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Essex & The City
Essex and the City is our monthly column by Caroline Polledri. Follow the life of a rather mental young Essex girl!
Essex and the City 24 | Posted on Wednesday, 27th Aug
Learn to Live on your own or failng that have a different boyfriend for every week! ...
Essex and the City 23 | Posted on Thursday, 03rd Jul
Is it me or are men turning into women? ...
Essex & The City 22 | Posted on Monday, 02nd Jun
This is the Thailand detox special! No food! Colonic twice a day and 6 tablets every 2 hours! Oh well Brown & thin! Read on!...
Essex and the City 21 | Posted on Wednesday, 12th Mar
There has been a baby epidemic in this area at the moment and I can’t work out if its because we had such a rubbish summer, a boring winter or the fact that TV lately (excluding Harry Hills TV burp) is absolutely rubbish...
Essex and the City 20 | Posted on Wednesday, 06th Feb
This month Caroline is discussing the theory of relationships and why some people the need to stalk their own boyfriends!...
Essex and the City 19 | Posted on Monday, 10th Dec
They say ‘a relationship takes work’ firstly who the hell are they? I always imagine ‘they’ to be a group of people placed in one room and their only function in life is to answer questions, for example ‘they say you alw...
Essex and the City 18 | Posted on Tuesday, 31st Jul
I have been an extremely busy Miss Essex and the City the last couple of months and feel that this has reflected on the lack of literary content in my column so for this I apologise! Firstly I have seen more of Spain tha...
Essex and the City 17 | Posted on Tuesday, 20th Mar
The sun has got his hat on hip hip hip hooray the sun has got his hat and he's coming out to play? Who says that the sun is a he? Not that I am a feminist I'm really not, in fact I am pro man… I laughed the loudest when ...
Essex and the City 16 | Posted on Saturday, 13th Jan
Well 2007 is here! It was about this time 10 years ago that I got a new passport and now I am due one for my next one, how weird is that! Looking at the expiry date 10 years seemed like a period of time only possible to ...
Essex and the City 15 | Posted on Tuesday, 21st Nov
Well this month, apart from being extremely cold and having the cough from hell, I have very little to moan about! Things have been running along smoothly and I have had a very good month. Sophie and I have moved into an...
Essex and the City 14 | Posted on Tuesday, 03rd Oct
This is the edited version of episode 15 of Essex and The City, the last one made me sound, how can I put it? Well very bitter! So with the feedback from the people that know and love me I have decided to put down my poi...
Essex and the City 13 | Posted on Tuesday, 04th Apr
I don’t know if anyone remembers but ages ago I wrote a who article discussing – what happened to Corey Haim. Basically Corey Haim (out of the Lost Boys. Licence to Drive etc, sod it I will just attach a picture), was my...
Essex and the City 12 | Posted on Monday, 02nd Jan
OOh god where to begin? Where to end? and more importantly where to bloody start! So Christmas is well and truly out the way and thank goodness because I don’t know about anyone else but I for one was ready to crack on w...
Essex and the City 11 | Posted on Sunday, 11th Dec
Oh Soooo its been yet another crazy crazy month for Miss Essex and The City, not only was it the debut of Bamboozle (the secret TV show that I have been filming for what seems like forever) But I also have a new and exci...
Essex and the City 10 | Posted on Saturday, 22nd Oct
Oh goodness, where to begin where to begin, so much to say and so little time! This month has been jam packed and I feel like I have been running around like a headless chicken with no where near enough hours in the day....
Essex and the City 9 | Posted on Thursday, 18th Aug
Well this month has been more interesting for Miss Essex in the City than usual. Firstly there was my long awaited girlie holiday that was better than I could have imagined, I forgot how wicked Ibiza really is! I love it...
Essex and the City 8 | Posted on Monday, 04th Jul
So its about this time of year when people start going on holiday... and a lot of people chose Spain, namely the Costa del sol. Dan and I had the pleasure to go there for a week and to be honest it couldn't have come soo...
Essex and the City 7 | Posted on Monday, 20th Jun
So I am writing this from my new temp job, I am in the Canary Wharf tower on the 29th floor and I am bored There is only so many times you can check your hotmail, stare out the window or look at the galleries on the Loop...
Essex and the City 6 | Posted on Thursday, 28th Apr
So a lot has gone on this month really, there was the opening of Minx a couple of weeks ago, Easter Weekend and in my case (and I don't know about anyone else) but some kind of drama has occurred every time I have gone o...
Essex and the City 5 | Posted on Tuesday, 08th Mar
Sooo I got an email today from a lady called Tricia (a self respecting Essex girl like myself) she has requested that I address the question of etiquette and should men pay? It got me thinking about the whole chivalry de...
Essex and the City 4 | Posted on Tuesday, 15th Feb
Roses are red violets are blue... it’s been valentines - now anyone will do! Lets face it no one wants to be alone around valentines day.. and you have to admit there is pressure to 'for you and your man prove yourself (...
Essex and the City 3 | Posted on Monday, 31st Jan
So I am just about to go for my colonic irrigation and I am a mixture between excited (in a I am going to have a flat tummy after all this kind of way) and scared which I didn’t think I would be. I am scared of a lot of ...
Essex and the City 2 | Posted on Wednesday, 10th Nov
So it’s a massive build up to Christmas and most of us are still of the age where we have to spend at least £300 on that special person in our lives for fear that they will spend any less on us! Its funny because there i...
Essex and the City 1 | Posted on Wednesday, 18th Aug
Hi there my name is Caroline Polledri and I am 24 and I live in Loughton in Essex, not ‘east London’, not ‘Essex but nowhere near Romford’ and not ‘just outside of London’ Essex! When I started University where I complet...
Learn to Live on your own or failng that have a different boyfriend for every week! ...
Essex and the City 23 | Posted on Thursday, 03rd Jul
Is it me or are men turning into women? ...
Essex & The City 22 | Posted on Monday, 02nd Jun
This is the Thailand detox special! No food! Colonic twice a day and 6 tablets every 2 hours! Oh well Brown & thin! Read on!...
Essex and the City 21 | Posted on Wednesday, 12th Mar
There has been a baby epidemic in this area at the moment and I can’t work out if its because we had such a rubbish summer, a boring winter or the fact that TV lately (excluding Harry Hills TV burp) is absolutely rubbish...
Essex and the City 20 | Posted on Wednesday, 06th Feb
This month Caroline is discussing the theory of relationships and why some people the need to stalk their own boyfriends!...
Essex and the City 19 | Posted on Monday, 10th Dec
They say ‘a relationship takes work’ firstly who the hell are they? I always imagine ‘they’ to be a group of people placed in one room and their only function in life is to answer questions, for example ‘they say you alw...
Essex and the City 18 | Posted on Tuesday, 31st Jul
I have been an extremely busy Miss Essex and the City the last couple of months and feel that this has reflected on the lack of literary content in my column so for this I apologise! Firstly I have seen more of Spain tha...
Essex and the City 17 | Posted on Tuesday, 20th Mar
The sun has got his hat on hip hip hip hooray the sun has got his hat and he's coming out to play? Who says that the sun is a he? Not that I am a feminist I'm really not, in fact I am pro man… I laughed the loudest when ...
Essex and the City 16 | Posted on Saturday, 13th Jan
Well 2007 is here! It was about this time 10 years ago that I got a new passport and now I am due one for my next one, how weird is that! Looking at the expiry date 10 years seemed like a period of time only possible to ...
Essex and the City 15 | Posted on Tuesday, 21st Nov
Well this month, apart from being extremely cold and having the cough from hell, I have very little to moan about! Things have been running along smoothly and I have had a very good month. Sophie and I have moved into an...
Essex and the City 14 | Posted on Tuesday, 03rd Oct
This is the edited version of episode 15 of Essex and The City, the last one made me sound, how can I put it? Well very bitter! So with the feedback from the people that know and love me I have decided to put down my poi...
Essex and the City 13 | Posted on Tuesday, 04th Apr
I don’t know if anyone remembers but ages ago I wrote a who article discussing – what happened to Corey Haim. Basically Corey Haim (out of the Lost Boys. Licence to Drive etc, sod it I will just attach a picture), was my...
Essex and the City 12 | Posted on Monday, 02nd Jan
OOh god where to begin? Where to end? and more importantly where to bloody start! So Christmas is well and truly out the way and thank goodness because I don’t know about anyone else but I for one was ready to crack on w...
Essex and the City 11 | Posted on Sunday, 11th Dec
Oh Soooo its been yet another crazy crazy month for Miss Essex and The City, not only was it the debut of Bamboozle (the secret TV show that I have been filming for what seems like forever) But I also have a new and exci...
Essex and the City 10 | Posted on Saturday, 22nd Oct
Oh goodness, where to begin where to begin, so much to say and so little time! This month has been jam packed and I feel like I have been running around like a headless chicken with no where near enough hours in the day....
Essex and the City 9 | Posted on Thursday, 18th Aug
Well this month has been more interesting for Miss Essex in the City than usual. Firstly there was my long awaited girlie holiday that was better than I could have imagined, I forgot how wicked Ibiza really is! I love it...
Essex and the City 8 | Posted on Monday, 04th Jul
So its about this time of year when people start going on holiday... and a lot of people chose Spain, namely the Costa del sol. Dan and I had the pleasure to go there for a week and to be honest it couldn't have come soo...
Essex and the City 7 | Posted on Monday, 20th Jun
So I am writing this from my new temp job, I am in the Canary Wharf tower on the 29th floor and I am bored There is only so many times you can check your hotmail, stare out the window or look at the galleries on the Loop...
Essex and the City 6 | Posted on Thursday, 28th Apr
So a lot has gone on this month really, there was the opening of Minx a couple of weeks ago, Easter Weekend and in my case (and I don't know about anyone else) but some kind of drama has occurred every time I have gone o...
Essex and the City 5 | Posted on Tuesday, 08th Mar
Sooo I got an email today from a lady called Tricia (a self respecting Essex girl like myself) she has requested that I address the question of etiquette and should men pay? It got me thinking about the whole chivalry de...
Essex and the City 4 | Posted on Tuesday, 15th Feb
Roses are red violets are blue... it’s been valentines - now anyone will do! Lets face it no one wants to be alone around valentines day.. and you have to admit there is pressure to 'for you and your man prove yourself (...
Essex and the City 3 | Posted on Monday, 31st Jan
So I am just about to go for my colonic irrigation and I am a mixture between excited (in a I am going to have a flat tummy after all this kind of way) and scared which I didn’t think I would be. I am scared of a lot of ...
Essex and the City 2 | Posted on Wednesday, 10th Nov
So it’s a massive build up to Christmas and most of us are still of the age where we have to spend at least £300 on that special person in our lives for fear that they will spend any less on us! Its funny because there i...
Essex and the City 1 | Posted on Wednesday, 18th Aug
Hi there my name is Caroline Polledri and I am 24 and I live in Loughton in Essex, not ‘east London’, not ‘Essex but nowhere near Romford’ and not ‘just outside of London’ Essex! When I started University where I complet...
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