It’s all about that fireplace: a massive fieldstone fireplace that rises to the dining room ceiling and amplifies the warm atmosphere of Windigo, the Fairmont Tremblant’s fine dining restaurant. In the mornings, at breakfast, you might request a table by the windows that flank the fireplace. Here you are afforded a bird’s eye view of…
What better place to keep warm in the midst of a Laurentians winter than a forge? According to local history, the forges were not only smithies but also the first ski shops where skiers had their equipment repaired and waxed. Of course, once inside such a warm and pleasing environment, it might be easy to…
It’s not easy for everyone on Valentine’s Day. There are a lot of Miss Lonelyhearts out there – and Valentine’s Day is the perfect opportunity to show them some love. Freed from the burden of creation myths, Valentine’s Day is about nothing so much as Eros and Amour. Look around and celebrate those who put…
It’s possible to think of Elements Showcase as the Art Basel of the fragrance industry. As much an art fair as it is a design show, Elements Showcase has become an acclaimed exhibition for some of the most visionary creators and entrepreneurs of fragrance. Founded in 2011 by fragrance industry artisans Frederick Bouchardy, Ulrich Lang, and…
Let’s face it, the holidays are a lot of work for most of us – and it’s a victory of sorts to make it to January. So then, toast to yourself – and follow through with your resolutions, which most probably include regaining your sanity and your health. January is a good month for cleansing…
You can see the billboard as soon as you leave Louis Armstrong Airport: “Eat at Muriel’s Jackson Square.” Minutes upon arrival in the Big Easy, Muriel’s has you hooked – and it’s probably only a matter of hours before you find yourself heading down Chartres Street, toward the iconic 18th-century building at the corner of…
Way back in 1947, in a Hollywood film called “New Orleans,” Miss Billie Holilday and Mr. Louis Armstrong performed a little ditty called “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?” The answer to that lyrical query was given a poignant urgency in 2005 in the immediate aftermath of Katrina, when the nation…
Aficionados of Louisiana will note that the state tree is the bald cypress, while lovers of New Orleans might point out that Terpsichore Street runs parallel to Melpomene. The Muse of Dance alongside the Muse of Singing: it’s the spirit of New Orleans in two blocks.