Get the low-down from the original style-seekers' latest good-time hunting expeditions, find destination inspiration and insider tips from around the world. Welcome to the official Smith blog: we hope you enjoy your stay
Ah, Mondays. Don’t you just love to hate ‘em? Definitely the best day of the week to spend a few idle online moments casting your eyes around in search of sunny pictures, faraway inspiration and otherwise entertaining distractions from the daily grind – presumably what brought you to our balmy travel blog shores in the [...]
Just a quick notice about some new faces (if you can call them that) who will be posting on our blog soon: Sophie Dening, one of our long-time Smith collaborators and currently the restaurants editor for oh-so-glamorous fashion bible Harper’s Bazaar (with whom we also share our hotel secrets), and Jim Whyte, another Smith contributor [...]
Alain Ducasse - a longtime leading light on the culinary scene – hardly needs an introduction. Here, we talk to the mighty Michelin-starred chef behind projects as varied as Le Louis XV in Monaco and, recently, a quartet of French country inns, including Smith stays Domaine des Andéols in Provence and L’Andana in Tuscany. Alain [...]
Having been immersed in luxury PR for, oooh, ages, Jo McGivern knows the good life when she sees it.There’s only so many press releases and launch parties a girl can take, however, so finding that she had no time to look for the luxuries, gadgets and trinkets she loved, she decided to set up her [...]
Who says the financial gloom-mongers’ talk of a recession need rain on your parade? And who says you have to give up your well-earned spoil-yourself boutique breaks because of it? Here are Mr & Mrs Smith’s top ’style on a shoestring’ tips for travelling smarter and making your money go further …
1. It may sound [...]
After Anthony’s post (Best steak in London?) about the so-good-we-drooled T-bones Team Smith had at the Hawksmoor steakhouse, we thought you might like to meet Will Beckett, the well-travelled man behind the meat, as it were. [Thinking to self: goodness, must rein in those cheesy puns.] A kindred soul of Smith’s, he’s not averse to [...]
Chef Michael Caines – not to be confused with the chirpy, one-dimensional cockney actor – has long been a Mr & Mrs Smith favourite. After learning his trade in the kitchens of such greats as Raymond Blanc, Bernard Loiseau and Joël Robuchon, Michael became head chef at Gidleigh Park in Devon, where he garnered two [...]
Kelly Wearstler is the interior designer behind a considerable number of Mr & Mrs Smith’s favourite luxury boutique hotels across the pond (including the Viceroy Santa Monica and Viceroy Palm Springs hotels in California, and Tides Riviera Maya in Mexico, to name just a few). As a result, she sailed effortlessly into second slot in [...]
We caught up with Liz Berman, owner of two of our favourite ski chalets – Chalet Kernow and Chalet Ti in Verbier – and asked her to divulge her thoughts on what gives great travel…
Favourite places to stay on holiday?
When I stay in hotels I like places that have beautiful spacious rooms with great views [...]
To follow up our recent feature on the Top 10: Boutique Hotel Designers, we thought it would be great to talk to the top triumvirate of designers about their inspirations and aesthetics. Kicking off our interview series is design doyenne Anouska Hempel, who came in at Number 1 for the longevity of her legendary London [...]
