Last year I published a piece on enjoying London without the benefit of a banker’s salary – so that’s most of us then! I had so much feedback about the post that it seemed logical to update the information for 2013, for all those eager visitors planning to come to London over the coming months. For despite these so called times of austerity, London is always packed with tourists in the...
“The Best Things in Life Are Free” according to that wonderful duet sung by Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson. Well, they obviously hadn’t visited the British capital, because London, for all its charms, rarely offers much for free or even at a low cost: certainly in the sleeping, eating and shopping department. It’s an attractive place to visit if you have lots of slack on...
When it comes to eating out, the wise and the savvy visitor to London looks further afield for night-life attractions than Mayfair and Soho. This especially holds true during the coming months, when London is bound to be a ‘bit’ overcrowded with hoards of Olympic tourists. This brings me nicely on to the Foundry, a cafe cum arts venue cum Italian restaurant. Located in Camden, which is...
Winemakers dinner at Sleeping Lady It always rains in Seattle and never rains in Eastern Washington! Is that true? On a recently performed two month field test it was ascertained that there is certainly anecdotal evidence to support this claim. Every time the quasi-researchers left Seattle it was cloudy or raining. Upon arriving at Stevens Pass or Snoqualmie Pass, it was pouring andwhen reaching...
We wander down a curved road, past fairy chimneys and surrounded by the rugged yet smooth mountains, to the Gallery Cappadocia. Turkish rugs are on display outside, a few men chat off under a tree, having a tea and a cigarette. We say merhaba, and inquire if they are open. We are escorted through giant, carved, wooden doors and into a room that changes everything. Before us sit eight women on low,...
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