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Lady at Kitchen W8
When it comes to dining out in London, locals know that the best restaurants are often the best kept secrets. Kitchen W8 in Kensington is no exception. Despite being located in central London and...
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Lady at Harrison’s
One thing I love about living in London is that the city is so big that I could never get bored. Despite being here for five years, there are still areas that I haven’t been to. Balham, for example....
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Lady Falls in Love with Paris
If you were single and Valentine’s Day was right around the corner, what would you do? If you were me, you would travel to the most romantic city in the world. Not because you’re a glutton for...
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Lady at Boqueria
After having dinner in Balham last week, I decided to continue the trend of getting to know new-to-me London neighborhoods through their dining out scene. To that end, I had dinner at Boqueria...
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Lady in the Napa Valley
Not many people visit California’s Napa Valley in the winter. The grape harvest has long since taken place, the vines are brown and bare, and the famous Chardonnays and Cabernets are growing old in...
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Lady Grazes in San Francisco
People always ask me what I miss most about living in San Francisco. My answer is always the same: the food and wine. But what’s a Lady in London to do when she goes home to California to await the...
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Lady in Point Loma
I’m an aunt! My new nephew was recently born in San Diego, and my mother and I traveled down from San Francisco for his arrival. We spent most of our time at the hospital, but when we weren’t fawning...
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Lady in Melbourne
Melbourne is on everyone’s mind. Whenever Australia comes up in conversation, people rave about the city. So when I flew to Adelaide last week, I extended my trip for a few days to travel to Melbourne...
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Lady in Brussels
Lately my travels have come on a back-to-back basis. The day after I returned from California, I left for Australia. The day after I got back from Australia, I went to Belgium. It was exhausting, but...
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Lady in South Kensington
Spring has arrived in London. Yesterday was the first warm day we’ve had all year, and the whole world was outside enjoying the sunshine. I was no exception, and spent most of my day in South...
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Lady at Ametsa with Arzak Instruction
London’s food scene is buzzing. Seemingly every week a new restaurant opens, many of them greatly anticipated. Ametsa with Arzak Instruction, a little sibling of the famous three-Michelin starred Arzak...
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Lady in Kuala Lumpur
“You’ve eaten lunch?” she asks. She’s not actually wondering whether I’ve consumed my afternoon meal. Rather, she is greeting me in the traditional Malaysian manner. And this simple salutation speaks...
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Lady in Malacca
Looking out over the Strait of Malacca, I feel I’m peering into history. Like most Westerners, the body of water is something I read about in books as a child but never expected to see in person. But...
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Lady in Ipoh
The sky is magenta. I scramble out of my seat, nearly toppling the woman next to me, and run to the opposite window to get a photo. And a video. It is one of the most beautiful sunsets I’ve ever seen,...
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Lady in Penang
Penang. A Shangri-La, a distant spice island in a mysterious legend. The Far East, full of traders and sailing ships, the meeting place of Easterners and the coveted jewel of Westerners. The final...
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Lady in Lyon
If Paris is the heart of France, Lyon is the stomach. The city in the southeast is best known for food, which ranges from delightfully smelly cheese to the famous quenelle, a lighter-than-brioche...
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Lady in Aphrodite’s Cyprus
Legend has it that Aphrodite was born in Cyprus. Out of the sea foam on a lovely stretch of Mediterranean island sand, the goddess of love emerged to inspire the ancient Greeks. But the ancients aren’t...
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Lady in Stillwater
Walking around Stillwater, Minnesota is like walking back in time. Old grain elevators, beautiful Victorian houses, and historic steamboat works dot the small downtown like relics from a century past....
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Lady in Red Wing
I am face-to-face with the world’s largest boot. Well, face-to-toe, really. This boot is huge. And it’s not surprising. I’m in the home of the famous Red Wing Shoes in Minnesota, and I would expect...
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Lady in Minneapolis
I almost didn’t make it to Minneapolis. Thunderstorms caused my London-Chicago flight to be diverted to Detroit, and I missed my connection to Minnesota. But I eventually got on a later flight, and...
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