At onefinestay's HQ, we're always drinking tea and eating cake, so we were delighted when one of our guests gave us the perfect gift for our daily teatime break. Jean, who left London yesterday after spending a few nights at Monmouth Road, gave us some home made jam, all the way 'from the raspberry patches of upstate New York', along with a charming note thanking onefinestay for her 'wonderful week'.

The jam with the note. 

Following much discussion, we decided the best way to eat the jam was with scones and clotted cream.

Tim enjoying the scone.

So thank you Jean!  The jam is delicious and we hope you come back and leave us some more! It was such a lovely surprise, we don't usually expect our guests to leave us gifts, you probably wouldn't leave a present if you stayed in a hotel. But then again, we are the unhotel.

onefinestay is one. Last week, we gathered family and friends to say thank you (and sorry) for all they’ve done for onefinestay over the past year.

The party, held in our rather trendy industrial office space in EC1 went on until the booze ran out. The star of the show was the huge and delicious homemade chocolate cake. And in true startup style, Prosecco replaced Champagne, and instead of canapés, we ordered a stack of Dominos pizzas.

The cake. 

Here's a video we rustled up seconds before the party began, celebrating the past year at onefinestay. 

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So, happy first birthday onefinestay! 

For more pictures from the evening, visit our facebook page: http://facebook.com/onefinestay