A Girlie King’s Road Night Out at Raffles & 151.

It’s been a while since I had a ‘proper’ night out clubbing at my favourite haunts (when I say ‘a while’, I mean a few weeks), so this Saturday Jemima and I decided to start early and finish early…the next day. We started at my favourite; Raffles, and after exhausting the supply of Veuve Clicquot there, Oli turned up and dragged us to 151 (see my previous 151 post here). I haven’t been to 151 for well over two years, and I never thought I’d say this, but man I’d missed it! Everyone dancing to cheesy old music is too much fun.

We only got one photo at 151, one of Oli with Lizo from Newsround (anyone else remember him!?), but we got quite a few in Raffles. I donned my Little Black Dress and red lipstick. It was just one of those nights where the red lipstick had to come out.
Catherine Lux from Lux Life Blog at Raffles in Chelsea
Jemima Wilson and Catherine Lux at Raffles Chelsea

Raffles Chelsea

Veuve Clicquot champagne at Raffles Chelsea
I have no clue who the guy below is. He kept stalking Jemima and I and getting in our photos, so we gave him our fake names and fake numbers and then he left us alone. Ladies, always have a fake name and number at the ready for men you’d rather never see again (I use my old number that no longer works), and if he tries to search for you on Facebook there and then, just use the old ‘oh, you won’t be able to find me, my profile’s set to private’ *cough*

 

The magnum of Veuve Clicquot was washed down with a mini and then a magnum of vodka. If you’re gonna have a night out in Chelsea, go big or go home.

 

Drinks at Raffles Chelsea
Jemima Wilson and Catherine Lux at Raffles
Apparently the guy below was a footballer in Italy’s national team. Apparently. I believe that with a pinch of salt. But I got a photo just in case.

 

 After a while the camera got put away and it was mobiles only…

 

It was really random how Oli joined us for our night out, I checked in on Facebook and not long after Oli messaged me telling me to come outside Raffles in 7 minutes. So I did, and there he was, so he came inside and after an argument with the guys we were with, he dragged Jemima and I to 151 where we met Lizo Mzimba… it was quite surreal meeting a guy I’d grown up watching on Newsround in a club in Chelsea…
151 Chelsea
I finally got home at around 5am after dancing wildly on the tables and finishing with high kicking to New York New York, which was 151’s last song of the night (see, I told you their music was awesome and cheesy).
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Catherine Lux

Catherine Lux is a veteran travel blogger by night and the Head of SEO at Havas Media Group by day. Originally from Surrey, she spent four years living in Australia (2007-2009, and 2016-2018), and now lives in London. An ex-party girl sometimes prone to relapses, she loves nothing more than sharing her fine dining and luxury travel experiences with her loyal readers.

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8 Comments

  1. Anonymous
    September 2, 2014 / 6:34 pm

    Looks like you guys had an eventful night! Your lipstick colour is so nice – what lipstick are you wearing? 🙂

    Esther xx | EST. SINCE 94

    • Catherine Lux
      September 2, 2014 / 7:31 pm

      Hi Esther!

      Thank you, it's Rimmel Kate Moss shade 111 🙂 my favourite summer red!

      C x

    • Catherine Lux
      September 2, 2014 / 7:41 pm

      Haha, it's ok, the men handled that 😉

      C x

  2. Angie SilverSpoon
    September 2, 2014 / 7:37 pm

    Love those kind of nights and you look gorgeous in red lipstick!! I still love Roof Gardens for a great night out!
    Lots of love,
    Angie

    SilverSpoon London

    • Catherine Lux
      September 2, 2014 / 7:43 pm

      I LOVE Roof Gardens so much! I go there quite a lot though so felt I needed a change hehe. We should have a bloggers night out at Roof Gardens soon! Thank you, I do love a bit of red every so often 🙂

      C x

  3. Unknown
    September 3, 2014 / 1:49 pm

    That red lipstick is a beaut, and oh my god Lizo from Newsround! That's a proper blast from the past 😀 Ugh, hate guys who stalk girls round clubs and then demand their names and numbers – the issue with giving fake numbers is that I've encountered several guys who input the fake number into their phones and then insist on calling it straight away to check that it's a real number! So irritating, and part of the reason I've cut down so much on nights out!

    Tamsin xx | A Certain Adventure

    • Catherine Lux
      September 3, 2014 / 9:39 pm

      Haha, tell me about it! I've seen him out clubbing in Chelsea a coupla times before, but never met him until that night lol!

      I know, it's so creepy, why can't they just take a hint!? Yeh, I always just say I don't have my phone on me and that it's switched off in my bag or something.

      C x

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