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When it opened its doors in 1955, the Grande Hotel in Beira, colonial Mozambique was touted as the largest and most luxurious hotel in Africa. The art deco style palace with uninterrupted views of the Indian Ocean boasted 116 rooms and an Olympic sized swimming pool for its VIP guests. But by the 1970s, having [...]
I‘ve taken the liberty of translating a few lines from the brochure… “Finally rooms that rent by the hour for a gallant time!” – Yes, finally! “Original rooms, a moment of intimacy in the heart of Paris for couples in love.” –I think it’s really sweet how they specify the rooms are for couples in [...]
Imagine a place where caveman bedding, lime green carpeting and hotel rooms named after cultural ethnicities went unquestioned; where the sound of electric waterfalls and squeaking plastic leather seating was welcomed. My friend, you don’t have to imagine anymore, now that you know there’s a place where your inner-kitsch can be free. Welcome to the [...]
The Ritz Hotel in Paris is arguably a museum in itself with all the clandestine history that went on behind those doors, but it turns out the hotel has been hiding one very expensive piece of art history in particular all these years– not in a dusty attic but in Coco Chanel’s former suite no [...]
Okay come with me, we’re going to explore every inch of this hotel built inside the deserted grottos of an Italian mountain village from the Middle Ages. The cliffs of the Gravina River Valley in Matera Italy are believed to be the site of the first human settlements in the country. So let’s begin our [...]
As if Alaska wasn’t already wonderfully creepy enough (a minimum of zero hours of sunlight in winter= perfect for vampires), it’s also home to an abandoned igloo hotel. Located 20 miles from the nearest town of Cantwell (population: 222), along the George Parks Highway, this unexpected four-story structure has become a bit of a road-side [...]
Oh I do love the internet! I just happened to stumble upon this neat-o couples resort that boasts honeymoon suites with 7-foot champagne glass whirlpool baths overlooking glass heart-shaped pools. That’s right, you could spend that romantic vacation which usually only happens once in your whole entire life … here! Now I’m not entirely sure [...]
When I was thirteen, my mother sent me to musical theatre camp in upstate New York. That sounds ridiculous when I say it out loud but it happened. American camp culture was totally foreign to me. I remember I had never been away from my parents for more than a week, especially as much as [...]
Berlusconi and Strauss-Kahn. Both were in positions of immense power and very much in the public eye. Why would they risk their reputations so callously? Or why were their ongoing antics obligingly brushed under the carpet for so long? The Italian and the Frenchman… Both notorious lovers, both synonymous with an infamous culture of vigorous [...]
Old friend HandbagAddict (previously ShoeAddict) came to visit me in Paris last weekend with her boyfriend, who without much thought, booked them a room at the Four Seasons hotel, George V. This got on my nuts (can girls use that expression?). I could understand if you might be traveling to a third world country where [...]
What good is an iPhone if it can’t take you to Paris?! Or an iPad that can’t take you
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Here’s one they left out of the history textbooks. A recent French film, Free Men, brought to
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The garden state; where gas prices are cheaper and boardwalks are longer, and also where Napoleon
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Apparently Keira Knightley and her co-stars improvised their way through this thirteen minute
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You may recall we recently discovered Kowloon City, the Hong Kong ‘historical
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Alright, so you might have noticed I have a weakness for French real estate p0rn. [Sigh] I
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This breathtaking pool of glistening turquoise water under creamy ecclesiastical stone vaulting is
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He was selling custom-made clothing to Hip Hop’s finest for thousands of dollars a piece,
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I had you at ‘Free Wine & Cheese‘, didn’t I? If you’ve been umming and
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