NYC Boutique Hotel Find: The Marlton Hotel
The Marlton Hotel marks the seriousness of West 8th Street’s revival. Sure, locals knew it could happen when Stumptown Coffee Roasters opened amongst the hodgepodge of cheap shoe stores, nail salons and foot rub parlors but when a boutique hotel like this one; complete with historic character and antique-y details reminiscent of The Village’s literary […]
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Canberra Design Hotel Find: Hotel Hotel
Hotel Hotel turns the luxury hotel concept upside down by making luxury a natural (and welcome) afterthought and instead keeping art, design and collaboration at the forefront. Located in New Acton, Canberra’s art and design precinct, this is not just another boutique art hotel – it’s an intense collaboration of 56 (and counting) artists, designers […]
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The Curators: Portland’s 10 Best Places To Stuff Your Faces
1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) It’s always been a strong opinion of mine that travel planning is an activity best left to the stomach. The stomach can help you decide not only which local restaurants and delicacies you should experience but it can also dictate which city you do it in. Lately mine […]
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NYC Italian Tapas Bar Find: Bar B
The notoriously media shy owners of Basta Pasta, the 24 year old Japanese/Italian trattoria have quietly opened Bar B ”“ a brilliant little Italian tapas bar – without even the Internet finding out. They seem to have made it purposely difficult for New Yorkers to stumble across. To begin with, the name “Bar B” is […]
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NYC Cool Shop Find: McNally Jackson Picture Room
There’s something interesting going on at McNally Jackson. Not only has the indie bookstore opened Goods for the Study (our no. 1 source for eye-pleasing stationery products) but they’ve also quietly opened Picture Room, a hybrid art store, book store, art gallery and gift shop right next door. Hooray for even more beautiful things! Inside, […]
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London Food Find: Sunday Roast at Dean Street Townhouse
Set inside a swanky Georgian townhouse in London’s Soho is the Dean Street Townhouse – the location of one of the city’s most indulgent Sunday roasts (favorite trimmings included). Unlike its exclusive sister establishment Soho House which is located nearby, non-members can stay and eat nostalgic British comfort food inside the chic French bistro interiors […]
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NYC Concept Store Find: Filson Flagship
Filson, the American heritage brand best known for stubbornly made, unfailing goods for the modern adventurer has its first concept store in NYC’s NoHo and it’s as handsome as the rugged man who shops there. Adding to the whole outdoorsy rugged man aesthetic is the store’s seemingly strategic location right next door to the iconic […]
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NYC Fashion Find: La Garçonne Boutique
It still surprises me to see fashion e-tailers put so much energy into clever merchandising, shrewd marketing and beautiful web design and then fall short when it comes to visually presenting their wares in the most “Pinnable” way. But this isn’t so for La Garçonne, an online shopping destination for lovers of minimalism. Here, they’ve […]
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NYC Bar Find: Wise Men
Wise Men, a dark and moody watering hole owned by a trio of fashion and restaurant industry pros (who despite what the name suggests are not men) is where to go when you’re on Bowery, need a drink but don’t have the energy to battle the crowds at the bar. There’s plenty of fashion industry […]
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Canberra Restaurant Find: A. Baker
Right in the heart of New Acton, Canberra’s design precinct you’ll find A. Baker, a three-part restaurant, bakery, underground speakeasy concept that’d make any modern industrial design geek swoon. You’d be correct to expect the modern Australian food to be thoughtfully prepared and artfully arranged ”“ even more so when you order their signature bread, […]
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