Everything was set up for me to succeed when making sushi for the first time at UNI in London. I had the hat, the apron, the mat, the rice, the seaweed and most importantly, the fish…but I know now that I will never have what it takes to be called itamae. Gaining the title of Master Sushi […]
I may be watching too much Downton Abbey, but I could’ve bet money that I heard the conductor scream, “All Aboard” as we headed down the platform of Pretoria’s central station. Stepping back in time to the days when train travel was the only way to go is why you take the Blue Train in the first […]
I knew it wouldn’t be long before I felt the same soil beneath my feet that Isak Dinesen had so many years before. No, I don’t have a farm and I was nowhere near her Ngong Hills in Kenya, but the people and the warmth that emanated from them made me fall in love as […]
How could I live in London for over ten years and not know about the Stafford Hotel’s American Bar? Now that we have been introduced, I feel as if I have rediscovered a lost friend. Looking both ways before ducking through a narrow passageway from Green Park to discover its entrance, I felt a tiny bit […]
For too many people, Swedish Design is Ikea. I admit I too have a house filled with “The Wonderful Everyday,” but I know there is so much more to Swedish Design than my Billy Bookcase, my Regissör cabinet and Fantastisk napkins. A weekend trip to discover all the amazing design stores in Stockholm was the antidote! A first […]
Every city keeps its secrets close to its heart and those secrets, those special somethings I long to find when traveling somewhere new. If lucky enough those secrets are revealed and I can truly call myself a local. I was invited to a wonderful lunch at the InterContinental Park Lane here in London to launch its new collection of Insider Experiences. […]