As art reverts to its former position as elitist status symbol, it’s of little surprise that chic new hotels, the social stomping grounds for those same said elites, should be ratcheting up their art cred. Quite appropriately, the forbear is in Basel, Switzerland, that new-schmooze-Mecca of the contemporary art world. Der Teufelhof, literally The Devil’s […]

We’ve always loved the Side hotel in Hamburg, it truly is the perfect mix of modernism and minimalism, but a recent email from Design Hotels reminded us that they also represent the 25Hours, East and Gastwerk hotels in the same town. They’re all fabulous in their own right with unique design flourishes from mood lighting […]

It’s the Monaco Grand Prix this weekend people, don’t you wish you could be lying on your yacht in Monaco harbor while a barely clad socialite rubs caviar all over you while you listen to the roar of bajillion dollar euro toy cars drive around in circles? I kinda do. Listen to the fascinating play […]

Last year while in Amsterdam, I trekked down to The Hague virtually just to see the real Girl With a Pearl Earring, Vermeer’s transcendent masterpiece that inspired the book and the film which, veritably, sealed Scarlett Johansson’s fame. I’d been utterly mesmerized by her performance, and seeing the painting itself made me realize to what […]

Great story on all the creative goings on in Copenhagen in the Times Travel Magazine yesterday,
and don’t ask why we included a Dior ad with this post, it’s early on a Monday morning.