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New York State of Mine: How to Avoid “Home for the Holidays” Syndrome in Hotels
Slow-roasted chicken. Taking a shower with your father shooting questions at you through the bathroom door. Twin trundle beds, on wheels, on a waxed wooden floor, for you and yo... ...read more
A Thai “Beach” that Won’t Turn You Krabi
A Thai environmental activist I know in Bangkok has long lamented the way that Mayo Beach in Phi Phi, near Krabi has been exploited as the setting for Danny Boyle’s movie ... ...read more
Standard Deviants: Voyeurism and Design Above New York’s High Line
There’s an unforgettable scene in Antonioni’s “L’Eclisse.” Monica Vitti, playing Vittoria, is standing at night by a long row of flagpoles that ra... ...read more
My Shangri-la: Designer Buddhism, Panna Cotta Wars, and Rat Hunts
It’s been 74 years since the British novelist James Hilton published Lost Horizon, his fictional account of a utopian valley in Tibet called “Shangri-la.” Hilt... ...read more
Macau Pow: The Punch of the Hotel Lisboa
The genius of the hotel is that it performs several functions simultaneously. It shelters, nourishes, becalms, entertains, and replenishes, all at once. Historically, restauran... ...read more
En Garde: A Gourmet Row at Paris’s Quintessential Hotel-style Restaurant
Taillevent is a unique place in the galaxy of Paris’s three-star Michelin restaurants. Lodged in the former town house of the Duc de Mornay at 15 Rue Lammenais — a quiet ... ...read more
A Tale of Two Marriots
Whenever I stay in a Marriot I find it useful to remember that J. Willard Marriott, the American who founded the world’s biggest hotel group in 1959, was once a Mormon missiona... ...read moreFollow Us
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