Travel, life, loves and laughs.
After months apart, Jason and I joined our wonderful friends Brad and Diana to celebrate their return to Dubai. Alongside Carol and Wathik, Karen and Jess, and Emily, we gathered high above Downtown Dubai for Skyline Brunch at Address Sky View – an afternoon that reminds me why Dubai does brunch better than anywhere else.… Read the rest
Birthday celebrations in Dubai often come with lofty expectations. There are rooftop venues, extravagant buffets and brunches where the spectacle occasionally overshadows the food. For Jason’s birthday this year, however, we find Brunch in Bloom refreshingly different.
Tucked within the DoubleTree by Hilton at Jumeirah Beach Residence, Gastro Kitchen’s Brunch in Bloom reimagines the beloved Dubai brunch with a gentler touch.… Read the rest
There is something quietly restorative about coming home. After an overseas interlude where copious amounts of Pad Thai and Singha were consumed barefoot on the beach, nothing says ’home’ quite like a Dubai brunch and Sushisamba delivers on every level.… Read the rest
Tucked into the pastel-hued streets of Phuket Old Town, where Sino-Portuguese façades lean gently into one another and the tropical air hangs thick with incense and street food, I stumble upon something I hadn’t realised I was missing quite so desperately – proper coffee.… Read the rest
Valentine’s Day in Dubai invites a certain level of theatre. The city already knows how to perform – light, scale, ambition – so choosing the right stage matters.… Read the rest
Some brunches are about the food. Some are about the views. And some, if you’re lucky, are about the people sitting across the table from you.
Brunch at Cé La Vie Dubai was all three.
Perched high above the city in the Address Sky View, Cé La Vie delivers one of the most talked-about brunch experiences in Dubai.… Read the rest
Folly. A very frivolous name for a very serious venue. After a spectacular New Year’s Eve celebration, we return for a chilled Sunday afternoon escape. A happy hour cocktail and a quiet corner suits our mood perfectly and we find this at Folly.… Read the rest
There are dinners you remember for the food, others for the company and some for the setting. Then there are rare evenings, like the one we spend at Comunale Caffe e Cucina in Belgrade, where all three come together in perfect harmony.… Read the rest
There’s something about dinner by the water that always feels like a little escape. Perhaps especially so when the city heat clings to your skin and the air is heavy with the scent of sun-warmed concrete. That’s why, on a golden Belgrade evening, we find ourselves heading southwest.… Read the rest
This evening we arrive at the Marriott Mena House to bask in the shadows of history. Nestled at the edge of the Giza Plateau, with its gardens stretching almost to the base of the Great Pyramid itself, the Marriott Mena House is a location that needs no embellishment.… Read the rest