FIT IN THE CITY September 13, 2010 IF you’re struggling to get your exercise mojo back after a lazy summer, why not try out a new class? I’ve picked four of the best the city has to offer this autumn, that promise to get you great results minus the workout boredom. Beautcamp Pilates: Everyone who tries this class always goes back for [...]
Men: get yourselves groomed for Autumn September 13, 2010 B ROWN’S Hotel on Albermarle Street is a smart, debonair sort of a place and so is its spa, The Spa at Brown’s Hotel (www.roccofortecollection.com), which has launched a series of men’s treatments in conjunction with skincare brand NuBo. The Ultimate Performance System Facial (£100) takes in volcanic lava mud and something called a “moisture [...]
The Berkeley regains an old hero September 13, 2010 Koffmann’s The Berkeley, Wilton Place, SW1X 7RL 020 7235 1010, www.the-berkeley.co.uk FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £45 PIERRE Koffmann closed his famous London restaurant, La Tante Claire, back in 2003, and promptly vanished from the restaurant scene. Rather than dissipate, the reverential awe that people attached to Koffmann and his cooking – [...]
TASTING NOTES September 13, 2010 THIS is not the first time London’s best – and smallest – bar, 69 Colebrook Row, has made it into these pages. And it won’t be the last. Because it is still the only bar we know of in London with an actual lab upstairs where mixologist and owner Tony Conigliari and his crew hide [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS September 13, 2010 HEL YES! FINNISH POP-UP Another month, another pop-up. The latest high profile temporary eatery, to open alongside London Design Week, is HEL YES!. It’s Finnish (get it?) with 120 covers, a bar and an exhibition created and executed by a creative team of Finnish designers and food connoisseurs. Highlights include “archipelago bread”, made from wheat [...]
Relishing wine and luxury in Porto September 12, 2010 BOTH port (the drink) and Portugal tend to be the victims of limited appreciation in this country. The latter is best known for the golf resorts and tourist traps of the Algarve, and for football’s premier golden-booted poseur; the former is the tipple you pass to the left during the cheese course. Well there’s a [...]
TRAVEL NOTES September 12, 2010 See Country Antrim in a classic car Up in the north eastern corner of Ireland, the Country Antrim coast – which takes in the Giant’s Causeway – is a place of rugged, unfettered beauty, and perfect for a bit of romantic exploring in a classic car. Hastings Hotels – a group including a number of [...]
UK HOTEL REVIEW: HAWKE’S POINT, CARBIS BAY September 12, 2010 WHEN it comes to staying by the sea, sophistication can be hard to find, with B&Bs stuck in a time warp and once grand seafront hotels now little more than retirement homes with a good view. Hawke’s Point is a series of new apartments in Cornwall; the exterior might resemble student halls but inside it’s [...]
LIFE BEYOND BEYOND MANHATTAN September 9, 2010 LIVING among the skyscrapers of central Manhattan or the spacious brownstones of Greenwich village is often the British idea of New York living – in the same way that Kensington and Knightsbridge are every American’s idea of London. Yet New Yorkers in the know consider other boroughs, particularly Brooklyn and Queens, as clever and rather [...]
Take your very own bite of the Big Apple September 9, 2010 IN ANY job transfer abroad, top of the list of concerns is finding a place to call home. This is particularly overwhelming if your destination is New York: finding a cosy foothold in this concrete jungle can be a confusing affair. But rather than making a beeline for an estate agent, or realtor, as yanks [...]