Here’s to the ladies who lunch, Everybody laugh…. (Sondheim, Company) I find it hard not to hum sardonic lyrics when I climb the stairs to Hix Selfridges. Here’s to the ladies who lunchSitting and planning a brunch, on their own behalf… Rather than showtunes, here the soundtrack is wedge heels clopping up spiral stairs […]
Eating out – London
The English tradition of afternoon tea started in 1865 as a way to avoid the mid afternoon sinking experienced by Anna Maria, the 7th Duchess of Bedford (and lady-in- waiting to Queen Victoria). The story goes that one afternoon she asked for bread, butter and tea to be delivered to her room. She enjoyed her […]
Nearly all the nights I’ve had at Pizza East, Shoreditch have been delightful. Once you’ve come up the stairs, straight ahead you’ll see a wide wooden table and the antipasto bar. It’s a good spot for a drink and a nibble – and a wait if you forgot to make a booking. Stretching on […]
It can be hard to walk away from this view. A doona, tented over toes. Sleep still creeping from your eyes. Bed on a Saturday morning can be a pretty magical place (even if your mattress is lumpy and stern at the the curb like ours). In these mad few months of traveling, Saturdays usually […]
It was the first place that made me think about moving to London. It was 2002. I was visiting my sister. I remember it was a cold and blustery Saturday and we had hauled ourselves over the Borough. “We need to get a coffee” she said. We wound our way to the back of the […]