a note from nicola
Travel tips from Nicola Bathie McLaughlin: 2026 guide to the best neighborhoods, family‑friendly hotels, playgrounds, restaurants, coffee spots, and shopping!
London 2024 Eat Gymkhana Scott’s Dinings SW3 Daphne's AOK La Petite Maison Ivy Chelsea Garden (Children Welcomed) Scotts River Cafe Araki La Poule Le Pot The Woesley Wiltons Le Gavroche Isabel Gaia 34 Mayfair (Children Welcomed) La Famiglia (Children Welcomed)...
London and South of France Summer Homes
This summer we took the girls to England and the South of France and rented our favorite home in London (was our second time back) and the most incredible chateau in the South of France 20 minutes from Gordes. London Rental South...
Paris 2021 See Musée d’Orsay Musée de l'Orangerie Musée National Picasso Jardin du Luxembourg Rodin Museum Jardin des Tuileries Lourve Museum Views from Montmarte Jardin du Palais Royal Louis Vuitton Fondation Eiffel Tower sparkling at night Eat...
London 2021 Stay Home Rentals One day, we would love to buy something in London and we wanted to have a better perspectives of the neighborhoods so we opted to rent instead of stay in a hotel which we have...
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The Goring
The Connaught
Claridge’s
The Lanesborough