Admit it, even the most cynical among us got swept up a little in the Royal Wedding fever... I watched it from start to finish with popcorn in my lap 🙂 Made me reminisce about some of the loveliest hotels I've stayed in in the UK which are actually outside of London....
There's high tea... and then there's this. The Berkeley is an upscale, classic hotel tucked in an upscale, classic part of the London, but I was blown away but their creative take on afternoon tea. Not just about tea and treats, the Berkeley's Pret-a-portea is a...
*A version of this story appears in Harper's Bazaar Interiors Fall 2017 Issue Proudly placed between two royal parks facing Buckingham Palace and London’s fashionable arts district, The Lanesborough Hotel is a modern tribute to British elegance. Walking into the...
My husband and I were walking near Little Venice in a hidden corner of Maida Vale in London, talking about the Grace Kelly movie Dial M for Murder, when we happened upon this little hotel that looked like it could have been the setting of the famous Alfred Hitchcock...
Location, location, location. Steps away from Hyde Park, Harrods and trendy Sloane Street, the five star Jumeirah Carlton Tower is an elegant hideaway in Knightsbridge that is fit for a modern day princess. It's the first hotel that sprang to mind when I consulted the...
(Excerpts taken from review in VIVA Magazine) There’s nothing more quintessentially British than a black cab... or at least, that’s what we thought until our taxi pulled up to a Mayfair fairytale at The Connaught, part of the Maybourne Group. Elegantly tucked into a...
