If you’ve ever seen or stayed at a Starwood W Hotel, you know how hip it is for business travellers. Now, a new brand –– currently referred by the hotel’s creators as “Project XYZ” –– will deliver a new level of select service. Supposedly, XYZ will create a new category leveraging its W lineage and…
Today we discovered “GlassBulbs.” GlassBulbs, made by oooms, are a wine glass and light bulb in one. Once the lightbulb has burnt out, a wine glass comes to life. NotCot comments: “Talk about instant reincarnation.
A good wine deserves a good carafe. Designed by Antonio Citterio and Toan Nguyen in 2004. Available from Places And Spaces [via Things Branden Likes]
In France, as opposed to most of the world, you get your wine “coordinates” on the label to refer to the region where the grapes grow . There is an exception and it is Alsace. Long has tradition and law allowed Alsace to follow its own drummer and actually name the variety of grapes on…
What does one do when invited to a picnic but not partaking of the coolaid? The answer is BYOC. Bring your own can! Impress your picnic mates with a handy container of Cabernet
Held every other year, the San Francisco Symphony’s Black and White Ball is one of the city’s more extravagant affairs. First, everyone dresses in black. Or white. Or both. Looks like a Emperor Penguins’ convention. The mere logistics of this event are mind-numbing: $200-220 per person for all you can eat, drink, dance and ogle….
I must admit that reading this article made me feel a little guilty. I confess to laughing at some wine reviews that come up with incredibly obscure descriptions for the flavor and aroma. Haven’t you giggled a little yourself? Perhaps mocking their jargon and coming up with your own? “Hints of frog leap and cantaloupe-flower…
The Welsh are working hard at developing a wine glass that won’t break. We already have Pyrex containers, you know the kind, but so far they are clunky and far from delicate. This particular group of scientists are bent on recreating the same properties, but in a finer and more crystalline variety. This means that…
If you have to get from New York to Paris in the utmost comfort, expense be damned, Beverly Hills-based Air Royale International has access to a range of private jets to fit your every need. If you have to fly inside the United States, for example, a mid-size jet like a Learjet 60 would most…
American Express Gold Card holders voted the Sheraton Mirage Port Douglas Hotel “Australia’s Best Resort” in Luxury Travel and Style Magazine’s Gold List 2005. Having stayed in one of the 2-BR, 2-Bath villas with South Pacific Ocean views, I’ve got to admit that this five-star luxury resort is pretty darn swank. It’s perfectly situated for…
“Riding the Porcelain Bus” now has a new meaning. Renowned globetrotter Arthur Frommer has penned a prominent periodical about porcelain, i.e., where to go when you’re in 19 major US cities and four National Parks. It’s called “Where to Stop and Where to Go: A Guide to Traveling with Overactive Bladder in the United States”.
If you can’t sleep, you might as well watch a few movies. How about 70? One of the most ususal cinema celebrations is the Midnight Sun Film Festival. Now in its 20th year, thousands of film lovers will journey across the Arctic Circle to Sodankylä in northern Finland from June 15 – 19 for five…