Archive for August, 2009

TweetI’m not entirely sure how I became de-facto Michael Jackson correspondent for Spoonfed but once again I found myself at a flashmob for the dead King of Pop. This time, a group had gathered at Trafalgar Square to try to break the world record for the most people to do the Thriller dance at one [...]

TweetThis weekend brings with it another Monday Bank Holiday and the annual event, the Notting Hill Carnival. This Caribbean influenced festival sees all of Notting Hill transformed into a heaving, music-filled, dance party with Rio-like costumes, floats loaded with sound systems to rival most nightclubs and half of London in attendance. Last year I missed [...]

Going to Greece

In: Travel Blog

25 Aug 2009

TweetHave things been slightly slow at The Top Floor Flat blog? It does seem a bit fluffy around here lately. I haven’t been on any trips lately and a spat of uncharacteristically sunny weekends has meant that my exploration of London has been limited to pretty much exploration of a particular bit of grass in [...]

TweetLondoners on the whole aren’t generally a very chatty bunch when it comes to public interaction. Avoiding eye contact on the Tube, hiding behind brollys on the streets, blocking the next seat on the bus with bags are just a few of the litany of avoidance tactics one might discover in this fine city. So [...]

Where’s Meaghan?

In: London

23 Aug 2009

TweetI have, in the last week, received two pointed emails regarding my lack of posts here on The Top Floor Flat so I feel I should take a moment to explain myself. After all, 10 days without a post is a bit of a record and when my flatmate’s mother (Hi Rosemary!) begins to wonder [...]


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Meaghan Fitzgerald is an American ex-pat now living in London, UK and working for tech start up Spoonfed Media as director of marketing. While The Top Floor Flat initially covered London sites and scenes, European travel and recollections on living abroad, more recent articles focus on start ups, business, technology and marketing.

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