Imagine yourself in a hotel so hip, so cool, so utterly fashionable, that you feel like you’re dressed for a soccer game when everyone else is dressed for dinner. That’s how my pal and Vagablond co-founder Branden felt at the Hotel Rialto, Warsaw’s only boutique hotel with 44 well-appointed and uniquely designed rooms. In fact,…
I’m pretty lucky. Of all the times I’ve been to New York over the years for business or pleasure, only once did I witness a strike. And it was for sanitation workers, in winter. So while piles of garbage bags were on every curb throughout Manhattan, they didn’t stink like they could have in the…
As one of the Caribbean’s Top 100 Resorts, Pirate’s Point Resort and Dive Center on Little Cayman, just announced that it will be celebrating its 20th Anniversary with both special programs and special pricing throughout 2006. First, they’re offering last summer’s prices – $1495 per person for the all inclusive dive package or $1195 per…
In the town of Ely, Nevada, at the junction of Highways 6, 93 and 50 (the loneliest road in America), stands a once flashy showgirl. Although she’s a little long in the tooth, the old gal is still a sweet tease. The ground in front of her is splayed with the stars of Jimmy Stewart…
When it’s snowing and in the 20s, wouldn’t you love to be sunning yourself in southern Florida’s 70s? I would. I love getting away to warm climes during the holidays to exfoliate my stress. A great place to do just that with renowned pampered service is Kimpton Hotel’s Mayfair Hotel and Spa in the popular…
Last week, we showed you a stylish way to protect your iPod. Now, here’s another great holiday gift for all you folks addicted to your CrackBerry… er, BlackBerry. Made from a plush black calfskin exterior and tan calfskin interior, the Dunhill Confidential BlackBerry Case is designed for the 7100 and 7200 series models. Priced at…
Yesterday, we’re pleased to report that the city of New Orleans resumed its streetcar service. Its utility poles and metal tracks had been knocked out by Hurricane Katrina. Of the city’s 35 historic New Orleans streetcars that ran along St. Charles Avenue — the oldest continuously operating streetcar line in the world — six have…
iTraveliShop just launched. It may be a competitor to Gridskipper.com. Its founders, Christina Valhouli and John Vipond, embarked on an industrious “Shop Around the World in 80 Days” with a route close to the one Phileas Fogg partook in the Jules Verne novel of a similar name. Read their adventures on their travel blog. [Via…
Japan is known globally as a fashion-forward country and Tokyo is its artistic epicenter. Maybe that’s why the Tokyo Hipsters Club was described by its designer as a “pleasantly brutal space… a piece of antiarchitecture by a nonarchitect.” The Tokyo Hipsters Club was created around the concept of ‘aristocracy gone wrong’. Tom Dixon, British designer…
Can California wine country say “Cheese”? You bet, any way you want it — creamy, nippy, crumbly or raw. At a recent stay at the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa, my taste buds were teased with some sublime state-grown dairy delicacies. The guide to my gustatory adventure was Chef Bruno Tison, the property’s executive…
Some like it hot. And some like it cold. If you fall into the latter category, a new ice hotel is being constructed 7,000 feet up into the German Alps. The 50-bed igloo village should be ready in a few weeks and will offer thermal sleeping bags, sheepskin, camping mats and ice sculptures. Call me…