Almost impassible during the day, the Royal Mile is yours to explore at 6am. Even Yvette noticed details there that she'd never seen before. The views from Calton Hill are even more breathtaking when you can sit and meditate as the light washes over the city and the Firth of Forth. If you're lucky, you'll run into an actual milkman on Cockburn Street delivering bottles to the restaurants and cafés for the day. And every morning's adventure in the book ends with a delicious br

Last month, I wrote to you about our Jewel Box Books travel series. Today, I'd like to tell you about Paris Perfume, the first book about Paris in the series. We are collaborating with the perfect author for it: Dr. Daisy Bow, a perfume historian and professor of French and world literature. We recently visited 11 perfume houses together, and it was wonderful beyond my wildest dreams.

One of the most important things we do here at Sirene MediaWorks is let our minds wander. Countless tiny details and large strategies go into a new company like ours. But giving ourselves time to ponder, go for a walk, or simply take some deep breaths allows our otherwise occupied brains to relax and do what they do best: think. We have been contemplating the design of our Thank You Books gift series for quite a while now. The idea for these books came to me last winter when

Jewel Box Books: Life's Little Luxuries We all need a little bit of luxury in our lives, don't we? Although "luxury" often equals "expensive," it doesn't always have to cost a fortune. Sometimes silence is a luxury. Or time to read. Or a bite of a delicious piece of chocolate. Our Jewel Box Books series shines a light on the special categories of places that make a city even more unique and sparkling, like precious gems in a jewelry box. Paris, for example, is filled with