Ett Hem (which means “a home” in Swedish) was once the home of a wealthy cultured couple whose love for art and beauty has been perpetuated in the transformation of the four-story puce brick manor house into its current incarnation as luxury lodging. … Read More
If you’ve ever wanted to rekindle romance and fall in love with Paris again, where better than the grand hotel where George Gershwin wrote the score for “An American in Paris” in 1928? … Read More
Nestled in the heart of the verdant Caravelle peninsula on Martinique’s Atlantic Coast, French Coco feels like a luxuriant secret garden in a tropical forest. … Read More
Years ago, as a university student in the South of France, I became entranced by the legendary allure of Deauville: the horse races and the Grand Casino that catered to European aristocracy, the grand hotels that lined the beach of … Read More
One of my more glorious mornings commenced with a descent from Mount Pilatus in the Swiss Alps via the world’s steepest cogwheel railway. Throughout the 40-minute journey that wound past mountain streams banked by Alpine roses, the sound of cowbells … Read More
During a year that commenced with an early morning Alpine snowshoe expedition to the peak of Muottas Muragl in Engadin St. Moritz, Switzerland and ended with a (pre-election) Jazz Era, Gatsby-themed weekend at Glenmere in the Lower Hudson Valley, we … Read More
Sometimes fate shines favorably on romantic whims. Take Glenmere, for example, the historic hilltop mansion built by the Gilded Age magnate Robert Goelet at the behest of his wife who yearned for her own Italian villa in the States. … Read More
If we’re lucky as children, we’re taught which fork to use at the table, as well as proper table manners and eating utensil etiquette. And if we’re very lucky, we’re also taught how to be a gracious guest and an … Read More
