Yeah we know that Mexican soccer announcers invented the above exclamation, but it’s become a pretty ubiquitous statement to describe the excitement of the world’s most popular (outside of ‘the good ole’ of course) sport. As one small part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the European Union (again, not that we’ve heard […]

Ok, we’re ripping off this post from Area Daily, the daily travel email, but if you reveal your source it’s cool right? They recently wrote about My Online Safe, a UK based website that sets you up with a secure online ’safe’ where you upload all your important travel documents. The idea being that if […]

HOTEL BURCHIANTI Not a particularly radical story: old, purportedly haunted pensione gets the 21st Century boutique hotel makeover. And its location near the Santa Maria Novella rail station is hardly glamourous. Hotel Burchianti’s draw, then? Simply put, it’s the marvelous secretiveness of it all. First, you’ll virtually need a GPS system to locate […]

Restaurant Week is a tricky one, and to be honest, except on a rare occasion when out of towners insist, we usually avoid it. Sure getting to live like the other half, if only for lunch, sounds like it could be fun but when actually seated at Le Bernardin/Masa/Chanterelle and presented with the ‘cheap menu’ […]

AVIGNON, FRANCE
LA MIRAND Like poncing-about in the private mansion of your extravagant art collector friend. Aristo-chic décor, a hip staff, guest chefs and cooking classes…wondrous, really.
LA COMPAGNIE DES COMPTOIRS
Kin to the Porcel Brothers’ blindingly hip eateries in London, Paris and Montpellier. The Avignon outpost promises innovative eats, pretty people, and fashionable DJs in a renovated […]