Vesna Alavanja doesn’t walk, she bounces. And she skips. And she sprints up the steps when Terence suggests he shoot her portrait at the top of a stone staircase in the Stari Grad or Old Town of Kotor. The woman oozes energy, even though she tells us she’s a little tired when we meet her. … Read more
This Serendipity recipe makes a quintessentially Paris cocktail from the world’s greatest bartender, Colin Field, of Bar Hemingway at The Ritz. Made with fresh mint, Ritz Champagne, Calvados, and apple juice, Colin says it’s “France in a glass.” It’s also a refreshing cocktail that’s perfect to sip in Paris in spring or summer. It’s not … Read more
Some of us love songs for the lyrics, but sometimes, even when the language is not our own and the lyrics are unintelligible, we’re still smitten with the music – and that was the case with Fanfan et Marco who we saw at Au Limonaire on Sunday in Paris, and their performance of Chanson, which I … Read more
For the Paris edition of Local Knowledge, we get local tips from Parisian artist and art historian Marie Theres Berger from Montmartre. It’s a beautiful spring evening when Marie Theres takes us to her small studio, hidden, with a dozen other artists’ ateliers, in a dimly lit lane in the heart of Montmartre. The vibrant … Read more
A fashion designer who studied Fine Arts at Goldsmiths and Textile Design at Central St Martins in London, Coralie Scarnato moved to Ceret eight years ago and opened La Boheme, a boutique and atelier where she makes and sells her vibrant striped Catalan cloth products, and her own collections of winter clothes. Born in Provence … Read more