The Good Life
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Zalacain, Madrid
Cigar friendly hardly sums up the open attitude toward cigars that permeates Spanish culture. As in no other Western society, the pleasures of a...more
Posted: March 1, 1995 By Mark Vaughan
The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, Dana Point, California
The remarkable beauty of the Ritz-Carlton's Dana Point location is what sets this luxury resort apart. Situated high atop a 150-foot bluff, the...more
Posted: March 1, 1995 By Jean T. Barrett
Plaza Athenee, Paris
The Hôtel Plaza Athénée in Paris leads a 24-hour-a-day life of its own, like a grand luxury liner that just happens to be moored in the middle of...more
Posted: March 1, 1995 By Judy Fayard
Four Seasons, Washington, D.C.
"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of," said Benjamin Franklin in 1746. Today, he might have added,...more
Posted: March 1, 1995 By Ben Giliberti
The Mark Hotel, New York City
Whether you are retreating from the crisp winds that sweep across Central Park or returning from the exclusive shopping salons of Madison Avenue...more
Posted: December 1, 1994 By Peter Slatin
Hotel Bristol, Paris
Except for an occasional traffic jam caused by the limousines clustered in front of the entrance, the Hotel Bristol might go altogether unnoticed...more
Posted: December 1, 1994 By Judy Fayard
Remi, New York, Santa Monica, Mexico City, Tel Aviv
The crossed oars on blue-and-white awnings hang unobtrusively over doorways. It could be New York, Santa Monica, Mexico City or Tel Aviv. If these...more
Posted: December 1, 1994 By Gordon Mott
Tour d'Argent, Paris
Few places in the world are better for smoking a cigar than the Tour d'Argent restaurant in Paris. It's breathtaking to sit at one of its tables six...more
Posted: December 1, 1994 By James Suckling
Four Seasons, Chicago
On the hotel's high floors, you can see north to Wisconsin and south to Indiana. Lake Michigan stretches in both directions in a curving arc toward...more
Posted: September 1, 1994 By Gordon Mott
Grand Wailea, Maui, Hawaii
After a 5,500-mile journey through five time zones, arrival at the Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa can be welcome medicine. The approach to the front...more
Posted: September 1, 1994 By Michael Frank
L'Enoteca Pinchiorri, Florence, Italy
In the heart of one of Italy's great cities, L'Enoteca Pinchiorri is perhaps the ultimate special-occasion restaurant, that rare combination of...more
Posted: September 1, 1994 By Jean T. Barrett
Ritz-Carlton, Boston
To step into the stately, red-and-white-brick hotel at the corner of Arlington and Newbury streets in Boston is to take a step backward in time. The...more
Posted: September 1, 1994 By Gordon Mott
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