Contemporary Art Museum Find: Tate Modern London
1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) After spending twenty years as an abandoned power station, Tate Modern London has been fuelling both celebrated exhibitions of modern and contemporary art as well as the cultural regeneration of South London since opening in 2000. The modernist landmark in the dynamic borough of Southwark stands proudly on […]
Share this
Good Coffee Find: Tap Coffee London
I first ventured into TAP Coffee on Wardour Street in search of cold brew coffee – the ‘in’ thing to drink at the mo. TAP delivered in spades, serving the punchy chilled beverage in a brown glass bottle labelled with an oh-so-hipster luggage tag. Combined with top-notch cakes (baked on the premises) and a rustic […]
Share this
Restaurant Find: Bistrotheque London
If you find yourself on an industrial street in Hackney, you probably won’t realise your proximity to one of the most beautiful brunch spots in London. Bistrotheque is totally unmarked from the outside, so you’re going to need some gumption to stroll on in through the unmarked door and up the stairs. When you reach […]
Share this
Flower Market Find: Bloemenmarkt of Utrecht
It’s sacrilege to go to a Dutch city and miss out on treating your eyes to a flower market. Each Saturday in the quaint city of Utrecht between 8am and 5pm, Janskerkhof Plaza transforms into a vibrant, colorful market filled with rows of flowers, potted plants, small trees and a variety of seedlings. The perfect […]
Share this
Cocktail Bar Find: Pouring Ribbons NYC
Pouring Ribbons NYC is the cocktail bar that keeps the local Alphabet City crowd satisfyingly lubricated with its multifarious and rather potent drink creations. Once inside, drinkers should find a spot beside the oversized half moon window that looks out onto the bustle of Avenue B and then relish in the fact that Pouring Ribbons […]
Share this
Cocktail Bar Find: Nitecap NYC
Nitecap NYC is a subterranean cocktail den situated in the basement of a Lower East Side restaurant offering confident cocktails inside an unpretentious environment. The distinguished team; hailing from Death & Co and Maison Premiere have made a refreshing point of this unpretentiousness by hiring sincerely friendly staff that necessarily aren’t clad in bowties and […]
Share this
Restaurant Find: Danji NYC
1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) We all have that one friend who “avoids any street between ”“ insert Midtown street numbers here – like the plague” for reasons only a New Yorker can justify. Surely, one should specifically avoid any area in midtown – especially when it comes to pickings of the culinary […]
Share this
Design Hotel Find: Hotel The Exchange Amsterdam
This article by Jenny Nguyen first appeared in ForbesLife Hotel The Exchange Amsterdam is an eccentric hotel concept that brings sartorial style to the hotel business in a way that only the idiosyncratic Dutch can do ”“ rather unexpectedly and with a good dose of irony. Each of the 61 rooms at Hotel The Exchange […]
Share this
Maastricht Fashion Find: Ellen:truijen Flagship
When in Maastricht, the cultural town on the southern tip of The Netherlands, minimalist design enthusiasts should pay a visit to Dutch designer Ellen:truijen’s first flagship boutique where she also resides and works. The store’s restrained; even muted interior speaks to the brand’s design philosophy of timelessness, sobriety and simplicity and so too do the […]
Share this
NYC Restaurant Find: Fung Tu
What do you get when you cross the intricacy of fine dining establishment Per Se, with the down and dirty Chinese restaurant institution Nom Wah Tea Parlor? What you get is Fung Tu’s imaginatively crafted dishes that hark back to the food of Head Chef Jonathan Wu’s Chinese upbringing. Interestingly, a quick Google search for […]
Share this
