Lisbon is the kind of city where the men’s room at Sky Bar atop Tivoli Avenida Liberdade is housed in a site-specific art installation of shipping containers piled atop the roof—with a vertiginous view overlooking the city’s fabled seven hills all the way down to the Tagus River. Water metaphors welcomed. … Read More
Marching in support of the more than 2,300 children separated from their families at the United States border, more than 600 marches occurred in all 50 states—and in New York, more than 30,000 people marched over the Brooklyn Bridge, which was built by immigrants. … Read More
Marching behind the theme “Defiantly Different,” NYC Pride March 2018 was a testament to the beauty of difference and the import of defiance in the face of injustice. … Read More
At this year’s 35th annual Garden Party hosted by The Center, the seasonal smorgasbord included such summer pleasures as spicy caramel peanut bacon, Canarian ceviche, Brazilian cheese breads, summer corn with chipotle, Nutella-stuffed churros, salty hazelnut ice cream, blueberry Pavlova, and ooey gooey butter cake. Seconds, anyone? … Read More
Ever since the early years of the Roman Empire, visitors have celebrated the sweetness of life in Bellagio, the fabled Italian resort known as the pearl of Lake Como.
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Nothing feels finer than to return to London and to rekindle your love affair with a city where, to paraphrase Samuel Johnson, no one has the time to be tired of life. … Read More
For decades, residents of New Orleans frequented a 1920s-era building with terrazzo floors and a 21-foot vaulted ceiling to pay their gas and electric bills—and today that building is a luxury hotel known as NOPSI, the acronym for New Orleans Public Service, Inc. whose manhole covers number in the thousands throughout The Big Easy. … Read More
For more than 350 years, Cliveden has hovered on the cusp of history and imagination: a British great house of royal pedigree enlivened by glamorous guests and political intrigue. … Read More
