Resuscitating blog in action. Pump. Pump. Pump. The faintest of heartbeats can just about be detected. It just might make it past this restful summer… On the subject of life resuscitation, some of you might know that the reason why the blog has gone into a coma-like state for the past month or so. I… Continue reading Port Eliot 2016: Back to UNReality
Category: Travel
Print Villa
Having previously lamented about the lack of summer in the UK (although it’s turning up right about now), I thought I’d roll back time to when I was in the Tuscan hills, taking in the spiritual home of Emilio Pucci. It’s rare that I get to go see the roots of Italian powerhouses unlike their… Continue reading Print Villa
The Big D
Not long after the attacks in Brussels, I found myself there to complete a jigsaw puzzle that began when I used to moon at the MOMU museum in Antwerp. Actually, the mooning still happens. I’m just less likely to go on random Eurostar jaunts to Belgium. Back in 2009, the MOMU played host to an… Continue reading The Big D
Telling Tales with La Traviata
There are some press trips that you just don’t say no to. Try as I have done to limit my travel schedule this year, opportunities that involve the following… Rome, Valentino – both the founder of the house Valentino Garavani and his successorsMaria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli (who Garavani repeatedly refers to as his “guardian angels”), the… Continue reading Telling Tales with La Traviata