The Good Life
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Las Mañanitas
I have no trouble recalling my first deluxe restaurant experience. It was at Las Mañanitas sometime during the mid-1950s, shortly after it opened in...more
Posted: December 1, 1996 By Jonathan Kandell
Oceana
Nestled between the office towers and luxury high-rises of Manhattan's East 54th Street, Oceana is a cab ride away from the nearest pier. Yet when...more
Posted: December 1, 1996 By Terrence Fagan
The Peninsula Hong Kong
On a recent return trip from Manila to London, I found myself with an eight-hour layover in Hong Kong. To pass the time, I recalled the advice of a...more
Posted: December 1, 1996 By Frank Gray
The Carlyle Hotel
Dignified yet comfortable, the Carlyle is exactly what one should look for--but might not expect to find--in a hotel on Manhattan's sleek, genteel...more
Posted: December 1, 1996 By Peter Slatin
I Paparazzi, Miami Beach
On most nights, Miami's South Beach area is a cacophonous blend of chattering voices from 10,000 sidewalk strollers, a rumbling from scores of...more
Posted: September 1, 1996 By Gordon Mott
Brown Palace Hotel, Denver
The only suites at Denver's Brown Palace Hotel with any designation beyond a room number are named after President Dwight D. Eisenhower and the...more
Posted: September 1, 1996 By Bruce Schoenfeld
Park Hyatt Tokyo, Tokyo
When the elevator door closes at the ground floor, the lights are dim. As you rise soundlessly the lights gradually, almost imperceptibly, brighten....more
Posted: September 1, 1996 By Anthony Dias Blue
Mauna Lani, Hawaii
Life doesn't get much sweeter than lying in a hammock, basking in the warm breezes under bright blue skies by the azure waters of Makaiwa Bay in...more
Posted: June 1, 1996 By Joshua Shapiro
The Forge, Miami, Florida
There are usually some clear signs when a restaurant is on a roll. Lots of busy signals for the reservations phone number. A crowd around the maître...more
Posted: June 1, 1996 By Gordon Mott
The Breakers, Palm Beach, Florida
The Gilded Age of the Great Gatsby--rich, carefree and more than a little ostentatious--is still alive at The Breakers hotel in Palm Beach. For at...more
Posted: June 1, 1996 By Edward Kiersh
The Restaurant Marco Pierre White, London
Paris has perfect restaurants. So does New York. But it is difficult to find one in London, where all the well-known gastronomic temples seem to have...more
Posted: March 1, 1996 By James Suckling
The Landmark, London
The man seated next to me on the British Airways flight to London was complaining about the five-star hotel that awaited his arrival. "This will be...more
Posted: March 1, 1996 By Jolee Edmondson
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