Best afternoon tea in London? Smith’s top 10 rooms with a brew…
Monday, June 13th, 2011Best afternoon tea in London? Smith bloggers Lucy Fennings and Sarah Jappy brew up a top ten selection of the capital’s tastiest teatime treats
Archive for June, 2011
Mr & Mrs Smith turns two down under
Monday, June 13th, 2011This week, Mr & Mrs Smith raised a glass (or three) as the Asia Pacific team celebrated our second birthday down under and the relaunch of our gorgeous Australia/New Zealand guidebook.
This brand-spanking edition features updated overviews to 25 boutique hotels and refreshed destination guides, brimming with insider tips on where to eat, drink and play [...]
Matakauri Lodge: hotel of the week
Friday, June 10th, 2011With pristine snow fields, adrenalin-fuelled pursuits and a white-hot après-ski scene all within scarf-flinging distance, Matakauri Lodge boutique hotel in Queenstown, New Zealand, is at its most alluring during the local ski season, which runs from now until it’s sticks-down in October.
Style Alpine elegance
Setting Shores of Lake Wakatipu
Why this week? There’s [...]
Inside Paris: city secrets from the French capital (part deux)
Thursday, June 9th, 2011Hurrah! Or should that be ‘très bien’ – we revisit the romantic-weekend capital of the world, with a peek at some more insider secrets from Paris, in the second Smith Travel Blog communiqué from Francophile femme and founder of Girls’ Guide to Paris, Doni Belau. Here, she reveals the Paris hidden away in its many [...]
Travel gallery: prizewinning picnic pics
Thursday, June 9th, 2011Last week, to mark both the onset of alfresco-dining season for our London HQ, and our 2,000th tweet, we launched a Twitter photo competition, offering one of our snugglily luxurious lambswool picnic rugs as the prize. Having asked the denizens of Twitter to post their best picnic shots under the #smithnic hashtag in the hope [...]
Stylish self-catering: a New York city slicker
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011Our New York team hotfooted it over the opposite end of Manhattan recently in search of new hipster-favoured hideaways for our Smith & Friends collection. The arty, urban style lurking in Harlem didn’t disappoint…
Harlem Residence, Harlem
- Big-for-the-city apartment in historic Harlem
- Designer decor with vivid artwork and artifacts
- Gracious, knowledgeable owner onsite
- Private terrace with [...]
New for June: holiday-ready hangouts in Hawaii and the Hamptons…
Monday, June 6th, 2011We’ve got a bumper bundle this month, with new hotels spanning the globe from Langkawi to Lisbon. Foodies in particular, you’re in for a treat…
We’ve gone gourmet for June with three new foodie fantasies: St John Hotel, a sleek London retreat where nothing’s skipped on the nose-to-tail menu; The Bull Inn, a picturesque Dorset pub [...]
Hôtel Daniel, Paris: hotel of the week
Friday, June 3rd, 2011Forget Paris? No fear. If there’s one place that never grows old, never loses its glamour, and never fails to pique our imagination, it’s France’s cosmopolitan capital. Sure, we’ve had some bad times here – adolescent art trips, mishaps in the red-light district, misguided love affairs, etc – but we’ve had some great times too: [...]
42 rue Victor Hugo, France: food for thought
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011Call us greedy (well, we are) but we like our stylish self-catering properties to come with a few extras on the side. Take 42 rue Victor Hugo, which occupies a prime perch in historic Carcassonne. Not only does this two-apartment townhouse have city-slicker good looks (slate bathrooms, Farrow & Ball shades, Smeg-kitted mini-kitchen and elegant [...]
Twitter competition: win a Smith picnic blanket
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011To celebrate Smith’s 2,000th tweet (any excuse), we’re giving away one of our super-soft lambswool picnic rugs – perfect for making the most of alfresco eating opportunities this summer.
Handmade in Wales exclusively for Mr & Mrs Smith, the picnic rug is the creation of Melin Tregwynt, the woolly folk behind bedspreads, throws and cushions as [...]
