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Lewes, England for Beginners

One of England’s sweetest and best shopping villages is around one hour from London by train. Story Jessica Adams. Travel does not have to be complicated. You don’t need a lot of maps and apps to have one of your best, hands-down, British experiences away from London. Just catch the tube to Victoria Station, go […]

Madison Square Park – A New York Insider Secret

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With free music, art and a wonderful kids’ playground at the northeast end, Madison Square Park is a destination for families and proves that not everything in New York has to be ticketed and expensive.

The Best Afternoon Tea in New York

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If you want to horrify anyone from the UK or Australia, just take them to a diner in New York and tell them to order a cuppa. What they will get is a cup of hot water and a limp, unwrapped teabag on the side. Yanks just don’t get tea, unless it’s iced and full […]

The Art of Ice Skating in New York

Ice Skating New York

Manhattan local Karen Moline shares her amazing inside secrets on ice-skating in New York. When I was a student at the University of Chicago, it got cold in winter. Very, very cold, with a stinging, icy wind that blew in off Lake Michigan. The City Parks Department, in its infinite cash-strapped wisdom at the time, […]

Lincoln Center Tour, New York with Patti LuPone

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Vicki Arkoff tours the Lincoln Center with Broadway legend Patti Lupone. Broadway icon Patti LuPone was one of the first graduates of the Juilliard School’s drama division, located on the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts campus. She later starred on stage there in “Anything Goes” and “Matters of the Heart,” both at LC’s Vivian […]

Balthazar, London

Balthazar, London is perfect for ladies who lunch. Balthazar New York has been a famous spot since opening in 1997, opened by Keith McNally, and in February this year, the London edition opened its doors. A stone’s throw from the Royal Opera House, located in the old Theatre Museum, in a building called, ‘The flower […]

London Zoo for Children

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Betselling novelist Faith Bleasdale takes a picnic, a friend, some small children and a lifelong fear of spiders to the legendary London Zoo. It was February when I took my three-year-old on his very first visit to London Zoo. Despite having mixed feelings about zoos, (ideally, in my opinion, all animals would stay in their […]