This month, we begin to think about the start of summer dining season. Whitney shares her tips for creating an ideal alfresco setting; from planning a seasonal table, to floral styling perfection that will truly wow your guests.
Next week is the Residents’ Society of Mayfair & St James’s Summer Garden Party 2022. This exciting evening will celebrate Mayfair’s local businesses, residents and community with drinks, canapés and hot food provided by our local luxury hotels and restaurants, alongside live music, casino, luxury raffle and more.
My vision for Pink Tea Cafè was to have a place which captured the essence and history of chai. Mercato Mayfair is the restored St. Mark's Church, which was constructed in 1825 in the Greek Revival style. The room we are in was once ‘The Robing Room” of the priest, a place where the most sacred meetings took place and where the most sacred vessels are kept.
It’s hard to choose a favourite restaurant in Mayfair, so I have a top 5, and Hakkasan has always been on that list…
We have another exciting update from our friends at Fellows. A rare and beautiful necklace made by iconic Parisian jeweller Boivin has sold for over £40,000 at an auction in Birmingham on 26th May 2022.
Last week, I checked into a Buckingham and Lloyds apartment within 35 Hyde Park Gate, just moments from Kensington Palace Gardens. Buckingham and Lloyds offer high-end apart hotels in London (6 and 35 Hyde Park Gate) and villas in Ibiza, with plans to open 40 more apart hotels and villas across the globe by the end of the year.
Christie’s are proud to present The Art of Literature, part of London Now, an exhibition showcasing artistic masterpieces inspired by literature. Highlights include Magdalena (Venus) by Marlene Dumas, 1995; a French Aesop’s Fables manuscript dating from c.1495; and John William Waterhouse’s Tristram and Isolde (painted at the height WW2).
My sister and I visited Taj 51 Buckingham Gate Suites & Residences the other week to sample the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Afternoon Tea. The luxury hotel, a stone’s throw from Buckingham Palace, has played host to the Queen and various members of the royal family, and numerous dignitaries over the years, making it a perfect spot for a jubilee celebration.
I recently took a trip to The Lygon Arms in Broadway, a beautiful village often described as the ‘Jewel of The Cotswolds’. The Lygon Arms Hotel, formerly ‘The White Hart Inn’, is dripping in historical tales and celebrity secrets…
Park Modern is an an ultra-high-end development facing south over Hyde Park and Kensington Palace Gardens, representing Hyde Park’s finest park-side architecture to date.
Gleneagles Townhouse, the first venture beyond the Perthshire countryside for Gleneagles Hotel, will officially open its doors from Monday 6th June 2022. This 33-bedroom hotel, members’ club and all-day restaurant, will be based at 39 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh - and we can’t wait to visit.
While watch brands use sales metrics to determine the success of their strategies, the secondary market is often where the impact of novelties is best understood. DWL’s Danny Shahid explains how the new releases at the recent Watches and Wonders trade show are already changing buying behaviour.
Svetlana Cameron is a contemporary British realist painter specializing in classical portraiture. Trained in Italy in the methods of Old Masters, Cameron is dedicated to the modern interpretation of the Renaissance painting techniques.
Last night at Annabel’s, The Caring Family Foundation hosted multiple-Grammy award winning superstar Sir Elton John and David Furnish, CEO of Rocket Entertainment and Chairman of the Elton John AIDS Foundation for a special event in support of the Elton John AIDS Foundation. This is the Foundation’s first benefit event at Annabel’s, coinciding with its 30th anniversary.
The Ivy Asia, Mayfair will officially open on North Audley Street on Tuesday 31st May 2022, and you can now make a booking via the reservation lines. Open seven days a week, The Ivy Asia, Mayfair will be open for brunches lunches, dinner and cocktails.
I recently stayed at 9 Hertford Street, an handsome property on Hertford Street offering beautifully appointed apartments in the heart of Mayfair. Hertford Street is one of my favourite streets in Mayfair, famous for its Georgian architecture and Hertford Street members’ club.
Welcome to My Month in Flowers, our column curated by FLOWERBX founder Whitney Bromberg Hawkings. At FLOWERBX, every month of the year is celebrated for its own unique floral beauty; from summer to winter - and back round again - there is something to be cherished in every season.
Wine lovers will love Christie’s June auction of Finest and Rarest Wines and Spirits, which will present a superb selection of Burgundy from the historic, vaulted cellars of King’s College, Cambridge. If you’d like to bid, the auction will take place on 8th June in the evening, at Christie’s King Street.
This month, I enjoyed an excellent stay at The Biltmore Mayfair, a Hilton LXR Hotels & Resorts hotel on Grosvenor Square - what better way to spend a weekday in spring?
