Hints and tips:
...But the golden rule of hospitality is to always be generous to guests....
...With a pair at my table, I offer that life, for an evening, to my guests....
...My guest is Malcolm Turnbull, who was prime minister of Australia between 2015 and 2018. Turnbull is a member of the Liberal party, which is a centre-right grouping....
...Breakfast transports guests to the Victorian era, and it’s not for the faint of heart: devilled kidneys on buttered toast and heady oak-smoked haddock with poached eggs (there is also a full English)....
...The wine has been exposed to oak, whether it’s barrel, oak chips or oak staves. Whereas “oaky” would be a flavour. 27. What about “lemony”? It’s a flavour....
...On the sunny September day that I went, even the wood for a bonfire had been arranged with painstaking care....
...Wearstler’s work shares something of the lambent spirit that is palpable in David Hockney’s blue pool paintings of the 1960s and the Spanish Colonial Revival chalet homes of the Hollywood Hills....
...This was not because lenders predicted a crash in house prices, says David Hollingworth, a director at broker L & C Mortgages, but because offices had been inundated with requests from existing customers...
...We also upgrade Gecina to OW (PT €150, from EW) and downgrade Colonial to UW (PT €8.0, from OW)....
...Gusbourne Rosé 2015 England £36 Noble Green Wines, £38.50 Vin Neuf Both I and my guests preferred this to Taittinger Rosé when we tasted them side by side....
...Magnificent scenery surrounds the hotel, which mixes French colonial charm with Moroccan furnishings....
...It’s a call from Jean Todt, president of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, which oversees motorsport....
...He also named a volume of aphorisms after the city, L’Ombra di Venezia....
...So why irritate guests by adding an “admin fee” to room-service orders, then levying a 20 per cent service charge on top? Why are guests paying service on the admin?...
...Doubles from €80 Paul Richardson stayed as a guest of the Cotton House Hotel, The Serras and Casa Bonay...
...Regretfully I wrote a note to A & M’s president declining to be his guest — I hope, without prejudice to myself....
...L’Oiseau Blanc, its aviator-styled rooftop bar and restaurant, offers sumptuous views of the city. But it is not alone....
...François Hollande, French president, will host a reception for guests at the Elysée Palace....
...Now that the place is deliciously dark, noisy and louche, no one really cares whether they can see their (comfort) food....
...Also on the square is the similarly-rated Grand Hotel de l’Opéra, part of the Concorde chain, though the décor is a little rich....
...THE MARCH by E.L....
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