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...Globetrotter Long known as the Conservatory of Divine Providence, this 17th-century palazzo on the Via Ripetta — the western border of the triangle that makes up Rome’s famous Tridente precinct of shops, cafés...
...I love simply walking in my neighbourhood, Condesa, and going to the park or cycling with my son. We’ll head out and get a really good flat white at Qūentin, a great café close to home....
...The improved air quality in LA and elsewhere since the age of leaded petrol has done much the same....
...Pericles, the 2018 community play at the National Theatre, incorporated a cast of 200 Londoners and proved one of the hits of its season....
...For the latter, Pierpaolo Piccioli commissioned a collection of love poems from various writers, which he both incorporated into designs and bound into a book for guests at the catwalk show....
...At a little cottage opposite the castle café, not far from the top, Myfanwy Jones has become used to such spectacles....
...Just off La Rambla, the city’s renowned La Bocqueria market now has guards to exclude tourist parties at the busiest times, while graffiti on the shaded, tight medieval streets nearby reads “Tourists go...
...I also like the other concept stores such as Space Mue or Rare Market – and 10 Corso Como, which has a lovely café. Boon the Shop, 21 Apgujeong-ro....
...One of the most memorable stops was at this tacos suaderos (beef belly tacos) stall in one of the fixed markets, La Merced....
...royale; The First German Girl’s stuffed cabbage; the prix fixe at l’Hotel du Louvre; the staff’s equine lunch at l’Hotel des Voyageurs; the Marine Café’s deep fried eggs; the Haven Café’s crab sandwiches...
...She also incorporated the number five – immortalised in her perfume – with patterns of five windows dotted around the house....
...Like others I was frustrated that you could get great ramen in Hong Kong and LA but not in London. A bowl of ramen has to be delicious....
...Divided and colour-coded into different activity areas, Superkilen includes a Red Square (café, music, sport), the so-called Black Market (classic park space with fountain and benches) and the Green Park...
...A vast dining table is suspended from the ceiling, and the living-room fireplace is incorporated into a window....
...At the Billiard Café, a pool hall bathed in sultry amber light on a quiet street corner in La Roma neighbourhood, the owners have doubled the number of tables on the pavement....
...But, luckily, most tourists and business travellers persevere, making their way to leafier districts such as Polanco and Condesa, where pavement cafés, fashionable shops and museums offer a civilised respite...
...I have been asked several times if I am taking my “signature dishes” to Le Café Anglais, my new venture in west London....
...Perhaps he liked one description of the old Café Anglais: “A l’extérieur rien qui attire l’œil, pas de dorures éclatantes, d’éclairage éblouissant, la façade est roide et renfrognée comme une naturelle des...
...Our à la carte dinner for six came to A$350, of which wine was almost half. Two places struck me as a particularly enjoyable way to start the day....
...Joaquín García Nava, owner of a corner cafe in La Condesa, a swanky neighbourhood in central Mexico City, agrees....
...We set off in search of her favourite cafe....
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