Travelista Editor Jessica Ruth Gibson takes a deep dive into the fluid meaning of success and how this has changed for her over the years. This is a piece I’ve wanted to sit down and write for some time. It’s a topic that I find fascinating, and one I always love to ask people. ‘How&hell
Travelista Contributor Emily Hope has mastered the subtle art of dining alone and is ready to pass this relatively untapped joy on to the wider Travelista community. Read on to find out why dining alone may just give you a slice of the escapism, headspace and independence you’re craving. I rem
If I could only drink one cocktail for the rest of my life, it would be a margarita. They’re fresh, flavoursome and if I have 3 or less, I find I manage to stay hangover free. There are so many versions of this cocktail, but my order is always a classic lime margarita with a…
Nothing beats the feeling of checking into a luxurious hotel. But what if you could create a similar feeling in your own home? After travel writing for almost 10 years, I have been lucky enough to have reviewed many 5 star hotels. Based on my own experiences, here are 5 ways to make your bedroom&hel
The Ivy York in St Helen’s Square is one of our go-to restaurants in York. We love returning time and time again and love seeing what creative, seasonal concepts they come up with on the menu. There was a definite summer vibe upon arrival, with plenty of pale rose being served up on the shady&hell
Last weekend I went to Taste of London in Regent’s Park with my younger sister Alanna. Taste of London, otherwise known as the ‘World’s Greatest Restaurant Festival’, is a chance for London’s top foodie establishments to come together to make a collection of pop up
This month I hit the winter sales at Junction 32, my favourite West Yorkshire Outlet Shopping centre. I’ve been visiting and working with Junction 32 for 9 months now, so I thought I’d share a little guide about how to get the most out of your visit. From the best places to eat and the…
My body has gone into a bit of shock since arriving back from Sri Lanka. This cold UK weather has left me craving warm winter comfort food on a daily basis (yes, the struggle is real). But indulging in your favourite winter warmers doesn’t have to be a dirty little secret that only ever takes&
Last week we ventured out to The Ivy Leeds; our second restaurant dining experience since lockdown measures have been eased in the UK. Although we’ve eaten at The Ivy Leeds before, I knew there would be some slight changes due to the additional safety measures to make it Covid secure. We felt very
Last weekend I went for Afternoon tea in Leeds with my lovely Mum. It was such a treat and it felt so nice to do my make up, put on some ‘nice’ clothes and have some baby-free time with my Mum (very rare these days). I was invited by Crafthouse to try their luxurious afternoon…
I first got into sushi when living down in London, where the competition to have ‘the best sushi in town’ is fierce. Because of this, you could stay my standards started pretty high. Ever since moving back up north, I’ve been on a quest to find the best sushi in Leeds, and I’m pretty sure&he
Exclusively for Travelista, Interior Stylist Victoria Jackson guides us on how to get the look of the Four Seasons Seychelles Desroches Island in our own homes. If you were to ask which travel destinations were in my top 10 of all time, I’d have to say the Seychelles is close to the top (after Tul
I’ve been playing with the idea of writing my first interiors post ever since we bought our first house back in June last year. Since then we’ve been busy decorating and trying to put ‘our own stamp’ on the house, which definitely took longer than I first anticipated. Our house is only 20 ye
As many of you know, I am proud to be Yorkshire girl and after 4 years in London I am so happy to be able to once again call Yorkshire my home. Alongside my international travels, you can expect to see a bit more local content on The Travelista as I really want to inspire…
In the past month or so I’ve been getting out and about in Leeds and jumping two feet first into the city’s incredible restaurant scene. I have a list as long as my hand of places that I want to try out, but after reading and hearing so much about Issho, it quickly jumped straight…
It’s no secret that cooking isn’t one of my fortes. I love to eat food from around the world, but if you were to ask me to recreate any of my favourite dishes, I’d probably do a terrible job. Before we went to Vietnam so many friends told me ‘you must do a Vietnamese cooking…
If I can’t be travelling around the world, the next best thing is eating food from around the world. Travel and food are both so closely connected because the memory of a great meal can etch itself in your brain forever. When you eat that meal again elsewhere, its smell and tas
When I think back to my May trip to the Greek island of Kefalonia there are two words that spring to mind; food and fashion. Food, because we indulged in the most delicious, tastiest and fresh local produce. Every meal we had was better than the last and this trip reminded me just how incredible&hel
There are cookery schools aplenty in London. I don’t know this because I am a cookery class pro. I know this because as the owner of this pretty little blog, I always seem to get invited to them for blogger events. The invitations are lovely, but as an undomesticated goddess with very little spare
London continues to fascinate me. A never-ending flux of new restaurants, bars, cafes and hotels keeps savvy Londoners on their toes and always discovering something different. Near enough everybody considers themselves a ‘foodie’ in this city, but with so many incredible eateries o
It’s been a little while since I last wrote a restaurant review on the blog, or even about London for that matter. My recent travels have had me writing about destinations a little further afield, but I also love to blog about the fabulous city I live in. When the opportunity arose to visit&n
Last weekend I scored major brownie points by treating my friend to a slap up meal at Belgravia’s new Japanese Peruvian Fusion restaurant; UNI. It was safe to say he was rather impressed. It wasn’t until I emerged from the flat with an SLR camera slung over my shoulder, he realised there wa
This month a male blogger friend and I were invited to experience dinner at Aqua Shard London, one of the restaurants sitting proudly on the 31st floor of London’s tallest building. Having eaten at and enjoyed Aqua Kyoto (Aqua’s Asian Fusion restaurant over on Argyle Street), I was
Last week I was lucky enough to tick another point off my ‘Live Like A Tourist London Bucket List’, which was to experience afternoon tea at a 5* London Hotel. The lovely people at The Metropolitan Hotel invited me to come and try their afternoon tea menu, and being a girl with a serious
I have an addiction. It’s an addiction that has spiralled out of control in the last couple of years and I sure as hell don’t intend on giving up. This addiction I speak of is Lebanese food! The succulent meats, the endless dips, the warm flatbreads, the consumption of garlic without measure or
