Tag: Girl About Globe
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Girl About Globe | Clean air, no bull
Here’s an idea. Macau could have a hotel called The New Zealander Macau. No casino. Just hills, cable cars and thermal pools – all indoors. ... -
Girl About Globe | How China could end Rain and Snow – and avoid Typhoons
William is one of the top three names for newborn boys in the USA. Under Trump, it seems more and more people are making a Will. ... -
Girl About Globe | The politics of tuft love
Are you rocking a fine ‘pit this month, ladies? Januhairy is a campaign in which participating women grow their body hair. The aim is to get ... -
Girl About Globe | Tinder for Sofas
You need something soft in your life. Something welcoming at home. For Netflix and chilling. You turn to online options. You swipe. You swipe more. Something ... -
Girl About Globe | ‘Fish and Ships’ law, please.
Fish provide an alibi for doing nothing – ‘Gone Fishing’. They comfort us after a broken heart – ‘plenty more fish in the sea’. And they ... -
Girl About Globe | An Alternative Preview of Christmas Toys
At this time of year, it’s hard to raise your eyes from writing Christmas cards (ho ho ho) without seeing a list of ‘Best Selling Toys ... -
Girl About Globe | Forget a healthy economy. Cough-tails, anyone?
It seems as though the eyes of every passenger on the ferry are boring into me, or at least the peepers that aren’t closed due to ... -
Girl About Globe | Hallowmornin’after. Spooky-pretty it ain’t.
November 1st is much better than Hallowe’en. Today, it’s ok to have hair that could scare and makeup smudged across your face. Hallowmornin’after is a female ... -
Girl About Globe | HK’s high-growth economy must include trees
Hong Kong has a shady past. I hope it has a shady future. A few days after the super-typhoon hit last month, I sat at a ... -
Girl About Globe | It’s not calorie counting – it’s Feedbit Connectivity
It’s a mystery to me why no one has come up with Feedbit. It would be like Fitbit but, instead of counting steps taken and calories ... -
Girl About Globe | Mozzie Zeus
Have you ended summer with more insect bites than ever before? I have. The current ones, inflicted by mosquitos in Mykonos, Greece, have created topographical issues ... -
Girl About Globe | Do my cells look fat in this?
‘You’ve lost a trillionth of a gram’. One day, our bathroom scales may report this weight loss goal. And we will be happy. For years, I’ve ... -
Girl About Globe | No more getting horizontal?
New bank notes were unveiled in Hong Kong recently, with the designs in vertical layout for the first time. Ulster Bank in Northern Ireland will launch ... -
Girl About Globe | Is baijiu the new Aperol spritz?
World Baijiu Day is coming up soon. If you’re reading this outside China, baijiu is a powerful spirit. The name means ‘white liquor’. It’s a unit ... -
Girl About Globe | Blast from the past on Italy’s roads
Being hunted down by Italian police, across nations and borders, is not a thing that happens to me much. But I just had a Mafia moment ... -
Girl About Globe | Political Football
Why has the picture agency Getty been in trouble during the World Cup? They created a gallery of photos of attractive female fans. Their post, ‘The hottest ... -
Girl About Globe | Ye gots! The rise of ‘got it’.
‘Got it’ culture is upon us. You will surely have encountered ‘got it’. A recent example in my life came on Twitter. When I logged in, ... -
Girl About Globe | A weekend with your banknote besties!
A coin has been issued to commemorate the Donald Trump/Kim Jong Un summit. It came out long before the date of the on-again, off-again meeting. On ... -
Girl About Globe | Windsors v Weibo
So what now? I suggest Harry and Meghan go on a Royal Tour of China. A trade mission, or a piece of activism for the UK. ... -
Girl About Globe | A Scottish Gamble for Macau?
Here’s the plan: a new casino hotel, called The Glaswegian Macau. A sister hotel to The Venetian, The Parisian, and a rival to the upcoming Cotai ... -
Girl About Globe | Meg’s Legs. A Guts or Garters dilemma
There’s a Royal controversy striking not at the heart of Buckingham Palace, but a bit further down, in the gusset. ‘Meghan Markle bucks Royal protocol by ... -
Girl About Globe | Kcals on the quiet
Nutrition information on packaging is to be welcomed. But I want to know more – like the crunch of my lunch. The din of my dinner. ... -
Girl About Globe | Cardio Caber Tossing. The new fitness trend?
Britain’s Prince Charles has called for Highland Games to be included in PE classes at schools. PE stands for Physical Education; the Prince demonstrates spelling is ... -
Girl About Globe | Never order beetroot on a date
Hail beetroot. The purple reign is here, with beetroot featuring on menus in gastropubs and restaurants. From fritters to burgers, flatbread to even beetroot curry, it ... -
Girl About Globe | The political bite of Dog Year
Just two weeks in, and I have high hopes for the Year of the Dog. It has the potential to help with world peace, feminist issues ... -
Girl About Globe | Fabuary. Or Flabuary?
Dryathlon, Dry January and Veganuary seem so long ago. It’s now halfway through a month that hitherto has had no major nickname. ‘Hi, I’m February. Yep, ... -
Girl About Globe | Liberte, equalite, boulangerie
French President Emmanuel Macron will receive the first state dinner to be given by President Donald Trump. That handshake in Paris – the one that went ... -
Girl About Globe | January Sales. A slash victim?
SAVE THE JANUARY SALES! GOING SOON – UNLESS YOU BUY BUY BUY!!! I draw your attention to the above, shopper. It’s not a plea to save ... -
Girl About Globe | Time to reclaim Page 3. Thanks, Brexit.
One day, I’d like to be a Page 3 girl. Or a centrefold. Not in a tabloid newspaper, in a travel document. There’s a lot of ... -
Girl About Globe | Walkers of the World, Unite!
Fancy hiking up Mont Rouge, Burberry Peak or Ben Xi Jinping? Me neither. Hills are being taken over by hike virgins. Here’s the situation in Hong ... -
Girl About Globe | Sour Power
There is a drink that raises questions. It’s a raspberry Sourpuss. I’d like this to be extended into a complete collection – others in the range ... -
Girl About Globe | Women, let’s get walked all over
Meet me on Jane Austen Street. At the tea room, beside the cake shop. No, don’t get the smelling salts, I’m not having a turn. There ... -
Girl About Globe | Spa ha ha
London. A spa treat at the Ham Yard Hotel, the city’s latest and hottest, just north of Piccadilly. Its spa appeared in the ‘Ten Best Spas ... -
Girl About Globe | Is ping pong the new prosecco?
From balls in the face to swingers, it’s all happening over a drink. The latest thing in the drinks industry is ‘activity pubs’. Attendance at the ... -
Girl About Globe | Perils of the Orient for the Trumps
The Trumps are coming to Asia next month. What a significant trip this could turn out to be. Let’s look at the issues raised by their ...
