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My New York City Beach Motel

Native New Yorkers are zoning in on a budding little beach community that’s re-awakening over at Rockaway Beach, gateway to Queens and home to the legendary old amusement park, Playland, which closed in the 1980s following the neighbourhood’s downturn during the 1960s. Since the beginning of the new millennium however, surfers have been bringing life back to Rockaway,…

Doctor Zhivago’s Summer Home is currently taking Reservations

Omar Sharif, best-known of course for his role as Doctor Zhivago, bought this cave house on the island of Lanzarote in the 1970s. It was love at first sight when he discovered it during a press tour for his film Mysterious Island. Unfortunately for him, he didn’t get to keep it for very long after losing…

My Parisian Studio in Tokyo, Japan

Photographic studio spaces can be wondrous little places, sort of like your own private theatre set without the audience. This particular studio that I virtually stumbled upon in downtown Tokyo, has that ‘Paris loft’ décor down to a science, from the French windows and parquet flooring to the vintage gas outlets and peeling wallpaper. The…

Backstage at Versailles: A Handyman’s Tour of the Palace

Robert Polidori has the keys to the palace. But not the perfectly-polished, museum-ready palace we’re used to seeing from behind the velvet ropes. In the 1980s, the Canadian-born photographer won a contract to document the ongoing restoration of the historic French palace, giving him and his camera lense an all-access pass to backstage Versailles. When…

Ace Hotel: The Rising Hilton of Hipster Accommodation

Comparing them to the Hilton hotel chain is probably going against everything they stand for, but you see I’m kinda hoping this flourishing collection of hotels, “held together by an affinity for the soulful,” takes over the world! So here’s a few things you should know about ACE, the self-proclaimed friendly hotel… 1. They’ve just…

5 Vintage Design Ideas to Steal from this Nostalgic NYC Dream Loft

This incredible New York City loft just went on the market for $3,250,000. Personally, that’s a little out of my budget– and by a little, I mean a lot. Who would even give up such a place anyway? This is the Noho/ East Village home of actor Bradley Darryl “BD” Wong. You may remember him from…

The Giant Vintage Camera Café

All too often when I’m browsing Tumblr, I’ll find a photograph that I just have to know the story behind. Is it real? Can I go there? All that stuff. And then you look beneath the photo for some information and find a whole lot of nothing. No source, no name, no location, nada. But…

My Little Lighthouse Hotel

For anyone else who has ‘stay overnight at a lighthouse’ on their list of things to do, meet me at the Saugerties Lighthouse, a two hour drive from Manhattan in the Hudson Valley. Ditch the car and walk a half a mile up the peninsula where the lighthouse will finally emerge from the tall grass, cut…

The Real-Life House of Oz

You could say Kat Wise has been to Oz and back– several times. Her story so far makes for an extraordinary tale of adventure and bizarre life events that sound almost like a modern-day sequel to Dorothy’s odyssey down the yellow brick road. In no particular order: she’s worked for Mother Teresa, trained as a baker,…

For Sale: Get your very own Hollywood Movie Playground for $7.5 million

Here’s a fool-proof plan for making it in the movie industry– and all you need is just $7.5 million! New on the Californian property market is a fully-equipped, ready-to-go movie ranch complete with elaborate background sets for all your blockbuster film-making needs. The Blue Cloud movie ranch facilities have already taken a supporting role in…

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