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L’Hôtel Claridge’s, Londres: John Galliano décore l’arbre de Noël 2009

Vous savez ô combien j’aime les arbres de Noël. Voici celui imaginé par le directeur artistique de la maison Christian Dior, John Galliano, paré d’orchidées bleues et blanches sous un givre d’argent et de cristal dans le hall art-déco du mythique hôtel Claridge’s de Mayfair à Londres: « J’espère apporter un nouveau souffle à l’arbre traditionnel. Je veux combiner la fête et l’innovation, l’esprit de la maison Christian Dior avec la beauté du Claridge’s, et créer quelque chose de spectaculaire pour inaugurer merveilleusement cette période de fête ». Une première pour le Claridge’s qui en 112 années d’existence, n’avait jamais travaillé avec un designer pour décorer son arbre de Noël. Donc si vous êtes à Londres, un détour par le Claridge’s simpose. 

Claridge’s: Brook Street, Mayfair, London WKHR
www.claridges.co.uk 

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Copenhagen Night: Restaurant, Bars and Music

My Copenhagen night: restaurant, bars and music. Sorry for the blurry pictures, camera problem and windy outside! First stop: invited by an Italian friend in the Danish gourmet restaurant, I discover the city from the water (picturess 1 and 2). Beautiful panorama! Honestly I haven’t marked the dishes by their taste or  presentation. Yet at a time, I was fan of La Maison du Danemark smoked fish in Paris. Tastes change, today I’m addicted to the Mediterranean cuisine and Japanese cuisine… But on the boat restaurant, I especially loved the view of Copenhagen, the fireworks and the fantastic time spent with my friends, away from the tourist centers.

Then we jump in the Mini of my Italian friend (last picture). I really enjoy his Mini Austin, so chic! Rolling glam in Copenhagen by night! Vavavoom! We go to an Afrobeat live of the Deodato band, on seabed. Just before arriving there: a short stop at the SAS Royal Hotel (built between 1956-1961), to discover one of the iconic achievements of Arne Jacobsen, the famous architect and father of Danish design. I found the lobby quite “outdated”. But this conception of space has more than 50 years and I am pretty impressed that it lasts! It’s not every day we have the chance to enter an original Arne Jacobsen’s work! Unfortunately I was not able to see more of the building, we arrived too late.

Stop 4 a club. The only interest of Karriere: its location in the Meatmarket area. The argument is too light to stay more than two minutes: let’s move to Ruby. A Copenhagen lounge, with noisy eighties music (kind of bad pop rock)! Unbearable! The same kind of music played by most radio stations, that gives the feeling time has stopped in Copenhagen! This is quite confusing. The Ruby is located in an apartment. The atmosphere is cool, I like it. But don’t expect the communicative joy of some clubs in London or New York. It’s pretty cold here: essential accessories, your buddies!

 
 
What are your favorite places in the Copenhagen night: restaurants, bars and music?
 
  
 
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Bangkok, Thailand: a hotel with a view

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Bangkok: a superior suite at the Royal Meridien Plaza Athénée (a luxury Meridien). I’ve read the Meridien group wants to become « Chic, Culture, Discovery », choosing the old director of Palais de Tokyo (the famous contemporary art museum in Paris), Jerome Sanz as a curator. Not really my kind of hotels. But I’ve appreciated the space that so often misses in many hype hotels. Yes, a real superior suite with nice big volumes and a 180 degrees view. Near luxury malls streamer and the new metro to avoid the huge stress of endless traffic jams. The swimming pool with a garden at the 10th floor: precious break in a so polluted town. The discret service. And the marble spacious bathroom. THE snag: the extremely boring decoration, with an awful beige colour in the suite. And the very impersonal common places (hall…). What a pity!  

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