This was my perspective whilst riding pillion on the back of a motorcycle in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. It is interesting to note that Indian law states only the driver has to wear a helmet, whilst I shivered in jandels, shorts and a T-shirt.

The Chelsea Hotel had always been infamous to housing artists, musicians, writers, and many other cast of characters throughout the years. Arthur C. Clarke wrote 2001: Space Odyssey while staying in the hotel and icons like Robert Crumb, Patti Smith, Leonard Cohen, and Stanley Kubrick have all been residents of the hotel. It [...]

Story by Karen Walker
Photos by Mikhail Gherman
Last autumn, four of us (me, my husband Mikhail, friend Katie and dog Turkey) visited Hokianga Harbour in New Zealand’s far north. I’d never been there before. My impression of it, from an ever reliable urban legend, was that nothing much happened there beside marijuana farming; to the point [...]

Story by Karen Walker
Photos by Mikhail Gherman
During her heyday, Zsa Zsa Gabor had a policy of always boarding a plane in stilettos, a killer outfit with matching bag, diamonds the size of chocolates and immaculate hair and makeup. This was back in the good old days when travel was glamorous - state rooms on cruise [...]

Ritzy glitzy Dubai has the biggest, tallest, daffiest shopping malls (a trip down the piste of our indoor ski slope to go with that Prada skirt, madame?) but the city’s 50 million square feet of shopping space is so tiring to navigate. We prefer to stick to the manageable little Village Mall, Jumeirah, where the hip local Emirati [...]

I had heard of Fire Island before. Someone had recommended that I check it out rather than deal with the chaos in the Hamptons. An opportunity arose to head over to the island for a beauty shoot just a few days before Memorial Day weekend in May. Apparently the official summer season is between Memorial [...]

Ibiza
I arrived to Ibiza with an open mind. Having seen images of it transforming over the years from a bohemian destination to an island full of hedonistic clubbers wearing fluffy white boots dancing all night at a foam party, I decided I would make the most of my Mediterranean escape and enjoy what the island [...]