Brigitte Bardot’s Repetto Classics

Bardot’s ballet shoes worn with Capri pants, fishnet tights or carried in her hand – are still the favourite luxury brand of many French women. Many have copied, but few come close…

How to Strengthen Your Intuition

Do you tap into your gut feeling? And is it a real thing? Intuition is often referred to as your ‘inner guidance’, an ‘inner knowing’, a ‘hunch’, or a ‘gut feeling’. While we use both rational and intuitive thinking, studies have found unconscious information can help inform and improve decision-making. But it’s about developing trust […]

Chanel’s Paris Tea Room

Chanel’s Paris Tea Room by Jennifer Johnson Angelina is known primarily for its hot chocolate and Mont Blanc super-cake – but also for being Chanel’s Paris tea room of choice – and where Vivienne Westwood launched herself. There’s More to Angelina… Before 2021, the most controversial thing that had ever happened at Angelina in Paris […]

The Real NYC Back in the Day Through the Eyes of Laura Mars

f you’re a recent visitor to NYC, you’re likely to take for granted the clean(ish) streets and subway cars, the Starbucks on practically every corner, the ease of calling for a car with an app on your cellphone while people-watching the happy hordes in Times Square. Is this the authentic NYC, you may ask? Well, if you’re a longtime New Yorker, allow me to answer with a resounding Are You Freaking Kidding Me?

Holiday Goddess Pisces Recipe: Taiyaki Cakes

If a Piscean is not vegan or vegetarian (which they so often are with their overwhelming compassion for other living beings), they will love fish. So why not a fish-shaped dessert?

Five Morning Rituals To Get You Moving

Making your bed may seem a bit military academy, but it’s actually a great way of setting your intention for the day: to not be sloppy. Personally, I like to go for a sunrise walk. I asked friends who seem to particularly have their act together what their own morning rituals are.