Posts in the UK category

6th July 2014 | Everyday Luxury Luxury Travel UK

Luxury at Lainston House and a Wedding in Winchester

Mr S and I were attending our first wedding as a married couple, so naturally we wanted to make a weekend of it. The lovely bride-to-be, Amelia who appeared in my Grain Store review, recommended we stay at Lainston House in Winchester. Ever the organisational freak I booked our stay there five months in advance, along… Read more »

4th June 2014 | Everyday London Life Luxury Travel UK

London in Love

I’ve been lucky enough to visit many cities around the world: Paris, New York, Rome, Sydney, all beautiful cities with unique characters… but as much as I love the food, culture and people of these places my heart will always lie in London.   An earlier post this week described how I spent my formative… Read more »

16th May 2014 | Everyday London Life Luxury Travel Restaurants UK

The SilverSpoon Guide to London Date Nights: Top 5 for Total Luxury

When I first started dating Mr Silver, he recognised that I was a lady of discerning tastes, a food lover and a champagne quaffer. He treated me like a princess and took me to top London restaurants, fabulous bars and cool gastropubs… he clearly knew how to impress me… It was only later that I… Read more »

27th April 2014 | Everyday Luxury Travel UK

Living it up at The Lowry Hotel, a Manchester weekender

It was a SilverSpoon out of London weekender as Mr Silver and I travelled up to Manchester to celebrate the christening of a good friend’s baby. Mr Silver was The Godfather, a fact he was keen to repeat, thinking it made him sound cool and Mafioso… Anyway, our home for the weekend was The Lowry… Read more »

20th March 2014 | Everyday Luxury Travel UK

San Domenico House – A Little Piece of Italy in Chelsea

I love individual places and I wish London wasn’t so full of so many chains; hotels, restaurants and shops. But sometimes you stumble across somewhere really unique and individual: like San Domenico House.  Though I’d known of the hotel for years; I’d never actually visited, so when I was invited to a night celebrating San Domenico… Read more »

7th March 2014 | Everyday London Life Luxury Travel UK

The Kensington Hotel – The Town House Suite Launch

When the lovely Mina of Kings Road Rocks invited me to The Kensington Hotel for the launch of London’s largest town house suite I jumped at the chance. I am a self-confessed boutique hotel addict and I was very excited to see the plush new suite! The Kensington Hotel forms part of the Doyle Collection,… Read more »

23rd January 2014 | Everyday Luxury Travel Restaurants UK

Lime Wood – A Country Retreat

  Ok, A confession. I am a boutique hotel addict! So when given the chance to visit Lime Wood, a luxury hotel in New Forest, I was clearly very, very excited. After an hour and a half train journey from Waterloo to Brockenhurst, followed by a 10 minute taxi drive, we arrived at our home for… Read more »