The Camden cafe that 'just wants you to be happy' truly

Sometimes when the weather changes and the nights get dark early.. you might find yourself walking along the street away from the greenery of the hilly park, in the rain in the middle of the day you might need a pick me up coffee.. ...you might need a pick-me-up piece of cake, you might even want to get away from it all and hide away under a glass roof while the rain comes down and nestle down with a good book, maybe a borrowed one, of real paper and hey then the warm, kind, French sounding barista tells you he 'just wants you to be happy', so much he's even printed it on the cup...

No it's not Alice in wonderland, it's all true!! It's called Falla and Mocaer on Parkway in Camden.

Nobody of Any Importance on the table there by the sugar, go pick it up.

Falla and Mocaer are two of the most vibrant friendly cafe owners you're likely to meet, always a conversation and a really interesting one; we talked about WW1, because one of the book's they have for browsing is the memoir 'Nobody of Any Importance' A Foot Soldiers Memoir of WW1' by Sam Sutcliffe an actual soldier from WW1 from London. It's a tear jerker and a real eye opener to the realities of what actually took place in Gallipoli as well as in London. We talked about how the new generation aren't really aware of the horrors back then.

Good then that there's a free reading happening, given by Phil Sutcliffe, his son, at Primrose Hill Community Library then on Remembrance Day 11th Nov 7:30 for details click here.

This place is a find, vibrant for the family on the weekend, and chilled out enough to get some free WiFi and work done during the week... that's worth falling through the rabbit hole.

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