The French word for “studio,” Atelier connotes art and the spaces in which it is created – and is, therefore, entirely apt as the name of the new restaurant in Der Teufelhof Basel. More than twenty years ago, in 1989, … Read More
June, bloom, groom: notice how they rhyme? June is the most popular month for weddings (followed by August, with more than one in three weddings occurring in summer) – and this June, you can expect more gay grooms and lesbian … Read More
It’s in the air – everywhere. That freshness, the green, the peonies in bloom – and the azaleas and the iris. Soon the roses will be popping, heralding the advent of another summer. Who can resist the charms of summer? … Read More
Opened in 1998 as part of the Kursaal Bern complex (one of Bern’s more notable landmarks), Hotel Allegro Bern, a four-star, lifestyle hotel, fuses classic Swiss hospitality with contemporary design. The hotel’s 171 rooms and suites were completely renovated in … Read More
Consistently ranked among the world’s top ten cities for quality of life, Bern was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. … Read More
Out in front of our hotel along the river Aare, we mounted our two-wheeled kick scooters and set out across the bridge into the medieval center of the city of Bern. Giggling like Pee-wee Herman and giddy with exhilaration, we … Read More
Imagine scores of butterflies fluttering around your hands and face. Resplendent butterflies in indigo and orange, and others in red and black, they land on your fingers and forearms, feasting on the salt from your skin as you walk. In … Read More
There are places in this world where you feel immediately at home – and then there are places that make you feel as if you’ve been here before, in another life, at another time. The true miracle, however, is when … Read More
