8th March 2016 | Everyday Luxury Travel Restaurants

Afternoon Tea at the Mandarin Oriental, Hyde Park

With a beautiful location in Knightsbridge and with a simply stunning interior, The Mandarin Oriental is one of London’s most beautiful and luxurious hotels. It’s a really special place for Mr S and I as one of my close friends got married there, Mr S and I celebrated our first anniversary at Heston Blumenthal’s two-Michelin… Read more »

3rd March 2016 | Everyday Luxury Luxury Travel Luxury Travel Tips Personal

Luxury Travel Tips: How to Plan the Ultimate Luxury Travel Adventure

Welcome to a new series on SilverSpoon London on luxury travel tips and planning for amazing adventures. Regular readers will know that meticulous planning goes into our big luxury travel adventures and I thought I’d start off my new series with a post sharing the process that I use to plan our trips from the initial idea to planning the… Read more »

1st March 2016 | Everyday London Life Luxury Travel UK General Personal

My Greatest Adventure: Country Mouse to Town Mouse

You know that old tale The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse? Each mouse wants to try out each other’s lifestyle and see how the other half live. That was me, a country mouse that dreamed of the life of a town mouse… I grew up living in a teeny, tiny village in the countryside… Read more »

23rd February 2016 | Everyday Luxury Travel Europe France

Top Six Luxurious Spots to View the Eiffel Tower

I’ve been to Paris a few times now but I always get a little thrill when I first see the most famous monument in the French capital. Here are six ways to view the Eiffel Tower in comfort and style. 1. From a romantic restaurant Les Ombres, located on the top floor of the Musée… Read more »

16th February 2016 | Everyday Luxury Travel France

10 Fabulous Facts about Champagne

‘I drink my champagne when I’m happy and when I’m sad. Sometimes I drink it when I’m alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I’m not hungry and drink when I am, Otherwise I never touch it – unless I’m thirsty.’ – Lily Bollinger My trip to Champagne… Read more »

15th February 2016 | Everyday Luxury Travel France

A Trip to Champagne: Art and Creation with Perrier-Jouët

I’ve always thought the Perrier-Jouët champagne bottle has to be the prettiest one there is. The gorgeous design of anemones swirling over the bottle, fringed with gold is just so pretty, elegant and unique. It was famous Art Nouveau artist Emile Gallé that created the design in 1902, drawing inspiration from nature to adorn the… Read more »

12th February 2016 | Everyday Luxury Luxury Travel France

A Trip to Champagne: Celebrating with Mumm

In my mind the Champagne region in the Northeast of France is a magical place. I imagined champagne runs from the taps, diamonds sparkle in the sky in the place of stars and the streets are paved with gold. It was a place I’d always dreamed of visiting and an invitation on a press trip… Read more »

9th February 2016 | Everyday Luxury Luxury Travel Europe

L’Avenue: The Top Hot Spot in Paris

If you’re looking for somewhere super sexy, trendy with a great vibe, L’Avenue is the place to go in Paris. When Andrea first suggested I try the restaurant, I googled it and found Beyonce is a fan, Justin Bieber goes there, I even found a picture of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West bumping into Mel… Read more »

5th February 2016 | Everyday Luxury Travel France

A Surreal Stay at Le Meurice, Paris

Le Meurice is so much more than a luxury hotel in Paris, it’s a museum of oddities, a gallery of modern art and a cult classic in the heart of the City of Light. Like the Hôtel Plaze Athénée, Le Meurice is part of the renowned Dorchester Collection, but the two hotels are actually very… Read more »

3rd February 2016 | Everyday Luxury Travel Restaurants

A Spanish Afternoon Tea At Ametsa with Arzak Instruction

Afternoon Tea is such a fine British tradition but it’s always so interesting to try something different for that mid-afternoon treat. So I was really intrigued to sample the unique Spanish themed tea served at Michelin-starred restaurant Ametsa with Arzak Instruction at The Halkin Hotel. For this afternoon tea with a twist, the usual finger… Read more »