http://www.sarinalewis.com Freelance Journalist and Writer Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:40:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From LA to Paris, brand new label Bend Sport Couture puts a whole new spin on fashion for fitness. I’m on the look out for an Asian woman in a grey puffa. It is how Susan Lu, the woman behind the brand new label, Bend Sport Couture, described herself in a ... http://www.sarinalewis.com/2007/01/05/bend-it-like-susan/ A cosy cafe in Paris' second arrondissement is giving kudos to Breton's famed dish - the crêpe. Bretagne isn’t on the receiving end of too many shout-outs when it comes to discussions on the best of French food and wine. (Blame it on the fetish self-absorbed foodie memoirists have for Provence.) ... http://www.sarinalewis.com/2007/01/04/bretagne-where-the-crepe-is-king/ In the staunch Christendom that is France, Christmas is duly celebrated in all its religious splendour: the tolling of the church bells, overflowing Christmas Eve services and little manger scenes beneath sparkling Christmas trees. Clearly, though, even a Catholic nation such as this can't resist a little festive commercialism. In ... http://www.sarinalewis.com/2006/12/19/santas-commercial-christmas-helpers/ Thanks to the brothers Costes, hip restos jammed with arrogantly beautiful wait-staff are a dime-a-dozen in the French capital. Though few of them (sauf Georges, of course) are blessed with this kind of breathtaking view. Hidden within the somewhat fusty confines of the Muse de l'Homme at the Trocadero's ... http://www.sarinalewis.com/2006/12/14/man-oh-man-the-cafe-de-lhomme/ They call it the Paris end of Collins Street - where the boulevards are wide, the boutiques pricey and the cafes all have more than a faint wafting of that 'you-could-be-in-Europe' vibe. Take The European, a local institution snuggled between the Princess Theatre and the elegant Windsor Hotel (top-spot for ... http://www.sarinalewis.com/2006/12/12/to-the-manor-melbourne/ A year is a lifetime in the restaurant world, where diners' attention spans are as short as an Italian espresso and loyalties switch as often a seasonal menu. But after nearly a decade, Becco continues to draw the Melbourne crowds with its unchanging formula of simply fabulous food and faultless ... http://www.sarinalewis.com/2006/12/07/becco-italian-aussie-rules/ While Anglo cultures continue to pay homage to the idea of beer and peanuts as the ideal tonic to workaday drudgery, the French are a little classier in their mitigation of mid-week misery. On the Rue Marché St Honoré, L'Ecume's expert staff is kept busy shucking and decanting oysters for ... http://www.sarinalewis.com/2006/11/14/you-say-lager-et-je-dis-oyster/ The Germans call the Bavarian capital Muenchen, but for Sarina Lewis Munich is all about munchin' ... oh, and beer. Subterfuge by sausage: defined as the act of encouraging vast quantities of offal consumption in the guise of a harmless hot dog. Though the weisswurst (white sausage) vendor at Kleiner Ochs’nbrater ... http://www.sarinalewis.com/2006/11/11/munching-munchen/ The EuroSima Surf Summit 5 in Hossegor was an opportunity to examine the future direction of the surf industry in Europe. Or was it? On any given day, at any given contest taking place on the Californian coastline, she’ll be there. The WGSN photographer, snapping hundreds of photographs of the “coolest” ... http://www.sarinalewis.com/2006/11/05/eurosima-surf-summit-5-2/ An American in Paris brings stylish childrens sleepwear to an enraptured French audience. It’s Paris fashion week. All around town trip stylishly-clad, slender young models, shopping, eating and gossiping between shows. But on this sunny September Saturday, it is an entirely different breed of fashion event that has snared my attention. ... http://www.sarinalewis.com/2006/10/05/stars-in-her-eyes/