October 25, 1981 was the exact date I was introduced to Mala Mala, the premier South African safari. A small article in the New York Times travel section about safaris in South Africa by esteemed author Joseph Lelyveld entitled Mala Mala: Posh in the Wild would come to embody my idea of the perfect luxury safari for […]
This year has been absolutely incredible. I have been lucky enough to have a day job takes me places I had only dreamt about. I have been on my first African safari, my first Caribbean island, my first Louisiana swamp tour, and now another dream is about to come true. Too early this Saturday morning, […]
If you haven’t read my last post on Florence, you might not know that I was a student there many moons ago. I never turn down a reason to revisit a city that was a home to me so long ago and try the fabulous Villa La Massa hotel! Technically I was not really visiting Florence last […]
It’s not as easy as you would think. Saying that, it actually does look tough, but then how hard can it be if so many people play it? Next week, I will be put to the test. My Minecraft abilities will be analyzed and scrutinized by the toughest invigilators in my family – my nephews. This year, August […]
Traveling through New Orleans to research a piece on the 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina for Grazia UK, the Cypriot and I had to eat, right? Some of the best restaurants in the USA are at home here in the Big Easy, from old and revered, and I was there to report on it. So […]
As I write this in Gatwick Airport, the screen is informing me that my flight is two hours delayed. That means two hours less at Villa La Massa, the uber-chic resort steps away from Firenze Centrale, my final destination. Sitting here in the lounge sipping a class of Prosecco, I wait patiently to be told […]