“What do you want?” “Sorry, I mean…what do you want to eat?” This is how I was greeted at the Plumtree Cafe. There were two women behind the counter: one was feverishly beating cake batter by hand, the other was running behind her with arms full of eggs and butter. Pictured left: the carrot cake that […]
European travel
A Parisian Weekend
I had another fabulous weekend in another fabulous European city: Paris. And, just like London, Paris is magical at Christmas. I went for my friend Jo’s birthday–he’s from Paris and his friends offered to host a party in their flat. A house party in Paris? I’m in. We took the train on Friday after work […]
London knows how to do Christmas
I just got back from 6 days in London. I had to go for another video shoot, so added some weekend days to the trip, in anticipation of all the Christmas cheer. And London didn’t disappoint. . While the big shopping streets like Oxford street were packed and annoying, I stayed in Notting Hill again […]