VOL.01
When in Paris, you might as well do things the right way; drink at the bistros of the belle époque, buy your vegetables fresh at the marché; bargain your way through the brocantes; and when it comes to going to the cinéma, why not watch your favorite movie stars on the big screens of the [...]
For Cool Canal-side Culture: Point Éphémère A café, bar, nightclub, exhibition space and concert venue all rolled into one, the Point Éphémère is, in a nutshell, one of the most innovative cultural projects in the city right now. And boy does it have a great view. In the Spring, Parisians spill out onto the venue’s canal-side [...]
By ‘un café’. I obviously mean a mocha latte or a glass of rosé, along with a little tarte, maybe some madeleines and of course, plenty of undisturbed lounging time à la Parisien. (You won’t actually find me talking much about coffee in this blog). 1. Un café with Fashion at Carmen Ragosta Rue de [...]
Venice, Italy is probably not the greatest match for someone with a deep phobia for mass tourism. But hey, there was a hotel sale this month on the wonderful VoyagePrive.com [if you're not signed up, hi, welcome to this century, glad you could join us]. So what did I do when I got to Venice? Well, [...]
I‘ve been won over by the shoe that’s in every French coquette’s closet. Is it that generously-thick white rubber sole that does it for me? The tomboy colours? The fact that they instantly de-slutify the most teetering-on-the-edge-of-sluttydom outfits? Or is it just that ‘je ne sais quoi’ that a French girl brings to a pair [...]
Here’s one they left out of the history textbooks. A recent French film, Free Men, brought to
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sassy: adjective \ˈsa-sē\ impudent, lively, spirited, vigorous, distinctively smart and
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Apparently Keira Knightley and her co-stars improvised their way through this thirteen minute
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You may recall we recently discovered Kowloon City, the Hong Kong ‘historical
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Alright, so you might have noticed I have a weakness for French real estate p0rn. [Sigh] I
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This breathtaking pool of glistening turquoise water under creamy ecclesiastical stone vaulting is
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He was selling custom-made clothing to Hip Hop’s finest for thousands of dollars a piece,
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Every once in a while, a fashion brand does something that stays with you and swims around in your
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A room with uninterrupted sea views? Admittedly, it might need a bit of work but this underwater
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I had you at ‘Free Wine & Cheese‘, didn’t I? If you’ve been umming and
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I remember when I first saw it, Avenue Junot, the cobblestone road that winds up to Montmartre
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