This is the third and final part of the series. You can catch up with A Gourmantic Affair with Twitter – Part 1: Seduction and A Gourmantic Affair with Twitter – Part 2: Relations.
Separated by the safety of an LCD screen, Twitter and I sat across from one another. Over a piping hot coffee, I [...]

This is the second of a 3 part series. You can catch up on the first part, A Gourmantic Affair with Twitter Part 1 – Seduction.

As a novice studying twitter profiles, I quickly noted an emerging trend. There are those who seemingly follow all their followers (Following = Followers), those who appear as authorities (Following [...]

Call it tempestuous at the best of times. We are drawn to one another like the earthy and sensual Taurus to the fiery and unpredictable Aries. Passions arise. Tempers flare. Arguments ensue. Then we retreat to our respective naughty corners for a cooling off period.
Twitter has undoubtedly revolutionised online communication and has proven to be [...]

Until airline passengers can be beamed from A to B like Star Trek, or knocked out in coffin-like capsules as in The Fifth Element, you can be assured that somewhere along your airborne journey you will experience at least one of the following flight annoyances.
1. The older woman swaying in the air conditioning breeze due [...]

Take a moment to imagine…
The instant Beluga caviar makes contact with your tongue…
Sipping on a flute of your favourite Champagne then drinking a freshly chucked oyster…
Slowly peeling a just-ripe banana and taking that first taste…
The moment strawberries lusciously dipped in melted chocolate meet your mouth…
Indulging your visual senses in perfectly shaped figs before that first [...]

Once upon a time, you arrived at your travel destination, switched on the television in your hotel room as you unpacked and were greeted with a variety of programs and advertisements that defined the host country’s culture.
And once upon a time not long ago, you drove along the roads of France and did not see [...]

It happened in Venice. We had been on the go for nineteen days. We had traversed thousands of kilometres, crossed several time zones and visited eleven cities and towns. Had it not been for the multitude of photographs taken and the notes hurriedly written in a spiral notebook, each day would have melded into the [...]

One of the pleasures of travel is to broaden the mind beyond one’s little corner of the universe. Unexpected experiences await those without pre-determined expectations or rules, the kind who keep an open mind and cast away the comforts of familiarity.
Yet I have one rule which I follow rigorously when travelling abroad. I avoid fellow [...]

When you return home from travels abroad, you are often faced with challenges to your mental state. Life beckons you to settle back into the mundane but you try to retain the spirit and outlook which have carried you throughout your journey. You scour through photographs you’ve taken, sort out restaurant receipts, leave some [...]

I must have had an inkling we’d be sitting on the tarmac at Charles-de-Gaulle airport for an hour before take off when I switched on Emirates’ touch screen Inflight Communication and Entertainment and selected Julie and Julia on the digital widescreen. After all, it was the finale to the five week long celebratory holiday, a [...]