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Sunday, 29 March 2009

Scots-themed Boisedale of Belgravia vaults towards top of my London favourites

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It was love at first sight. Deep red walls cluttered with prints, watercolours, random weaponry and a few heads of noble beasts that had giv...
Thursday, 26 March 2009

Small, intimate and local ... neighbourhood restaurants add to Amsterdam's sophistication

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If I could cast aside considerations like nutrition, calories and balance, it's conceivable that I could live for at least four days in ...
Tuesday, 24 March 2009

With the right investment, Amsterdam delivers

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I find Amsterdam a hard city to love. Its dominant images seem to be of red light districts and "coffee" shops: haggard prostitut...
Sunday, 15 March 2009

Disney's original park still weaves a unique magic (and offers fine dining in a Blue Bayou)

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As with Marmite , liver or White Castles, people tend to have a love-it-or-hate-it relationship with Disney and its theme parks. Most Ameri...
Friday, 13 March 2009

Weather, sightseeing and food conspire for some fine "California Dreaming"

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Most mornings of my recent holiday in Southern California saw me sitting like a cat in the sun in front of the Riviera Village (Redondo Beac...
Tuesday, 10 March 2009

Southern California has it all ... including a bit of ancient Rome

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It was wonderfully fitting that just a few days after absorbing the Palladio exhibition at the Royal Academy, I was soaking up the sun in th...
Saturday, 7 March 2009

Palladio is another near miss at the Royal Academy, but not as bad as the dinner that followed

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I hate stress. Which is rather unfortunate, as I lead a stressful life. Thus I value things that evoke calm: long, quiet dinners at good r...
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