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Luxury Marionette: May 2013
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Sunday, 12 May 2013. W X Y Z.UMA. Zuma is hands down my favourite restaurant. I know the menu as well as I know the first stanza of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. 9835; Yaki-imo teriyaki… and some yellow tail ta-ta-ki. Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky…♫. Granted, the last part may need a little work). Spinach in sesame sauce. Wagyu gunkun with truffle *. Chilean Seabass/ Salmon teryaki. The new fatty tuna dish which is delish. Everyone knows that according to the code on friendship, be...
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Luxury Marionette: January 2013
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Sunday, 20 January 2013. Girls just want to have. It's a snowy Sunday afternoon. I write this sitting by the fireplace, smugly ensconced in cream cashmere, picking my way through a box of boozy chocolates. Opps. I've just dropped a half eaten cherry liqueur down my front. Karma is a bitch. Before I get too drunk to type I better tell you about this weekend. Saturday morning Mummy McCoy, Gabi's. Babe-a-licious mum, took us for lunch in Soho. Lunch was at Foxcroft and Ginger. Gabi Rocking her Pilgrim Hat.
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Luxury Marionette: November 2012
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Wednesday, 28 November 2012. Christmas Beauty Stocking Fillers. Christmas is just around the corner so I thought I'd tell you about my favourite beauty fixes, which also double up as excellent stocking fillers for sisters, daughters and friends. Butter Holiday Lips and Tips in Fiddlesticks. Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish. From £12.75. Forget foundations, powders and bronzers. Read my review here. Buy here for £27. Tigi Reborn Style Treats. The Tigi styling range is based on the latest hyper-distillation te...
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Luxury Marionette: September 2012
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Thursday, 27 September 2012. Lost in Translation: Review Grand Hyatt Tokyo. I love Bill Murray’s weary maladroit character in Lost in Translation and how he’s seduced by Scarlett’s subdued bosomy softness, against the minimalistic oriental backdrop of grey Tokyo skies and his melancholy loneliness. So it was Lost in Translation. That bought me to Japan. And it was Lost in Translation. Made me stay at the Grand Hyatt Roppongi. So I asked to move hotels. But that too was. Anyway, back to the review. So...
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Luxury Marionette: June 2014
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Monday, 30 June 2014. Back to Baku, Azerbaijan. It doesn’t look like much beneath the wing of the plane. A sand coloured shrubless land and a low pale sky, not exactly tourist board porn, if anything it looks like a biblical landscape, old testament. It’s been 18 months and I’ve truly missed it. Sometimes initial impressions belie the character of the place. Baku. Is one such place. What do most Westerners know about Azerbaijan? Firstly, it ends in an –AN. And hey, presto, the cinematic vision is complete.
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Luxury Marionette: June 2013
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Sunday, 30 June 2013. A little bit of something else. As you know, I occasionally inflict my prose on publications beyond this humble blogspot. You may remember Mr Wu and my trip to Macau, as published by the Arbuturian - link here. And then there was the return of the prodigal daughter to Baku- link here. Not gonna lie, it did give me a teency bit of pleasure to write about my home town for the Arb, a finalist in the British Travel Press Awards. If you be chillin' like a villain, this is how to do it.
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Luxury Marionette: March 2013
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Saturday, 2 March 2013. First Impressions, St Petersburg. St Petersburg- “. Beauty built on bones, classical facades that cradled revolution, summers that lie in the cup of winter”. Helen Dunmore, The Siege). I read this as a 16 year old, quickly scribbled the quote in the back of my history folder promising myself that I would go. It’s been a long wait… But on first impressions, it has not disappointed…. If you were to cut off my bumcheek, I’m sure I wouldn’t feel it. As a window to Europe. Whereas othe...
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Luxury Marionette: December 2012
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Sunday, 30 December 2012. Clinton Street Bakery, New York. It's my brother's first time in New York. Sunday morning saw us head for breakfast at the famous Clinton St Bakery. To sample some of their celebrated blueberry pancakes. We arrived at 8.45am to. A queue stretching back half a block. We were unfortunate in that we were just past the point in the queue that represented the first round of diners. And we also had an awkward number (four for breakfast). Wait outside for 45 minutes, honey'. To concent...
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Luxury Marionette: August 2012
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Wednesday, 29 August 2012. Nothing Says Lovin’ Like Something from the Oven. I like looking at pictures of food. Give me a pair of glorious golden buns drizzled with something sweet and I'm practically foaming at the mouth. The other day one of my neighbours sent me over a box of warm freshly baked chocolate chip and pecan cookies. This led to a violent brawl in my living room over who would get the last one. This got me to thinking. Why don't more people bake? I go to Joy the Baker. So these Terramundi ...
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Luxury Marionette: October 2012
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Saturday, 27 October 2012. Much to your disappointment the strip. I refer to is off the geographic rather than the buck-naked kind. Deriving its name from the Vegas Strip, The Cotai Strip. Is a project funded by the Vegas Sands and a strip of casinos, hotels and other dens of vice in the Cotai district of Macau. China’s only gambling destination. So from Hong Kong I decided to make the 50 minute journey to Macau and as I love my Hotel reviews, I thought I’d tell you about my stay. The Four Seasons Macau.
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