When you stay at the kind of hotel that doesn’t have a kettle in the room, you head out for breakfast. Literally 30 seconds from our hotel there was a Starbucks. The New York Times, wifi, loads of space to sit and surf – perfect. Now, I have been in …
On a recent holiday in New York, we decided to eat one night in the restaurant at street level, at the bottom of our hotel, the King & Grove. What can I say ? Indifferent service to the point of almost insolence. Indifferent pizza, according to hubby. My linguine were …
After a long hot morning of walking the streets of lower Manhattan and exploring the High Line, we were ready for lunch. Excited by the whole revitalised Meatpacking District, which was new to us (visiting New York after far too long) we homed in in Pastis, which had an authentic …
The things you discover about your friends when you travel. Meeting up with our dear Delhi friends Kiran and Vikram Tandon in Manhattan, which was their old stomping ground for many years, I learned that Vikram is a foodie of note, as in Of Note. When we decided to meet …
I have long suspected that Belgian is the new French, as far as cuisine goes, and the great Markt restaurant in Manhattan is a case in point. After a couple of dull, overpriced meals in French restaurants, Markt came as a breath of fresh air. On a visit to New …
So there we were, wandering up Lexington Avenue – as one does – when we saw a crowd on the pavement, surrounding a van. We stopped (obviously) and saw it was a pet adoption drive. Since all our critters over the last 25 years have been rescue animals (barring 2 …
Now I may well be teaching granny how to suck eggs here, but on a recent visit to New York (after far too long, but that’s another story) I discovered TEAVANA. What a delicious shop, full of temptations galore. And who knew there could be so many delightful sounding teas …
