Learning about tea at Mariage Frères in Paris
Learn more about tea with Mariage Frères at its nostalgia-evoking 17th century residence in the Saint Germain or Marais district of Paris. The first is located on the corner of the narrow Rue […]
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The East India Company: reviving global legend in London
The East India Company was once the biggest company in the world with a monopoly in foreign trade across all the British colonies (in the East from India to Singapore […]
Tasting port at Sandeman in Portugal – video
A video showing the history and tasting port wine at the Sandeman winery in the Douro Valley of Portugal.
Bordeaux: Two neighbours – Château Palmer and Château Margaux
Château Palmer, the king of gold elegance is nesting just next to the majestic symbol of Margaux – the Château Margaux, bearing the same name as the AOC known for […]
Spiritual Art Liberates its Creators
One might assume that spiritual art evaporated centuries ago and if present then only in nativist, tribal artistic practice. Yet, most of what we understand to be contemporary art is […]
The Bermudas beaches magic, naturalness and mysteries
Artists like Kipling, Twain, O’Neil, English royalty of the glamorous times past, American political elite, they all vacationed at the breezy coral Bermudas beaches. A century later, the natural mysterious […]
Kings and Queens: a poetic call for equality
Kings and Queens is a symbolic poem about balance creating more stability, fulfilment and genuine joy in gender-sensitive relationships. I am the light, and darkness won’t rip it away The […]
The Relativity of Time in and beyond our mind
The Relativity of Time has been pondered over by philosophers, poets, sages, scientists as well as casual thinkers like myself. Observing nature and its patterns set the ground for counting […]
Dinner by Heston Blumenthal in London
Busy, buzzing with talkative business people and the space feels open. Unless you dine at the more private chef’s table or are one of the guests at the 10-people-seating private room, you will be exposed to the sights of others in the restaurant
Monsaraz: slow, prehistoric Portugal where crafts and rural beauty sooth the soul
Monsaraz is the walled in triumph of a fiercely battled past. Reaching deep into the abyss of conquest, the prehistoric settlement had imprinted pagan whispers in the megaliths crumbled like galactic […]