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Barcelona Shopping: Papirum stationers

December 27, 2011 Barcelona

I may run my life from three smartphones, a tablet and my MacAir, but I gain enormous pleasure from writing thank you letters to everyone in ink on heavy cream paper, and from writing endless lists by hand with a fountain pen in my notebooks. So for me, there is something enormously beguiling about a […]

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LLG Stays: Hotel AC Barcelona Forum review

July 30, 2011 Barcelona

The Hotel AC Barcelona in a part of the city that’s new to me — Forum, which is mainly business-centric and by the convention centre. It’s blissfully calm & quiet at the weekend — as opposed to the centre of town which is so rammed with tourists that you can barely move. It’s well worth […]

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LLG Video: What to pack in a carry-on for a three day city break

Thumbnail image for LLG Video: What to pack in a carry-on for a three day city break July 11, 2011 LLG Fashion

Last weekend I went to Barcelona for three nights (well, actually it was two because I missed my plane, but I packed for three). Because I flew EasyJet I took everything I needed for the trip in a carry-on — which are generally much smaller sized than the ones allowed in the US. It’s quite […]

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Barcelona: Glacé fruits in the Mercat de la Boqueria

July 4, 2011 LLG Food

If your idea of glacé (candied) fruits are supermarket pots of mixed peel, dyed red Maraschino cherries and lurid green shards of angelica, then think again. THESE are what proper glacé fruits look like. It’s a method of preserving fruit that apparently dates back to ancient Mesopotamia. Fruit and or peel are heated in a […]

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Reprise: Bar Lobo, Barcelona

July 4, 2011 Barcelona

Almost exactly a year ago I was here in Barcelona with Miss P, eating and drinking our way through this glorious city.  On Saturday I re-visited Bar Lobo, just off the Ramblas, and am pleased to report that it is just as delicious as ever (although I can imagine that if you lived here, you […]

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The post where I arrive in Barcelona — and eat a lot of food

July 3, 2011 Barcelona

Finally, finally I am in Barcelona, a day later than scheduled. I’m here until the last flight out on Monday so that’s practically three day’s worth of R&R that I have planned. It’s so unusual for me to go anywhere on a break, as opposed to a work trip and I am beyond delighted. I […]

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The post where I miss my plane but gain a slice of English heaven

July 2, 2011 Hotels

I’m tapping this blog post out on my PlayBook leaning against a mountain bike by the side of a sunset perfect Capability Brown-designed lake somewhere near Luton, erstwhile home of the British hat trade and delightful Luton Airport. I’m not supposed to be here. I’m supposed to be in Barcelona. But idiot girl became convinced […]

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Design: Parc del Centre del Poblenou, Barcelona by Jean Nouvel

August 28, 2010 Curiosities

Whilst I was staying at the Hotel ME Barcelona in Poblenou, it was difficult not to be aware of the extraordinary number of flagship architectural projects that have now been completed in the area. There’s Herzog & de Meuron’s Forum Building, David Chipperfield’s Oficines Diagonal 197, the Complex de Cinemes-Plaça de les Arts by Zaha […]

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Hotel room review: ME Barcelona

August 9, 2010 Hotels

I stay in a lot of hotels. But rarely do I think: I’d like to move into the room in which I am sleeping. However I would make an exception for the suite in which I spent the last night of my stay in Barcelona: the Hotel ME Barcelona.  But, although it’s part of the […]

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Barcelona: Poblenou & Jean Nouvel

August 9, 2010 Design

On my last night in Barcelona I stayed in Poblenou, a part of the city I wasn’t familiar with, yet which is only a few Metro stops from the Ramblas, Placa de Catalunya and other areas that I & most tourists know well. Formerly one of the city’s industrial hubs, and still littered with old […]

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