Celebrity Homes Unveiled: The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills stars
One of music’s biggest moguls, David Foster, put his home on the market earlier this year letting cameras into every nook and cranny of his 12,000 square mansion. His home lies just off the shores of...
View ArticleLife Lessons: Riding a horse can help you find balance
Clip-clop…clip-clop. The steady rhythms from my horse – a beautiful, well-groomed stallion, dark, tall, noble, and handsome – propelled me forward, deeper into the Mount Kenya National Park. My...
View ArticleNew buses set to improve Kenya Airways experience at JKIA
Courtesy Kenya Airways There’s nothing more irritating than disembarking from a long flight with your carry-on luggage and stepping into an ill-equipped airport transfer bus, one which looks more like...
View ArticleDIY Tip: Orange relieves stress and enlivens your spirits
Painting your family room orange helps you recover from daylong frustrations at work in readiness for the next day. Colour psychologists say orange helps one bounce back from disappointment and...
View ArticleNew social media network helps globetrotting seniors find rooms
Conventional wisdom would hold that a move into a retirement home means that a pensioner’s days of adventure are over. But a new social network in Slovenia wants to change that and make globetrotting...
View ArticleStar Safari: Traveling Telescope heads to Kenya’s Masai Mara
PHOTO CREDIT: Martin Dohrn The telescope has been around for over 400 years, yet most people have never looked though one. What lies beyond the glittering curious lights in the evening sky is largely...
View ArticleFrance remains the world’s favourite holiday destination
France welcomed 84.7 million foreign tourists in 2013 making it once again the most-visited country in the world, according to a study published Monday. The figure topped the 2012 number by two...
View ArticleKenya’s most stunning home unveiled
Just when you thought you’d seen it all, a new video showcasing an architectural masterpiece, reveals what could easily be the most stunning home in Kenya. This luxurious property, located in Magnolia...
View ArticleFerrari sells for record Sh3.3bn
A red 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta, said to be one of only a handful, was snapped up for $38.1 million in California, becoming the most expensive car ever sold at auction. The previous record was...
View Article#Travel: ‘Surf’s up’ in South Africa’s shacklands
Not many teenagers would feel safer in a shark-infested sea than in their own neighbourhood, but Luxolo Ponco does. His home is in the violent Khayelitsha township in Cape Town, but he has found...
View ArticleItalian hilltop houses on sale for only Sh118, great view included
It’s an offer you can’t refuse: rustic abodes in a picturesque hilltop village on the island of Sicily, once home to Italian peasants and their donkeys, are up for sale for just one euro. Hewn into...
View Article#Travel: The perfect staycation at Ol Pejeta Bush Camp, Kenya
PHOTO: Susan Wong A whiff of fragrant rosemary, familiar aromas of savoury lamb, and sweet distinctive smells of caramelized vegetables – all comforting scents and fond culinary memories that sometimes...
View Article#TRAVEL: ‘Suicide tourism’ doubles in Switzerland
A total of 172 “suicide tourists” travelled to Switzerland in 2012, double the 2009 number, to die with medical assistance — a practice prohibited in many countries, a study said Thursday. German and...
View ArticleKate Moss’ breast used to create a Champagne glass
To mark 25 years of Moss working within the fashion industry, the Mayfair restaurant 34 has created a new Champagne coupe moulded from her left breast, following in the footsteps of Marie Antoinette –...
View ArticleFind your escape at the Temple of tranquility in Watamu
In this moment, in this place, it’s just me, the blue sky, the bird that fleets across to perch on a palm leaf and the sound of my beating heart. I know that somewhere off on my right there’s probably...
View ArticleSunil brings the Mahek of India to Watamu
(OLIVE BURROWS) I wasn’t expecting much from the potatoes, I mean, really, how much can you expect from a potato? I expected them to taste how they looked, like all the other potatoes sautéd with bell...
View ArticleMy virgin Korean Scrub: The quest for the softest skin
For first-timers in a Korean bathhouse, especially the scrub “seshin,” which can only be known as an extremely intense exfoliation process – the experience may almost be alarming, punishing, but...
View Article5 good reasons to embrace sisal baskets (kiondos)
If you grew up in Kenya then chances are you’ve probably had a kiondo (handwoven sisal bag) or some form of sisal basket in your house at one point or another. Most people have used it during their...
View ArticleViceroy 5 rewards customers with trip to Cape Town, the home of Van Ryn’s
Viceroy 5 launched a campaign dubbed “One Viceroy, Five Friends” which will provide an opportunity for over 60 Viceroy Brandy consumers to visit Cape Town which is one of the top 50 places to go to in...
View ArticleSmirnoff Guarana rocks a party at Mojos in the CBD
Revelers were on Saturday treated to an extra ordinary night with Smirnoff Guarana at Mojos Club in the CBD. The night party was hosted by DJ stretch and hyped by the ever engaging MC Chito. The...
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