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Patmos Aktis Suites and Spa - Patmos, Greece
Set on the idyllic Greek island of Patmos, the 5-star Patmos Aktis Suites and Spa features an array of stylishly decorated rooms and suites, excellent spa facilities and a fantastic seafront restaurant and bar. Endowed with a minimalist design, all spaces evoke a feeling of comfort and sophistication combined with Greek influences and high-tech amenities.
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La Residencia - Mallorca, Spain
Ideally located in the enchanting village of Deia, between the scenic Tramuntana Mountains and the sparkling Mediterranean Sea, La Residencia embodies the distinguished characteristics of Mallorcan architecture, offering an authentic traditional experience. Operated by Orient Express Hotels, this luxury boutique accommodation oozes comfort and style from every angle, from the exquisitely decorated rooms and suites to the magnificent outdoor spaces and the superior services provided.
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How to Take Better Photos on Your Phone: Instagram Tips from Photographers | Istanbul’s spice market
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Harold Lloyd isn’t trying to stop time in this famous scene from the 1923 silent comedy, Safety Last. The reason he’s hanging from this clocktower involves a convoluted tale of trying to make good in the big city, impress the true love he left back in Smalltown and make a quick bundle by scaling a 12-story building so that the fictional DeVore Department Store on the ground floor can generate some buzz and ideally move the merch — all that Horatio Alger stuff that doesn’t really change quite as much as it stays the same. The minute hand Harold’s holding onto over Broadway belongs to what is now the Sparkle Factory, owned by our good friend Tarina Tarantino, and stands across the street from the future Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles. The marquee you see in Harry’s background is for the former Majestic Theatre. By all accounts, it lived up to its name until it was demolished in 1933. While it’s too bad the Majestic couldn’t make it to the present in its physical form, we’re glad Harold’s literal take on social climbing managed to stop the clock and preserve its memory forever.
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The Fabulous Cannes
Cannes, the annual film festival in the south of France, kicked off a few days ago. While celebrities are out in full force with their glamorous gowns and tuxedos, the architecture of France is something almost out of a movie in its own right. Take the staircase at the Hotel Martinez, for example, a bustling hotspot for festival-goers and industry folk.
Put a little Cannes glam on your coffee table with this book, Cannes: Inside the World’s Premiere Film Festival.
(Photo & Text by Yale Breslin)
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We are drawn by the pulsing famo beat, drawn from our rondavel in dark of night, down past the turn in the river and the semi-deserted hospital, down toward the grounds of the vacant hotel and into the gutted adjacent building—some defunct abattoir—where all hog-butchering has been laid aside to give the band some space to play. The building is a dusty cinderblock warehouse, windows painted over, walls shedding plaster, the whole place haunted and forbidding.
And there is an honest-to-God famo band napalming the stage—actually, there’s no stage, defunct abattoirs don’t have stages—but the singer is raging and the drummer is raging and the dancers are raging, though not the accordionist or the bassist, because those two stonefaced motherfuckers are motionless, wearing sunglasses, chain-smoking, sitting with their backs to the crowd, and laying down an absolutely dirty line of accordion-bass polyphony.
But perhaps I am getting ahead of myself, because I don’t want to skip over the man with the machine gun, and because I want to make sure, first of all, that we know what famo is.
Besotho Dance Party: Dirty basslines, funky dance moves and a doorman with a machine gun
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The Rocks Luxury Villas - Koh Tao, Thailand
An exclusive resort in Koh Tao, southern Thailand, The Rocks Luxury Villas consists of four private residences and a state of the art infinity pool, all wonderfully located in the heart of a lush tropical garden, only 5 min walk from the island’s most popular beach, Sairee. All villas enjoy spacious, elegant interiors, privacy and breathtaking ocean views, making for a perfect island getaway.
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Pirkle Jones
photographs from Portfolio Two, Published 1968
Breaking Wave, Golden Gate, San Fransisco, 1952, gelatin silver print, 10 x 13 1/4 inches
View of San Francisco in the Rain, 1952, gelatin silver print, 9 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches
Figures in the Rain, San Francisco, 1955, gelatin silver print, 9 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches
Sunset District and Pacific Ocean, San Francisco, 1951, gelatin silver print, 9 1/2 x 13 inches
Breaking Wave, Golden Gate, San Francisco, 1952, gelatin silver print, 9 1/4 x 13 inches
Cowboy, Arizona, 1957, gelatin silver print, 9 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches
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Every visitor to the Bagno Vignoni in southern Siena falls for the benefits of its thermal waters.
Point de chute: les visiteurs de Bagno Vignoni profitent des vertus curatives des sources thermales qui arrosent ce petit village au sud de Sienne.Photo by / par Aya Brackett.
See more from our May 2013 issue.
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Kimber Modern - Austin, TX, USA
Exquisitely designed by Burton Baldridge Architects, Kimber Modern is an enchanting boutique hotel with smart taste for architecture and interior decoration in downtown Austin. Blending contemporary design with high-tech luxury and beautiful works of art, each room, suite and living area is fitted out with the highest quality materials.
