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Wouldn't you love to lounge on one of these balconies? — Stylelist Home This beautiful California kitchen pops with color — Houzz This stunning renovation features lights from a Dutch ship! — House Beautiful Wow, Celine Dion lives on a private island — Curbed Surfers with style will love the Postcard Inn in Florida — EcoSalon This Dutch chateau will relax you. Do take a tour! — Read more
This Los Angeles home mixes contemporary and retro pieces. — Houzz Every single one of these decorating secrets is golden. — House Beautiful Try these smart tips for streamlining your home routine in the morning. — Real Simple We're dying to stay at the Willows Inn on Lummi Island. — EcoSalon Soon you can shop for Jonathan Adler goods at JC Penney! — Curbed See how this attic was Read more
The time has finally arrived: the James Beard Awards, or the Oscars of the food world, have just been announced. After months of suspense following the announcement of this year's semifinalists and subsequent finalists, the results were announced at a star-studded gala in New York's Lincoln Center, where a smattering of top talent from Grant Achatz to Top Chef winner Paul Qui walked home with Read more
Kentucky is perhaps best known for thoroughbred horse racing, mint juleps, and — lately — its national championship-winning college basketball team. But the state is quite a foodie haven with a rich culinary tradition. Thanks to the many ethnic influences on its cuisine, Kentuckians have developed a diverse array of foods over the last few centuries that make the state a worthy destination Read more
While traveling to Georgia to tour the 2012 HGTV Green Home, I was lucky enough to experience The Inn at Serenbe. Out of the 1,000 acres that make up the sustainable community of Serenbe, 30 of those acres are dedicated to organic and biodynamic farming. Nestled in the midst of lush farmland is a gorgeous inn, where friendly animals, aromatic flowers and vegetation, charming accommodations, and Read more
The Stanford Inn, an eco-friendly resort in Mendocino, CA, offers an idyllic escape from high-speed city life. Burrowed in a thick redwood forest and overlooking an amazing seascape of the Pacific, the Stanford Inn is a quintessential Fall relaxation spot for nature aficionados (and is pet friendly, too). When I stayed there recently, I found the air quality to be unlike anything I have ever Read more
After 150 years in business, Hotel Bachmair Weissach, located in the Tegernsee valley of southern Bavaria, has become a new member of Design Hotels, the online resource for design and boutique hotels worldwide. This year, the hotel has also completed a major renovation, adding modern punch to the traditional Bavarian inn. New owner Korbinian Kohler, who purchased the property in 2010, had a Read more
With the recent announcement of the IACP Cookbook Awards and James Beard Awards on the horizon, the cooking world's award season is in full force. Today, Food & Wine magazine unveiled its 2012 class of Best New Chefs, an award it's bestowed upon 10 chefs annually for nearly a quarter of a century. The accolades have been widely regarded as a harbinger of lifelong culinary success; after all, Read more
Tucked away in the Georgian woodlands just 30 minutes from Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, is the 2012 HGTV Green Home. The house, designed as a modern family farmhouse, is part of a 1,000-acre sustainable community known as Serenbe. Focused on the merits of green building, organic farming, and smart environmental practices, the community straddles a lifestyle that meshes Read more
With Fall upon us, I've been dreaming of the Northeast and all the gorgeous warm colors the season brings to the leaves. Tucked into the Berkshires, North Adams, MA is an artsy town, home to the Fall Foliage Festival in early October. But where to stay for the main event? Look no further than The Porches Inn. Porches was inspired by MASS MoCA, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, "a Read more
