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 […]
Like most of you, I was perfectly content just popping an off-the-shelf choccie (Hershey’s Kiss) into my mouth, without a thought to what was in it, where it was made, or how it came to be in that familiar silver foil. After attending the Grenada Chocolate Festival, I’m like an addict now, looking only for […]
Off to Mykonos, romantically called the Island of the Winds, in reality the Windy Island because it’s windy, really windy and the water can be, oh so, cold. Still, you can’t keep them away from this Cycladic paradise: couples, singles, gay, straight, party-ers, relaxers. There is really something for everyone and it’s small enough to disappear, […]