All posts
29 Jun
The secret in travel is that it is much harder to know the house, restaurant, shop or hotel that is delicious, small, well-run, character-filled,...
27 Jun
Istanbul is one of the great cities and one to which travelers with diverse interests are drawn. There is certainly the romance and history,...
25 Jun
Luxury in travel is defined by who you meet what you see when you have the encounter and how it comes to pass… a reward at the end of a...
13 Jun
On 28th Street and Broadway, in what is known locally as Manhattan’s Koreatown, a wonderful Beaux Arts building has been repurposed. Formerly...
9 Jun
On Thursday I attended a reception at the DVF space in Manhattan honoring the recipients of the 2012 Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards for...
4 Jun
On the second floor of New York’s 45 rpm, the Japanese shop known for its relaxed, fun (and expensive) natural fiber, indigo clothing,...
2 Jun
One of the joys of New York summers is the easier pace. And one of the signposts of the easier pace are lazier park lunches surrounded by...
31 May
Located just over an hour west of Dublin, Ballyfin is a spectacular Regency mansion that has been lovingly handled. After 8 years of painstaking...
29 May
The Five Senses of Garzon Image: fading grace, white dusty roads, peeling facades and rusting junkyards, bruised skies and rainbows Sound:...
18 May
There is a venerable factory in France that produces, to my taste, the perfect white ceramic plate, bowl, pitcher, vase. The glaze is imperfect,...
7 May
Going to New Orleans is like going to another country. The city has a style and a sense of self utterly its own. Never is the generous character...
4 May
My good friend, Laura Aviva – she with the sublime eye matched only by huge curiosity and courage – has sourced this gorgeous, vintage...
Latest instagram posts