Tiger's Travel Tales

Well no great tales really but it is a copy of the text of the article they just printed in Genevieve (I'll update this post with a scan when I get the time).

For part of the summer issue, Genevieve asked me to give them my top travel tips for summer so here they are. Enjoy.

xoxo

Favourite Summer location and why it's your favourite.
(Hampstead Heath)

London. Boring I know but its always going to be home for me, I grew up in the UK and have family and close friends living there. Its the city I know best in the world and whenever I'm travelling anywhere from Lagos, I'll always pass through London. There's an ease with being in a place you know so well.

(Nikki Beach Marbella)

But for more exciting locations, I'd recommend Madrid, Marbella, Seville, Dubai and San Francisco.

Favourite Shops at this location
Coco Ribbon - Overpriced for the most part but its the ultimate girlie haven of a boutique.

The White Company - The best candles in the world. Yes, really.


Fenwicks, Bond Street - One of my all time favourite department stores and I'm in love with their shoe and accessory sections. You find things here that you don't find everywhere else which is always a huge plus and the look and feel of it is like a department store sized boutique.







(Liberty)

(Liberty)
Liberty, Regent Street - I love the tudor facade and its a real London landmark. I like the fact that it still has sections that look very traditionally British while other sections are state of the art contemporary. I'm not a beauty junkie but I defy anyone to go into their make-up hall and not find some exciting new thing you've never seen before that guarantees to make you look amazing. And their fragrance room...my world favourite. AND they'll always have a special place in my heart as after pounding the pavements for days, this is where I found my dress for my 21st birthday party.


Massimo Dutti....I'm in all types of love with this store. First found them in Spain, and it took a while for them to open branches in the UK. They're owned by the same company as Zara but I love their well cut, affordable, cosmopolitan European style.



Favourite food/drink there as well
A nice monster sized Chicken Caesar salad. There's a spot in Maida Vale that does one of my personal favourites. And I'm yet to find anywhere in Lagos that can match the standard. Do we get iceberg lettuce here?

I love seafood so I always look forward to a some good seabass, swordfish, tuna steak and salmon.

Tea with proper milk.

And really good sushi.

And a really nice seabreeze.




One item you always bring back to Nigeria when you travel
A stack of magazines. A smythson diary. And any new stuff I bought for myself, but even I've noticed I don't shop as much as I used to.




I travel a lot so I have certain travel rituals in place that always make my journey easier.


The big bag is by GoldenBleu (Tiger Tem is their first African stockist) and its the perfect travel bag size. And its patent which means it never looks grubby.


I always, always travel with a Tiger Tem travel set. it makes it so much easier in duty free to find your boarding pass and keeps all your travel paperwork, currency in the different pockets. Perfect.


I love Smythson and this tiny diary is perfect as it fits in the pocket of every handbag so it never gets lost. And after one gadget too many crashed, I'm a fan of writing things down on paper.


Always need a supersoft, big pashmina to wrap up and keep me warm with the supersonic air conditioning on board. Works a treat and I'm a huge pashmina fan and I have a LOT! But this leopard print one, my current favourite, was stocked at Tiger Tem but we've pretty much sold out now.


My much loved iPod, I love music and need it everywhere I go. And the headphones are so much better to use than the ones they give out on board so I use them to watch the films as well.


And last but not least a great book, just finished reading Khaled Hosseini's follow up to the Kite Runner. Loved it.

Look At Me...I'm Too Pretty To Fly

Oh. No. They. Didn't.

Just read this ridiculous story about two girls in Tampa, Florida that claim they were discriminated against on a flight as they were "Too Pretty".


The two girls claim the SouthWestern airline staff were rude to them from the moment they boarded the flight. She asked for water and was asked to wait until everyone else was served. Imagine that.

Then she knocked on an occupied bathroom door and was shocked when the man came out and yelled profanity at her. So she yelled back. And then the crew only question her.

“I think they were just discriminating against because we were young decent-looking girls. I mean, nobody else on the plane looked like us except us,” she said. “[The flight attendants] were like older ladies. We were younger. Who knows, they could have been just jealous of us because we were younger.”

Ah.

Lets have a look at the girls then...

Ah.

Like I always say, far better to have people think you're stupid....than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

Read the full story here. http://www.tampabays10.com/news/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=74549