The Connaught Hotel’s London Aman Spa – Ultimate pampering with care. Greetings from the Aman Spa. I visited the spa to calm and cleanse my body and mind, prior to a long-distance flight. Whether you need to travel physically or emotionally the power of switching off, being cleansed, and pampered is not only lovely but truly nurturing. I was not let down, experiencing a truly powerful experience. With my flight approaching I had decided to not work right up to departure but to switch off 24 hours before. I am prone to anxiety, and you might be surprised…
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THE ART OF MIXOLOGY – THE SERIES mastering the perfect cocktails at the Connaught Bar These were four perfect luxury cocktails events that took place taking place in London during the Autumn. There will be those who wish to attend because you are avid cocktail aficionados and others because they like the taste! and think it sounds like a fantastic idea to gather friends. Both are excellent reasons but to me I thought it was a lovely occasion to take someone special, to do a little bonding or as a thank you. This could be father and son, mother and…
Does Father Time drink whisky? He may as whisky is nearly as old as Father Time himself. The first references to the distillation of fermented grains – the whisky basics – can be found in records dating from around 2000 BC. Between 500 and 1000 AD, knowledge of distillation spread to Europe where Christians used it for medicines and in religious ceremonies. Around 1100 AD, travelling monks from Europe settled in Scotland had discovered how to ferment grain mash, resulting in the first distillations of what we call whisky. By 1494, whisky had become established in Scotland. Mass consumption was…