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 […]
TriBeHyde – The Triangle Below Hyde Park

In Sydney’s TriBeHyde you’ll find a multi-function hotel, groovy coffee, an indie bottle shop and tasty tempura in an industrial oasis.
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?
Walking the Roman Hadrian’s Wall, Coast to Coast

As a solo woman walker, I felt very safe but also felt proud of myself. I raised my self -esteem via an authentic source, achieving a goal.
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?
Holiday Goddess Aquarius Recipe: Mexican Style Corn, Cheese & Courgette Fritters with Avocado Salsa Fritters

It’s new, it’s innovative, it’s technological and it uses air, and of course electricity to run it – what could be more Aquarian?
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.
Australian Sake Festival

The Australian Sake Festival is now in its third year. For the last 2 years, in Melbourne it’s been held in winter at Victoria Markets and in Sydney it’s been held around World Sake Day – 1st October – at the Carraigeworks.
The Power of the Placebo Effect

On average, the placebo effect leads to improvement in 30 percent of subjects who receive it, and that number is even higher for other conditions like depression, where it gets up to 45%
Second-hand Hermes Scarf Secrets by Jennifer Johnson

It takes 37 km of silk, spun by Bombyx Mori worms, to produce enough for one Hermes scarf. That’s one of the reasons they are so costly. Buy secondhand and you can reduce the cost by one half, to one third. What are the secrets to know, though?