By Jim Winnerman Special to the Post-Dispatch Is St. Louis native and well-liked actor Jon Hamm responsible for the nationwide resurgence in the popularity of midcentury modern architecture and décor? He portrayed Don Draper in the show “Mad Men,” which aired from mid-2007 to early 2015, and won acclaim for […]
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Trulli of Alberobello typical houses. Apulia, Italy. getty Southern Italy has some of the most country’s beautiful beaches dotting its scenic coastlines. It also offers iconic archaeological and historical sites, mouth-watering regional cuisine, and the promise of warm weather throughout much of the year. The ancestors of many Americans and […]
Horticulture is hot right now. The pandemic has fuelled our passion for plants to such an extent that some millennials would rather go to a garden centre than a nightclub. But lugging bags of compost can only bring you so much pleasure. To immerse yourself completely in the joy of […]
The très French island of St. Barts is acting more like itself than ever before. After COVID put a damper on billionaire revelry last year, this season it was easy to forget that a pandemic was happening. Masks just aren’t en vogue — thanks to rigorous and ever-shifting testing requirements prior to […]
Hotel Amano, London Bringing slick Germanic design and affordable rooms to an area usually known for sky-high rates, the Amano, which is due to open this spring, is the first international outpost of the Berlin-based hotel chain. Housed in a former office building on Covent Garden’s Drury Lane, the hotel […]
(CNN) — Though 2021 was not exactly the year of jet-setting travel that we’d hoped for, we have our fingers crossed for 2022. From cool urban hideaways in Oslo, Sydney and New York to far-flung island escapes in Mozambique, Indonesia and the Maldives, there’s an exciting array of hotels opening […]