[I got a postcard from… is a guest editorial] When you imagine a trip to Italy, there are a few cities and sights that tend to come to your mind immediately, right? Rome, we bet, dominates most of the world’s image of this country, but the wonders of Florence and Venice aren’t too far behind. We also think of seaside stops on the Mediterranean and sprawling vineyards producing some of the world’s best wine, but Italy’s allure doesn’t stop with these highlights.…
A seven-minute drive from the airport and no more than a 10-minute walk from the city centre. When I googled Azoris Royal Garden (ARG), a renovated four star hotel in Ponta Delgada (and part of Azoris Hotels Group, recently…
Can a talk show host change the history of a brand? Yes, specially if we are talking of a media mogul like Oprah Winfred. A few years ago, she included the hand-made soaps produced by Portuguese factory Claus Porto among her favorite…
Last July I was invited to spend a couple of days at Uva do Monte-Blueberry Farm and write a piece about it for Portuguese lifestyle magazine Evasões. I enjoyed my stay there so much — even if I was…
If you are into design and architecture, you probably know Sou Fujimoto for interventions like the 2013 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London or, more recently, for his collaborating with COS on a Forest of Light installation during Milan Design Week. What you probably don’t…
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (aka SFMOMA) was the first building of Swiss-Italian Pritzker Architecture Prize Mario Botta in the US, but since its opening, back in 1995, it received more criticism than praise —apparently his vision of…
Alvalade was my childhood address in Lisbon and it’s filled of wonderful memories. More than just the modernist buildings and the multiple services, this “bairro” has now new yummy spots — but some of the old ones are as…
Each year, during Art Basel Miami Beach, at the beginning of December, a lot of cool new things are unveiled to the public. This last edition was no different and Faena Hotel Miami Beach was the place to be.…
Being blonde, beautiful, rich, mundane and funny is no longer enough. Los Angeles wants to be taken seriously as an emerging art scene. Okay, Downtown Los Angeles was not short of contemporary museums. But, as far as Eli Broad,…
This place in the Parisian neighborhood of Haut Marais is not exactly brand new but, don’t ask me why, my radar has failed to notice it until a few days ago. Better later than never, I guess. The three-storey…
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