Daily Archives: 2018-04-01

Nuwara Eliya | Ferncliff

During my time in Nuwara Eliya I stayed a Ferncliff, a colonial period family home built in 1832. It’s an entrancing, historic place. For a romantic such as myself its poise was a distraction. Each morning here I spent the early hours of dawn lucidly dreaming of the very place I was staying only woken when the butler gently knocked on my door with breakfast. Continue reading →

Posted in Hotels, Luxury, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka, Travel | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Eat Puglia | Trattoria Il Brigante, Monopoli

It was our first morning in the bright sunshine of Puglia– leaving snowbound Britain a few hours before on a crack-of-dawn budget flight from Stansted– so I was understandably eager to savour and set my teeth into the local cuisine. Continue reading →

Posted in Eat Puglia, Food, Italy, Puglia, Restaurants, Travel | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Mahiki Kensington

I hadn’t been to a tiki bar in ages (a sad thought for a fella going by the online moniker of tikichris). So the invite to take a tipple and nibble at Mahiki’s new(ish) Kensington outpost was welcomed with a readily returned response. Continue reading →

Posted in Bars, Drink, Food, London, Restaurants, Tiki | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

(Northern) California Dreamin’ | Monterey Bay

Judith Schrut spends the final part of her Northern California holiday chasing butterflies, sampling chowder and admiring marine life on the glorious Monterey Peninsula. Continue reading →

Posted in (Northern) California Dreamin', California, Food, Restaurants, road trip | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment