Brockley Max Festival - 27 May to 4 June 2011

Now in its 11th year, the Brockley Max festival is an annual, community festival started by local resident Moira Tait.

The festival is a showcase for a wide range of artists in all media, which provides an opportunity for the broad creative community resident in Brockley, Crofton Park, Ladywell and Honor Oak Park to display its talents to the community and visitors. 

There are lots of activities and shows to attend so check the website for all the details or download the programme here!

For more information, please contact moira@maxmediaarts.co.uk.

HOP Mindfulness courses and Meditation evenings in 2011 - May Update

Dr Patrizia Collard's next three Wednesday Meditation Evening dates are: 1 June, 27 July and 17 August. The sessions are from 7.30pm to 9.00pm and are held at 45 Lowther Hill, London, SE23 1PZ (Nearest train station: Honor Oak Park).

The meditation evening is suitable for people with a basic knowledge of mindfulness meditation. We practise walking meditation in the garden, sitting and metta meditation. We finish with tea and snacks.  The fee is £20 per session.  Please contact Dr Collard at drcollard@stressminus.co.uk.

Honor Oak Park Station Refurbished Stairs Open Today

 

The new stairs have been opened to the public today. New benches have now also been installed on the platforms. A big improvemen,t but still a shame that we don't have a ramp for pushchairs and wheelchairs, however apparently Network Rail are planning to install lifts at Honor Oak Park station for 2012/13. This is yet to be confirmed and I will keep you in the loop if I hear more.

Places to Eat and Drink Review - STONE BAR

Stone Bar is ideally situated near Honor Oak Park station for a relaxing drink after work and offers Stella and Red Stripe on tap as well as a very good range of cocktails.The menu is a varied selection of Caribbean dishes such as ackee and saltfish tartlets as starter, red jerk pork belly or 24 spice-marinated oxtail for mains and apple and mango crumble for dessert. They also offer a bar menu that we sampled instead with very reasonably prices snacks which we really enjoyed and tasted really fresh.

 I also decided to try some of the most exotic martini cocktails on offer. The passion fruit was my favourite but the Appleberry Crumble martini left a great lasting impression (imagine drinking a cocktail just the right side of sweet that tastes like a delicious dessert. It contains apples, berry and gingerbread syrup). Cocktails are Buy One Get One Free from 7pm to 9pm Tuesday to Thursday.



They also had a bring your vinyls night on which was their first and this will now become a regular fixture every second Thursday of the month. This was quite fun and actually made me want to go to a second hand shop and buy some vinyls, as I have left my own small collection behind years ago at my parents. In addition they have a a karaoke night  on the first Thursday of the month. 

They also cater for parties and can provide either a set menu or a buffet menu.We also asked them if they had any plans to open the bar during the day at the weekend as they have nice sofas to lounge in. This would make an ideal place to meet up on Saturday or Sunday afternoon to catch up with friends as the place is quite roomy too by Honor Oak Park parade standards. They are actually considering it so watch this space!


Current Opening Times:
Bar
Tues - Thurs 5.30pm - 11pm
Fri & Sat 5.30pm - 2am
Sundays available for private hire

Restaurant
Tues - Sat 6pm - 9.30pm

Let's just say that we have decided that Stone was a great place to relax on the parade. We are now completely sold on it and have taken them on their free membership deal!