The Loop Guide to Clubbing, Drinking, plus West Essex and East London living.

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 completed a BA honors degree in writing and publishing and media and cultural studies I sat next to a lady (I say lady because she was over the age of 35) and I told her where I come from. She said to me ‘what’s it like being stereotyped as a blonde bimbo from Essex’ and I said to her ‘well actually you know what its great because people are so shocked when you prove them wrong, and they often end up feeling really stupid themselves’ and she said ‘ really? All the people I have met from Essex are… well a bit shallow!’ now I could have argued with her all day but we had a lecture in 10 minuets plus the woman’s breath stank and I wanted to wrap up this conversation pretty lively!! So instead I removed my folder from my desk, stood up and said to her ‘Not only are you an overgrown student, but even if I did have a problem with being an Essex girl (which I don’t) I could always move – you on the other hand will always be ugly’. The look on her face was a picture and I felt brilliant it was a turning point in my life and a bit of advice I now carry with me at all times, ‘always have a one liner loaded and ready to fire’.

So that’s one of my many philosophy’s on life that you will get to hear – like being brown and thin is the only thing that makes you happy, although no one would ever admit it! Some of you may know me some of you may not, some of you my like me or dislike me either way you must be interested as you are reading this… So there’s a start! Its funny when you don’t like someone for no reason then you end up meeting them in the toilets at blue Mondays, borrow their lip gloss and you are friends forever… What a fickle area we live in but I am not going to sit here and moan about the golden triangle, like so many do! Often we go through phases of thinking its too clicky or the people are narrowed minded but lets face it but we’ve been involved in it all at one stage… and ok some of you may have seen bigger and brighter things but this is your home after all…

Anyway as I was saying, this is going to be my article that goes out on the loop once a week where I fill you in with some gossip or just discuss something that I think you should know….. Just briefly I’ve got about 3 best friends and the rest are just mates or acquaintances or people I just know, I hang around in quite a big mixed group and my boyfriend used to be my best friend, now we live together in domestic bliss with our dog Harry! So that is my run down and every week if you click on my page there will be gossip, stories, things about Essex and how special we girls and boys are, issues on sex with things like ‘my girlfriend did that to me last night and I didn’t like it’ and tales of seduction (that I get from living my life through my two single friends) and don’t forget to email me gossip, which of course is confidential…NOT!! Next week’s topics Essex’s mother in laws – you know who you are!

P.S I was in Blue Monday’s the other night and there was a Rod Stuart look alike sound alike (whatever) and the only ones dancing where a group of older ladies going for it – go on girls show us how its done! Now my respect would have stretched further had I not walked in on one of the ladies in loo complaining that her thong was on the wrong way round – lovely!!