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There are loads of fantastic things to do in Barcelona, but if you’re anything like us, shopping factors pretty high on the agenda. So our roving Smith stylista Toni Jones risked life and limb (ok, maybe she only risked the occasional blank look) to grill the Barcelona-based fash-pack for their recommended retail resources. Here’s her [...]
Ever since our trip to Hawksmoor restaurant, I’ve been thinking about meat. Not constantly (that would be weird and worrying), but every time I’ve sat down for a sirloin or test-chewed a T-bone, my mind has wondered back to Will Beckett’s East London steakhouse and the astonishing beef he serves. Hawksmoor’s meat comes from The [...]
Postcards, schmostcards. We say, forget that faff for stamps and address books: capture all your happiest holiday moments on a Flip Video pocket camcorder, and bore everyone back home in full talking technicolour.
The clever in-built software lets you create great-looking home movies quick-smart; then you can swiftly upload these online or show friends through your [...]
Fashion editor Toni Jones – our very own Smith stylista – highlights on-trend weekend-wardrobe essentials for would-be Mr & Mrs Smiths. This month, it’s all about sleek Barcelona city luxury, with a peek at what all of Barcelona’s barflies are wearing…
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MRS SMITH’S CITY-LUXE PACKING TIPS
To celebrate the arrival of Mr & Mrs Smith’s hot [...]
Following on from her first post for the Smith Travel Blog on what to do in Rome with your kids, we’ve asked the lovely Debbie Dubrow of DeliciousBaby.com back to impart her motherly pearls of wisdom on family-friendly breaks in Barcelona. We know you’re all romantic-weekend fans at heart, but there’s no reason you can’t [...]
SECRETS FROM OUR INSIDER LONDON ADDRESS BOOK…
If last week’s one day of sunshine got you thinking about summer, then this week’s Minimission party will have you speed-dialling your private jet (or at least logging on to ryanair.com).
Say what? The people behind Ibiza’s ultimate party – Manumission – are here to help raise London’s chilly temperatures [...]
Looking for the perfect music to take on your trips? Here, our very own TuneSmith, DJ Rob Wood, compiler of the Mr & Mrs Smith: Something for the Weekend CDs makes his essential monthly recommendations…
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ALBUM OF THE MONTH: The Way I See It by Raphael Saadiq
When? You’re bored of doom and gloom.
Why? This recession blues-busting [...]
Luxury lifestyle magazine, Country & Town House, is on the shelves at WH Smith and independent retailers from this week. Why share this with the Blogorati? Apart from being a great glossy – I’m someone who falls into its relevant readership (I love the best of both London and country living) – I confess I [...]
Adam Rugel is the travel-industry dynamo behind online portal Trazzler, where the Twitter world goes to share its real-experience-inspired travel microblogs (Mr & Mrs Smith have been known to post insights on their favourite away-from-home moments there, too). We spent a few minutes catching up with this globetrotting web guru, and quizzed him on travel [...]
Psst! At risk of bringing yet more calls to the already-beleaguered Smith travel team, here’s a quick newsflash…
Throughout this week, Mr & Mrs Smith has been running a promotion with The Daily Telegraph, offering two nights for the price of one at more than 70 of our best boutique hotels in the UK and Europe. [...]
