The Hotel Loofah

The Hotel Loofah

What’s this thing with loofahs in hotel bathrooms? It seems to have become a standard thing, now, to provide one along with the cotton wool pads and buds and complimentary shower cap. And sometimes there's a loofah even when all other basic commodities are...

Hotel Endsleigh: Shower-Sharing and the Voyeuristic Dog

Hotel Endsleigh: Shower-Sharing and the Voyeuristic Dog

I completely forgot to post anything up about my little trip to Devon for my ten year wedding anniversary. (I know it should be "our trip to Devon" and "our wedding anniversary" but as Mr AMR prefers to skulk stubbornly in the shadows I take pleasure in excluding him...

One Nil to the Seaside Staycation

One Nil to the Seaside Staycation

I'm still very much undecided as to whether holidays abroad with babies and toddlers are a good idea. There are so many considerations, so many logistical problems and non-relaxing hurdles to jump over. Trying to get through airport security with two cartons of milk...

Domes of Elounda: The Haute Living Holiday (With Kids)

Domes of Elounda: The Haute Living Holiday (With Kids)

When Mr AMR and I first had Angelica, we vowed never to take a holiday abroad for at least five years. Just getting to Sainsbury's was enough of a faff - getting her into the car seat, getting her out again for a feed and a change, stopping for another feed halfway...

The Scarlet Hotel: 2 Days Off Grid

The Scarlet Hotel: 2 Days Off Grid

Ah, two days Off Grid. And I know that I'm grossly misusing the term "off grid" here, but it sounds exciting and dramatic and you all know how I love a bit of over-dramatisation. What I mean to say, really, is 2 Days Away on Holiday, but online reviews of The Scarlet...

Giveaway: OM Skincare and the Mindful Traveller

Giveaway: OM Skincare and the Mindful Traveller

I think that OM Skincare's Mindful Traveller is a fabulous idea: a gorgeous, sleek bottle that houses travel-friendly amounts of OM's Pure Glow Cleanser and Daily Radiance Moisturiser. I call it a bottle, but it's not really - it's a lightweight tube, with two little...

The Colony Grill Room: Laid-Back Luxury Lunching

The Colony Grill Room: Laid-Back Luxury Lunching

I think - and I say this tentatively because there are so many beautiful hotels and brilliant restaurants in London - but I think that The Beaumont Hotel and its restaurant, The Colony Grill Room, might just have sailed up to the top of my recommendations list. I...

Lime Wood Hotel: Spiders in Belstaff and Mice in McCartney

Lime Wood Hotel: Spiders in Belstaff and Mice in McCartney

Never before had I been in such dire need of a break. Avid readers will have heard me bang on about my desperation to go on holiday many times, this year, but somehow - what with work commitments and baby stuff and Mr AMR never being free at the right moment - time...

Sunday Tittle Tattle: The Woman In The Wall

Sunday Tittle Tattle: The Woman In The Wall

Last week I stayed over at the London Edition Hotel on Berners Street. I've often had meetings at the Berners Tavern, the restaurant on the ground floor of the hotel (an amazingly decadent affair with high ceilings and framed paintings covering every inch of the...

France: What I Wore, What I Packed

France: What I Wore, What I Packed

Bonus post! Here's what I packed in my new suitcase for my trip to France. (The first one. For the second I might well be taking my little carry-on case, so that wouldn't be an interesting video. It's only large enough to hold one pair of shoes, one book and one...

Suitcases, Shower-Fright and Lashings of Dry Shampoo…

Suitcases, Shower-Fright and Lashings of Dry Shampoo…

I'm back from "South-of-France Round One": and what a brilliant trip. Chanel hot air balloons, dashing men opening doors for me and a gorgeous new No5 fragrance to tell you about, once I get a moment to write things up. I now have just twenty-four hours at home before...

Baby Worries, Globetrotting and a New No5

Baby Worries, Globetrotting and a New No5

I'm doing a bit of globetrotting this week. Actually, it's more like France-trotting, or even, if we're getting really specific, south-of-France-trotting. I'm in Grasse until Wednesday night and then at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday and Saturday. The Grasse trip...