Afternoon Tea at Melbourne’s Langham Hotel
When seeking out afternoon tea in a city, it’s always promising to find it in a hotel bestowed with bellhops and uniformed doormen
By Jenny Valentish
Categories Australia, Destinations, Melbourne, Pacific, Victoria
Hobart, Tasmania – Explore it Using the Elizabeth Street Method!
If you’re dipping a toe into Hobart bat-out-of-hell style, it’s a good ploy to use Elizabeth Street as your guide
By Jenny Valentish
Categories Pacific, Tasmania
Bush boho
Victorian country town: Castlemaine is tipped for a property boom and Melburnians who have already made move, nostalgically compare the arty bolthole to Fitzroy or Northcote.
By Jenny Valentish
Categories Australia, Melbourne, Victoria
Exploring Acland Street – St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia.
Even if you’ve never been to St Kilda, you’ll probably feel like you know its cute cafes and bohemian boutiques from four-year drama The Secret Life Of Us, which was set here. It’s fair to say this little shopping mecca is more a favourite with visiting women than men, but the area’s unique vibe and bar culture should keep both sexes happy.
By Jenny Valentish
Categories Melbourne, Victoria
The Real Hotel California, Los Angeles
Jenny Valentish finds herself haunting the real Hotel California…
With The Hotel California it’s not so much a case of “you can never leave” as “you’ll never want to”. This boutique hotel is ideal for the lone female on the trot, right down to the 100% Egyptian cotton sheets. The gated hotel buildings lead directly down [...]
By Jenny Valentish
Categories California, Los Angeles
A City Breaker’s Guide to Helsinki
Because it’s so compact, Helsinki is a great stop-off to dip into – and also a detour destination to consider if you taking advantage of a more budget airline like Finnair (with all its lounge musicy splendour) between the UK and the States. By Jenny Valentish.
They’re very fond of fantasy, the Finns – not the [...]
By Jenny Valentish
Categories Finland, Helsinki
