London & The Cotswolds: What we did!

Started off in London and hit the ground running. Checked into the 1 Hotel in Mayfair, truly a 100/100. It’s new and located in the most ideal location in Mayfair. The staff couldn’t have been more accommodating, and I love their sustainability effort. Each room has their own filtered water station backed by a beautiful moss wall (typical of the 1) and they even have a drawer in each dresser where you can donate clothing or accessories you don’t want any longer. We walked around Mayfair, had a delicious lunch at Sexy Fish, and found a pair of Miu Miu x New Balance sneaks. Ended the night with dinner at Lilibet’s and headed off to bed after a long travel day.

Had breakfast at the hotel, said bye to London (for now), and headed to The Cotswolds. Once we arrived we got settled into Estelle Manor which was the leading desire to go to England this summer. We took the kids 4 years ago to London to kick off their love of Europe, but this time we were dying to go to Estelle manor and check out the Cotswolds.Our first activity was riffle shooting- such an exciting experience and a major adrenaline rush. Closed out our first night with dinner at the brasserie for some delish French food- definitely the most fun dinner we had with the kids.

Our first full day began with the most unreal hamam and baths in the spa, such a relaxing and peaceful way to start the day. Then we had tea- veryyyy English of us! The highlight of the trip came next: falconry with the owl and falcon. Genuinely the craziest and most interesting thing we’ve done and it was amazing. Later that day we went to Bibery and Bourton-on-the-water which are definitely must sees. We grabbed lunch, hit the candy store and walked around the town. To close the night, Jordan and I had dinner just us two at the Chinese restaurant.

And back to London we went! We checked right back into the 1 Hotel and then shopped around. Had ourselves a proper Sunday Roast at The Devonshire and it definitely lived up to the hype. Saw the Paddington show that afternoon and continued exploring. Ended with dinner at Dover Street Counter, the chicken sandwich was a major hit.

Began our day on the water with a rib ride on the Thames, was so much fun and such an interesting way to see the city. We then walked around Mayfair and had a glass of wine and lunch at Cecconi’s. Popped into Hermés and bought this beautiful scarf, I am truly obsessed. Couldn’t leave London without making a stop to Harrod’s and did some market research ;) Finally, we had dinner at Scott’s to end another great day.

One of the most amazing things we did in London was a private tour of the Churchill war rooms. Being alone in the rooms with actual memorabilia was beyond cool. Then we headed to Selfridges for some Din Tai Fung - Coco took our ordering very seriously. Candidly went back to Hermés for another scarf and very happy I did because I scored a black Bolide 25 bag!!! Felt extremely grateful and completely in love with it. Closed out our final day with a yummy dinner at Gymkhana just Jordan and me where we may or may not have sat next to Benny Blanco!

And just like that, it was time to head back to NY. Grabbed a final breakfast at Hive and packed up for the airport.