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Monday, November 16th, 2009
Jelly. A curious entity – reminiscent of school days, lumpy custard and Seventies trifles. Many would agree it’s an unlikely object of passion. Not Bompas & Parr, the oddballs behind the Horseless Carriage of Curiosities, Flavour Tripping and the breathable cocktail. Their slippery creations include wobbly wedding cake-alternatives for adventurous brides, alcoholic stars for Courvoisier, [...]
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Our reviewers for our new guidebook were, as ever, a panel of people we admire and respect, all of whom have impeccable taste, and who we trusted to report back to us on Smith hotels with total honesty. The only thing we asked of them? That they visited each hotel anonymously with a partner and, [...]
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Posted in Australia, Boutique hotels, Destinations, New Zealand, News, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Looking for the perfect music to take on your trips? Well, there’s Mr & Mrs Smith’s new In bed with… CD , of course, but you may need some additional inspiration. Here, our very own TuneSmith, DJ Rob Wood, the brains and ears behind our albums, makes his essential monthly recommendations…
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ALBUM OF THE MONTH
Warm Heart [...]
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
LEWES BONFIRE
Date 5 November
Place Lewes, East Sussex
Style Pyro pandemonium
Setting Not-so-sleepy Sussex streets
Indulge your pagan and your pyromaniac urges with the UK’s greatest bonfire bacchanale.
Event Highlight The Bonfire Societies signal the start of the processions by racing barrels of burning tar down the High Street at 6.30pm, after which the whole town seems to parade past [...]
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Posted in Activities, Boutique hotels, Brighton, Diary, Events, News, Smith Trips, Sussex, Travel tips, Uncategorized, United Kingdom, Worth getting out of bed for, bonfire night, fireworks | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Our latest glamorous guidebook Mr & Mrs Smith Hotel Collection: Australia/New Zealand is poised to hit the shops: it is officially out 25 November (£19.95), but you can order an advance copy now.
As you know, romantic and stylish is our shtick – and finally we’ve officially spread the love to the southern hemisphere. Barefoot-luxury lodges, [...]
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Posted in Australia, Boutique hotels, Eating & drinking, Independent reviews, Melbourne, New Zealand, News, Smith & Kids, Sydney, Uncategorized, spa hotels | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Simmer down, people – this is, after all, about the freebies you get with consecutive sleeps (nothing to do with chain-laying hotties, nor plural hay bales). But we’re excited. Three nights for the price of two: that’s what we’ve been doling out to Daily Telegraph readers, weaving smartly Smith-like passwords into three issues of the [...]
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Posted in Boutique hotels, Europe, Morocco, News, South Africa, Uncategorized, United Kingdom, Worth getting out of bed for, offer | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Q: What did Madonna, Jude Law, Daphne Guinness and Lindsay Lohan have in common one Saturday evening in New York last month? A: They were all hanging out on the 18th floor of the Standard NY in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District in honour of new Seventies-inspired dream den, QT…
And now this exclusive penthouse in the skies [...]
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Posted in Boutique hotels, Events, New York, News, Uncategorized, United States | 1 Comment »
Thursday, October 1st, 2009
Looking for the perfect music to take on your trips? Well, there’s Mr & Mrs Smith’s new In bed with… CD , of course, but you may need some additional inspiration. Here, our very own TuneSmith, DJ Rob Wood, the brains and ears behind our albums, makes his essential monthly recommendations…
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ALBUM OF THE MONTH
People & [...]
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
You know how we gloated when - thanks to the Luxuria Awards back in June - we became an award-winning travel blog? Well, you can just imagine the waves of smugness rippling through Smith HQ now that we’re a multiple-award-winning travel blog.
We were absolutely thrilled yesterday when the unfeasibly lovely people at Travolution honoured us [...]
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Saturday, September 26th, 2009
Of all the fabulous finery that billowed and swished its way down the catwalk at London Fashion Week 2009, Smith HQ fell hardest for Erdem’s whimsical watercolour dresses. In particular, the demure and divine ankle-length silk gowns with their daubs of jewel-bright colour, available from Net-a-Porter - well, before they (predictably) sold out that is. [...]
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Posted in Boutique hotels, Design, London, News, Uncategorized, United Kingdom, Worth getting out of bed for, fashion | 2 Comments »