I’m an economy kind of girl when we travel. As much as I have champagne tastes, most of the time we keep to a beer budget- particularly when it comes to flights. (Nb, not that I’m opposed to being upgraded. Once or twice in my life it’s happened, and of course, it’s pretty sublime. It’s […]
Travel essentials
UPDATED FROM THE ORIGINAL 11 1) Go anywhere, anywhere near Heathrow Airport when it snows London is not Stockholm, Moscow, Berlin or Toronto. It cannot cope with snow. It runs around after its tail, flurrying and freaking for a few moments when the sky threatens white; and then it stops. Quiet, silent meditation is fine. […]
We’re about to go off on one more big jaunt (I promise, it’s probably one of the last for a while). Four weeks; 12 flights, eight cities. It includes least two insane, mortgage busting restaurant reservations (D.O.M in Sao Paulo and 11 Madison Park). There’s going to be New Years in Panama, then a skip […]
My Dad had a terrific t shirt when I was growing up. It read ‘He who has the most toys when he dies, wins’. His collection of toys were most likely to involve wheels or the ability to float on water. They lived in the garage and were beautifully taken care of. My toys belong […]
A few weeks ago there was an edition of Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle newsletter ‘Goop’ dedicated to flying better. In it she and two of her celebrity pals; Donna Hay and Seth Friedman gave their pearls of wisdom on how to really fly. Their advice involved Bose noise cancelling headphones (surely a steal at $300) and […]