Feeling bleu in Paris but absolutely FAB-ulous in Bangkok

“Allez les Bleus!” I guess the nice immigration officer woman at Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport couldn’t help herself when she saw the kiwi on my cap.

Turning black and blue in the City of Light

Black meets blue, the very same colours that the players’ bodies will bear after what will no doubt be a fearsomely physical encounter.

Get your KIX on route 56 (84)

In fact the greatest threat to air safety on this flight might be being hit by a shopping bag as the passengers alight. Still, look on the bright side. It would be an appropriate way for me to go.

Meeting a guardian angel called Maki at Tokyo Station

For a moment prospects of recovering my laptop seemed between slim and none. And slim, like my train, had just left town.

Inspired by Tumi to create a Moodie Tracer

This is known as the Tumi Tracer, a product identification and recovery programme that helps reunite customers with their lost bags. Perhaps given my travel schedule and worryingly advancing age I should contemplate fixing one to myself.

People

August 20, 2023

To Isaia, Terry and all those who fell while scaling Mount Difficulty

I recall to this day walking into a Waitrose supermarket in West London after I received the news and vowing to drink a good wine that night, a defiant toast to what I was perhaps illogically convinced would be a successful fight against the illness.

Events

August 12, 2023

Discovering Malin+Goetz – difficult to pronounce, easy to use

“What attracted me to the brand is that our customer is someone who is not a beauty junkie, per se, they actually want to really experience life.”

Beauty

August 6, 2023

Exploring new dimensions at a DFS masterclass

“Beauty is a big, exciting space to play on. So many brands, so much newness happening.” But it’s what you do with that space and those brands that counts and not for the first time DFS has put on a masterclass.

Airports

August 3, 2023

Plaza Premium Group hits new heights at Hong Kong Airport

It may just be the coolest setting for any cocktail bar in the airport world, where guests can enjoy an equally cool food and drinks programme while taking in magnificent panoramic views of the airfield and Lantau island beyond.

Airports

July 30, 2023

Going bananas in the land of Tokyo Banana

I discovered only two of the four checkpoints were being used. Two? 50% capacity when finally you have streams of outbound passengers after having barely any for the best (or worst) part of three years. It beggars belief, and belief in this case is not a generous donor.

How I overcame Severe Tire Damage to become the oldest influencer in town

Free as a (Kiwi) bird and flying high in Haikou

Discovering Food Accademia’s world of fine flavours at a Hong Kong cha chaan teng