Food Customs Around The World: A Month-By-Month Guide
April sees New Yorkers go crazy for a certain root vegetable while the Japanese celebrate "eel day" in July. Every country has its seasonal food traditions. Find out what the rest of the world is eating and when with our round-up of the biggest global foodie customs. April sees New Yorkers go crazy for a certain root vegetable while the Japanese celebrate 'eel day' in July. Every country has...
Read More5 Marrakech Shopping Spots Not to Be Missed
Whether antiques, clothing or accessories are your muse, these shops in the Red City will delight you. With its vibrant souks, beautiful gardens, stunning architecture and unique cultural attractions, Marrakech has long captivated visitors looking to get up close and personal with the city?s distinct style. Here, five places to shop for authentic Morroccan goods. Photography Gary Yeowell/Getty Images Al Kawtar Al Kawtar was established as a not-for-profit...
Read MoreShack Hopping | Part 2
A little ahead, Vagator Beach is a scamper down a dramatically stark laterite cliff side. The beach divided into Big Vagator; the Indian tourist filled main stretch, Little Vagator; the northern Tel Aviv Beach for the Israelis and Ozran or Spaghetti Beach in the south for the Italians. All back dropped by the Chapora Fort. The playground for some of Goa?s biggest raves; Disco Valley is now more famous for...
Read MoreShack Hopping | Part 1
Russian mafia, drug and sex scandals, Israeli hippies and dirty politicians. Goa has come to sound more like a Tom Clancy meets Sydney Sheldon potboiler, than the idyllic Portuguese beach town it has been for 500 years. Yet, cocaine coast or not, the one thing (outside of Goa?s infamous ?rave parties?), that makes Goa, Goa is that feeling of sitting on a beach doing absolutely nothing. A holiday in Goa...
Read MoreELLE DECOR Goes to Mexico City
Where to start? Perhaps with two small plaques on either side of the door at No. 7 Monte de Piedad, the colonial-era pawn shop at the northeast corner of the Z?calo, Mexico City?s central square. The right-hand plaque reads: ?Here was the palace of Axay?catl, where Cort?s stayed on his arrival, 1519.? The inscription on the left hints at what followed: ?Here were the old houses of Moctezuma until 1521.?...
Read MoreCity Secrets | Lamu
A little island surrounded by the warm Indian Ocean, where narrow, winding alleys lead past the intricate carved doorways of majestic white stone houses and numerous mosques, spices and the smell of grilled food scent the air around the markets. After nightfall the streets are lit by lanterns, while the jinns fall asleep in their jinn jars in their family?s home. Lamu island, part of the Lamu Archipelago, situated on...
Read MoreCity Secrets | Merchants on Long
Merchants on Long exclusively stocks products sourced from all over Africa. All products are produced with fair trade and organic materials wherever possible. Merchants aims to showcase the best of African design whilst simultaneously contributing towards the upliftment of local communities. Merchants on Long exclusively stocks products sourced from all over Africa. All products are produced with fair trade and organic materials wherever possible. Merchants aims to showcase the best...
Read MoreDay of the Dead | Celebrating the circle of life
In Mexico?s ancient civilizations, death held a significant place. Not as the end of life, but as a continuation of it. To the Aztecs and other pre-Hispanic people, life was a dream and only in dead did they become truly awake. Duality was honored as something dynamic, death not separated from pain or celebration, wealth not from poverty, and the ninth month of the Aztec Solar Calendar, the beginning of...
Read MoreCity Secrets | Rome
Rome's early history is shrouded in legend too voluminous to recount here so let?s begin our culture tour in the 16th century, when it became a Renaissance city with wonderful popular feasts, horse races, parties, intrigues and licentious episodes and then skip ahead to when it became a fashionable city in the ?50s and early ?60s, the years of "la dolce vita? and ?Roman Holiday?. The charm of Rome?s unique...
Read MoreVintage Stockholm | City Secrets
More than ever, Nordic chic is playing nice with eclectic vintage in the sophisticated, low-key manner known to this exclusive city stocked with indie designers. As Swedes are naturally svelte and statuesque, with a penchant for biking, they love to keep their look fresh, smart and uniform. I spent a memorable summer there in my youth where I discovered Swedes have a unique attitude that is equally open-minded, free-spirited and...
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