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on June 25, 2014May 25, 2021

pool art life

i'm off to menorca tomorrow for mr. bazaar's wedding (sooo exciting!), and these gorgeous sun-drenched photos of the newly reopened molitor hotel in paris are making me eager to take up post by our villa's pool and soak up some serious spanish rays! originally opened in 1929, piscine molitor was one of the most popular swimming baths in it's heyday and ...

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on December 31, 2013April 19, 2014

Musings

reflect & review

wow, just where has the year gone? 2013 has been pretty good to me all-in-all. in january i enjoyed a sneak preview of the view from the shard, a building which has become an established part of the london skyline in 2013. in february i reached the ripe old age of 30 (!) with the help of some of my ...

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on October 7, 2013December 1, 2015

design Postcards

to not dare is to have already lost

a few weeks ago i was invited to paris by sofitel to experience their recently redesigned arc de triomphe hotel. naturally i jumped at the opportunity; paris is always a good idea they say, even if the trip comes a week before the madness of london design festival! having stayed at a couple of sofitels when i visited morocco earlier this ...

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on October 9, 2012June 13, 2019 Johannesburg

Africa

james and the perfectly formed peech

last week i was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to visit the oft-overlooked south african city of johannesburg, and witness first hand the regeneration and revitalisation of this former gold-rush town once ominously dubbed the "most dangerous city in the world." that portentous accolade seemed a world away from the vibrant dynamo of a city that i encountered, ...

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on January 25, 2012December 1, 2015

Postcards

an ideal hôtel

i'm lucky enough to have indulged my wanderlust a little over the weekend, and whilst in paris stayed in a rather stylish little design hotel south of the city; an ideal hotel if you will. the newly renovated (in fact, there are still renovations going on!) ideal hôtel is located in port d'orléans and offers an eclectic range of conceptual room ...

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on January 18, 2012December 1, 2015

Postcards

by way of the exchange

when i stayed at the lloyd hotel in amsterdam last year, i was shown a little preview of their soon-to-be launched sister hotel, the exchange. now recently opened, the new hotel is located on one of the liveliest and oldest streets of amsterdam and is part of ‘the red carpet’ - an urban renewal project that is aimed at giving ...

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