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Feasting and fasting in Fez

Friday 18 July 2014 by where2wearit

An offer of a few days in Fez, Morocco, flying with Ryanair, during Ramadan and in the July heat – oh well, why not? Fortunately my Alice & Co stretchy summer dresses are light and roll up nice and small leaving me with a half-empty suitcase – the famous Fez Medina has 1001 shops so I’m surely not going to return empty handed! Just in case of shopping overload, some portable suitcase scales also go into my bag – although […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Fez, Fez Medina, Morocco, Palais Amani, Riad Palais Amani, Ryanair

A day out at the Henley Regatta

Sunday 6 July 2014 by where2wearit

The 4th July was a glorious summer day at Henley Royal Regatta. In the Las Vegas enclosure dazzling American hospitality and sequinned showgirls blended with the striped blazers and straw boaters of the old country. Mole and Ratty might not have known what to make of it, but Mr Toad would most certainly have approved! My Alice & Co dress and Susie Hopkins hat chimed perfectly with the colour scheme for the day and were probably a lot more comfortable […]

Categories: UK City Breaks, UK Country Breaks, Uncategorized, USA • Tags: Alice & Co, Days out, hats, Henley Royal Regatta, Las Vegas, rowing, Sophie Campbell, Susie Hopkins, The Social Season

View of Downtown Auckland from the Harbour

Auckland – New Zealand

Thursday 24 April 2014 by where2wearit

After some lovely days lolling around in the Cook Islands in the South Pacific, it’s time to put on some heels and hit the streets of Auckland. There’s something about a big city on the sea – I’m thinking Sydney, San Francisco, Stockholm – that says while this may be a serious place of commerce and culture we’re also jolly well going to relax and have a good time. New Zealand’s largest city, which is spread over a landscape of […]

Categories: Cities, Islands, New Zealand • Tags: Auckland, Britomart, City Tours, Museums, New Zealand, Restaurants, Shopping, Walks

Alice & Co silk jersey dress in Stones of Scotland fabric

Alice & Co in the South Pacific – Aitutaki

Tuesday 1 April 2014 by where2wearit

Aitutaki’s good luck is be home to one of the world’s most beautiful lagoons. It’s a 45 minute flight in a tiny plane from Rarotonga (see my last post), the gateway to the Cook Islands. Alice & Co calls into these specks of paradise while en route to New Zealand, flying from Los Angeles with Air New Zealand. Aitutaki is so laid back it makes it’s big brother island seem like a bustling metropolis. You can see it all in […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Aitutaki, Aitutaki Lagoon Resort, Alice & Co, Cook Islands, Desert Islands, Silk jersey dress, Snorkelling, South Pacific, Stones of Scotland

Alice & Co in the South Pacific – Rarotonga

Wednesday 19 March 2014 by where2wearit

Alice & Co decides to escape the February rain in London and go way down south to New Zealand, stopping over at Rarotonga and Atutaki in the Cook Islands. Lost in the South Pacific, you can get to these specks of paradise by flying from Los Angeles with Air New Zealand. Plan ahead, as the plane only goes once a week… The beach in Rarotonga – just the kind of escape I had in mind! This is a tricky one, […]

Categories: Islands, South Pacific • Tags: Air New Zealand, Alice&Co, black pearls, Cook Islands, markets, Rarotonga, South Pacific

Seaside and countryside in Sussex

Wednesday 5 February 2014 by where2wearit

If it seems a long haul through the winter why not try a little trip to Sussex to keep you going? My seaside and countryside picks can be enjoyed whatever the weather. ‘I do like to be beside the seaside’ – a fun weekend in Brighton. If Brighton was good enough for the Prince Regent to let his hair down, it’s good enough for me. And my friend Debbie’s ‘Strictly’ birthday party at Drakes Hotel proved a great setting for […]

Categories: Seaside Breaks, Weekend Breaks • Tags: Alice & Co, Ashdown Forest, Brighton, Brighton Pavilion, Drakes Hotel, Drakes Hotel Brighton Drakes Hotel, Horse riding, Ockenden Manor, Spa, Sussex, Sussex Countryside, The Sundaes

Monkeying around at the Andaz Liverpool Street London

Thursday 19 December 2013 by where2wearit

I like the style of Andaz hotels and enjoyed visiting their one in Amsterdam earlier this year designed by Marcel Wenders, so I was interested in checking out their property in Liverpool Street, London. The collection has got it just right for me with their winning fusion of the grand and glamorous with the quirky and artistic. They also have an impressive commitment to working with local artists, and the staff are always very friendly to boot. Even though it […]

Categories: Europe, London, UK City Breaks, Uncategorized, Weekend Breaks • Tags: Alice & Co, Andaz Hotel Liverpool Street, Bobby Patmore, Christmas, cocktails, Image 2 photography, Patricia Rayner, Ravensbourne College

Alice & Co at the SLEEP exhibition

Thursday 28 November 2013 by where2wearit

Last week Alice & Co’s journey was a short one: just a hop, skip and a jump across to the Business Design Centre in Islington, North London to the SLEEP exhibition, where I went to see what the hotels of the future might look like. Could they ever be as good as the glamorous Plaza Athenée, Paris or the stylish Andaz Amsterdam? There were complete mock up rooms…. This one by Kelly Hoppen is my favorite – monochromatic but not […]

Categories: London • Tags: 3 D printing, Alice & Co, Alice & Co designs, Alice & Co fabrics, Business Design Centre Islington, Hobs Reprographics, Kelly Hoppen, Punkt, Scottish Agates, Sigrun Lara Shanko, Sleep exhibition, Stones of Scotland

Alice outside Chez Ninon Paris wearing a vintage Chanel shirt

A quick trip to Paris

Monday 11 November 2013 by where2wearit

I’m always happy to jump on the Eurostar from London to Paris… This time my purpose is to visit my great mate and business partner Tara Munro, who has just realised her dream of a little Parisienne boutique to house her Ooh La La! collection of vintage clothes and accessories – which you can also see online. It’s called Chez Ninon and you can find it in the pretty Place St Catherine du Marché in the fashionable Marais quartier. Tara […]

Categories: Europe, France, Weekend Breaks • Tags: Alice & Co, Causses, Eurostar, L'Etre Ange, Madame Tra La La, Marais, Musee de la Vie Romantique, Ninon Boutique, Ooh La La Vintage, Paris, Place St Catherine du Marche, vintage

An Alice & Co silk dress looking over the Bosphoros

Alice & Co enjoys a short break in Istanbul

Tuesday 15 October 2013 by where2wearit

Istanbul …has been on my hit list for ages. So I was thrilled to recently find myself enjoying a balmy night on the Bosphorus. A sickle moon and a lone star create a near perfect replica of the Turkish national flag. I instantly find a new use for my tape measure, as when we fancy a beer on the waterfront at Dolmabahçe we find there are strict rules now about selling alcohol within a certain distance of a mosque. Not […]

Categories: Europe, Turkey, Weekend Breaks • Tags: Agean Flavours cookbook, Alice & Co, Bosphorus, Byzantine mosaics, Erten Konak, Hagia Sophia, Hotels Istanbul, Hunkar, Istanbul, Kilic Pasa Hamam, Lokanta Maya, Lokanta Yeni, Museum of Innocence, Short breaks, Spa, Taksim Gezi Park, Tapasuma, The Blue Mosque, The Chora Church Museum, The Grand Bazaar, The House Hotel Bosphoros, The Ottomans, The Park Hyatt, The Topkapi Palace, Turkey

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