Take a pre-summer road-trip to the land of the seer-suckered authors. Before the car-paint-eating love bugs arrive, hit the below-Mason-Dixon highways to visit the inspiration points of your favorite Southern writers. Plan the course accordingly, and you can do all … Read More
A new photo book animates the faded but opulent beauty of Cuba, a lavish paradise still unattainable. You hear about the vintage cars, the uber-nice people, the vibrant nightlife, the sultriness of it all. And of course, the menacing reality … Read More
The go-go Versace days are over—long live Miami’s new and more sophisticated (but still sexy-fun) reign. Here, a sun-shower run-through of the new and tried-and-true in the arts, music, retail, hotel, and culinary worlds of the city that truly doesn’t … Read More
If you want travel help that guides you to how the locals do it, get on The Travel Curator’s site. (Her name ain’t Brandman for nothin’.) The Travel Curator is an online travel scout that features several of the world’s … Read More
Try the pool parties at Thompson’s Donovan House-it’s an inn-sider scene, man. The beltway crowd isn’t always known for being hip to the scene. Nevertheless, it’s there, here and there, but notably at Donovan House, where nearly every night there’s a party … Read More
Fashion goes through cycles, but motorcycle style remains classic. Even if you don’t ride a motorcycle, summertime evokes vicarious images of hitting the road, being a rebel, escaping “The Man,” while being one. Quick trivia: Marlon Brando reportedly was a … Read More
Screening our must-have picks of sunblock products Any Coppertone sun lotion or block immediately takes us back to our childhood. That nostalgia inducing, non-coconut-y smell? Somebody should bottle it as a perfume or cologne, and call it “Summer of ’42,” … Read More
Fling open the screen door and get outdoors! It’s picnic time. Upscale your lawn game with these totally cookin’ essentials Pictured above: Williams Sonoma Picnic Basket, $349.95, www.williamssonoma.com Willow Basket for 2, $84.99, Epicnicbasket.com Fyrkat Picnic Grill, $59.95, Bodumusa.com Dunhill … Read More
Fly to Miami, get in a ragtop rental, and head south 150 miles to the Florida Keys When the Spring Breakers head home, checking their eye-bags and hangovers in carry-on, the Florida Keys clear out, the hotel rooms open, the … Read More
Las Vegas This photo was taken this past Sunday afternoon on the Las Vegas Strip in front of the soon to be Cosmopolitan Hotel. There are so many things about this picture to comment on….. Yes, that looks like a … Read More
When Belgraves, the next addition to Thompson Hotels opens on Chesham Place in London’s Belgravia next year, it will be the latest lustrous addition to a much-beloved district that has always been one of the storied city’s go-to locales. Bordered … Read More
From marina eats to Panoramic View inns, our pick of the last harbor in the Hamptons we’ll ever track to Montauk, gentrified? That’s the word of late, as the enduring high prices and general tackiness of the “other” Hamptons-that’s you, … Read More
Our man in the fire suit, Chris Wilson, takes a 200 mph IndyCar cruise through the streets of Sao Paulo. Buckle up, it’s gonna’ be a bumpy ride! SAO PAULO–I had never been to Brazil before being invited to cover the … Read More
