In our baby-free days we loved the Mercer Hotel in New York’s trendy SoHo. It has a cool bar and lounge frequented by its celebrity guests. It’s the sort of hotel celebrities choose because they don’t get hassled – I saw the staff discretely ask an autograph hunter who had approached Clive Owen (who just happened to be sitting at the table right next to us) to leave him in peace. As I said, we loved it

We took Jack on his first trip to New York when he was three months old. New York has played a big part in our story, so we wanted to introduce him early. And, frankly, I wanted to re-acquaint myself with the pre-baby, Sex and The City, girl about town, fantasy I had of me.

We try to make a pilgrimage to Gramercy Tavern every time we go to New York. It holds a special place in our hearts because it was where Dan proposed to me. It also happens to regularly make it into every list of the top ten restaurants in the world. This time we would be three: baby, Dan and me.