The ultra urbane crew over at Monocle assemble their Travel Top 50, a 12-minute video highlighting their best of 2012. With insights from the Tyler Brûlé and Andrew Tuck helmed magazine, the video handpicks the best hotels, planes, guides, cameras, airports, yachts, restaurants, international lounges and concepts of this past year. While bordering on the […]
4
Dec
Tyler Brûlé & Andrew Tuck's best destinations of the past year
13
May
Europe’s flagship W opens in London, but can the transatlantic cool of the brand be translated?
The second edition of our Checking In series, Lost In A Supermarket’s quest to cover all things we hold most dear (see our review of the gleaming new Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Hong Kong). In this review we jump continents from Hong Kong’s Ritz — now the highest hotel in the world — to the W Hotel […]
28
Apr
The new highest hotel in the world offers paramount luxury
Welcome to the inaugural edition of Checking In, the latest series in Lost In A Supermarket’s quest to cover all things we hold most dear. In this hotel review series sure we’d be tempted to just cover the most expensive or exclusive hotels in the world (who wouldn’t), but that will not be our sole […]
31
Mar
Hotel meets All Star Bosey high top sneakers
The Ace Hotel has teamed up with Converse to create a new colorway of their custom Ace x Converse Chuck Taylor All Star Bosey shoes. The original olive-drab canvas version was created exclusively as part of the Ace Hotel New York’s uniform when it opened in 2009, lifting design cues from vintage wading boots Converse […]
7
Oct
Taschen's Favourite Hotels doesn't disappoint
There aren’t many publishers who you could trust more with this project, and Taschen’s Favourite Hotels tackles the challenge expertly — covering 72 of their favourite favorite resorts around the globe. A compilation of the worlds most exotic, charming and luxurious hotels, this book lists them all — whether you are looking for a sophisticated […]
9
Sep
The second Private Edition single malt from Glenmorangie
Glenmorangie recently unveiled the latest spirit in its Private Edition range of limited edition expressions, titled Glenmorangie Finealta — which is Scottish Gaelic for ‘elegant’. What makes it especially noteworthy is it is a painstaking recreation of a century-old Glenmorangie recipe recently unearthed in the distillery’s archives. “Glenmorangie decided to recreate this recipe so that […]
23
Jun
Putting your trust in Stephen Dorff may not be the smartest move
Although a lot of people panned Marie Antoinette, I gotta say I kind of liked it. Sure it was flawed, but there are few filmmakers out there today who better master the art of mood and emotion with the simple play of lighting, ambiance, music and silence than Sofia Coppola. Both The Virgin Suicides and […]
28
Apr
Drizzle, Dark Roast and Jesus Lizard Together As One
The line-up for this year’s Capitol Hill Block Party in Seattle were announced today and it sounds like a dandy. It takes place July 24 & 25, and features: Sonic Youth, The Jesus Lizard, The Gossip, Deerhunter, Black Lips, Earth, The Thermals, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Moondoggies, Spinnerette, The Dutchess And The […]
