Tag: Royal Wedding

  • TRAVELING SOLO [Tricks of the trade]

    TRAVELING SOLO [Tricks of the trade]

    I’m a woman and I travel the world. Alone. (With some occasional exceptions.) Alone, I’ve stayed in a stone cottage on top of a mountain in Tuscany, an 11th-century fort on an island off the coast of Brittany, an estancia in Argentina, and a riad in Tangier. Alone, I’ve shopped in chaotic flea markets in…

  • EXCEPTIONAL EATERIES | London | Time for Tea at The Langham

    EXCEPTIONAL EATERIES | London | Time for Tea at The Langham

    “There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.” Henry James (1843-1916) American expatriate writer When in London, one (well, I) absolutely must have afternoon tea.  The tradition of the English afternoon tea dates back to the 19th century, credited to the Duchess of Bedford,…

  • London | Royal Wedding Adventure | Celebration

    London | Royal Wedding Adventure | Celebration

    The wedding of Will and Kate is over, but the occasion is still very much alive in London.  Everywhere I go, people are talking about it…where they watched it, how lovely the dress was, how sad it was that Diana wasn’t there to see it, how poised the young couple was, how wonderful it is…

  • London | Royal Wedding Adventure | The Big Day

    London | Royal Wedding Adventure | The Big Day

    The atmosphere in London is positively jubilant.  People from all over the world have gathered to watch, and be part of, the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.  Some have camped out for days, and, even so, the mood is simply one of great joy.  Unusually, I didn’t have a plan.  I set out…

  • London | Royal Wedding Eve

    London | Royal Wedding Eve

    On the evening before the Royal Wedding, the crowds have gathered to camp out along the Mall, the wide boulevard leading to Buckingham Palace.

  • London | Royal Wedding Adventure | The Hats

    London | Royal Wedding Adventure | The Hats

    The most important accessory for a Royal Wedding is, of course, the hat.  People are even taking bets on what color the Queen’s hat will be tomorrow.  John Boyd has been making hats for London society, including the Royals, for 65 years.  I looked in on the shop today to take a peek behind the…

  • London | Royal Wedding Adventure | Scout the Route

    London | Royal Wedding Adventure | Scout the Route

    It’s London and it’s two days before the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.  The festivities are underway and the excitement is palpable.  My mission for Day One is to walk the wedding route from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace, to check out the preparations…and the characters.