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 [...]

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, [...]

Danny Roberts is a professional illustrator, photographer, and graphic designer based in Southern California. He attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo majoring in photography, and completed his studies at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco to study Fashion Illustration. His dreamy illustrations usually have a fashion related slant and he’s been featured in [...]

When it comes to the effects needed for a cozy stay away from home, Phoenix House by Cheval Group located in the posh Kensington area of London has all the necessary boxes ticked: Café’s, bars and shopping on Sloane Square right at your fingertips? Check. Five minute walk to Harvey Nichols, Harrod’s and other shopping [...]

There is no denying that the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Manhattan is serious about luxury with an added Far-East flair: chandeliers, Oriental marble and tapestries; over-attentive staff who aren’t uncomfortably stiff; glorious flower arrangements; divine bathrooms; ludicrously comfortable beds and floor to ceiling windows in some of the largest rooms in all of New York. [...]

Liana fondly refers to her atelier as her “little nest.” High ceilings, white walls and parquet flooring the color of honey create a haven where she can escape and tend to her creations undisturbed. Only the sun peaks in through large windows, its rays reflecting off of floor-length mirrors and elegant crystal chandeliers that bathe [...]

By Carey Steinberg

On Tuesday, November 17th, 2009, the Montalbán theater in Hollywood, California, proudly presented to the press and special guests, John Woo’s monumental account of a great battle during the height of the Han Dynasty era in a Chinese war movie called, “Red Cliff.” Once again, the Montalbán was most generous with their [...]

Corey Helford Gallery is proud to present “The Multi-Plane Show”. The gallery’s largest group show of 2009 brings together its favorite artists from the new contemporary fine art movement to pay tribute to the early days of animation. For this unique exhibition, each artist created an original painting using the multi-plane, which was made famous [...]

Hotels these days are really pushing the boundaries in terms of offering more services, outlandish design and mechanized service. Hotel on Rivington holds their standards to a high point, without sacrificing anything in the process. I’ve visited plenty of hotels of late where the staff seems terrified of the management (and thusly, me), hotels where [...]

Enjoy tea-time in the classic atmosphere of the winter garden at Hotel Crillon in Paris. Tea-time at the Crillon has become an essential must-visit for anyone who spends a day shopping nearby at the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. Making tea-time even more special each month will have its own unique theme. The November [...]

The Gallery at Sketch. Where do I start when trying to explain this one-of-a-kind restaurant, bar, art gallery all in one? Is it a unique dining experience amongst anything else in London? Check. Eccentric? Check. Delicious food and great service? Check and check again! From the moment you walk in you’re transported into something of [...]

Located in the heart of the West End and situated right next to Covent Garden, One Aldwych is a celebration of the neighborhood in which it stands. One quick elevator up and you’re high above the London streets. The suite’s picture windows offer clear views of the London cityscape and some rooms offer a glimpse [...]

PC Valmorbida, in partnership with PM Tenore and RVCA Artists Network Program, are pleased to present “mindthegap,” the inaugural exhibition at PRISM, a new gallery space on the famed Sunset Strip. The exhibition will feature works by artists, Barry McGee and Phil Frost, who’s early graffiti work, complex paintings and installations have brought them both [...]

Have you ever wondered what it means when someone says, “It’s so European?” This airy 1 bedroom + extra living room with roll out couch / 2 bath apartment known as “Sheherazade” by Paris Hideaways is a good answer. Inspired by modern European décor and fused with Moroccan influence. The townhouse features a serene private garden, perfect for [...]

The Sanderson Hotel in London is cool. The fact that it’s located in a plain old high rise building that was the site of a former fabric company and looks completely lifeless from the outside, makes it extra cool because that means that the Sanderson is ironic and irony is considered very cool. On the [...]