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Champagne kakigori afternoon tea 20 Aug 2013 | 07:17 am
When I told my Japanese friends that my summer would be spent in Tokyo, most looked at me in horror. How would I survive the soaring temperatures and humidity which define the city during the summer m...
Summer moments at La Cour Jardin 14 Aug 2013 | 08:40 am
36 hours in Paris means less time for sleep and every precious moment spend with friends in wonderful places. Last month I travelled to the city of light to say goodbye to a returning to the US and na...
All green 1 Aug 2013 | 07:22 pm
The summer days are short here and by 19:00 Tokyo’s sky is pitch black and the city finally cools down. Well, if you call 29°C at 22h00 cool then yes, it cools down. After a day of studying, I needed...
11 days 23 Jul 2013 | 03:22 pm
11 days into life as a Tokyoite and I have been attacked by mosquitoes, seen the largest beetle in the land and encountered a jumping spider. Granted it was the size of a fingernail but that’s not the...
Afternoon tea at the Wellington Lounge 21 Jul 2013 | 05:37 pm
After enjoying the Wellington Lounge’s Botanical afternoon tea last year, I’ve since been back for cocktails, mince pies and a moment of refuge from the Saturday shopping crowds. Needless to say, I wa...
Yoga, chocolate and sencha 17 Jul 2013 | 06:48 am
The knowledge that my alarm doesn’t work if I switch my mobile off is best not discovered at 05:58 AKA two minutes before your exercise routine starts. I usually wake up at 05:30 naturally but I had a...
And then she returned to Japan… 12 Jul 2013 | 08:26 am
Thinking about returning to Japan fills me with anxiety, excitement and a sense of relief. Six years have passed since I hugged my wonderful host family goodbye, hopped in a taxi and headed back to my...
Raw and ready 3 Jul 2013 | 06:40 pm
Post-Paris also happens to be pre-holiday so time to focus on detoxing my body, losing those last few kilos and as I was recently told, doing the side plank. I’ve been trying to drink more water, decr...
Coffee break: Les Deux Magots, Paris 1 Jul 2013 | 08:26 am
My fondness for coffee originated in Paris, mainly out of frustration of being served awful tea, so it seemed apt to have coffee at one of Paris’ oldest cafés. Places like Les Deux Magots and Café de ...
Discovering La Suite at Galeries Lafayette, Paris 26 Jun 2013 | 11:02 am
Pretty much every time I visit Paris I go to Galeries Lafayette which is, at least in my opinion, more of a Parisian institution than a mere department store. Even if I manage to refrain myself from b...
