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8 Dec

Details of a Life in Pueblo Garzon

There is much about Pueblo Garzon that is magical.  It speaks to us in many different tongues, but for me, in the still of the night when the...

24 Nov

Oliver in Leaves

Leaves with ball.  Oh the joy of Autumn!

23 Nov

Pure Thai Cookhouse

PURE Thai Cookhouse is a genuine Thai shophouse style restaurant in NYC’s Hell’s Kitchen that features homemade noodles from a prized family...

22 Nov

Palais Selman – Marrakech

Palais Selman, a new hotel in Marrakech, spoke to me.  I am over Marrakech with its Disneyesque properties that all look vaguely the same –...

21 Nov

Maggie Choo’s Shanghai Style

Creativity is so much fun! Latest creation of designer Ashley Sutton, Maggie Choo’s is all set design and pure theatre.  Taking you back...

15 Nov

Lisa Lindblad Travel Design Winner and Finalist

Hot off the Press! Yesterday evening at the close of the PURE Life Experience conference and meetings in Marrakech, LLTD  won the award for...

3 Nov

Chem Chem Safari

Chem Chem, a relatively new Tanzanian property, is composed of two camps – Chem Chem principal Lodge and Little Chem Chem.  The main...

25 Oct

A Morning at the Cloisters

15 minutes from the UES where I live is a world remote in time and place, a world of great beauty and sincerity.  The Cloisters, a branch of...

22 Oct

Google Delight

Today is the 216th anniversary of the first parachute jump.  I will have to do some googling to find out more about this event.  In the meantime,...

17 Oct

The Todd English Food Hall

Market dining is the fashion of the moment.   Diverse cuisines, open kitchens, counter and family table seating offer today’s foodies...

9 Oct

Il Pellicano

In 1966, I spent a long weekend, more like a house party weekend, at a new hotel off the coast of Italy called Il Pellicano.  I was the guest...

7 Oct

Shibui: Japanese Antiques

Walking along Water Street in Brooklyn I happened across a warehouse space filled to the gills with Asian pieces.  Japanese, it turns out,...

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