FIT IN THE CITY September 6, 2010 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT WHETHER you’re suffering from a new injury or a recurring injury, it can be a frustrating time. So how to get back in the saddle ASAP? Follow these four steps. Work on your abs: Although core stability is no longer the cure-all it was once considered to be, creating a “girdle [...]
Suits’ fave spot for a helping of glam September 6, 2010 Aqua Nueva Fifth Floor, 30 Argyll Street, W1B 3BR Tel: 020 7478 0540, www.aqua.com.hk FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £50 LONDON’s love affair with the shamelessly glam has been hotting up for several years and Aqua Nueva, the Spanish side of a double rooftop restaurant off Regent Street, fits the bill perfectly. [...]
TASTING NOTES September 6, 2010 THE eating establishment reviewed above is the polar opposite to the one discussed here. Where that one is brashly glamorous and made for Euro-trotting Russians, this one is beautifully humble, studiedly homely and completely spot-on food-wise. It is equally trendy, of course, but rather it’s a Boho teacup whereas Aqua is a towering martini glass. [...]
Canada’s coolest city is both French and friendly September 5, 2010 THERE’s a good reason why Montreal is known as Canada’s party town. Quebec’s capital – the capital of French Canada – bills itself as the festival capital of the world. Every year there are dozens of festivals celebrating anything and everything. But it’s not just the likes of the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Anarchist Book [...]
TRAVEL NOTES September 5, 2010 Austria’s hottest new lake hotel Already the stomping ground of Europe’s holidaying elite, Lake Wörthersee will become substantially cooler with the opening of the super swanky (and insanely named) Lake’s – my lake hotel. Set at the foot of the Southern Alps in Pörtschach, it overlooks the lake with a sheer-glass façade and has a [...]
The period mansion with its own chapel September 2, 2010 IN London, homes with good river views are much sought-after and hard to come by – once you have one, you’re not likely to relinquish it. Homes with 80 metres of uninterrupted Thames frontage, however – not to mention 10 bedrooms and a ballroom – present a very, very rare opportunity for anyone with the [...]
PROPERTY NEWS September 2, 2010 SAVILLS RESIDENTIAL AUCTION Put your hat in the ring for a bargain at Savills’ next residential auction, which will be held on Monday 13 September at the Royal Garden Hotel. One property of interest is Lot 138, 27 Derby Street in Colne, Lancashire (pictured) – a two-bedroom terrace house in need of modernisation going with [...]
FOCUS ON: POTTERS BAR September 2, 2010 NORTHAW ROAD WEST, NORTHAW, Price: £299,950 Not perhaps your typical first home, but this two-bed country cottage offers sufficient living space and a pretty back garden. Grade II-listed, the cottage has been recently modernised by the current owners so the property doesn’t require further decoration or works. The village has two gastro pubs. Contact: Savills [...]
Q&A September 2, 2010 HEAD DESIGNER AT APD INTERIORS Q.Dear Andrew, having returned from a stay in a gorgeous hotel suite, I realise my own bedroom is rather dated. How do I create a more luxurious look? A.First, how do you actually use your bedroom? Is it simply a place to sleep or does it also provide a sanctuary [...]
Excruciating embarassment is the recipe for Schmucks’ (mild) success September 2, 2010 Film DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS Cert: 12A AS dinners go, this one’s hardly haute cuisine, but it just about fills you up. On offer is a menu of daft characters, cheap gags and the odd bit of laugh-out-loud slapstick. Some of it is tasteless, much of it is undercooked, and the service is very slow – [...]