grove to wait in the line at that (must-eat) local bakery, have a look at the antique dealer and discover a museum which was a house way back when. Beyond the bridge, but this time not for Southbank bookstores, BFI film screenings, The Hayward Gallery exhibition walls but Brixton market stalls, Nunhead live gigs, Peckham vinyl tunes, Crystal Palace house hunt.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/10/1/1669630583553.jpeg" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="0.75" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><h4 fr-original-style="text-align: center;" style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Brixton Village</h4><hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;">It might be the comfort zone that makes one feel at home, at ease, and belonging but when you travel above and beyond, you will become a pilgrim on your everyday road, a visitor at the adjacent tube station, a rover on a Sunday afternoon.This week the road will bring us to the unknown territories. Shall we embark on the journey?The tune on the headphone is Yazmin Lacey - <a fr-original-style="" href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3VEmUbg3oFmZ2Bfn7b5bit" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Morning Matters</a>Hazal

A weekly, practical zine to London for those who want to make this city their neighborhood. Every Tuesday.

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This week the pavement will bring us to the unknown territories. The RecShop, Grow, breakfast at The Wolseley, Sir John Soane Museum are on the way. Shall we embark on the journey?

📻 Dance at the Grow, Notting Hill for antique shopping

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