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Open: Rainforest Wonderland at Costa Rica’s Origins Lodge

Rainforest Wonderland at Costa Rica’s Origins Lodge

By Mark Thompson on May 19, 2024

When the sky melts into the pool, and toucans talk from trees, and the bananas are square, and rooftops bloom in pink, and there’s a berry that makes a lemon taste like ice cream, that’s the magic of the Costa Rican rainforest at Origins Lodge. … Read More

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Open: Design for Living at Four Seasons Tamarindo

Design for Living at Four Seasons Tamarindo

By Mark Thompson on April 16, 2024

When you’ve got a private infinity pool overlooking the Pacific at Four Seasons Tamarindo, skinny-dipping with the sunrise is mandatory. … Read More

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Open: Coastal Culture at Careyes

Coastal Culture at Careyes

By Mark Thompson on April 7, 2024

Costalegre is often referred to as Mexico’s undiscovered secret, yet it’s no secret that connoisseurs of the good life have been enjoying Careyes for decades—from atop ocean castles and cliffside villas to the polo fields and beach clubs lining the Pacific shore. … Read More

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Open: Relax & Recharge at Las Rosadas in Costalegre, Mexico

Relax & Recharge at Las Rosadas in Costalegre, Mexico

By Mark Thompson on March 20, 2024

At Las Rosadas in Costalegre, Mexico, the beach beckons just beyond the infinity pool—and the choice is yours. … Read More

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Open: Wild Swimming in Dublin Bay

Wild Swimming in Dublin Bay

By Mark Thompson on December 5, 2023

To go wild swimming in waters so cold that James Joyce termed it “the scrotumtightening sea,” you might be a little bit mad—but you’ll be oh-so-glad upon return to the restorative pleasures of the Anantara Spa at Anantara The Marker Dublin Hotel. … Read More

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Open: A Roman Holiday

A Roman Holiday

By Mark Thompson on November 21, 2023

When in Rome, indulgence and gluttony feel more like virtues than sins, particularly at Anantara Palazzo Naiadi which sits atop the Baths of Diocletian, the largest imperial baths of ancient Rome. … Read More

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Open: Autumn in Amsterdam

Autumn in Amsterdam

By Mark Thompson on November 8, 2023

Saloon boats in Amsterdam are like gondolas in Venice, lacquered and elegant, and perfect for a champagne breakfast cruise through the city’s canals. … Read More

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Open: Amalfi Empyrean

Amalfi Empyrean

By Mark Thompson on October 31, 2023

To witness one sunrise along the Amalfi Coast is to better understand why poets and writers, monks and philosophers, have labored for years to find words commensurate to the beauty. … Read More

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    When you put a buncha Davidson College alums at a When you put a buncha Davidson College alums at a drag queen brunch at Lips where one of their fellow alums is performing, you’d best get ready to serve and slay—and party all day.
    Pontiff Pal Pat (Oleszko) pontificates at the Whit Pontiff Pal Pat (Oleszko) pontificates at the Whitney Biennial, with “Blowhard” (1995), her giant inflatable clown, a 32-year-old sculpture that heralds the blowhards that inhabit our current era.
    When you need a reminder that we’re all in this to When you need a reminder that we’re all in this together and that every story matters, what’s better than PEN America’s annual Literary Awards, aka the “Oscars for books,” hosted by the “hardest -working, middle-aged man in show business” honoring dozens of hard-working artists writing at the top of their game. Here’s to the 62nd annual PEN America Literary Awards at Town Hall—and, as Murray Hill says, “That’s showbiz!” Bada bing, folks.  That’s a wrap.
    No Kings 3 (but YES to Queens…) — it’s always an h No Kings 3 (but YES to Queens…) — it’s always an honor to marshal with Rise & Resist; you meet so many people along the march and you realize how most of us are decent and kind.
    Behind this door lies a private box that opens int Behind this door lies a private box that opens into the brilliance of live performance at the Metropolitan Opera, complete with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, all performing at the top of their game in a resplendent production of La Traviata.  Long live the performing arts!
    Tucson is one helluva delicious town. As vibrantly Tucson is one helluva delicious town. As vibrantly colorful as it is multicultural, Tucson is the first UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy in the US—and what you eat in Tucson is the result of 4,000 years of gastronomic heritage from the Indigenous, Mexican, European, Chinese, and African communities. Chow down on cross-cultural culinary history.
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    Even if you’re customarily more feline than canine Even if you’re customarily more feline than canine, there’s something wonderfully joyful about running with a dog on a snowy beach. 

And joyful is what we need now.
    What a pleasure and an honor it was as a Fellow at What a pleasure and an honor it was as a Fellow at MacDowell to share a shower (and so much more) with Pat Oleszko, exhibitionist extraordinaire and artist of a thousand faces, whose mind-expanding retrospective “Pat Oleszko: Fool Disclosure” opened last evening 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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    One of the best parts of January in Manhattan (apa One of the best parts of January in Manhattan (apart from the snow, of course…) is IMM NYC, the annual travel industry summit which brings together more than 1,200 travel pros, editors, journalists, and content creators for a confab of networking and brainstorming about the future of travel. It’s like the best of homecoming and a college reunion with everyone you want to see.
    “We LOVES you Porgy & Bess” — and Gershwin must be “We LOVES you Porgy & Bess” — and Gershwin must be grinning with gratitude for the Met Opera’s brilliant production and orchestration that sends you singing into the night. It’s a Porgy & Bess you take to your heart.
    “Get up, get down. New York is a freaky town. Get “Get up, get down. New York is a freaky town. Get up, get down. New York is a freaky town.” — and we love ALL of us.
    Snow silly. It’s contagious. Snow joy. It’s infe Snow silly.  It’s contagious. 
Snow joy. It’s infectious. 
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    In this world, getting older is an accomplishment, In this world, getting older is an accomplishment, so when a dear friend has a b’day, why not celebrate with fanfare—at the Michelin-starred The Modern. Because, after all, joy is resistance.
    The only thing more merry and gay than A Murray Hi The only thing more merry and gay than A Murray Hill Christmas—is the 25th anniversary of A Murray Hill Christmas at a sold-out house at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center where Downtown meets Uptown with Murray Hill, Angie Pontani, Storm Marrero, Jeff Hiller, Sasha Velour, J. Harrison Ghee, and the NYC Gay Men’s Chorus. As Murray says, Joy is resistance—and that’s showbiz!
    When you want to laugh like a kid and let your jaw When you want to laugh like a kid and let your jaw drop in awe, there’s nothing better than the Big Apple Circus.
    A wander uptown to the Cathedral where the Pride f A wander uptown to the Cathedral where the Pride flag waves proudly, and where Joan Didion rests with her husband and daughter in the Columbarium—and how better to celebrate Didion’s b’day today in the city about which she wrote, “New York was no mere city. It was instead an infinitely romantic notion, the mysterious nexus of all love and money and power, the shining and perishable dream itself.”
    The Italian concept of “dolce far niente” means “s The Italian concept of “dolce far niente” means “sweet idleness”—and at the neoclassical18th-century Villa Sola Cabiati in Tremezzo on Lake Como, guests can lounge like the rock stars (think TS…) who claim the villa as their own (complete with resident butler, chef, housekeeper, and chambermaid, but, of course...)
    Milan and Armani are nearly synonymous—and more th Milan and Armani are nearly synonymous—and more than ever, in this year of his passing, Armani’s genius is evident throughout the city: at Armani Hotel and Armani Casa where his timeless aesthetic reigns supreme, as well as the Armani exhibition Milano, per amore at Pinacoteca di Brera where a collection of Armani’s creations are brilliantly juxtaposed with the museum’s invaluable collection of paintings and sculptures.
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