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All Around Istanbul
Neighborhood by neighborhood in the new international center of style.Comfort Zones It used to be important to look your best when you traveled. (Actually...it still is.) Memoir: The Happiest Hotel on Earth For the Jones family, the quest to adopt a Chinese baby took Kafkaesque turns. Once they made it to Guangzhou's White Swan Hotel, the world seemed a better place altogether. Glitteracy: Out of India Cosmopolitan pieces that reflect an ancient heritage. Style: The Movie Lover For Jamie Tresserra, furniture is drama. |
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Departments Editor's Note You may or may not give a hoot about clothes, but it's hard not to celebrate the values of monumental, nose-to-sewing-machine hard work that stand behind the flamboyance. The Coming Season Where you want to be in April and May: The Cricket World Cup is on in Mumbai, the flowers are busting out in the Netherlands, and the National Mall goes green. Oh, and a bunch of guys in Hong Kong are climbing a 60-foot tower of buns. At Auction Remembering the Space Age The Eye Life enhancement, one accessory at a time. Private Eye: Caribiana Sea Skiffs The coolest boats on the water. Portfolio: Wells Mason The Umasi Collection reimagines the familiar. At Large with Christopher Buckley Humorist to humorist, just how good is or isn't Mark Twain? Off the Beaten Track Tasmania's haute beach resort Saffire Freycinet provides a literal breath of air. Head 2 Head: Grandes Dames The grandes dames of the Alleghenies, the Greenbrier and the Homestead, match pedigrees and renovations. Debut Algodon Mansion rewrites Buenos Aires' hotel A-list. Prime Source In Bangkok, the antiquarian map dealer as aesthete. Andrew Harper's Notebook From the famed travel newsletter: new go-to lodging in the capital of the Port trade; Chicago's Trump International Hotel takes on the big boys; Australia's spectacular Wolgan Valley merges the outback and the mountains. Dialed In: Las Vegas Where do headliners, high rollers, and exotic dancers convene for after-hours comfort food? You know you want to know Private Jetaway From dog-mushing in Maine to surfing in Encinitas, your spring sports destinations are only a jet card away. Business Trip: Austin, Texas South by Southwest cofounder Roland Swenson takes you inside Austin. Life In Full: Nathan Myhrvold A restless prodigy lives many lives after Microsoft. But Enough About You Disney? Greek cruise? No, kids--home is the new abroad.
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