Category Things I love
I am literally sleeping in a castle
This morning one of the business teams I support converged on Paris from all of our various locations (London, Munich, Milan, Luxembourg), climbed into a chartered shuttle bus, and plunged deep into the French countryside where we’ll spend the next three days sequestered in the Chateau de Bellinglise. It’s not exactly Versailles, but it’s a […]
Felicitations les bleus!
What to do on the day France competes for the World Cup championship and the match doesn’t start until 5pm? Start with a perfect brunch with friends at the hippest new concept restaurant. It’s called B.O.U.L.O.M. (stands for “boulangerie ou l’on mange”) and, we’ll, here’s how it works: You get there early to wait in […]
Bastille Day!
First priority: breakfast! Second priority: Parade! We left early to find a spot to see the famous military parade that has been a tradition since the 19th century. The planes came first, zooming overhead… … then the silent marching troops… … followed by singing marching troops… … then troops in white hoodies and bakers caps […]
We’re in Paris!
Sun! Bastille Day!! The World Cup!!! It’s basically the perfect weekend to be in Paris. Plus, I have to be here for work this week, so we booked a flat in the lovely Montorgeuil neighbourhood and have been loving every minute.
Look who came to visit!
Amanda got to London over a week ago now and it’s just been so much fun. Naturally I still have to do “real life” (which meant working until midnight most nights this week), but she gets to play while I’m away, and then in the margins we do what we do best: talk and eat […]
Sunday, sunny Sunday
What do you do when you have a rental car in London on a sunny Sunday? Return the car early and spend the day at home! Haha, I know what you’re all thinking: “Riiight. Who are you and what have you done to my brother/boyfriend/hot role model.” But I kid you not. The point of […]
Seaside at Camber Sands
It isn’t crazy to come to the beach at the end of the day. The heat of the sun is past, and the low golden light is warm and rich. The crowds are dispersing, and it’s easy to find parking. Camber Sands had been recommended as one of the best sandy beaches in the U.K., […]
The gardens at Great Dixter
About eight miles down the road from Sissinghurst lies another significant English garden. Designed in the early 20th Century around a Tudor mansion, this garden, too, has been a repeat player in the gardening books I’ve been reading. So after prying myself out of the Sissinghurst rose garden, I set out to find Great Dixter. […]
Sissinghurst castle garden
Saturday was the last day of June! Since June is peak garden month in England, and the weather was forecast was perfect, I rented a car and set out to see a couple of my top bucket-list gardens. First stop? Sissinghurst castle garden in Kent (about 2 hours southeast of London). There is no “castle” […]
And I also went to Paris
Sure, I had just been in Copenhagen, but it was a bank holiday weekend and I needed to be in Paris for work on Tuesday and Wednesday anyway, so I went early and maybe ate some delicious Israeli food at Miznon (oh man, that cauliflower!) and went shopping in the Marais (why can’t I just […]
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 