Bars have been locked down so much this past year, I’ve developed serious withdrawal symptoms. Luckily, they’ve been keeping us all going with signature cocktail kits, batch-made bottles and pre-mixed pouches – and a…
All my Christmas travel plans went south thanks to COVID. Thanks COVID! Luckily, I’d planned ahead and treated myself to the original rum box – 24 taster bottles from producers across the globe -…
With London transitioning from Lockdown 2.0 into Tier 2 on December 2, I’m looking forward to counting down to Christmas as I always do: catching up with friends in town over lots and lots…
“So you flew to Barcelona just to check out the best bars?” Adrián at our hotel guest services seemed confused. But why not? Barcelona is a city famed not just for its history, arts,…
As a self-proclaimed professional bar-hopper, I am always looking out for the hottest new openings, most killer concepts and most badass bartenders. I’m so obsessed I literally plan holidays around ticking off places on…
On an island as diverse as Ibiza – attracting everyone from the oligarch yacht crowd to the original ravers to the yoga retreat elite to the drum circle hippies to the wannabe…
Yes, there are positive signs of the lockdown easing, and that bars will be opening soon. I’m not taking any chances. Just in case, I’m learning how to make my own cocktails to get…
Still in lockdown, summer is getting sweaty and I can’t cool down in my usual style: frozen cocktail, outside terrace, rooftop bar. Unless I do it myself, of course. Grab your blender and…
This ongoing lockdown is seriously messing with my social life. The closest I get to a bar these days is a Zoom call with the girls fueled by cocktails that are strictly homemade. How…
As we’re still under lockdown and the bars aren’t opening anytime soon, my happy hour has gone virtual and my cocktails? Strictly DIY, baby. Fire up the blender and play along as we learn…
