Here are some tips to help make your solo trip fun and safe. Continue reading
Despite their diminutive description, Bite Me’s mini-burgers are far from tiny, certainly more than a bite (or three), chunkier than a slider, and definitely big on flavour. Continue reading
I was happy to pull up a chair at the table for the occasion and very much enjoyed the beer and the pairings. Continue reading
The Laverstoke Express has arrived in London inviting passengers to climb onboard for an immersive and delicious trip round the world with a stop along the way at every destination where Bombay Sapphire sources its ten botanicals. Continue reading
The restaurant will close its Exeter Street location from 27 July with plans to reopen around the corner at Burleigh Street in mid August. Continue reading
The Kobo #BeachBookReady Pop-Up Beach is free to attend and runs from this weekend until 25th of July. Timings are Monday to Saturday from 10am to 8pm and Sundays from 11am to 7pm. Continue reading
My Bombay Sapphire Cheesecake Cocktail takes this gin’s unique botanical profile and amps it up for a rich dessert with a kick and a pleasantly palate cleansing flavour. Continue reading
Keep reading for details about a fun competition from 24hourlondon offering the chance to win £500 and a crate of Tremethick craft ale. Continue reading
Here’s a fun infographic with these and many more fascinating facts about this popular Spanish island destination. Continue reading
We’ve scanned the coasts of the globe to share with you seven of the best beach break destinations where you can truly get away from it all and not have to compete for a patch of sand to pitch your umbrella or struggle for elbow room when you take your dip in the ocean.
And don’t worry — not every place listed here is too terribly far-flung or remote to reach during a normal vacation timeframe or on a typical travel budget.
Read my complete post at Miles Away.
Me? I’m hoping to go back for seconds I had such a yummy time tasting my way through the fest in Greenwich. Continue reading
A recent invitation to review the Spaghetti House near Oxford Circus provided the chance to find out. Continue reading
I take every excuse I can get to eat breakfast for dinner. Brinner. Because let’s face it, who doesn’t love eggs, waffles, pancakes, sausage, bagels, and granola? Omg and I almost forgot the doughnuts. So get ready London, because there’s going to be a (semi) permanent brinner joint opening in September: Mimod’s Kitchen. Continue reading
The botanicals are sourced from across the globe – almonds and lemons from Spain, liquorice from China, juniper berries and orris root from Italy, Angelica from Germany, coriander from Morocco, cassia and cubeb from Indonesia, and grains of paradise from Ghana. They come together along the banks of the crystal clear River Test at the historic Laverstoke Mill amid the green and lilting countryside of Hampshire. Continue reading
Get ready to take a tour of the world, by staying put in East London. Proud East, the gorgeous venue along the canal in Haggerston, has just launched Pop-up India, freshly painted and redecorated after a fun run of Pop-up Japan. With a colourful makeover of floating flowers, a tuk-tuk photo booth, garlands and art, Proud East has made itself a hot destination for those looking to soak up a bit of Indian culture this summer. Continue reading
Attending IPW 2017 was an incredible experience. So much of what I do as a freelance travel writer working out of my home, I don’t engage all that much with my colleagues and often feel a lot of what I do for a job is done in a vacuum. A giant IPW dose of navigating my way through the American travel industry’s premier marketplace did me a world of good and helped to shape my professional perspective to be more informed. Continue reading
Last week I sat in as one of 10 consumer judges at the World Steak Challenge. Continue reading
… but also a lot of fun and a unique way to experience the city as a visitor. Continue reading
Artifacts such as the two pairs of boxing gloves, a protective helmet and the boxing ring ropes from Beuys’ boxing match ‘finale’ against sculptor Abraham David Christian during the original exhibition alongside photos from the event are presented in conjunction with the debut UK presentation of the re-mastered archive footage of the boxing match. Continue reading
I think so. Continue reading
The event, running from Friday 21 to Saturday 22 July, will give beer lovers the chance to sample a range of Belgian craft beers from small batch micro-breweries including En Stoemelings, ‘t Hofbrouwerijke, Fort Lapin and De Leite to bigger producers such as Brasserie de la Senne, Hof Ten Dormaal and Bertinchamps. Continue reading
Have you been reading my series of posts about taking on the Baltimore food scene? If so thanks, but please hang on. Baltimore was merely the first half of my summer fun in the Capital Region. Following my adventures there, I enjoyed a few more fine days away from my desk right afterwards and just down the road in Washington DC.
I went to DC to attend IPW. Continue reading
The experts at Super Man With A Van Removal Services have gathered some of the best packing hacks that you can use for all your upcoming moves. Continue reading
Sure, if a certain type of cuisine or particular dish is on trend, you’re bound to find it on plate in Baltimore. But base my on experience, I’d say folks there are way more focused on bringing forward flavour and promoting provenance (especially as it applies to local food and drink) than simply going along with foodie fashion for the sake of it.
From sitting at a picnic table and cracking crab shells open with a hammer to five star hotel finery with big name chef’s presenting novel nosh – I got a great taste of the town – and a good sense of the breadth of dining options – but left knowing there was so much more quality stuff.
Baltimore, I’m craving for more! Continue reading
Still, that doesn’t mean it’ll be easy or that just because you want a job that allows you to travel you’ll be handed one on a silver platter. You’ll literally have to earn it, and you’ll need to think strategically about your options.
Here’s a look at 10 of the best careers for people who love to travel.
Read my complete post at Miles Away.
I got a chance to indulge in breakfast at Miss Shirley’s Inner Harbor restaurant one fine morning during my trip. Wow. I would have loved to have tried every item on the menu and savoured every devoured scarf of the few I did. Continue reading
I learned how to make it at a recent Stress-Free Summer Cooking MasterClass hosted by Great British Chefs at Cookery School on Little Portland Street with Adam giving hands on instruction and advice on how to cook and serve the dish. Continue reading
For an upscale American interpretation of Modern European dining, La Cuchara presents a taste of Baltimore that’s undeniably appealing. Continue reading
An ideal island getaway, visitors here can pick and choose between paddling round kiddie pool lagoons of vast breadth but knee-high depth, to catching the spray off gargantuan waves crashing into craggy sea cliffs. Or both, because more often than not such lazy lagoons and hard-pounded precipices are just a few minutes drive apart, and surrounded on all sides by waterfalls, swimming holes, cave pools, white sand beaches and rainforest trails.
By all means, I heartily recommend visiting Samoa for the good times and lovely sights, but also for the back to basics joy of being there. Everything slowed to a soothing lull when I whiled away the better part of two weeks. Except for my pulse, that is, which quickened more than usual during my sometimes adventurous and always picturesque tour.
Read my complete article at City AM.
Located in the up-and-coming downtown neighbourhood of Remington, R.House is a couple of years old and features 10 chef driven walk-up counter restaurants with seating for 350 people and a big bar in the middle of it all. Set in a disused body shop, there’s plenty of light and access to outside a la large rollup shutters. On the sunny afternoon of my visit, it was as comfy a place to plop down for lunch as anywhere I could imagine. Continue reading
To help get you ready for your summer holiday, the team at SkyParkSecure have shared this fun and interactive map featuring the best sunset spots in Ibiza. Continue reading
With its “progressive twist on traditional tavern food and Eastern seaboard classics,” the restaurant’s menu captivates as much as it comforts. Beyond what’s doing in the kitchen, Wit & Wisdom’s waterfront views from its al fresco bar or inside its plush and expansive dining room are bolstered by friendly and fast service. Continue reading
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I’ve been enjoying my BrightSounds speaker for a month or so. Quality and clarity of sound is high. It’s really come in handy around the house, in my back garden and on the road.
Keep reading for your chance to win one for free. Continue reading
Chief among those leading the Maryland rye revival is Sagamore Spirit. Here’s a straight up take on my visit to its distillery as my Taste Baltimore series continues. Continue reading
It’s not every day you walk into a hotel lobby to be greeted by a pair of models sashaying towards you in opulent evening wear. But when the hotel you’re visiting is The Westbury Mayfair, a luxury five star hotel near Bond Street, nothing less should be expected. Continue reading
