Hints and tips:
...Rent as a proportion of revenue fell to 4.4 per cent in the company’s latest half. The board has a “conservative” target of 600 Lounges and 65 Cosy Clubs....
...“My son wanted a bar mitzvah, my daughter had a bat mitzvah. They did all the work, all the studying. I’ve got some wonderful pictures.”...
...We who dine out most nights wait, in vain, for a new direction in the restaurant world. I now see all this sameness as the (dirt cheap) price of prolonged peace....
...It remains family-owned and women-run today, with her two daughters, Elpie Marinakis and Marousa Dumaresq, at the helm....
...An elegant grey 1957 Jaguar Mk1 2.4 and a sturdy silver 1986 Jaguar XJ6 4.2 round out the selection....
...He grew up in Paris, where he has worked in a junior role at a top restaurant....
...Another popular perk for couples is the British Airways Amex card with its annual “2-4-1” voucher....
...A 10-minute walk from the Shadow Mountain chairlift, the hotel’s roof-terrace lounge bar, with plunge pool and views of Aspen Mountain, promises to become a fixture on the après-ski scene....
...Book flights, hotels and restaurants early....
...Angela: We always host Christmas in one of the restaurants. I end up with the waifs and strays. I’ll crack open a bottle of wine, put on Radio 4 and tell everyone to get out of the kitchen....
...We’re at Caractère, the Notting Hill restaurant run by Roux’s daughter Emily and her husband Diego Ferrari, who are both chefs....
...Her daughters took her out for her birthday yesterday. It was a fancy place and they waited a long time to be seated, but the food was good. No, she can’t remember what she had....
...Checking park records, the police noted that visitors from France had entered on July 15 at 4.23pm....
...Succession (season 4) With a near-flawless final season — aka Four Siblings and a Funeral — Jesse Armstrong brought his superior family saga to a satisfying close....
...Right there, under the Great Room,” he says, indicating the lodge’s sleek oval lounge-bar-restaurant area below the sand dune we’re standing on — clad in limestone and floor-to-ceiling glass, with views...
...What A five-bedroom villa built in 1998 with more than 4,300 sq ft of living space, five bathrooms and fireplaces in three rooms....
...Kosaka is an elegant restaurant with soft jazz music whose atmosphere resembles an upscale hotel lounge....
...There are lounges, umbrellas and a beachside service; snorkelling kit and stand-up paddleboards; and the club’s rock raft for anyone who wants to swim for their reward....
...It’s like your daughter. She got married, but she’s still your daughter.” As we reach the end of the second hour of our lunch, Iacobescu excuses himself to take a phone call. I ask for the bill....
...When Swedish hotelier Jeanette Mix first encountered the work of British interior designer and Studioilse founder Ilse Crawford, in 2007 at the restaurant of Stockholm’s Grand Hôtel, she knew she’d found...
...I’m amazed to see that the dish costs only €13; a beer is €4.90. Such are the joys of small-mountain skiing....
...KHOM: Yeah, I opened a restaurant in Thailand, and then I just came here for my daughter to study here. So I look after her....
...There are restored stable blocks, which house more rooms, and Vermell, the restaurant, where later I’ll join María and her daughters for a very fine red mullet....
...From up here at close to 4,000m, the foursquare restaurant building has a humble, ground-hugging look, with pinkish-brown walls of adobe mud and a thatched roof....
...À la carte from about A$88 (excluding drinks) 4....
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