Wilderness Mara & Wilderness Mara Villas

• Mara Triangle, Kenya | Opening February and June 2026

At the base of the Oloololo Escarpment, where hot-air balloons scrape the dawn mist and the Great Migration chews a path through the grass, Wilderness is reinventing two of the Mara’s legacy camps. Wilderness Mara takes over the old Little Governors’ site as a 12-suite, adults-only tented camp threaded along a seasonal marsh, all canvas, freestanding tubs, outdoor showers and wide decks where elephants are basically part of the morning commute. Downstream, Wilderness Mara Villas reimagines Governors’ Private Camp as a fully private, buy-out hideaway on a bend of the Mara River, designed for multi-generational families and friend groups who want their own vehicles, their own fire pit, and their own rules about when exactly sundowners begin.

Four Seasons Hotel and Residences Cartagena

• Media Luna 8B #8B-44, Getsemaní, Cartagena, Colombia | Opening Spring 2026

Cartagena finally got the big, grown-up luxury hotel everyone’s been manifesting. Four Seasons is stitching together a cluster of 16th-century landmarks on the edge of Getsemaní and the UNESCO-listed walled city, including the former San Francisco temple and the Beaux-Arts Club Cartagena, plus a row of old theaters that once hosted the city’s elite. The result is 131 rooms and 27 suites spread through cloisters, courtyards and salons, with two rooftop pools looking out over domes, fortifications and the Caribbean instead of yet another generic infinity edge. 

Amanvari

• Costa Palmas, La Ribera, 23570 Baja California Sur, Mexico | Opening Spring 2026

On Baja’s East Cape, Aman Hotels is designing this property as a low-slung counterpart to Cabo’s party frontage, with stilted pavilions and villas threaded through dunes and desert scrub, all facing the Sea of Cortez. The resort anchors a stretch of the Costa Palmas community that already includes a private marina, Robert Trent Jones Jr. golf course, and organic farms, but Aman’s footprint remains deliberately sparse, with freestanding casitas with long sightlines of water and mountains instead of neighbors. Architecture comprises glass, timber and stone in a sand-and-sage palette, so interiors feel more like residential beach houses than hotel rooms. 

Château de la Commaraine

• 5 Rue de la Commaraine, 21630 Pommard, France | Opening Summer 2026

Burgundy has plenty of pretty domaines, but Château de la Commaraine lets you sleep inside a working Premier Cru estate—12th-century bones, nine acres of vines, 37 rooms carved from the moated château and outbuildings. The old pressing barn now houses an active winery, where harvests occur in real time, while chef Christophe Raoux crafts menus around Charolais beef, Bresse chicken and vegetables from the garden. A four-bedroom villa comes with its own cellar, stocked by neighbors like Comte Armand and Marquis d’Angerville. Days stretch between the 60-foot pool, vineyard walks to Beaune (20 minutes) and hot-air balloon rides over Burgundy’s patchwork—the ultimate flex being you can taste what you’re floating over.

Nobis Nord Men’s Tailored Trench Coat

This winter parka, with Canadian White Duck Down insulation, reads as a sharp, conservative trench indoors, but under office lighting, it is hiding a full extreme cold weather lab. Waterproof, windproof, breathable and with a two-way front zip makes subway gymnastics tolerable, fleece-lined hand pockets rescue frozen scrolling and the removable hood means you arrive at dinner looking composed, not mid-Nor’easter.

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Dries Van Noten Wool-Blend Tweed Overcoat

If you want one coat that can live on your shoulders from gallery opening to 1 a.m. cab, this is it. The wool-blend tweed is flecked in multiple browns, which softens the volume of the long-sleeve coat and makes it play nicely with everything from denim to wide-leg trousers. The enveloping cut is a classic style that leaves room for chunky knitwear, but because proportions are well-designed, you can look sharp indoors.

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Celine Mac Coat In Checked Wool Tweed

Some coats scream “big purchase”; this one just makes you look like the best-dressed guy at any function. Leather-trimmed cuffs give away the designer label to anyone paying attention, but the overall effect is low-key: it looks like a serious coat under lobby lighting and still feels natural worn open at the table when you “forget” to check it.

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Todd Snyder and Woolrich Tech Wool Jacket

Call it the Venn diagram overlap between city trench and mountain shell. The Italian bonded wool resembles something you’d wear over a suit, but the three-layer, seam-sealed construction of this hooded jacket is designed for sleet and sideways wind on a cross-town walk. Inside, the relaxed fit and wool drape keep it from reading as technical once you’re parked at the bar. 

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Bottega Veneta Intrecciato Leather-Trimmed Shell Down Jacket

There are puffers you hang by the door and puffers you treat like outerwear-meets-tailoring, and this is firmly the latter. The washed technical shell of the insulated jacket has polish instead of sheen, so it plays with trousers and Chelsea boots as easily as denim. At the neckline, the high-quality intrecciato leather collar does all the brand signaling you need. 

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Sease Tribeca Cashmere-Blend Down Jacket

Urban winter is where this one earns its keep. The Tribeca wraps recycled down in a matte Wish virgin wool-cashmere shell, so from a distance it looks more like a sharp grey flannel, not gear. A high funnel collar kills the West Side winter weather wind on extra-cold days without needing a scarf, while the hidden two-layer membrane keeps out freezing rain and gusts on the walk from an Uber to the movie theater.

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Drake’s Grey Flecked Wool Raglan Coat

This is the “all winter, all occasions” coat that never has to hit the back of a chair. The raglan shoulder and easy A-line shape slide over a suit, a Shetland, or a hoodie for easy layering, while the heavy flecked wool looks professorial at the office and still looks relaxed at the bar, so you can keep it on indoors without feeling like you forgot to take your outer layer off.

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Laminar Padded Shell Jacket

Cut like a minimalist overshirt, the Laminar is lightly padded for mild weather protection, so it takes the edge off a cold platform without turning you into the Michelin intern. The matte black shell looks clean in a shared workspace, on a red-eye, or over a hoodie at a low-lit bar, and the chest pockets handle phone, badge and headphones without bulking out your hips.

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Arc’teryx Rho LT Crew

This is what you wear when the weather forecast is sarcastic. A midweight brushed synthetic fleece, it feels almost indecently soft against the skin but runs impressively warm for its five- to six-ounce weight. The fit is trim and articulated, so it doesn’t bunch under a slim ski shell, and the stretch lets you move without fighting the fabric. 

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Ibex Woolies Pro Tech Crew

This is merino for people who usually hate merino. Ibex spins a fine wool-nylon blend that comes out smooth, stretchy and impressively itch-free. The Pro Tech sits in that sweet spot between ultralight and midweight, offering enough warmth for cool mornings and breathability for long climbs or tempo runs. The fit is true to next-to-skin, with raglan sleeves and thumb loops that make layering effortless.

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REI Co-op Midweight Half Zip

The REI Midweight Half Zip is the sensible friend in the group. It’s a straightforward polyester midweight with a soft interior, a zip neck for venting and thumbholes for layering. It’s heavier than the premium pieces here, but that mass translates into real warmth for car camping or cold-weather hikes. It doesn’t have the odor control of merino or the flashy branding, yet it will quietly do the job for years at a very forgiving price. If you’re building a kit from scratch, this is a smart starter.

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Nekajui, A Ritz-Carlton Reserve: Unspoiled glamour on Costa Rica’s Papagayo Peninsula

• Peninsula Papagayo, End of the 253 National Route, Provincia de Guanacaste, Liberia, 50104, Costa Rica | Opened February 2025

Central America’s first Ritz-Carlton Reserve opened its doors in early 2025, inviting guests into an ultra-luxurious hideaway on Costa Rica’s wild Pacific coast. Set on a lush hillside above Pochote Bay, Nekajui (its name means “garden” in the Chorotega language) comprises 107 ocean-facing suites and a handful of canvas-topped treetop tents, plus 36 private residences tucked discreetly into the landscape. The design is contemporary and high-touch, yet with a strong sense of place: local art and crafts adorn the airy, wood-and-stone villas and every angle offers sweeping jungle and sea vistas. Days at Nekajui strike a balance between adventure and pampering. One morning might find guests riding a funicular down the cliff to Niri Beach Club for a surf or snorkel, and the next, luxuriating in a volcanic clay body treatment at the 27,000-square-foot Nimbu Spa, which features open-air hydrotherapy pools overlooking the ocean. 

Rosewood Miyakojima: Embracing Japan’s tropical frontier

• Nikadori-1068-1 Hirara, Miyakojima, Okinawa 906-0008, Japan | Opened March 2025

For its Japanese debut, Rosewood skipped the big cities and landed on the little-known isle of Miyako-jima, Okinawa, a remote paradise of sugarcane fields and turquoise sea. The Studio Piet Boon-designed retreat features 55 secluded pool villas, each crafted from local Ryukyu limestone and embodying a study in wabi-sabi elegance, with indoor-outdoor living spaces that open to pristine ocean views. The vibe is exclusive castaway meets Japanese ryokan: mornings might begin with yoga by a private plunge pool and end with sunset over Yonaha Maehama beach (a four-mile stretch of powdery sand renowned as Japan’s best). In between, guests sample locally grounded luxury, whether savoring Okinawan seasonal cuisine at the island-sourced restaurant Choma or Italian fare at Nagi, or unwinding at the beachside infinity pool, Asaya spa, or Rosewood Explorer’s Club for children. By planting ultra-luxe villas amid jungle and coral reefs, rather than Tokyo high-rises, Rosewood Miyakojima offered an immersive escape to an “unseen” side of Japan.

Tella Thera: A sustainable sanctuary on Crete’s untouched coast

• Kissamos 734 00, Crete, Greece | Opened July 2025

This is what happens when an Airbnb algorithm becomes sentient and decides to save the world. The genius is in the mundane made profound. Your olive trees aren’t decorative—they’re working, dropping fruit that ends up in your dinner, their roots drinking your shower water like some closed-loop system dreamed up by a stoned permaculturist. Inside, everything feels like it was made by someone who actually lives here: tree-trunk tables still showing bark, Coco-Mat beds that cost more than a small car but make you understand why Greeks invented the concept of divine sleep, stone floors that stay cool even when it’s 90 degrees outside. You’ll eat dinner watching the sun melt into the Aegean, feeling virtuous about your zero-waste meal until you remember you flew here on a jet that burns dinosaurs. But that’s the thing about Tella Thera. It just shows you another way to live, then sends you home to your modern life with impossible standards and a slight olive oil addiction.

Mandarin Oriental, Vienna: Imperial splendor meets modern comfort

• Riemergasse 7, 1010 Wien, Austria | Opened December 2025

The Viennese turned a courthouse into a hotel, because it is quintessentially Viennese to transform a place of judgment into one of indulgence while maintaining the exact same level of scrutiny. The 151-room Mandarin Oriental occupies an Art Nouveau building on the Ringstrasse that spent a century sending people to prison and now sends them to a spa where the towels are warmer than human affection. What works is the honesty about what this place was. They kept the marble hallways where lawyers once paced, the wrought-iron lift that carried verdicts, the imposing proportions that made defendants feel appropriately small. But now it’s softened with that particular Mandarin Oriental trick of making institutional architecture feel residential—like you’re staying in the apartment of a judge who collected mid-century furniture and had excellent taste in cashmere.

Driftwood Ranch Resort brings the West to the Catskills

• 49 Kilcoin Rd, White Lake, NY 12786 | Opened April 2025

Ninety minutes from Manhattan, the sight of Texas longhorns and a 30,000-square-foot indoor arena is the first hint this is not a typical Catskills escape. Three-time PRCA circuit champion Steve Dubrovsky carved 200 acres of his 7,000-acre property into a working horse and cattle ranch with only four suites tucked into the operation. Rooms fold in birch-branch headboards, salvaged stall wood, museum artifacts and rodeo memorabilia, so staying here is like inhabiting someone’s life rather than a themed resort. All-inclusive rates cover breakfast, horseback rides, roping lessons, longhorn feedings (their favorite bite: Dunkin’ Donuts), plus hiking, fishing and kayaking on the surrounding land.

Prospect Berkshires creates a landscape hotel in Massachusetts

• 50 Prospect Lake Rd, Egremont, MA 01230 | Opened May 2025

On a wooded bowl around Prospect Lake, a forgotten campground now materializes like a Scandinavian sketch dropped into the Berkshires. Local firm Alander Construction scattered 49 cedar cabins throughout the trees, angled to take advantage of lake and forest views rather than parking lots. Larger 400-square-foot units suit couples and families; nine tiny hideaways share a handsome bathhouse that’s more spa than campground. The social life gathers at Cliff House, a 5,000-square-foot lodge built with timber from an 1876 structure, where Nancy Thomas’ restaurant spotlights regional produce. Saunas, a saltwater pool, tennis and paddling round out the lake-first flow.

Municipal Grand brings cocktail culture to Savannah

• 45 Abercorn St, Savannah, GA 31401 | Opened July 2025

In Savannah’s historic district, the most compelling new lobby smells like stirred spirits, not diffuser oil. Municipal Grand, from the Death & Co-adjacent team at Midnight Auteur, recasts a 1961 municipal building as a cross between city hall and fantasy cocktail den. AAmp Studio layers terrazzo, warm woods and swooping curves that practically suggest a second round. Rooms come with arched marble minibars stocked for real mixing, not miniature regret, while the crescent-shaped Municipal Bar and Sun Club rooftop pool turn the hotel into a vertical bar crawl.

Appellation Healdsburg centers on culinary experiences

• 101 Dovetail Ln, Healdsburg, CA 95448 | Opening September 2025

For travelers who build itineraries around markets and restaurant reservations, Appellation Healdsburg is essentially a home base. Chef Charlie Palmer and former Four Seasons executive Christopher Hunsberger designed the hotel around its kitchens: Folia Bar and Kitchen seats more than 200 for seafood and pasta, while Andys Beeline Rooftop layers garden-driven cocktails over vineyard views. The real hook is participation, with 50-plus classes in baking, pasta, gardening, wine, crafts and wellness pulling guests into the process rather than just plating it. A plant-forward spa and generous event space lend it range, but the core appeal is simple: this is wine country for people who genuinely enjoy cooking.

The Swag

• 2300 Swag Rd, Waynesville, NC 28785, United States

Nearly a mile high on a 250-acre mountaintop at the edge of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, this Relais & Châteaux hideout feels like someone took the idea of a cozy cabin and ran it through a very competent billionaire. Rooms and cabins come with serious kit: wood-burning fireplaces, steam showers, soaking tubs, some with private saunas and wide porches facing an ocean of ridgelines. You can spend entire days in a robe, rotating between tub, nap, and the library, drifting out only when the dinner bell and the smell of something slow-braised make resistance pointless. When cabin fever hits, you still never really “leave.” Trails lace straight off the property for short rambles, there is a hot tub and sauna for thawing out, and staff can organize everything from guided hikes in falling snow to low-effort lawn games when it melts. Dinner, poured drinks and mountain silence pull you back inside.

Chalet Sofija

• Srednji Vrh 10, 4282 Gozd Martuljek, Slovenia

Chalet Sofija sits above Kranjska Gora in a quiet hamlet. Five adults-only suites are wrapped in snow and silence, with the Julian Alps filling every window. Each suite is different, but the through-line is indulgence: big, cloud-level beds, fireplaces, and a Jacuzzi tub in every room so you can soak with the mountains in full view instead of squinting at them from a crowded spa. The owners, a local Slovenian couple, treat the place like an extension of their dining room. They also run a serious restaurant in Ljubljana, so dinners here feel more like a private chef’s table than hotel catering. You talk through preferences, they pull bottles from their own cellar, and courses drift out while the snow stacks up outside. Mornings lean rustic: farm eggs, still-warm bread, and honey from nearby hives, eaten by the fire while you debate whether to get dressed. If you want to move, they can line up snowshoe walks through quiet woods or an old-school horse-drawn sleigh ride. Most guests end up rotating between the lounge, the outdoor hot tub and their own suite, letting the house, the food and the view do most of the work.

Leonardslee House

• Brighton Rd, Horsham RH13 6PP, United Kingdom

Leonardslee House is what you book when you want an English country weekend without pretending you ride horses. An hour out of London, the Edwardian manor sits inside 240 acres of woodland and lakes, so the reset starts the second you step out of the car and your phone signal gets patchy. Rooms lean into the fantasy: patterned wallpapers, antiques that look inherited, huge freestanding tubs that practically demand a long soak before dinner. Daylight hours are slow and slightly cinematic. You wander the frost-laced gardens, watch wallabies pick their way through the undergrowth, then trundle over to the estate vineyard for a glass of their own sparkling wine. Inside, there are fireside armchairs with just enough patina to encourage a full novel, plus the wonderfully odd doll and miniature museum tucked into the house for when you need a small dose of surrealism. Night is for Interlude, the Michelin-starred restaurant downstairs, where a long tasting menu runs on whatever the estate is growing or foraging. You finish back in the drawing room, house wine in hand, feeling less like a guest and more like you have borrowed someone’s very grand life for the weekend.

Alpenloge Hotel

• Kirchenanger 6, 88175 Scheidegg, Germany

Alpenloge sits on a slope outside the village, looking onto snow-dusted fields that roll out toward the Austrian and Swiss borders. Check in, drop your bag, and immediately get pulled toward the big windows and the kind of soft light you only get in winter. Rooms are all slightly different, but the language is the same: clean lines, natural wood, thick textiles, and views that make you consider moving to the countryside. Mornings might mean a short walk through the hills or a lazy breakfast that turns into an early lunch. The kitchen is the social core. Guests drift through while the chef preps dinner, trading stories over local cheeses and whatever is in season. There is a small spa with a sauna and outdoor terrace where you can sit and steam as the snow falls, then head back to the lounge for a nightcap by the fire. Staff happily arrange horse-drawn sleigh rides or sledding runs, but the best moments tend to happen indoors: long meals, shared bottles, someone putting on a record while everyone debates whether to have another slice of cake. It is winter as it should be, with the hotel as the whole program.

Fawn Bluff

• Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada

Fawn Bluff sits an hour by seaplane north of Vancouver, on a mossy bluff that may as well be the edge of the mapped world. It used to be Michelle Pfeiffer and David E. Kelley’s private escape. Now it is a nonprofit, exclusive-use lodge that quietly bankrolls a Homalco First Nation trauma center and treats your winter sloth like a sacred practice. Inside, the five-bedroom main house and separate lake cabin are pure cocoon. King beds dressed in hemp linens, a stone fireplace that never really goes out, shelves of First Nations art, a bath with a front-row view of the inlet. Someone hands you a latte when you wander into the kitchen; later, it is a bowl of soup or a glass of Lagavulin 16, no ceremony required. You could spend days rotating between sofa, tub, and hot tub, breaking only for Kwin Marion’s dinners built from whatever is running, growing or swimming nearby. When you finally feel like moving, the scale snaps into focus. Helicopter to a nameless glacier for fondue on the ice. Drift past humpbacks and orcas in a Coastal Craft yacht. Join Homalco guides to watch bears work the rivers. None of it is mandatory.

On Set at Royal Court Theatre

• London, 1966

On the set of Ubu Roi, Hockney does a Mod professor thing wearing a neat, trim suit, small lapels and a tight polka-dot tie, topped with a matching spotted hat. The oversized black round frames sharpen the cartoon effect, so he looks like he’s stepped out of one of his own line drawings and onto the stage.

Theatre Portrait

• London, 1971

Sinking into a cinema seat, Hockney pairs a velvet jacket and slim tie with sharply cut trousers and those oversized circular frames. The look captures his early-career persona: part serious man of culture, part mischievous observer treating the auditorium like his private studio.

Studio Portrait, New York

• January 29, 1981

At his desk, racing a deadline for the Met, Hockney wears a striped polo and baseball cap, the uniform of a Little League coach translated to the world of opera sets. The horizontal bands of color feel like a sketch for his stage designs, clean, graphic and completely uninterested in looking “proper.”

“Pacific Heights” Premiere

• Westwood, 1990

Hockney shows up in a sand-colored suit over a teal shirt and cobalt polka-dot tie, finished with a tan belt and well-worn brogues. The palette feels straight out of California light, but the slightly crumpled tailoring keeps his English art-school insouciance intact.

Portrait of David Hockney, London

• April 25, 1995

For this garden-portrait setup, he pairs a dove-grey chore jacket with a red shirt and matching polka-dot pocket square, framing his own face in saturated color the way he does his sitters. Wide, sand-colored trousers and brown sandals keep the silhouette casual, as if he’s stepped out from his own canvas for a cigarette break.

Frankfurt Book Fair

• Germany, 2016

At the Frankfurt Book Fair, he stands before a giant poster in an olive cardigan, mustard tie and sky-blue shirt, the colors stacked like swatches from his studio wall. The flat cap and round glasses keep him on-brand, turning a standard author photo call into another proof that Hockney dresses like his own best dust jacket.

“David Hockney: Retrospective” Exhibition, Centre Pompidou

• Paris, 2017

For his own retrospective, he shows up in a blue cardigan striped in electric green, paired with stone trousers, wine-red slippers and that now-trademark ivory cap. It’s the uniform of a man who knows the room is full of his greatest hits and dresses accordingly, matching the paintings’ saturation instead of disappearing into museum black.

The Broad and Louis Vuitton Celebrate “Jasper Johns: Something Resembling Truth,”

• Los Angeles, 2018

At The Broad, Hockney stands out on the red carpet with his navy blazer, mint cardigan and a hot-red knit tie, finished with cobalt-rimmed glasses that echo the museum’s logo behind him. The walking stick and pocket square give the whole thing a slightly professorial tilt, as if he’s stepped out of a painting seminar and into a fashion spread by accident.

“A Year in Normandy” at Musée de l’Orangerie

• Paris, 2021

In front of his 300-foot iPad panorama, he wears a russet-check suit with a traffic-cone tie and his usual yellow frames, basically dressing like a walking color study. The look mirrors the work behind him, all hedgerows and half-timbered roofs, as if he decided the opening needed one more pastoral still life and volunteered himself.

“Do You Remember They Can’t Cancel the Spring – David Hockney 25” Exhibition

• Paris, April 7, 2025

In Paris, Hockney arrives as his own best artwork, dressed in a russet checked suit, matching flat cap and bright yellow glasses framing that familiar deadpan stare. The look is pure Hockney logic, a clash of pattern and color that mirrors the joyfully maximal works behind him and proves he’s never believed in the idea of “too much” where dressing or painting is concerned.

Lyon, France

Before Paris, there was Lyon. Food critic Curnonsky declared it the gastronomic capital of the world in 1935, and the city that gave rise to Paul Bocuse and nouvelle cuisine has never relinquished that claim. The bouchon tradition—working-class restaurants serving quenelles, andouillette, cervelle de canuts and tablier de sapeur—exists nowhere else, while Les Halles de Lyon Paul Bocuse remains the country’s most celebrated indoor market. December delivers Lyon at its most magical. Sure, there are the Christmas markets, but it’s Fête des Lumières that transforms the city into an open-air art installation, with spectacular light projections on historic facades drawing millions of visitors. The festival’s 2025 theme explicitly honors Lyon’s gastronomic identity, and designated food zones throughout the pedestrianized center fuel the evening wanderings.

More significantly for food obsessives, Les Halles Paul Bocuse undergoes a notable refresh in January 2026, as five iconic shops pass the torch to new vendors following an extensive tender process, while three additional concessions remain available. It’s a rare moment of renewal for a market that rarely changes. More than 20 Michelin-starred restaurants anchor the fine dining scene, but the real Lyon experience happens at bar height in the bouchons of Vieux Lyon, ideally preceded by oysters and Aligoté at the Halles.

Osaka, Japan

Japan’s second city earned its nickname, Tenka no Daidokoro (the Nation’s Kitchen), through a culture of kuidaore, or eating until you drop. The Dotonbori and Shinsekai districts deliver on that promise nightly, their neon-lit alleys crowded with takoyaki stalls, okonomiyaki griddles, and kushikatsu counters enforcing the no-double-dipping rule. The 2025 Michelin Guide awarded the Kyoto-Osaka region 469 recommended restaurants, with 231 in Osaka alone. Winter sharpens the city’s appeal considerably. The Toka Ebisu Festival (January 9-11, 2026) draws nearly one million visitors to Imamiya Ebisu Shrine for a 1,400-year-old prosperity blessing accompanied by hundreds of food vendors. More significantly, Asia’s first Time Out Market opened adjacent to JR Osaka Station in March 2025, gathering 17 curated kitchens including Ayamuya (Osaka’s first Michelin-starred yakitori) and Saboten Taqueria—the casual sibling of Milpa, Japan’s first Michelin-starred Mexican restaurant. The guide also introduced Japan’s inaugural Green Star for ramen, awarded to Vegan Ramen UZU. Peak season coincides with pristine winter seafood: fugu, snow crab and the fattiest of fatty tuna at their finest.

Oaxaca, Mexico

Known as the land of seven moles, Oaxaca represents Mexico’s culinary conscience. The state’s Mercado de Abastos ranks among the country’s largest Indigenous markets, its aisles fragrant with chocolate, chapulines (crickets) and fresh quesillo. Santiago Matatlán produces roughly 40 percent of Mexico’s mezcal, with over 125 producers operating within the state’s boundaries. December and February bracket the winter calendar brilliantly. Noche de Rábanos (December 23, 2025) marks a 128-year tradition where artists carve oversized radishes into elaborate sculptures in the Zócalo—a gloriously weird one-night event with its official opening at 3 p.m. and winners announced by 9 p.m. The Oaxaca Food and Wine Festival (February 25–March 1, 2026) returns for its second year with mole tastings, cacao workshops, mezcal education, and wine-pairing dinners at Michelin-recognized restaurants. Stay at Grana B&B, which earned a Michelin Key designation. 

New Orleans, Louisiana

America’s most singular food city has produced over 50 James Beard Award winners while maintaining institutions that predate the Civil War. Antoine’s has operated since 1840. Commander’s Palace has launched more celebrated chef careers than any culinary school. The Creole-Cajun-French DNA yields gumbo, jambalaya and po’boys that exist in their truest form nowhere else. Winter 2026 builds toward Fat Tuesday (February 17) with particular momentum. Mardi Gras officially begins January 6, aligning with Presidents’ Day weekend for maximum revelry. Throughout December, Réveillon Dinners revive the French Creole Christmas Eve tradition with multi-course prix-fixe feasts at restaurants citywide. New openings include Rizzuto’s Prime (blending steakhouse with Italian seafood in the Hyatt Regency), Brutto Americano at The Barnett Hotel, and Charmant, a European bistro that opened November 22, 2025, in Mid-City. The anticipated Warbler Hotel (late 2026) partners with James Beard Award-winning bar group CureCo, with Michelin-starred chef Andrew Zimmerman consulting on the culinary program.

Chicago, Illinois

Chicago’s dining scene spans legendary deep-dish to Grant Achatz’s Michelin-starred Alinea, with the city now serving as permanent home to the James Beard Awards. The 2025–2026 Michelin Guide recognizes 21 starred restaurants, with Kasama in West Town earning a second star and Feld receiving both a first star and Green Star. Chicago Restaurant Week (January 23–February 8, 2026) kicks off with the First Bites Bash on January 22 at The Field Museum—an all-inclusive tasting event with after-hours museum access that sells out quickly. The 17-day experience features 500-plus participating restaurants with prix-fixe menus at $30 (brunch/lunch) or $45–$60 (dinner), making high-end experimentation remarkably accessible. New Bib Gourmands include Mirra, Nadu and Taqueria Chingón. Chicago Black Restaurant Week (February 8-22, 2026) celebrates its 11th season immediately following. The city hosts the James Beard Awards on June 15, 2026, at Lyric Opera—plan a return trip.

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The Point – Saranac Lake, Adirondacks, New York, USA

• 222 Beaverwood Rd, Saranac Lake, NY 12983, USA

The Point, a timeless Adirondack Great Camp transformed into an exclusive lodge, exudes rustic elegance on a snowy lakeshore. Built in 1933 by the Rockefeller family, its log mansions and cabins remain gloriously authentic yet impeccably luxurious without the overstuffed taxidermy vibe of lesser lodges. With only 11 rooms spread among four log buildings, stays feel like a private house party in the wilderness. In winter, guests trade skis for ice skates and snowshoes on the frozen lake by day, then gather for black-tie dinners by candlelight at night. A crackling fire is always lit on the “Big Rock” point for s’mores under the stars, where staff serve truffle popcorn and hot toddies.

Lost Fox Inn – Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

• 571 Torrington Rd, Litchfield, CT 06759, USA

In Connecticut’s Litchfield Hills, Lost Fox Inn is a colonial tavern reborn as a boutique winter haven where historic character meets bohemian design. This 10-acre property centers on an original 1745 tavern and farmhouse, meticulously restored over two years to preserve its 18th-century bones while adding playful modern touches. The result is an eclectic, neo-vintage style, hand-hewn beams and stone hearths juxtaposed with bold wallpapers, velvet sofas and curated antiques from the owners’ treasure hunts. Each of the 10 spacious guest rooms, plus a converted schoolhouse cottage, is unique, often featuring clawfoot tubs by a fireplace or four-poster beds dressed in luxury linens. Throughout the inn, the decor blends rustic structure with bohemian charm, from antique brass light fixtures to artful curios, creating a genuinely lived-in warmth.

Caldera House – Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA

• 3275 Village Dr, Teton Village, WY 83025, USA

Tucked at the base of Jackson Hole’s legendary slopes, Caldera House is an ultra-exclusive alpine club and hotel that reimagines ski luxury with bold design flair. This intimate retreat offers just eight sprawling suites within a modern chalet-style building, a small scale that belies its outsized style. Interiors by L.A. studio Commune Design blend European chic with Americana craftsmanship, yielding an updated spin on the classic ski cabin. Think mid-century Italian lighting, custom oak millwork and vintage Native American textiles layered against expansive mountain views. Each multi-bedroom suite boasts a chef’s kitchen, roaring fireplace and private balcony equipped with a hot tub or fire pit. Guests can sip barrel-aged bourbon cocktails in a velvet-upholstered bar or fuel up on gourmet wood-fired pizza at the house restaurant, a revived local favorite.

Forestis – Plose Mountain, Dolomites, Italy

• Palmschoss 22, 39042 Bressanone BZ, Italy

High in the Dolomites, Forestis is a modish design retreat that embodies Alpine minimalism and harmony with nature. This adults-only hideaway, opened in 2020, consists of a revamped historic sanatorium and three slender wood-and-glass towers rising above the treetops. The architecture is striking yet subtle, the towers’ vertical lines echoing the surrounding spruce forest, and every suite has wall-to-wall windows framing the jagged peaks of the Geisler Alps. In place of bauble-laden Tyrolean decor, Forestis opts for simplicity and balance, using local materials like fragrant Swiss stone pine, wool and Dolomite stone in calming earth tones, an almost monastic effect that leaves the drama to the landscape outside.

Glerups Slip-On with Leather Sole

Want one pair of house shoes that lives on your feet nine months of the year? Here it is. A single piece of felted wool wraps your foot, finished with a flexible leather sole that grips both wood floors and concrete without feeling like a sneaker. The wool runs warm in winter but never swampy, resisting odor even when worn barefoot daily.

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L.L.Bean Wicked Good Moccasins

These mocs represent the platonic ideal of a slipper: suede upper, thick shearling lining, rawhide (mostly decorative) laces and a treaded rubber sole that handles wet walkways and cold garage floors. The shearling is properly plush; the first few wears feel almost overstuffed before it compresses into your personal groove. They run hot, which you may appreciate if you’re dealing with frigid stone or tile underfoot.

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Derek Rose Douglas Shearling-Lined Mule Slippers

Derek Rose’s Douglas slipper is essentially a tailored winter coat for your feet. Navy suede uppers are trimmed with smooth leather and lined in thick shearling that traps heat without feeling clammy. They shine in proper night-in mode with a robe and cotton pajamas.

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Ugg Scuff

Suede uppers and plush wool-blend lining give you a soft landing pad you can step into half-awake without using your hands. The suede outsole is surprisingly grippy indoors while maintaining a slim profile. Not built for serious outdoor abuse, but for shuffling between rooms and lingering over weekend coffee? They deliver discreet luxury.

Bombas Sunday Slipper

Bombas took their hyper-cushy sock energy and built a slipper around it. The Sunday uses thick polyester sherpa for the upper, memory foam and EVA midsole underfoot and rubber outsole for structure. With a snug fit and slightly high heel, the shoe stays locked on your foot instead of flapping behind you.

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Mr P. Plush-Lined Suede Slippers

Mr. Porter’s in-house brand takes the classic babouche shape and cleans it up for modern life. Cut from soft blue suede with a gently tapered toe, these slippers have a low, easy entry and plush lining that feels closer to a robe belt than a sock. Since they’re slim with a flexible sole, they’re better for padded carpet and wood floors than hauling bins to the curb.

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Ace Hotel Toronto

• 51 Camden St, Toronto, ON M5V 1V2

Toronto’s creative class finally has a hotel to call its own. Opened in mid-2022 as the brand’s first Canadian outpost, the Ace Hotel Toronto is a love letter to the city’s cultural scene and brickwork heritage. Its striking 14-story structure, all ruddy brick and raw concrete, was ground-up built by acclaimed local architects Shim-Sutcliffe, yet it feels like it’s been part of the historic Garment District for generations. Inside, the lobby buzzes day and night with DJs, creatives on laptops and hotel guests sipping Ontario craft brews beneath a suspended mezzanine bar (dramatically hung from steel rods in a triple-height atrium). 

Nobu Hotel Toronto

• 25 Mercer St, Toronto, ON M5V 2M9

The world of Nobu arrived in Toronto earlier this year, and it’s every bit as scene-setting as you’d expect. Set atop a new Mercer Street skyscraper in the Entertainment District, Nobu Hotel Toronto is an intimate 36-room retreat carved out on the 41st-47th floors of a slick mixed-use tower. The hotel’s exclusive lobby, soaring above the city bustle, feels like a zen sanctuary in the clouds: warm wood, washi-paper lights and panoramic windows framing Lake Ontario. Rooms are a masterclass in Japanese minimalist luxury, with natural oak, stone soaking tubs and skyline vistas from your plush bed. 

Louf

• 501 Davenport Rd, Toronto, ON M4V 1B8

In a restored Edwardian house below Casa Loma, chef Fadi Kattan brings Palestinian cooking into intimate, contemporary focus. Rooms once used as parlors now hold shelves of books, Palestinian artwork and tables set for dishes rooted in Bethlehem but shaped by Ontario’s produce. Za’atar-cured beef tartare evokes kibbeh nayeh with bulgur and olive oil; moutabal foul arrives with house-baked, sesame-crusted Jerusalem bagels; and tamarind-braised Ontario beef brightens with pomegranate. Cocktails fold in cardamom, black tahini and nigella. 

Jamil’s Chaat House

• 1086 Queen St West, Toronto, ON M6J 1H8

Jamil’s started as a pop-up and now anchors Queen West with Pakistani street food that bends rules without losing its soul. Chef Jalil Bokhari and partner Emma serve pitch-perfect classics, like dahi puri, then push the genre with hits like the Karahi Sloppy Joe—spiced pulled chicken on a soft potato bun, brightened with a ginger-mint slaw. Specials rotate from smoked eggplant kachumar to cheeky Lahore-style poutine. The brick-walled room, soundtracked by Bhangra and lined with Bollywood vinyl, fills with Parkdale creatives and late-night chai drinkers. 

Civil Works

• 50 Brant St (Waterworks Building Mezzanine), Toronto, ON M5V 3G9

Civil Works hides above the Waterworks food hall in a restored 1930s building, marked only by a neon “CW” on the mezzanine. Inside, an Art Deco palette meets industrial relics, with velvet chairs, Persian rugs and a glowing 25-foot bar anchoring the room. The cocktails are narrative-driven and proudly nerdy, from smoked cloche presentations to tequila-martini riffs paired with custom mineral water. Bartenders chat H2O chemistry as easily as amaros, yet the vibe stays welcoming, with guests drifting up from the food hall for tacos and a seat at the brass rail. 

Gift Shop

• 89 Ossington Ave, Toronto, ON M6J 2Z2

Gift Shop remains one of Toronto’s great hidden rooms, tucked behind a working barbershop on Ossington. Slip through the back door into a tiny den of antique perfume bottles, Victorian cabinetry and flickering light. The cocktails match the whimsy: try the “Ossington Vesper” served inside a hollowed-out book, or a rosemary-scented old-fashioned garnished with a miniature leather strop. Presentation never eclipses potency; drinks are heady yet balanced with local touches like Ontario honey and Niagara bitters.

Kensington Market

• Kensington Ave & Baldwin St, Toronto, ON (Neighborhood)

Kensington Market is Toronto’s bohemian crossroads, a tangle of Victorian houses spilling over with vintage shops, multicultural grocers and indie studios. One block holds Mexican spices and dried chiles, the next racks of retro leather and ’90s streetwear. Designers sell upcycled pieces beside family-run Caribbean and Italian food shops, while dusty bookstores and DJ-forward record shops round out the maze. Summer Pedestrian Sundays turn the area into a street festival of live music, murals and curbside stalls. It’s messy, multicultural and magnetic—the rare neighborhood where you can browse a philosophy zine, score a vintage tee and grab empanadas within minutes.

The Beaches

• Queen St East (between Woodbine Ave and Victoria Park Ave), Toronto, ON

Toronto’s east end slows down without dulling its character, and nowhere captures that balance better than the Beaches. Centered on Queen Street East, the neighborhood feels like a small seaside town folded neatly into the city grid. Independent boutiques line the strip in restored brick storefronts: beachwear shops with Canadian-made linen, galleries run by local painters, and lifestyle stores stocked with ceramics, candles and coastal-toned home goods that wouldn’t look out of place in Byron Bay. Vintage hunters dip into tightly curated thrift spots, while dog owners cluster outside cafés serving oat milk flat whites and buttered sourdough.

Atacama Desert

The Atacama’s superpower is absence—absence of humidity and of light. Air so dry that mummies occur naturally; darkness so pure the Milky Way casts shadows. Skip the dawn convoy to El Tatio and slip into the nearby geothermal pools instead. Then float in Laguna Cejar (salinity hovers around 40 percent); pack water shoes since the salt crust is razor-sharp. When sky time beats spa time, book ALMA well in advance to watch 66 radio antennas listen 13 billion years back. For a soft landing, base at the all-inclusive Tierra Atacama, fresh off a $20 million renovation. The new Atacameño fire kitchen leans into chañar wood and desert herbs—rica-rica and pingo-pingo—while an astronomy concierge times stargazing to the lunar cycle; new-moon weeks unveil the Magellanic Clouds you’ll never see up north. Or go canyon-side at Nayara Alto Atacama, carved into the Catarpe walls, where Puritama hot spring water feeds suite plunge pools, best soaked at 3 a.m. with the Southern Cross overhead. Pro tip: March-May and September-November dodge summer crowds and winter’s high-altitude closures, giving you the silence, the stars and the slow burn the desert is built for.

Valparaíso and Casablanca

Valparaíso is layered like sediment, with colonial bones, Victorian architecture and contemporary street art skin. Casa Higueras‘ 1920s mansion on Cerro Alegre positions you perfectly: Maralegre restaurant for morning views of container ships, afternoon ascensor rides (Concepción from 1883 still uses its original German mechanics) and evening strolls through mural-covered Cerro Concepción. Palacio Baburizza reopened after earthquake repairs with Chile’s finest European painting collection; arrive at opening to have Klimt reproductions to yourself. When the port’s sensory overload peaks, escape 45 minutes inland to learn why Casablanca Valley’s maritime fog creates Chile’s best white wines. Casas del Bosque‘s new gravity-flow winery includes a pinot noir room where controlled oxidation happens through permeable clay walls. Matetic‘s biodynamic certification means sheep trim grass, falcons control birds and alpacas provide cheeky grins and fertilizer. Time your visit for harvest season around March.

Lake District

The Lake District can’t decide if it wants to be Bavaria or Patagonia, so it chose both. German tradition brought over by 1850s immigrants collides with indigenous Mapuche mysticism (10,000 years of knowing these volcanoes by name). &Beyond Vira Vira‘s 56-acre working farm includes a cheese cave aging wheels from their Jersey herd—you’ll eat tomorrow what was milked today, a farm-to-table timeline measured in mere minutes. You can also visit an authentic Mapuche ruka (traditional house), drink mudai (fermented wheat), and learn why saying “thank you” doesn’t exist in Mapudungun (reciprocity is assumed, not acknowledged). Down south, Hotel AWA, a member of Leading Hotels of the World, boasts a spa that uses volcanic mud from the 2015 Calbuco eruption, and every suite frames Osorno Volcano like Japanese woodblock prints. For the Villarrica summit (December-March only), Aguaventura provides everything: crampons, ice axes and crucial weather calls (they’ll cancel if winds exceed 25 mph). For relaxation, check out Termas Geométricas, where 17 red pools snake through native forest on wooden walkways; go at opening before tour buses turn zen into zoo.

Patagonia Circuit

Patagonia rewards sequence and patience. Start north: fly to Balmaceda, drive the Carretera Austral to Explora’s Patagonia National Park Lodge in Valle Chacabuco. This former sheep ranch, rewilded by Tompkins Conservation, spans 750,000 acres, allowing the population of wild guanacos to increase from 300 to 3,000 since 2004. Their explorations include e-biking with Darwin’s rheas, hiking to the color-shifting confluencia and tracking pumas with ex-poachers turned conservationists. Puyuhuapi Lodge requires boat or seaplane access—worth it for hot springs beneath alerce trees older than Christianity. Then head south to Torres del Paine, where Las Torres’ ongoing upgrades include weatherized walkways to the Las Torres trail (formerly a muddy scramble) and a spa with Paine Massif views. The W Trek’s refugios now offer “comfort camping” with real beds, hot showers and wine with dinner. Skip crowded Mirador Base Torres for Mirador Cuernos—same payoff, half the people. The 1,700-mile Route of Parks connects 17 protected areas containing 11.5 million acres—one-third of Chile is now parkland. 

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Bocci 118p

Bocci’s 118p fixture is what happens when lighting stops pretending to be background. Unveiled during Paris Art Week 2025, it mounts a single blown-glass sphere flush to the wall or ceiling sans hardware (or ego), creating a soft, architectural glow. Each piece is hand-shaped in Bocci’s Vancouver studio, with subtle tint variations that make clear glass crisp and colored glass in grey, bronze and green even more intriguing.

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The Inn Crowd: Artistic Getaways and the Modern Innkeepers Who Crafted Them

For anyone who treats boutique hotel stays like creative fieldwork, this lushly illustrated book is a hit of East Coast escapism. Written by travel editor Jackie Caradonio, it profiles over 20 independently owned inns across the Northeast, from The George in Montclair, New Jersey, to Frank Muytjens’s idyllic Inn at Kenmore Hall in the Berkshires and Glenmere Mansion in New York. The design is impeccable, the photography immersive and the narrative intimate.

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Jacques Marie Mage + Yellowstone Vi Artemis Lighter Case

Known for limited-edition eyewear that sells out in hours, Jacques Marie Mage brings the same obsessive craft to this sculptural lighter case. One of just 25 made, the Artemis is cast in burnished silver and hand-engraved with Yellowstone motifs, a tribute to American mythology via Italian metalwork. It’s heavy in the hand, made to age and sized to slip into a tuxedo pocket or denim back pocket. 

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Le Maé Knox Travertine Pedestal, Small

The Knox pedestal proves that a plinth is never just a plinth. Carved from raw-edged travertine, it’s compact enough to live on a console table, yet substantial enough to elevate even the humblest object—a pillar candle holder, a studio ceramic, or a chunk of coral from a trip. This is the design gift for your loved one who arranges their nightstand like a still life and sees surfaces as curatorial space.

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Roman and Williams Guild Woodrum Desk Lamp

The Woodrum Desk Lamp is a heavy-lidded, materially rich fixture made from warm-toned wood and burnished metal, with proportions that feel quietly confident. The table lamp casts directional, low-glare light that flatters everything from paperwork to skin tone. A great gift for writers, designers or anyone whose workspace doubles as their thinking place.

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Michael Verheyden Calleporte Doorstopper, Grey

Leave it to Belgian designer Michael Verheyden to turn a mundane household fix into a meditation on form. The Calleporte doorstopper is a dense graphite-grey cylinder with enough weight (over seven pounds) to pin open the heaviest door—and enough presence to feel like part of the room, not an afterthought. 

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Rabitti 1969 Jota Leather Basket

This is what happens when Milanese leatherwork meets storage design. Rabitti’s Jota basket is crafted from thick, saddle-stitched vegetable-tanned leather with exposed seams and generous proportions—built to soften, scuff and darken like an old travel bag. The shape is utilitarian, but the finish is gallery-ready. Use it for throws, magazines, or a week’s worth of guest linens. It’s the kind of basket you buy once and keep for decades. 

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Smythson Panama Leather And Wood Chess Set

Smythson’s take on the classic chessboard pairs English restraint with modern geometry. Wrapped in its signature high-quality cross-grain Panama leather, the case folds open to reveal hand-turned walnut and maple pieces, each weighted to land with a satisfying finality. Closed, it’s the sort of sleek briefcase that might pass for a bespoke document holder; open, it becomes a focal point of the room.

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Loewe Perfumes Orange Blossom Small Scented Candle, 170 G

For the candle snob who’s over sandalwood. Bright orange blossom with honeyed, earthy undertones burns clean in a terracotta-style vessel the color of a mandarin. At roughly 30 hours, it’s a week of winter evenings or one excellent dinner party. Handmade in Spain and presented in a stylish box, it’s the fastest way to give any room a subtle yet effective backbone.

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