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Elena Bowes

New York-London design & culture writer of a certain vintage looking for meaning and wholeness in life

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March 18th, 2015 | Places

Vroom Vroom

Audrey takes Rome, we took Hoi An. Everyone deserves their day holding on tight to a Hollywood, or in this case, Hoi An hunk.  I plus three friends got our chance…

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March 11th, 2015 | Places

From Burnt Toast to Vietnamese Fusion

Take Vietnamese cooking lessons: a humdrum resolution for many, but for someone who can burn toast perfectly (how black do you want it?), my resolution is revolutionary. It’s all thanks…

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January 30th, 2015 | Places

Scottish Caper

The last time I went to Edinburgh I was 16 years old on a bike trip from Bath to Inverness. Actually, I was bike-free in Edinburgh – my bike got…

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January 20th, 2015 | Places

See, Smell, Taste and Touch

God, I love to travel. I just came back from a three week holiday to Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam with my family and close family friends, the Vere Nicoll’s.…

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November 21st, 2014 | Places

Pebble – An Aladdin’s Den of Goodies

There are collectors and there are Collectors with a capital C. Peter Adler, the man behind Pebble which specialises in natural jewelry, tribal art and objets d’art, definitely falls under…

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November 14th, 2014 | Places

How I Love a Good Pop-Up

One of my all time favourite design blogs, Remodelista, is holding a one day fair tomorrow (Saturday, November 15) at a terrific recently-opened interiors shop in north Mayfair called  The…

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November 7th, 2014 | Places

Mayfair Bejewels and Bedazzles

Mayfair just keeps getting more marvellous. I stopped in for a cappuccino at the brand new Maison Assouline on Piccadilly, a shop as luxurious and comforting as freshly pressed linen…

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October 30th, 2014 | Places

No FOMO in Sizzling Brooklyn

Brooklyn may only be a bridge away, but for years it was a bridge too far, a no-go zone for Manhattan loyalist moi. But what would be the 4th largest…

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