“The Plaza Athénée, the Parisian palace par excellence. Pair it with one of the world’s most prestigious fashion and beauty houses and a girl’s dreams come true. Or at least mine did…”

It was a beautiful warm and sunny day. I had just washed my hair and the breeze drying it through sent small shivers up my spine. I quickened my pace away from the Arc de Triomphe to distance myself from the coaches of tourists alighting to snap away at the [...]

“There is perhaps nothing more ‘New York’ than to sit in a New York bar with two New York girls. But while the girls were loaded with energy and enthusiasm, I was drifting in and out of a relaxed coma…”