In the words of Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa, “Life is good, but wine is better”—and especially when relish the bounty from the Douro Valley and toast to the pleasures of Porto.
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Marbella. The name alone resonates with beauty, and it’s equally so as you wander through the city’s labyrinthine narrow streets and into its open plazas, everything bathed in the light of the Mediterranean.
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The gala reopening of Don Carlos Marbella was the culmination of a massive €45 million redevelopment of one of Marbella’s most iconic resorts with more than 700 guests celebrating all through the night. … Read More
Founder of Chinese Chorizo Project, Feng-Feng Yeh honors the history of Chinese grocers in Tucson with the Chinese Chorizo Project and the stories of the immigrant communities who created a symbiotic solidarity in the face of governmental oppression. … Read More
Throughout the Georgian era, Bath was second only to London as England’s most fashionable town, notable for its spas and its daily promenade along the Royal Crescent and within Beau Nash’s Assembly Rooms. Fittingly, it was in Bath that the 18th-century painter Thomas Gainsborough became one of most celebrated portraitists of his time. … Read More
Exhibitionist extraordinaire and artist of a thousand faces, Pat Oleszko has been the star of her own show for decades and now she has her own mind-expanding retrospective “Pat Oleszko: Fool Disclosure” at Sculpture Center where it will run through the end of April 2026. What a year for this brilliant, full-hearted artist (she might say “fool-hearted”) whose work will also be a part of the Whitney Biennial 2026. Here’s to a thousand more performances in the years ahead—because Art is Resistance.
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The villas of Lake Como line the shore in a brilliant array of architectural confectionery surrounded by lush terraced gardens and citrus groves—and the overall effect is a fantastical Xanadu that fuels the imagination. … Read More
Passalacqua is primo, one of those imaginative flights of fantasy that has become a spellbinding dream world on the shores of Lake Como. Nota bene: you’ll never want to leave. … Read More
