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In the diary: tomato warfare

Monday, August 17th, 2009

LA TOMATINA

Date 26 August
Place Buñol, Spain
Style Paint the town red
Setting Fruit-soaked Mediterranean square

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Dipping in: the best hotel pools in Europe

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

If there’s one thing Team Smith love (after a fabulous boutique hotel, a good rare steak, and a darn fine cup of coffee), it’s a gorgeous swimming pool. A shimmering stretch of water to sun-bask next to, sup sundowners beside, or just to admire the reflections of a starlit sky in. Occasionally, we’ve even been [...]

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This week, we will mostly be writing about romantic hotels. Like the one pictured: Clos du Léthé, in Southern France’s gorgeous Languedoc region.
Of course, here at Mr & Mrs Smith, our whole raison d’être is romantic weekends away, but even so, some hotels are, you know, more romantic than others. So we’ll do our best [...]

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As London Fashion Week gets into full swing this weekend, art-performance-fashion collective House of Blue Eyes’ idiosyncratic creative director Johnny Blue Eyes gives roving Smith stylista Toni Jones his top 10 quirky style tips for the upcoming season. Read Toni’s interview with Johnny Blue Eyes, posted yesterday, for a bit of background on London’s most [...]

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Britain’s best beach cafés

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

You know what big fans we are of our own Great British coastline here, and it’s not like we need much persuading to dig out our buckets and spades and storm the UK’s best beaches at the first hint of a little weak sunshine.

Part of the pleasure is tucking into that classic beach and on-the-pier [...]

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10 Best Hotels for Valentine’s Weekend

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

Valentine’s Day falls on a Saturday this year – and romantic hotels are filling up fast… so we’ve brought you our insider guide to the perfect weekend-away hotels that will wow your wooer, knock their socks off and generally tick all the right boxes - and crucially, they still have some availability (although, obviously, it [...]

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Top 5: Budget Boutique Hotels in Europe

Monday, January 26th, 2009

As promised, here’s the first of three posts on budget boutique hotels - this one focuses on Europe, where, despite the euro’s strength, there are still many bargains to be had, and where the good life is easier to come by for less, if you know where to look…
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01 Château les Merles
DORDOGNE, FRANCE
Style [...]

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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 [...]

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Great hotel bathrooms #2

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

I’d just like to wade in and add my tuppence-worth to Anthony’s great post on the Top 10 best hotel bathrooms. It’s probably a topic that merits a bigger hit-list, and one that’s fairly subjective as it depends very much whether you’re a soak-in-the-tub or a power-shower type of person (I’m both, according to whim [...]

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Top 10: Boutique Hotel Designers

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Most people know good boutique hotel design and when they see it - but not everyone can identify the people behind the polish – the ones who pick the flooring, paper the walls and hang the blinds. LUCY FENNINGS brings you a Who’s Who of hotel design with a top-ten list of the most influential [...]

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