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When it comes to our boutique hotels, we’re as proud as first-time parents. We’ll show you photos of them, sing their praises ’til we’re hoarse in the throat, and coax you to come visit, so you can see for yourself. We feel the same gush of love for our Smith reviewers – finding a more [...]
The highlight of any summer down under is the line-up of festivals from events expert Ming Gan (right, in the Maldives) of Fuzzy, including Parklife, Field Day and the iconic New Year’s Eve bashes on Bondi Beach, Shore Thing. As a Smith tastemaker, Ming recently swapped bands’ riders for boardshorts to review idyllic Thai escape [...]
Nothing says Easter like lashings of chocolate, but if you’re entertaining this weekend and want to pull out all the stops, then foil-wrapped eggs just ain’t going to cut it. We’ve hit up one of our favourite Mr & Mrs Smith tastemakers, Aussie celebrity chef Curtis Stone, to share a wicked dessert that’s sure to [...]
Sydney spice master Christine Manfield takes her food – and her travel – very seriously. When she’s not at the stoves of Darlinghurst hotspot Universal, Christine leads gourmet tours through India, south-east Asia and Tunisia, and draws on her past life as a teacher to write pitch-perfect cookbooks (she’s currently polishing her sixth). So who [...]
We can’t think of anyone we’d rather hang out with than chef Stefano Manfredi: not only is he an Italian food genius, writer of inspiring cookbooks, columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald, Mr & Mrs Smith reviewer and maker of his own superior coffee brand, he’s also just the kinda guy you’d like to have [...]
Nadya Hutagalung made her name as one of Asian MTV’s pioneering VJs, but former model turned creative entrepreneur Nadya’s real passion is green issues. She’s an ambassador for the World Wildlife Fund’s Earth Hour, runs eco-awareness website Green Kampong, has started her own sustainable jewellery line, Osel, has sold her paintings to aid the Tsunami [...]
Secret Shopper Mary Portas is currently appearing on small screens nationwide, doing good deeds on behalf of consumers everywhere with her undercover exposés and mission to reform shoddy sales practices. The Queen of Shops has also been doing good deeds on behalf of Mr & Mrs Smiths everywhere, undertaking an anonymous review of Petra Segreta [...]
Here at Mr & Mrs Smith we love Immodesty Blaize – not just for her looks, but also her travel savvy. While the glamorous burlesque star may not be the most inconspicuous guest, she was the ideal person for us to send incognito to review Il Salviatino in Florence. For more fantastic luxury travel advice, [...]
Our new guidebook to the best boutique hotels in France is out next week, so we thought we’d start introducing you to some of the (oh-so-lucky and oh-so-stylish) reviewer couples we sent on mystery-shopper missions to cover the 31 deliciously designed stays in Mr & Mrs Smith Hotel Collection: France. With tastes that run to [...]
Hopefully, you are by now familiar with the idea that Mr & Mrs Smith has a panel of independent hotel reviewers (if not, check out the post on our hotel reviewer Dita Von Teese; or peek at one of our Smith review posts). We’re planning to introduce you to our secret hotel spies and let [...]
