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  • 1 week ago | civilianglobal.com | Karen Krizanovich

    I don’t have arguments with people online. I really don’t. But on a recent Threads discussion of what condiment to serve on fries my feathers were well and truly ruffled by someone who suggested  “sriracha or another spicy sauce, but always with champagne”. Having made some terrible early decisions, I snorted, “never with champagne!” As one of the most rarefied of beverages, it always seems such a delicate, fragile thing (although isn’t always).

  • Mar 7, 2025 | civilianglobal.com | Karen Krizanovich

    Bottomless champagne is rarely seen this side of one’s first wedding when daddy is paying. But a unicorn exists at the Intercontinental Park Lane.  Inside the brutalist beauty of 145 Piccadilly – the site of Queen Elizabeth II’s former childhood home – you can find the finest afternoon tea known to humanity.

  • Dec 20, 2024 | civilianglobal.com | Karen Krizanovich

    Whether you drink it or not, the transformation of a grape into something more is aligned with the very best of human endeavour. This is why wine is celebratory and associated with fine things. For example, Beronia Rioja made such an elegant partnership with Curzon Cinemas for the 2024 Ivory Christmas film season.

  • Dec 8, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Karen Krizanovich

    A lot can change in a lifetime – marriage, divorce, our health – and along with this, our sex life alters, too. I'm 54 and the one thing I didn't predict was that at this stage of life I'd have a partner ten years younger than me. That's a libido boost in itself, of course, but it doesn't hurt to shore things up with proper sleep, exercise and a healthy diet too. These all give you the best chance of a thriving sex life post-menopause, after all. Sex has always been important to me.

  • Oct 28, 2024 | civilianglobal.com | Karen Krizanovich

    It’s not just champagne, you know. Every country has at least one sparkling wine it can call its own and these wines are universally used for celebrations. As resilience is again fashionable, sparkling wine is also drunk to staying power.