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The Couple that Wanders the Globe in Search of an Undiscovered Feast

February is the antsiest time of year. It’s the long, cold stretch between the holiday season and warm weather with Valentine’s Day as a half-hearted consellation. Around this time, I usually find myself staring distractedly out windows at the grey Parisian sky so often it becomes a hobby. Not this year! This year, I’m starting at the…

3 Ways to Spot Fake Wine: Meet the Sherlock Holmes of Wine Crime

I won’t pretend I know much of anything about buying expensive wine, but I do know that I love playing detective. Armed with blue lights and razor blades in her toolkit, Maureen Downey has become a top wine fraud investigator, helping to rid the wine industry of counterfeit and stolen wine. Yes, wine crime is actually a…

The Hush Hush Celebrity Cult Restaurant of Paris

The facade of 12 Rue de Richelieu, a nondescript Chinese restaurant ironically called Davé, looks like its seen better days. One could easily mistake it for a questionable massage parlour hiding behind clandestine red velvet curtains; but you would never guess that it’s one of the most legendary celebrity haunts in Paris, counting such icons as the late Yves Saint…

And Now, the Andy Warhol of Home Baking

She will bake your favourite tv show, sugarcoat your best instagrams, ice your most popular emoticon and add sprinkles to your favourite street style look. Lindsey Gazel is baking’s answer to pop art; a modern Andy Warhol if you like, where cookies are her canvas. And here’s some of her best work… On a scale of 1…

Meet me at the Girlfriends Café

I need to prioritise some Euro tripping with my girlfriends this summer, but of course getting a group of your ladies together even just for a night out can sometimes feel a little like herding cats. I think I found a place however, that will get their attention. I’ll tell them to meet me at the Wanda Café…

The Notting Hill Pub with a Spicy Secret

If you’re looking for a traditional English pub with a twist, I think I have something for you. I grew up around the corner from this place, admiring the flowers passing by everyday, but I was always faithful to another local pub during my Londoner years and I never even went inside to discover its secret– until this weekend that…

Pull up a Seat at this Teeny Tiny Tiki Bar

Among my favourite things are tiki bars and teeny tiny stuff. Put the two together and I’ll basically explode with happiness. Not to mention that now I know how to make miniature cocktail umbrellas, should the situation ever arise where I might need one (ya just cut the original-sized ones down). And finally, yes, that hamster…

The Great American Picnic of 1948

It’s a Spring Friday afternoon and “school” is out, but you’ve had such a busy week, you’ve forgotten to plan your weekend … Well pssst! Follow me and hop into my time machine to the all-state picnic in Ontario, California circa 1948… Put your short shorts on and head to Euclid Avenue for a good old fashioned American chow…

The Hidden Feast in a Barcelona Factory After Dark

We left the Barcelona night behind us, disappearing through a graffiti-covered door on a bustling back street of locals going about their downtown nocturnal hustle. All we have is this calling card with an address on the back as we wander down the austerely-lit corridor and take the first staircase, not entirely sure where it will…

The Secret Seventies Bar Hidden inside a Retro Laundromat Café

I‘m guessing every keyword in that title had you at hello. Secret, seventies, hidden, retro, laundromat café– yep, I like to think I’m starting to get a feel for the sort of things that float your boat. So let’s get straight to it and hop over to London for a moment to check out this spot I’ve been eyeballing every since it…

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