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…
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Does the world, and specially Lisbon, need another hipster coffee shop? As a coffee lover, my answer is bring it on but (there is always a but), please, make it worth my money since Portugal has never been short…
I’m the living proof that social media are changing the way we travel. During my last trip to Madrid I’ve elected Dear Hotel after seeing it on several Instagram feeds that I follow for tips and inspiration. Located on…
Olivia te Cuida (Olivia takes care of you in Spanish), in the hood of Malasaña, is in business since February 2009 but I went there for the very first time only a few months ago. It’s a wonderful tip…
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spot alert: first social stay hotel opens this fall in chicago | partilhar o quarto e o instagram
Über cool Mexican Habita Group (with several properties in Mexico and Hotel Americano in New York) is just about to open two new hotels, side by side, in Chicago’s hip neighborhood of Wicker Park/Bucktown: The Hollander and The Roby.…
One of these days I was craving a comfort vegetarian meal. In Lisbon this is no longer a problem, since we have now several nice places for that, but I was in Cascais (on the west coast of Portugal,…
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generator amsterdam: hotel or hostel, it’s up to you| o barato que não sai caro
Don’t get me wrong but hostels are okay when you are a teen or twenty-something, after that, believe me, you don’t want to share a room with strangers unless you really have to. Nevertheless, I must admit that I…
COS x Hay. Sweden x Denmark. The two Scandinavian brands have done it again; just in time to cheer our Spring up with a fresh palette of green, blue and rose and organic materials like wood and cork. Their…
[text in EN: coming soon] Há quem se bata até hoje, em defesa do direito à diferença, de que a unanimidade é burra. Quando o assunto é o hotel EVOLUTION Lisboa, cravado num dos flancos mais visíveis da praça…
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Hôtel Grand Amour by André Saraiva in Paris | o hotel parisiense de um português cidadão do mundo
There is something about us, Portuguese, that really annoys me: we overrate our genes when it comes to praise one’s success overseas (Freud could certainly explain it but it’s rather simple: small nations usually seek for external approval) Nevertheless,…