July 2010
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236 HURUMZI
Click to see more pictures The Indian Ocean calmed, lightened to turquoise. The ferry glided past dhows, their ragged sails shaped like shark fins, past nefarious rusting vessels, and into port, stopping in front of a wall of centuries-old buildings, squeezed together and set behind long stretches of powdery-white sand. “Welcome to Zanzibar. Do you have Typhoid?” The immigration officer asked....
Jul 22nd
February 2010
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ACE HOTEL, NEW YORK
Click to see more pictures When you live in Vancouver one of the best escapes entails driving south to Seattle to go see a show, and, inevitably, spending the night at the first Ace Hotel in the heart of Belltown. When the Ace in Portland opened three years ago it gave us a great excuse to push the trips by a few hours, rediscover Oregon, and smuggle Stumptown coffee beans back across the...
Feb 10th
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LAFAYETTE HOUSE
Click to see more pictures I’m not sure what it is that makes a great hotel. I’m often put off by the insincerity of the archetypal design hotel, all stamped out of the same late 20th century design mold, and have instead been looking for something that is more escapist, more withdrawn. I seek individuality, effort and discretion. Hoteliers Eric Goode and Sean MacPherson provide all three...
Feb 6th
November 2009
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HÔTEL AMOUR
Click to see more pictures The Hotel Amour is located in a small street between metro St Georges and metro Pigalle - although I prefer la station St Georges, with its discrete petite place, the statue of Gavarni, and the beautiful buildings around. It’s on my favourite metro line, Mairie d’Issy - Porte de la Chapelle, that crosses Paris from south to north, going through...
Nov 28th
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VERANA
Click to see more pictures No road. A thirty minute boat ride takes you from Boca de Tomatlan to the bottom of a hill near the small village of Yelapa. You then walk up the meandering path while the mules carry your luggage. Mules never fall. All day long they quietly negotiate the path’s thousand steps. Stone after stone, they helped build a Verana that wouldn’t exist without them. Scattered...
Nov 17th
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POSADA LAMAR
Coming soon…
Nov 7th
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THE STANDARD NEW YORK
Coming soon…
Nov 6th
October 2009
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