Dakota in Edinburgh is the sister hotel to the previously reviewed Dakota hotel in Glasgow. This hotel “offers excellent service, luxurious interiors, innovative style and an award-winning bar & grill.” It’s 10 minutes outside Edinburgh sitting alone like a Japanese electronics factory. Like the Glasgow Dakota hotel there are accessible bedrooms on every floor with wider…

Today there was an abundance of sheer silk georgette fabrics which have been around for a while in some shops. Sheer layers over other fabrics can hide a multitude of sins and are extremely feminine – although they’re not hiding much here. The stiffness of georgette also adds structure.   Good to see trousers are…

Alloro is an Italian restaurant in Mayfair which focuses on serving traditional Italian classics and getting them right. Alloro’s Head Chef Daniele Camera is a native of Torino, Italy and strives to provide consistent quality of taste and presentation. Alloro has that quietly confident feeling of not trying too hard to push boundaries when it comes to…