september 2018
West Side StoryEXPLORING PHILLY’S MOST COLORFUL NEIGHBORHOOD
THE SURREAL THING
“Being here is like entering this amazing
time warp”HOT RODDER KEVIN
CARLSON ON THE RACE OF GENTLEMEN
The Good Place star Kristen Bell juggles the afterlife, public life and the messy realities of motherhood
Call It a ComebackMICHELIN STARS ALIGN FOR BUDAPEST’S FOOD SCENE
Hot this month Aussie drag queens, mooncakes, Talk Like a Pirate Day
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according to archaeologists, the Mapuche culture dates as far back as 500 B.C. The new andBeyond lodge Vira Vira debuting in Chile this month is hoping to keep ancient traditions alive by preparing indigenous dishes in its restaurant and offering expeditions to Mapuche communities. “The lodge is located in the center of the Araucanía, the heart of the Mapuche culture, the largest group of indigenous people
Midnight foie gras cravings? That’s hardly worth an eyebrow-raise at the Fauchon L’Hôtel Paris. This month, the renowned
Parisian food purveyor unwraps its first boutique hotel nearby its headquarters. Before arrival, guests provide their epicurean
preferences—salty or sweet?—then Fauchon’s culinary wizards customize each in-room “gourmet bar” with treats tailored to suit each guest’s palate, anticipating hangry moments with bites like
candied chestnuts, black whiskey chocolates and caviar.
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Chile is better with age
A lodge opening this month offers guests a taste of a 2,500-year-old culture
THIS HOTEL IS FULL OF SWEETSThe new Fauchon L’Hôtel Paris offers
deliciously customizable minibars
The lodge in Chile’s Lake District will be the first andBeyond
property outside
of Africa
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Legacy is the new amenity
Recently launched hotels embrace their history
remaining in Chile,” explains andBeyond South America managing director Pedro Barraza. Guests can try older-than-old-school recipes like tortilla de rescoldo (ash-baked bread) and cordero arvejado (lamb stew). It’s not just show-and-tell. Barraza notes that locals will gladly put foodies to work by tasking them with “grinding wheat then cooking it in one of their wood stoves.” —LAURA BEAUSIRE
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FOUNDRY HOTEL
Asheville, North Carolina
This industrial-chic retreat sits on the site of a foundry whose steel was
used in the construction of
George Vanderbilt’s Biltmore Estate.
THE ELIZA JANE New Orleans
This urban enclave is named after Eliza
Jane Nicholson, the first female
publisher of The Daily Picayune newspaper, which once occupied
the space.
SELINA AT THE TOWER HOTEL
MiamiThe storied history of Little Havana’s
first boutique hotel ranges from a WWII hospital to lodging in the 1950s for jazz
legends such as Billie Holiday.
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