Two Cocktails. One Light, One Dark.
My holiday guests fall into two camps. The first lot will say “I’d love a cocktail, but nothing too strong please”. No ...
Happy Thanksgiving – with cocktail recipes!
Americans take the day off to celebrate Thanksgiving today. However, the customers of the two aviation information busin ...
Of Tuk Tuks and Politics
Discussing the current situation in the Middle East with perfect strangers is not recommended. Doing so in Sri Lanka wit ...
Cocktails in Colombo
Neglected colonial era buildings have been converted into stunning boutique restaurants and arcades - this is a former ...
Glamming it up at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
Photo credit Simon Deiner / SDR Photo Roving Martini Mandate reporter the Princess Monkey writes from Cape Town where ...
The Nigerian Cocktail Scam
Nigerians must be some of the kindest, most generous people on earth. Every week I am approached by Nigerians, many of ...
Where Dirty Old Men Take Their Nieces to Lunch
Stunning view at Duck & Waffle There are only two kinds of people who take a late lunch in the City of London; Cit ...
Escaping the Winter
The temperature is barely above freezing in London and New York. In Cape Town the sky is a brilliant blue and the temper ...
Cocktails, Clerics and Reincarnation
The wire frame Buddha at Buddha Bar London. Organised religion is a mass of contradictions. Ostensibly about peace, love ...