The Archive › Winter 2012
Winter Wonder: Relaxing days out
A Christmas issue full of relaxing days out and good lunches, including Romilly’s new coffee shop by The Knap in Barry and a £12 lunch at Le Monde in Cardiff. Davies and Jones bring Tag Heuer eyewear to the Rhondda, and readers can win a VIP night at The Attic or two nights at St Brides Spa Hotel in Saundersfoot.
On the cover
The cover look is courtesy of Ted Baker and available from Bryl’s Boutique on Barry’s High Street, one of our favourite independents. Inside, we explain why we’d rather shop at a local boutique than head into the city, and look at the labels owner Ann Bryl has in for winter.
Inside this issue
Features and people
* Watch the Birdie: the WECAN project linking businesses with the Valleys’ green spaces* Welsh Women Mean Business Awards 2013: entries open* Across the Valleys: Y Galeri opens in Caerphilly; Waterstone Homes’ Glyncoli Heights show home, Treorchy; Coffee Continental’s Panini of the World, Blackwood* My favourite place: readers on Heolgerrig and Deri
Food and drink
* Relax at Romilly’s, Barry: Lesley and Alicia’s new coffee shop on Bron y Mor* Let’s Do Lunch: two courses for £12 at Le Monde, Cardiff* Tried & Tested: Fiftyone3 networking club at The Attic, Mill Lane, Cardiff
Shopping and fashion
* Bryl’s Boutique, Barry: why shopping local beats the city* Avant Garde Eyewear: Tag Heuer frames at Davies and Jones
Homes
* A Polished Performance: Gareth and Nicola Punter of Home Comforts Furniture Warehouse* Be Inspired: planning a new bathroom with Cardiff Bathroom Centre* Tempus Fugit: Rob Hodge on winter gardening
Health and beauty
* A Spring in Your Step: Miles Berry of Cosmetic Surgery Partners on choosing a surgeon* Dental implants: Dr Kevin Gracias and Dr Amir Koochek of Cathays Dental, Cardiff* Tried & Tested: Penarth healer Anne Rodgers and her client Lisa King
Regulars
* Welcome from the editor* Competitions: The Attic VIP experience with dinner at Le Monde; two nights at St Brides Spa Hotel, Saundersfoot* Social Life: Caerphilly Business Forum Awards at Llancaiach Fawr Manor; Le Monde’s charity sports lunch for KidsOut
Businesses featured in this issue
Sytner Cardiff, Romilly’s, Le Monde, Home Comforts Furniture Warehouse, Davies and Jones Optometrists, Cosmetic Surgery Partners, St Brides Spa Hotel, Cathays Dental, Leekes, Bryl’s Boutique, The Attic, Cardiff Bathroom Centre, Coffee Continental and Spire Cardiff.
With thanks to all the independent businesses who supported this edition.