I’ve done my fair share of travelling and packing this year and I always fall back on that saying, ‘Failure to prepare is preparing to fail (especially when your luggage allowance is one tiny carry on)’. I teamed up with Zalando to share my ultimate suitcase for a 48 hour minibreak which I tried and tested in Berlin and I…
One night in the Bordeaux countryside. And if I could have stretched that one night into a week I would have believe me, but that one night alone at Les Sources de Caudalie was pure bliss… We flew from Edinburgh to Bordeaux direct and hired a tiny car to nip around. After two nights south in Biarritz we were back…
If I could transport myself right back to the vineyards of Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte, deep in the Bordeaux countryside, right now… I would. Secret cellars and 100 year old bottles and hand crafted barrels and French sunshine and delicious tastings and bike rides through the vines and a stone’s throw from my new favourite hotel… … top – Zara …
I’ve got a little story to tell you and you’ll have to bear with me here because we need to rewind fourteen years… I was studying painting at art school and eating lunch almost daily with one of my very best friends at the Italian restaurant just one block away. Was it the best food? No. Was it an instagrammers…
Fading light and a whole lotta flare… Short and sweet whilst in a constant state of packing.x … top – Zara | flare – Zara venus court – Reiss | clutch – Jigsaw aviators – Ray Ban | love pendant – Astley Clarke
