Sir Edmond Gin and The Peacock Bar: A meeting of unusual characters
A s you know by now, we love trailblazers, and love to pick out spots full of characteristic originality and charm. Named after another majestic bird, my noisier, flamboyant [...]
A s you know by now, we love trailblazers, and love to pick out spots full of characteristic originality and charm. Named after another majestic bird, my noisier, flamboyant [...]
T he world is full of breathtaking places that make you want to pause the ratrace and just be. Relax. A pool helps. So does a bar. Therefore we present: six stunning pool bars that you should definitely pay a visit, when [...]
Remember that fascinating story about a cocktail called The Clover Club? In Brooklyn there’s an equally fascinating bar that follows in the footsteps of the gentlemen from Philadelphia after which the pretty-in-pink drink was named. The club started getting together in the [...]
It’s rare to find a place that has so much historical significance as the Savoy Hotel in London. The gin capital of the world is a better place for its mere existence, especially since the luxurious establishment accommodates the beautiful Beaufort Bar. [...]
Man, how I love Miami. Whenever I fly in and spot the skyline, my feathers automatically turn to a brighter shade of pink. The palm trees, the endless beaches, the sun - they make me feel at home. My favourite hideout? That’s got [...]
Sometimes all you have to do to upgrade reality is open the nondescript gates in an unremarkable street. Sometimes that unremarkable street is named Praxitelous and located in Athens. Welcome to The Clumsies. I’m equal parts voyageur and voyeur. On my travels, I [...]
Standing in front of 538 Kingsland Road in East London, the untitled restaurant and bar doesn’t look like much. Housed in a grey, one-storey building, it seems to make a point of being as unassuming as possible. But the first impression couldn’t be further [...]
Spectacular. There’s no better word to describe what’s going on at The Alchemist. Some cocktails are art, but theirs are nothing less than theatre. The ‘dark arts of molecular mixology’ is practiced with care and precision. In the current cocktail climate, you can’t get away [...]
My loyal followers might have noticed I have a crush on Copenhagen. Noma, Two Socks, the Copenhagen Gin Festival - it’s everything a gin lovin’ bird could wish for. It doesn’t take a lot of fantasy to imagine my curiosity when I found out that [...]
The story of Sketch, stretched across two wonderfilled floors of a converted eighteenth century building in Mayfair. The venue has five different restaurants/bars: the Gallery, the Lecture Room, the Parlour, the Glade and the East Bar. It is the story of two visionaries. French master [...]