If you’re a fan of “The Tudors” or “Marie Antoinette” or if you’ve ever yearned to inhabit a chateau, then it’s imperative that you make your way to Chateau de Gilly and dine in the 14th-century Gothic-style vaulted restaurant, Le Clos Prieur. Located on the “route des Grands Crus,” between Dijon and Beaune, opposite the…
One of the region’s most acclaimed and accomplished restaurants, the Michelin-starred William Frachot, is tucked off the lobby of the Hostellerie du Chapeau Rouge, which just happens to be a Best Western hotel and which shows you the difference between the brand in the States and in Europe. A bon vivant and a global traveler,…
As the gateway to the most prestigious vineyards of Burgundy, Dijon is the capital of the Burgundy region, a city nestled within one of France’s largest protected areas of nearly 250 acres.
Imagine your wealthy dowager aunt’s pied à terre in Paris, which was designed by your aunt’s dearest bachelor pal who also happened to be Halston’s interior designer – and you have a general idea of the time warp chambers at this amiable establishment. The generously proportioned rooms are studies in chartreuse and puce, sometimes furnished…
Driving along the “route des Grands Crus,” our guide kept pointing out various esteemed vineyards and winemaking houses – and, whenever we stopped for a photo, admonishing all of us not to taste the grapes or cross the stone walls surrounding the vineyards. Oh, but how tempting it was: to sneak a bunch of grapes…
Two good things happen for your skin with the advent of autumn: you’re less prone to sun damage – and you’re drinking red wine again. Red wine contains resveratrol, which activates collagen production while also blocking certain aging processes. So go ahead: chug that red wine in the name of good skin. Red wine and…
One of the most extraordinary design museums we ever witnessed belonged to an octogenarian who had spent the final sixty years of his life in a floor-through apartment in Manhattan’s renowned River House. If you live long enough, you accrue enough possessions to mark the changes in design, decade by decade. Our homes become repositories…
Consider this beloved brasserie the Rick’s Cafe of Nancy: the Excelsior is where everyone shows up – at one time or another. A stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture that evokes the glories of the Belle Époque, the Excelsior is a celebration of “l’art de vivre” – at every hour of the day. Built in…