If you are interested in exploring the product of the world’s most ancient viniculture regions you have must visit Landmark Hotel. Wines such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Malbec have turned the Landmark Hotel into a wine buff’s heaven.
The most wonderful was the fact, that wine producers were able to impart their knowledge. They uncovered the subtleties of soil type, weather and much more.
Houses of Parliament Summer Opening During the Summer Recess the Palace of Westminster, home to the House of Lords and the House of Commons is open for a one hour guided tour, which includes both Chambers and other great State Rooms.
The UK Parliament is one of the oldest representative assemblies in the world. The site of the Houses of Parliament is the Palace of Westminster, a royal palace and former residence of kings. The layout of the Palace is intricate, with its existing buildings containing nearly 1,200 rooms, 100 staircases and well over 3 kilometers (2 miles) of passages. Among the original historic buildings is Westminster Hall, used nowadays for major public ceremonial events.
During the Summer Recess the Palace of Westminster, home to the House of Lords and the House of Commons is open for a one hour guided tour, which includes both Chambers and other great State Rooms. The tour starts at Victoria Tower and ends in Historic Westminster Hall.
Office rent league - London’s West End
But at $299.54 per square foot, rents in London’s West End once again eclipsed those in Moscow and other international business hubs. Rents in the supply-starved market are 82 percent higher than London’s City office market and nearly three times the rents in the Midtown Manhattan office market in New York, which is the Americas’ most costly market.
Tokyo’s Inner Central Five Wards, Mumbai’s Nariman Point and Tokyo’s Outer Central Five Wards were named the world’s third, fourth and fifth most expensive markets, respectively.
Singapore and Dubai were newcomers to the top 10. Singapore ranked ninth, with an occupancy cost of $139.31 per square foot, while Dubai was number 10, with an occupancy cost of $128.49 per square foot. ( info from: forbes.com )
The World’s Priciest Home - Abramovich Plans
LONDON - Whatever criticisms may be leveled against Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, lack of ambition isn’t among them.
The 41-year-old Abramovich is planning to convert two Victorian apartment buildings in London’s exclusive Lowdes Square into a palatial home for his family worth a staggering £150 million ($295.5 million).
According to the plans seen by the Daily Mail, Abramovich is planning to build an eight-bedroom home over eight floors, replete with a heated swimming pool, sauna, Jacuzzi, cinema, parking and separate apartments for staff.
The one thing that stands in Abramovich’s way is the local government authority of Kensington and Chelsea, to which he has already applied for planning permission.
A timeless family classic which touches the hearts of all ages, the score brims over with some of the most memorable songs ever performed on the musical stage including My Favourite Things, Do Re Mi, Edelweiss, Climb Every Mountain, Sixteen Going on Seventeen, The Lonely Goatherd and of course the glorious title song The Sound of Music.
Based on the uplifting true story of the Von Trapp family, The Sound of Music tells the story of Maria, the spirited young woman who leaves the convent to become governess to the seven children of Captain von Trapp, an autocratic widower whose strict household rules leave no room for music or merriment.
Through her youthfulness and zest for life she brings happiness and love to the von Trapp family. The Sound of Music was the last collaboration87 between Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II becoming one of the most successful Oscar-winning film musicals of all time.
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Best Distinctive Decor or Most Family-Friendly ?
The hippest hotels in London according to Herbert Ypma are:
Haymarket Hotel - Best Distinctive Decor
Threadneedles -Top Spot For The Executive
Metropolitan - Best Place For A Celebrity Sighting
The Berkeley- Most Family-Friendly
Lanesborough - Best Old-World Luxury
Blakes Hotel - Most Decadent Design
London’s hotels are racing to accommodate the millions of tourists that visit the city each year. A wide range of chic options from the traditional to the trendy, and rooms for those on a budget as well as those with money to spare. The most successful London hotels have used accents like Lucite tables, vintage cognacs and pear-wood paneling to create a memorable atmosphere.
If you are interested in exploring the product of the world’s most ancient viniculture regions you have must visit Landmark Hotel. Wines such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Malbec have turned the Landmark Hotel into a wine buff’s heaven.
The most wonderful was the fact, that wine producers were able to impart their knowledge. They uncovered the subtleties of soil type, weather and much more.
It’s Saturday night and I’m dancing to Don’t Stop Me Now by Queen, clad in a pair of denim hotpants and vertiginous red wedges. My friend Clare is shimmying in an afro wig and glitter top, Melisa is rocking in a black all-in-one cat-suit and Tamara is whirling around in a pair of highwaisted flared jeans and her mother’s denim hat. To my right, there’s a man of 60 with a beard and aviators who clearly loves this tune as much as I do. You’d be forgiven for thinking this is a scene straight out of 1979 but it’s actually Car Wash at the Aquarium, Old Street. Car Wash is a London institution - it’s been going for a phenomenal 18 years. Even so, I’ve never experienced it. For the occasion I am joined by Tamara, Melisa and Clare, whose nickname is appropriately "Disco". All three have a penchant for dressing up, which isn’t optional for Car Wash and that is why you’ll always spot someone on the Tube on a Saturday night dressed in flares and "whacky" glasses. I find a floral nylon tunic in Beyond Retro and team it with the hot pants and wedges. I am going to wear an orange wig until I spot a majorette cap of Tamara’s. I haven’t been to the Aquarium since I was 18, when it was famed for having a swimming pool inside. Is it the same 12 years on? As we approach we find ourselves amid hen and stag parties. Girls with fairy wings and devil horns jostle in the queue next to boys in sailor outfits with chest wigs - the atmosphere is excitable and friendly. Once inside, Car Wash is a crazy and colourful shock to the system. We stop at the first bar (vodka tonics and rum and cokes, £5 each) and marvel. At 11pm it’s heaving with large groups dressed up in a dazzling array of outfits: Seventies pimps, flower-power hippies, rollerskate girls, cheerleaders, Village People, Britney-esque schoolgirls and even nu ravers (maybe they wandered into the wrong club). Moving into the crowded main room, everybody is dressed to the nines and indulging in crazy dancing to the music, which is strictly up-for-it disco and funk. Groove Is In The Heart by Deee-Lite is playing as we find a spot to dance. A girl grabs me and takes a photo of us together (I think she likes the hat too) and there’s plenty of whooping and hollering as our photographer starts to snap the scene. Fellow partygoers span teens to OAPs, there are plenty of "mothers-of-the-bride" with the hen parties and they too are dressed up to the nines; many of them in sequinned all-in-ones. Sometimes, in east London, it’s a struggle to find places that aren’t pretentious or that don’t try too hard but Car Wash has its guard down. Here, any age, shape or size is welcome. We get chatted up every time we go to the bar. Unlike many London clubs, this would be a great place to pull. Everyone is friendly, there are loads of groups to infiltrate and refreshingly, there’s no attitude. After dancing by the stage and witnessing a woman with a glitter halo fall clean off it, we investigate the swimming pool. Tragically, it’s padlocked and our Boogie Night fantasies are crushed. It’s probably a health and safety issue we say and consider petitioning the council. So we dance on to Heard It All Before by Sunshine Anderson in the second room, which is less busy, and marvel at more outfits. The club goes on until 3.30am but by 1am, we are partied out and my wedges are taking their toll. We totter out to Old Street and attract more than a few stares. Car Wash is brilliant and not just because of the music and the outfits. It’s a proper night out, where you can dance, drink, dress up and make new friends. Now, if only we can get the pool re-opened… (thisislondon.com)
151 is a basement night club that hosts a variety of themed nights. There is a bar and a dance floor looking on to the DJs booth. There is plenty of seating in the surrounding alcoves.
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