Turning 30 is one of those milestone birthdays where you want to celebrate with a big party. That’s one of the many good reasons why New York’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (affectionately known as “the Center“) is … Read More
For over a century, Sylt has been a sanctuary for writers, journalists, publishers, and performing artists, thereby insuring that the island’s fabled beauty is immortalized in art. … Read More
As the 1955 song has it, “spring can really hang you up the most,” which is itself a sort of paraphrase of T.S. Eliot’s opening line to The Waste Land: “April is the cruelest month.” In other words, spring can … Read More
One of the most affluent cities of Europe, Hamburg is currently in the throes of a massive maritime renaissance. Throughout the city’s 1,200-year history, Hamburg’s port has provided the foundation for the city’s enviable prosperity. … Read More
In 1965, two émigrés from Communist Czechoslovakia arrived in New York with all of their possessions packed into a pair of suitcases. Within a few months, the young woman began working for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she remained … Read More
The wealthiest city in Germany, Hamburg has celebrated its maritime pedigree throughout its 1,200-year history, though perhaps nowhere more elegantly than at Hotel Atlantic Kempinski Hamburg. Opened in 1909, the Atlantic quickly filled with first-class guests sailing across the ocean … Read More
Nestled on the banks of the Inner Alster Lake, Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten is Hamburg’s “Grand Hotel,” a spectacular century-old landmark whose hallmark has been an unerring adherence to the philosophy, “Service, service, service.” Hotelier Friedrich Haerlin purchased Hotel Vier … Read More
It was fifty years ago, in June of 1963, that JFK gave his famous “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech, which soon became known as the “I am a donut” speech, thanks to the iconic jelly-filled pastry that goes by the name of “Berliner” throughout Germany. … Read More
Life in the Clouds Atop Gran Canaria
By the sand and the sea—and the Dunes of Maspalomas
Recharge & Reset at The Europe Hotel & Resort in Killarney
The Best of Cork at Hayfield Manor
The Thoroughbred Life at The K Club
The Country House Grandeur of Dromoland Castle
Michelin stars for Terre restaurant at Castlemartyr ResortLife in the Clouds Atop Gran CanariaBy the sand and the sea—and the Dunes of MaspalomasRecharge & Reset at The Europe Hotel & Resort in KillarneyThe Best of Cork at Hayfield ManorThe Thoroughbred Life at The K ClubThe Country House Grandeur of Dromoland CastleMichelin stars for Terre restaurant at Castlemartyr ResortLife in the Clouds Atop Gran CanariaBy the sand and the sea—and the Dunes of MaspalomasRecharge & Reset at The Europe Hotel & Resort in KillarneyThe Best of Cork at Hayfield ManorThe Thoroughbred Life at The K ClubThe Country House Grandeur of Dromoland CastleMichelin stars for Terre restaurant at Castlemartyr Resort