Elena Bowes

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

Blog Tag:
long breaks

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 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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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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September 8th, 2014 | Places

Take Me Back

I have never been good at keeping secrets, but some things are just too good not to share. While sharing plates in restaurants has never (with a capital N) been…

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