Elena Bowes

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

Blog Tag:
short breaks

July 15th, 2014 | Places

Slow Down and Smell the Truffles

A week ago I knew very little about Umbria apart from that it’s  in Italy somewhere below Tuscany and has six letters. Of its capital city Perugia, I knew a…

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July 3rd, 2014 | Places

Don’t Forget Your Sunscreen

London is having a moment, a very sunny one. Take a walk in the park, lunch al fresco and spend as much time as possible enjoying this blip of California…

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June 25th, 2014 | Places

Capering in the Cotswolds

Breathtakingly beautiful, bucolic and at times buzzy, the Cotswolds is the ideal weekend getaway from London. Read my article for Trufflepig, a spirited site devoted to digging up the best in…

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April 23rd, 2014 | Places

St Tropez Off-Season

My boyfriend and I  visited St Tropez over Easter, and it was a delight. I recommend going from April through to October. While St Tropez is swimming in flash and…

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