Author: katrina

I enjoy the anonymity of travel, which is why I don’t enjoy many B&Bs;, where they insist that everyone gather together at the breakfast table and get to know one another. I stayed at a B&B; in Washington State that was like this, and I will not go back even though it was a nice,…

We were preparing to board our flight to Heathrow when news broke of a passenger being “subdued” on a Northwest flight to Detroit. The headline flickered across airport television screens. As the days passed, we watched the news unfold about Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab from a television in our London hotel, and prepared ourselves for an…

Grab the District Line on the tube to Parsons Green, step out of the station, take a quick right, walk down the block and you’ll find the White Horse pub, known locally as “the Sloaney Pony” and for its density of posh tossers. At the White Horse, you can enjoy traditional English fare with some…

Meeting Big Ben… The days before the mobile… Trained to take this job very seriously… A rainy winter day on the Thames… Sweet treats from Covent Garden… Touring the Tower…

One of the biggest perks of having a little girl is doing posh girly activities like the fashionista tea at the Berkeley Hotel, near Harrods. In the cozy Caramel Room with its chocolate-colored walls, you can sample what is known as Pret-A-Portea, “a delicate collection of cakes and fancies in the colours of the fashion…