It may be on Europe's doorstep, but landing in Marrakesh after a short flight from London feels like entering another world – a land of steaming souks and narrow alleys, honking donkeys and tinkling fountains. Marrakesh has no airs and graces; the city is blazingly and unashamedly itself. There's a rough-around-the-edges wildness to it, and a tolerance towards illicit pleasures, that has long attracted counter culture thrill-seekers. Keen to evoke the spirit of the city's hedonistic heyday in the '60s is boutique hotel IZZA, which recently opened its carved chestnut doors to guests. Hidden down an unassuming side street in the old medina, the hotel's 14 rooms are named after freewheeling creatives, from beat writers Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, to singers Grace Jones and Marianne Faithful, who came to Morocco in search of Orientalist mystique and made Marrakesh their playground. On arrival we're offered small glasses of chilled milk steeped in orange
It may be on Europe's doorstep, but landing in Marrakesh after a short flight from London feels like entering another world – a land of steaming souks and narrow alleys, honking donkeys and tinkling fountains. Marrakesh has no airs and graces; the city is blazingly and unashamedly itself. There's a rough-around-the-edges wildness to it, and a tolerance towards illicit pleasures, that has long attracted counter culture thrill-seekers. Keen to evoke the spirit of the city's hedonistic heyday in the '60s is boutique hotel IZZA, which recently opened its carved chestnut doors to guests. Hidden down an unassuming side street in the old medina, the hotel's 14 rooms are named after freewheeling creatives, from beat writers Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, to singers Grace Jones and Marianne Faithful, who came to Morocco in search of Orientalist mystique and made Marrakesh their playground. On arrival we're offered small glasses of chilled milk steeped in orange
Paula Willmot Kraus, much loved and loving wife, wonderful mother, and awesomely hip and nurturing grandmother, who was born April 5, 1957, passed away Nov. 4, 2023.