A Quick and Clean Guide to Our Favorite Royal City
What We're Packing
Lots of black
Cashmere sweater (summer weight, of course)
Pearls
London Chelsea Boots
Hermes Scarf
Field Jacket Liner
When we think of London style, we think...
Classic timeless looks, simple and elegant cuts, choice of fine natural fabrics, and AMAZING accessories (leather shoes and handbags).
What We're Listening to on the Flight
George Michael
Tears for Fears
David Bowie
Rod Stewart
The Clash
Where We're Staying
The NoMad Hotel London
The Langham
The First Place We're Going
Liberty
Our Favorite Restaurants
The Barbary (Covent Garden)
Dishoom (Carnaby Street)
Tres Cay (the original at Hoxton Shoreditch)
High tea at the The Ritz London (my first time, I had the honor of having tea with my fabulous boss, Julian W. Glass, Jr.)
High tea at the Langham in the Palm Court
The Bar We have to Grab Drinks At
Chilthern Firehouse
"This place is gorgeous. Really, it’s jaw-on-the-floor stuff. An intensely beautiful, already buzzing space, housed in an handsome old redbrick fire station in Marylebone; its loveliness is less surprising when you learn this is the new London venture of hotelier André Balazs, the man behind the Chateau Marmont, He’s assembled a great team here too. The kitchen is overseen by Nuno Mendes (lured here from the innovative and much-missed Viajante in Bethnal Green). The garden terrace is a joy in and of itself, full of elegant wicker furniture, flowers and greenery. Inside the prettiness continues, the bar area is a similarly lavish space of marble and mirror. Then there’s the open kitchen where you can catch glimpses of the chefs going about their business. The whole package is hugely seductive. And that’s before you’ve even taken a drink, before you’ve sunk that first cocktail (try the Kinky Matador, their tequila-laced take on the Negroni) or glass of vintage fizz. Prices are high they definitely make you pay for all this pretty and you could blow a lot of cash here if you so wished but this kind of glamorous lushness is rare and worth paying for. Hot stuff indeed." Be sure and ask where the "secret room" is.
Our Morning Coffee Perch
Arros on New Kings Road
Best Shopping Neighborhood
Chelsea
Favorite Store
Liberty
Fortnum & Mason
Frederick Grove
Our Quintessential London Experience
The White Horse (pub in Chelsea)
Being on the Tube…
Our Advice for First Time Visitors
Walk…everywhere.
Or take the Tube…
Get out on the water…Take the ferry!
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