Sylt Seduction
If you are one of those gay men haunted by the image of the nubile Tadzio in silhouette at the water’s edge in Luchino Visconti’s masterful cinematic vision of Thomas Mann’s homoerotic novella, Death in Venice, then you must travel to…
Visiting Garbo at Woodland
Yes, of course you have come to pay your respects to Garbo, which is probably the primary reason that you have traveled to Stockholm‘s Woodland Cemetery – but this UNESCO World Heritage Site is not only the final resting place of one of…
Seattle’s Venerable Fairmont Olympic Hotel
In the midst of the Roaring Twenties, on December 6, 1924, more than two thousand guests celebrated the opening of Seattle‘s Olympic Hotel with a dinner and dance that was the year’s most Gatsbyesque gala west of the Mississippi. Built of…
‘Scandalous’ Art at New-York Historical Society’s ‘The Armory Show at 100’
The things they said, the epithets they used: “repellent, violent, insane, degraded, ugly, vulgar, repugnant, poseurs, charlatans, grotesque, indecent, unreasonable, deranged.” And all this about what are now regarded as some of the most…
The Bergdorf Goodman of Sweden: Stockholm’s NK
It’s the Bergdorf’s of Stockholm, the Harrods of Sweden: it’s Nordiska Kompaniet (The Nordic Company), better known to locals and global fashionistas simply as NK. If you’ve ever marveled at the sleek and stylish silhouette of the…
FlyOver Canada
Let’s face it, it’s a big country: the second largest in the world – and if you’re desirous of discovering Canada, all of it, then it’s probably going to be a lifelong adventure. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but for…
Swedish Beauty: Agonist Isis
Some vases are as beautiful as their flowers. Founded by Christine and Niclas Lydden in 2008, Agonist works with renowned perfumers to create unique fragrances based on 100% natural ingredients. Each fragrance is then presented in a flacon of handcrafted…
Vancouver’s Best Curbside Cuisine
Yes, Vancouver is Hollywood-gorgeous – a postcard-perfect setting of snow-capped mountains and emerald forests overlaid with a scrim of misty ocean blue – but it’s also delicious, thanks in no small part to the city’s renascent…