Youth lifestyle brand Hurley is championing the underground through its clothing collaborations, Hurley Art editorial brand, and gallery shows, demonstrating its long-running commitment to outsider and cutting edge art {…}

With Michelin starred executive chef Paco Perez at the helm of chic restaurant, Enoteca, you quickly realize that this isn’t your average Spanish restaurant, or your average dining experience. Located in the fashionable Hotel Arts, Enoteca features low lighting and dark cherry wood, a study in modern Mediterranean style minimalist design.
While we selected from the [...]

7 Questions + a Bonus question with Esao Andrews

Barcelona is a big, beautiful city offering marvelous historical sites, excellent shopping destinations and some of the best dining options in Europe. However just like any other big and beautiful city, Barcelona can be quite stressful. The air quality permeating the city appears to be exasperated by the fact that it seems like everyone [...]

Danny Chan
Located in a perfectly central location, the Hotel Fontaines du Luxembourg is a true hidden Gem that you do not want to miss when staying in Paris. Walking distance from the trendy Latin Quarter, chic St Germain des Pres and across the street from the Gardens of Luxembourg, this boutique Hotel offers a calm [...]

Review and Photos by Stryder Bartow
The Avalon hotel is a very quaint, homey hotel located central to everything Catalina has to offer.
I arrived to the avalon in the late evening to a friendly receptionist who was incredibly helpful in escorting me to my room. I was led down wood paneled hallways lined with soft azure [...]

The Barcelona City bike tour runs through city and beach spanning approximately seven miles over a four hour period. If Google maps married Lonely Planet, this tour would be their nerdy, bike riding love child. Hosted by highly knowledgeable tour guides who let you in on the secrets you need to know about the city [...]

British train travel isn’t as glorious as its continental European counterparts, but a trip on a Virgin Trains is as rock and roll as it gets on the island.
Services in Britain were privatized 15 years ago to mixed reviews: Higher fares resulted, as did safer services, longer repair times began, though customer service was also [...]

LUXX XL has that homey feeling that is sometimes hard to find when you are thousands of miles away from home. It’s hard to believe that this minimalist cool structure would have this feel to it, but you have to stay here to believe. It’s far from that annoying bed and breakfast feel where you [...]

Currently running two stores in London and the latest store located in NYC Other Criteria originally began as a publishing company created by Damien Hirst, Hugh Allan, Frank Dunphy with creative directorship from Jason Beard. The company evolved into an established art store destination with offbeat gifts, art, books, jewerly, tees, home decoration and knick-knacks, [...]

SEVEN Ways to look your best in 2010 by Heather Thomson
It’s February 2010, have you kept any of your New Years Resolutions?  Chances are you’ve neglected to remember that you even made any New Year’s resolutions.  Here is a list outlining the steps you can take to look your best this year by founder of [...]

Bob Schriner
I’d heard good things about Grace for a while and after a busy spell ended, I was excited to go find out for myself. Walking inside Grace affirms something I love about LA; the knack for making a room elegant, modern and comfortable. It’s like a friend making a big scene for you and [...]

Andrew Derrick
The New Majestic Hotel in Singapore offers Design with a capital “D.” But while it offers a hotel experience filled with artwork and decor by all sorts of different artists, theatre directors, and designers of furniture and clothing, the feel is accessible without pretension. There is definitely a touch of whimsy with rooms [...]

Interview with Camille Goutal, artistic director of the iconic Annick Goutal Parfumes, Paris:

Review and Photos by The Cobrasnake
L’Hotel Caron de Beaumarchais is very well decorated. From the lobby with old paintings and books everywhere to the rooms with amazing wallpaper and vintage furniture. You feel at home in this old fashioned hotel.   The hotel is located in one of the best neighborhoods in Paris making it [...]