Garden Camping: The New Trend for Budget Digs

February 20, 2012


Contemporary London garden, Thewattspad’s Place,  available for garden camping.

Garden camping is a cool new concept in which homeowners rent their private gardens to campers. From urban gardens to country estates, tourists in search of affordable garden accommodations and gardeners … Read More...

Mayan Luxury and Mezcal on Playa Maroma, Mexico

February 23, 2011

 

In dire need of a respite from the relentless east coast winter, my husband and I headed to the Hotel Maroma Resort and Spa on Playa Maroma in Mexico, about half an hour south of Cancun on the Riviera Read More...

Garden Voyeur in the Big Easy

August 19, 2010

sign says laissez les bon temps rouler
Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton

I’ve not been taking it easy in the Big Easy the past few days helping my daughter move into her apartment and trying to furnish it on a dime (a challenge but doable.) In between, I’ve … Read More...

Urban Gardens in the Privacy of Your Bedroom

May 14, 2010

Located at the intersection of fairy tales and surrealism, the new Milan hotel Maison Moschino brings nature indoors to guest rooms with names like Life is a Bed of Roses, Forest, and Ivy.

The hotel’s creative team, led by … Read More...

Bridge, Tunnel, and Hidden Urban Gardens

April 17, 2010

Home to several lesser-known urban gardens that are wonderful destinations for some quiet respite from the concrete jungle, Staten Island, one of New York City’s five boroughs, was mostly farmland until the 1960s when the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was built.

Jacques Read More...

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