When new acquaintances ask me to describe my home in “The South,” I know they are always expecting me to compare my lifestyle to something out of Gone With The Wind, Fried Green Tomatoes or Dawson’s Creek. There is an incredible romance that has built up around this part of the world, because of the way it has been portrayed in popular…
While home in the great Southern States for the summer, I had the most handsome gentlemen by my side from dawn until dusk. With dusty blonde hair, wide shoulders and smiles for days, everyone in their path swooned as we passed through the doors of Palmetto Bluff on my first weekend back in the USA. No doubt about it –…
The latest and greatest here isn’t so latest anymore. The Shop at Bluebird Covent Garden opened this summer and, in all honesty, I’m ashamed I’m only just now getting around to shouting loud and proud about it. Bluebird was always one of my favourite shops on the Kings Road. Their edit was impeccable and their layout left every shopper feeling as if…
I discovered Caramel the way most foodies are discovering new restaurants these days – on Instagram. I can’t remember where, but it was a credible source and the pictures had me jumping over to follow the London restaurant on Insta. It was immediately put on my “must visit” restaurant list in my iPhone notes and on my merry way I…
Marseille has had its share of good and bad reviews over the years. It seems as if people have opinions as strong as their like and dislike of Marmite. As a result, Marseille had never been on my list of “places to see before I die” (yes, I do have that actual list and I’m slowing crossing through it as…
