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August New york city The Old World page 1 eat comes to the New Boulud Sud Hospoda this month, with The Dutch page 2 Mediterranean food drink Kefi from superchef Copacabana Boulud, the Dohyo Restaurant and Bar at the Yotel Alhambra at the sleep The Four Seasons Botanical Gardens Distrikt Z Hotel and Scottish page 3 cashmere in Nolita. shop Jay Kos Rubin Museum of Art Shop Aesop see & do Spanish Paradise at the New York Botanical Garden Rent The US Open new york city london paris tokyo BEIJING BOSTON MUNICH eat

Boulud Sud Hospoda The Dutch Old World revival Old World revival Mediterannean Cooking by Boulud Authentic Czech Eatery Hottest Launch in Town

Concept: French chef Daniel Boulud runs a global Concept: Bohemian cuisine straight from the Concept: Much-anticipated new restaurant restaurant empire, including the three Michelin- old country, and only one type of beer, Pilsner from chef-owner Andrew Carmellini, the man starred Daniel in New York. At Boulud Sud he offers Urquell. But the way it is dispensed, by behind Robert De Niro’s Greenwich Hotel dining country cooking from France, Italy, Turkey and International Master Bartender 2010 Lukas room Locanda Verde. North Africa. Svoboda, makes all the difference to the flavour. Opened: April Opened: May 2011 Chef: Czech Marek Sada arrived recently to Chef: Andrew Carmellini is inspired by Chef: Boulud’s protégé Aaron Chambers. Manhattan. America’s native cuisine and the multi-ethnic Menu: Sicilian ‘sardine escabèche’ with toasted pine Menu: Czech peasant food raised to haute culinary traditions to be found in local cafes, nuts and white raisins, ratatouille with a poached egg cuisine standards: butter-poached Prague ham seaside shacks and traditional American diners. and garlic bread, harissa grilled lamb loin with with horseradish foam and pickles, smoked veal Menu: Alongside oysters, the appetizer menu aubergine, raspberry tart with basil mousse and tongue with pickled vegetables, onions and features ruby red shrimp; fried green tomatoes and pistachio ice cream. yellow bean puree, flatiron steak in dill sauce pepper sauce; and melon, country ham and Décor: The walls are covered in pear wood panelling with light barley dumplings, and trout with arugula. Mains include rabbit pot pie, cider, spring and terrazzo tiles have been used for flooring. The potato purée. vegetables and mustard. For pudding, try ‘Devil’s ceilings are vaulted and banquette seating is Décor: Hospada is housed in the historic Food Cake’ of black pepper boiled icing, fudge upholstered in grey and yellow stripes. Works of art by Bohemian National Hall. Owned by the Czech sauce, and White Russian ice cream. The drinks Brazilian painter Vik Muniz decorate the walls. Republic, it has undergone a ten-year menu includes 57 different whiskies. Shopping: At Epicerie Boulud, adjacent to Boulud restoration. The spacious dining room is Décor: The restaurant’s centrepiece is an oyster Sud, you can buy charcuterie made in-house, cheeses decorated with dark wood parquet flooring and bar with blue tiles and large hanging globe lights. and other foods and condiments selected by Daniel wooden tables and chairs. The walls are covered Tables and chairs are simply designed in dark Boulud. You can also buy sandwiches and other snacks in bare brick and a gold and brown wood, brick walls are painted white and large to take away. abstract pattern. orange and brown lights are suspended Location: 20 West 64th Street, Upper West Side, Location: 321 East 73rd Street, Upper East from the ceiling. 1-212-595-1313 Side, 1-212-861-1038 Location: 131 Sullivan Street, Soho, Website: danielnyc.com/boulud_sud.html Website: hospodanyc.com 1-212-677-6200 1 Website: thedutchnyc.com drink

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kefi Copacabana Dohyo restaurant Old World revival and bar at the Yotel A Proper Greek Taverna An Iconic Club Returns A Sprawling, Sunny Terrace

Concept: Restaurateur Donatella Arpaia and Concept: Latin-American nightclub the Concept: With its futuristic design and Greek-American chef Michael Psilakis have Copacabana opened in the 1940s and welcomed emphasis on high-tech convenience, the Yotel created a menu of the Greek specialities you would singers like Dean Martin, Desi Arnaz, and Jerry chain has a distinctly East Asian feel. Now the find in a peasant fishing village on the Aegean Sea. Lewis onto its stage. It closed in 2007 but has now opening of Four adds a nightlife complex. The New, larger premises are testament to the reopened in an expensively refurbished new space in main attraction is Dohyo, a restaurant and bar restaurant’s popularity with locals. Midtown. The venue now offers a restaurant, live serving small Latin-Asian sharing plates, but there Drinks: For the summer Kefi has introduced Latin American music and a nightclub. The club’s are also three other spaces: Terrace, for alfresco Greek summer cocktails, including Aura, a frozen famous ‘Copa Dancers’ are another attraction. eating, the Club Lounge, an ‘informal meeting cocktail made with Akvinta vodka, fresh mango, Drinks: There are Latin-themed cocktails, as well space’, and the Green Lounge, open for breakfast. apricot, and triple sec, and three different types of as traditional bar drinks, beer and wine. Drinks: Cocktails include the Oaxacan ouzo-based cocktail. Kefi’s Greek wine cellar is Food: Chef Alex Garcia specializes in Nuevo Sunset, with mescal, blood orange and chile one of the most extensive in New York. Latino, a style of cooking that blends the best of pequin salt, and the Mango-Ginger Martini, Food: Kefi’s meatballs were voted best in the city Argentinean, Cuban, Mexican and Brazilian cuisine. with vodka, mango, ginger and elderflower by New York Magazine. Try a selection of meze The menu features crispy black cod with jumbo liqueur. A limited wine list is available. and sample the ouzo selection: small plates shrimp; fresh coconut and tomato salad; and grilled Decor: Diners at Dohyo sit at long shared include grilled octopus and bean salad; chicken breast with saffron rice, capers and olives. tables designed to look like sumo wrestling sweetbreads, spinach, shallot and garlic; and warm Décor: 1940s style décor features pink-lit columns platforms (hence the name) which submerge potato, string beans, feta and olives. shaped like palm trees, banquette seating below floor level when the kitchen closes. Location: 505 Columbus Ave, Upper West Side, upholstered in a black and gold and a recurring palm Food: Black cod with pickled artichoke, teriyaki- 1-212-873-0200 tree motif throughout. The fourth floor of the club balsamic reduction and lemon sake aioli; beef Website: kefirestaurant.com consists of a glass-enclosed rooftop for cocktails and meatballs with cotija cheese and tomato kaffir lime brunch. There is an additional VIP penthouse area. sauce; and stir-fried pork belly ramen noodles with Location: 268 West 47th Street, Midtown West, bok choy, mushroom and poached egg. 1-212-221-2672 Location: 570 Tenth Avenue, Midtown West, Website: copacabanany.com 1-646-449-7790 Coney Island is the Website: yotel.com heart of kitschy fun. Head out for a day of games and rides. sleep

The Four Seasons Distrikt Z Hotel

New York’s Tallest Hotel Design-Friendly Boutique Hotel Off-Manhattan Luxury

Concept: The Four Seasons is one of New Concept: Distrikt will suit the design and Concept: Long Island City, across the East River York’s very best five star hotels. style-conscious visitor to New York. Décor is from Midtown, is part artists’ quarter, part up and Accomodations: The 368 rooms, including 63 inspired by New York’s ten districts, with artwork coming real estate. Free Hotel Z transportation luxury suites, feature English sycamore panelling by artist Chris Rubino, who has created collages takes guests direct to the heart of New York. and a neutral colour scheme of beige and brown. from 10,000 photographs of the city including a Accommodations: 100 rooms offering views of Wifi, CD and DVD players and all-news cable bright green 11 foot high Central Park montage Manhattan Island through floor-to-ceiling network service are supplied. After a $50 million in the lobby. windows. All come equipped with LCD TV, iPod refit, the Penthouse now enjoys incomparable Accommodations: The 155 rooms offer four-star dock and free wifi. Public areas are an eclectic mix views, a library, living room and spa, and the standards of comfort, including Frette bed linen, of styles, from industrial chic to retro kitsch (the services of 24-hour butler and a personal Rolls towels and guest robe, free wifi, iPod dock, 37 inch front desk is made from classic steamer trunks). Royce Phantom or Maybach. flatscreen television and a daily delivery of the The lobby is themed as a ‘transportation hub’. Dining: For a superior French culinary New York Times. Dining: Drink cocktails on the 465 square experience, try L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon. Dining: At night, the breakfast room turns into metre roof with views across the Hudson to the Spa: Facials using the most advanced products a buzzy bistro serving New York specialities and most famous skyline in the world. The restaurant, and equipment are on offer at the spa, while the local beers. opening soon, will focus on artisanal American 465-square-metre gym comes equipped with Service: Distrikt prides itself on its friendly, food in a gastropub setting. personal trainers. efficient service and regularly garners rave reviews Service: Useful extras include free international, Rates: From $695/night from its guests online. local and longdistance phone calls. Location: 57 East 57th Street, Midtown, Rates: From $189/night Rates: From $209/night 1-212-758-5700 Location: 342 West 40th Street, Midtown West, Location: 11-01 43rd Avenue, Long Island City, 2 Website: fourseasons.com/newyorkfs 1-212-706-6100 Queens, 1-212-319-7000 Website: www.distrikthotel.com Website: zhotelny.com shop

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Jay Kos Rubin Museum of Art Shop Aesop Old World revival

Tailoring for Men Gifts from the Himalayan Region An Australian Skincare Pop-Up

Concept: Inspired by the colours and textures Concept: The Rubin Museum of Art houses Concept: Aesop produces a highly effective of the nearby fresh produce Greenmarket and the largest Western collection of religious art plant-based beauty line in graphic, black and cashmere plaid from Scotland, menswear from cultures of the Himalayas, and the gift white packaging. Now the line is also available designer Jay Kos has opened a new concept shop is a great place to buy unusual presents for in Grand Central Station at a temporary shop store in Nolita. friends and family. in Graybar Passage, styled along Aesop’s Opened: June Merchandise: Handcrafted jewellery in silver characteristic sleek, minimal lines. Merchandise: Traditional tailoring is and semi-precious stones from India; books on Dates: Until September 30th combined with flamboyant fabrics and colours. spiritual subjects; hand-woven textiles; Merchandise: Try the Moroccan Neroli The Astrikhan dinner jacket and green postcards, posters, and prints; and toys for Post-Shave lotion, which contains neroli handwoven alligator belt are particularly children, adults and pets. Quirky folkloric blossom, sandalwood and bisabolol (an striking. Wool and linen suits, and Kos’s designs objects for sale include hand-hammered anti-irritant). The Geranium Leaf body scrubs are handmade by artisans in England, Italy and singing bowls from Nepal with wooden sticks exfoliate with pumice and bamboo particles. France. to play them with and a silver snake-shaped Location: Grand Central Terminal, East Décor: More living room than shop, the store bracelet with a body woven from silver thread, 42nd Street, Midtown East, 1-212-867-7311 is decorated with an amber Pietro Chiesa made in Rajasthan. Website: aesop.com chandelier, while clothes are stored in vintage Location: 150 West 17th Street, Chelsea, armoires. There’s also a kitchen where Kos can 1-212-620-5000 pursue his other passion, cooking. Website: rmanyc.org Location: 292 Mott Street, Nolita, 1-212-319-2770 SEE & DO

New York Botanical Garden Rent The US Open Old World revival Find Southern Spain in the Bronx Rock Musical Based on La Boheme A Grand Slam Tennis Event

Concept: 250 acres of Bronx Park are home to Concept: Rent tells the story of a group of Concept: After Wimbledon and the French one of the finest botanical gardens in the world struggling young artists in New York’s East and Australian Opens, the Grand Slam comes and contain 50 separate plant collections. Spanish Village. Jonathan Larson’s musical won a to Queens, where the world’s top tennis stars, Paradise, housed in the Victorian conservatory, Pulitzer Prize, a Tony Award for Best Musical including Wimbledon champions Novak introduces visitors to flowing fountains, elegant and ran for 12 years on Broadway before Djokovic and Petra Kvitova, will compete. arches and Mediterranean plants structured closing in 2008. This revival retains the same Other famous faces playing on the hard courts around date palms, pomegranate trees, and Italian director but a fresh young cast and open in an include Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal and cypress. Evening events continue the theme with off-Broadway theatre built on the site of the Roger Federer. food, wine, Spanish guitar and Flamenco former Madison Square Garden venue. Attractions: The International Tennis Hall of performances. Venue: This state-of-the-art theatrical venue Fame Museum, a chance to play tennis on Collection: The Botanical Gardens are home to contains five stages each offering great sight public tennis courts in the ‘SmashZone’ and ten seasonal displays of flowers of daylilies, waterlilies lines. Facilities include the Time Out New different restaurant and snack options. and lotuses, roses and many other varieties of tree, York Lounge and a public art gallery. Dates: August 29th-September 11th shrub and flower, along with a greenmarket of Opened: July 14th Location: USTA Billie Jean King National local produce and display houses for exotic plants. Location: New World Stages 1, 340 West Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, Corona Dates: Until August 21st 50th Street, Midtown West, 1-212-239-6200 Park, Queens, 1-718-760-6200 Location: The New York Botanical Garden, Wesbsite: newworldstages.com Website: usopen.org 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, 1-718-817-8700 Website: nybg.org

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August london page 4 The pop-up craze eat The Summerhouse continues with an The Loft Project experimental Roganic page 5 restaurant in a loft, drink Hallucinate at the and edgy vodka bar Brompton Bar and Grill and a design Vestal Vodka Pop Up Salon boutique. The No-Tell Motel at Mahiki sleep Cowarth Park Eccleston Square Hotel Dukes London page 6 shop Ham Designers/Makers Market Daunt Books see & do Anna Christie Notting Hill Carnival He Who Dared new york city london paris tokyo eat BEIJING BOSTON MUNICH

The Summerhouse the loft project roganic pop-up City pop-up City pop-up City ALittle Venice Pop-Up Eatery A Pop-Up Social Experiment A Pop-Up from the Country

Concept: Alfresco dining is at a premium in Concept: For this dinner, 16 people buy a Concept: This restaurant is a two-year pop-up; London, so when the weather is fine this membership, which gets them a multi-course a sister restaurant to L’Enclume, a Michelin- outdoor restaurant by the banks of the Regent’s tasting menu and wine pairings. It's also a social starred restaurant in the Lake District. Canal is very popular. A nautical theme in blue experiment, as everyone sits around the table and Chef: Simon Rogan, who is chef at and white stripes evokes the breezy glamour of it’s quite intimate. L’Enclume. Long Island. Chef: Nuno Mendes organises this; he is the Menu: Choose between a six and 10 course Dates: Until October chef of the acclaimed contemporary Portuguese tasting menu (or three courses at lunch). Dishes Menu: A choice of simple but well-prepared restaurant, Viajante. The chefs here rotate. include: crab cream on toast, squid, gem lettuce starters including clam chowder, tuna carpaccio Menu: The menu changes with each chef. and fresh peas; caramelised lamb flank and with Asian salad, organic smoked salmon, capers Marcus McGuinness, the chef at the two- sweetbreads beetroots, nasturtium; roasted brill, and soda bread, and mains such as fish pie with Michelin starred Hibiscus, will be cooking three chicken salt, cockles and ruby chard; white salmon, cod, prawns and smoked haddock and nights in August. His menu: Cured brisket with chocolate sorbet with rapeseed, plums and rib-eye steak with chips and béarnaise sauce. pickled horseradish, mutton with cucumber, meadowsweet. Drinks: An international wine menu, plus caper and raisin, slow-cooked egg with pork fat Décor: There are 25 tables, with taupe- summery cocktails like the Waterside Cooler and dried tomatoes. cushioned wooden chairs, dark wood tables, and (Havana rum, lime juice and orange liqueur Events: The venue can be hired out for private white walls decorated with colourful modern art. topped up with ginger beer). events. Location: 19 Blandford Street, Marylebone, Location: 60 Blomfield Road, Little Venice, Art: There is rotating art on the walls; 44-20-7486-0380 44-20-7286-6752 currently, it's textile designer Gail Bryson. Website: roganic.co.uk Website: summerhousebythewaterway.co.uk Location: Unit 2A Quebec Wharf, 315 Kingsland Road, Shoreditch, 44-79-0934-0707 Website: theloftproject.co.uk

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Hallucinate at Vestal Vodka Pop Up Salon The No-Tell Motel at Mahiki the Brompton Bar and Grill pop-up City London’s First Absinthe Bar Art Gallery Meets Cocktail Bar New Private Room at Hawaiian Nightclub

Concept: Absinthe was once the favourite drink of Concept: British comedian Noel Fielding Concept: Beloved by celebrities and Royals, bohemian artists like Oscar Wilde, Vincent van Gogh (The Mighty Boosh) is also a painter, and you Mahiki prides itself on a fun and friendly and Toulouse-Lautrec. Now Knightsbridge’s can view (and buy) his work at this pop up bar atmosphere and an open door policy. Now a Brompton Bar and Grill, which won Tatler serving cocktails made with Vestal Vodka, a private room is available to hire for 25 guests magazine’s ‘It Room Award’ in 2010, has opened a drinks company recently founded by Willy with karaoke, cocktail service, kitchen, lounge basement homage to the drink and the world of fin de Borrell, brother of UK rock star Johnny Borrell. and double bed. siècle Paris, with leather bar stools, a zinc-topped bar, Live music performances are also promised. Décor: The kitschy Hawaiian theme extends modern art pieces and sketches of the ‘City of Light’. Until: August 12th to the interior design, where sunset scenes on Opened: July Drinks: Espresso Martinis made with the walls, wickerwork chairs and tables and a Drinks: Absinthe cocktails with a contemporary Monmouth organic cold press coffee, Bloody ceiling thatched with palm leaves evoke a twist, including the Absinthe Caipirihna (Absinthe Marys prepared according to a recipe by PJ tropical beach hut. Walls feature ethnic La Clandestine, brown sugar and lime juice) and the Woodhouse, Moscow Mules and beer. carvings in wood and ‘tribal’ shields and spears Absinthe Daiquri (rum, Campari, Absinthe Butterfly, Location: 25 Slingsby Place, Covent Garden are on display. sugar and lime juice). Death in the Afternoon was Website: vestalvodka.com Drinks: Mahiki’s house rum is made to order Hemingway’s favourite drink and mixes Champagne at the Foursquare distillery on Barbados. The with Absinthe Angelique. drinks menu includes a Jeroboam of Louis Food: Upstairs, the Brompton Bar and Grill offers a Roederer Cristal champagne and a large menu featuring classics such as potted shrimp, dressed selection of rum-based cocktails in themed crab, calves liver and guinea fowl. sharing containers. Location: 243 Brompton Road, South Kensington, Food: Bar food including burgers, calamari, 44-20-7589-8005 jumbo shrimps and a steak sandwich. Website: bromptonbarandgrill.com Location: 1 Dover Street, Mayfair, 44-20-7493-9529 Website: mahiki.com Catch the river boat along the Thames to historic Greenwich and sleep the National Maritime Museum.

Cowarth Park Eccleston Square Hotel Dukes London

Country House Style Reinvented London’s Most High-Tech Hotel Traditional Luxury in St James

Concept: This is a quintessential English country Concept: Two Georgian townhouses converted Concept: An elegant, medium-sized hotel close house in Windsor, an hour from London. into an adults-only boutique hotel equipped with to Fortnum and Mason, and Piccadilly. It was a Accomodations: Many of the 49 rooms and 11 cutting edge technology. favourite of Princess Diana’s. suites are equipped with a king-size leather- Opened: July Accomodations: The 90 rooms, 11 suites and backed bed, tea and Nespresso coffee machines, Accomodations: Each of the 39 rooms comes penthouse include free wifi, flatscreen television, Bang and Olufsen televisions, Blu Ray DVD with its own iPad, as well as a 46-inch 3-D LED movies on demand, REN beauty products and player, connectivity panel with USB for laptop and television, HD Movie and 3-D channels, 3-D Blu handmade chocolates. A refurbishment of the iPod. White marble bathrooms come with Ray DVD players and free super-fast wifi. Hästen suites by interior designer Shaun Clarkson in separate shower stalls with rainfall showerheads. beds are electronically adjustable and feature shades of grey and white, with accents of pale The Dower House is a private residence, available relaxing massage programmes that synchronize green and pale pink, was recently done. to guests, with three bedrooms, a private kitchen, with a light and music display. Marble bathrooms Dining: Enjoy a champagne cocktail in the new dining room, lounge and snug. have ‘smart glass’ walls which turn opaque at the Perrier Jouet champagne bar or PJ Lounge before Activities: The Coworth Park Equestrian touch of a button, plus a television incorporated relocating to the dining room, where you will find Centre offers polo and horseriding. into the heated, steam-proof mirror and British staples like plaice fillet and Eton Mess Spa: The spa has organic treatments and L’Occitane products. dessert. A new restaurant headed by two eco-friendly design features. Dining: The Bistro on the Square offers relaxed Michelin-starred chef Nigel Mendham is slated to Dining: Two Michelin star holder John all-day dining with an American brunch on open in the autumn. There’s also a cognac bar and Campbell heads up three restaurants. Sundays. Wines are biodynamic. cigar garden, and Dukes Bar, where James Bond Rates: From £215/night Rates: From £250/night creator Ian Fleming often drank martinis. Location: Blacknest Road, Ascot, Berkshire, Location: Ecclestone Square, Pimlico, Rates: From £215/night 44-13-4487-6600 44-20-3489-1000 Location: St. James’s Place, 44-20-7491-4840 5 Website: coworthpark.com Website: ecclestonsquarehotel.com Website: dukeshotel.com shop

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Ham Designers/Makers Market Daunt Books pop-up city pop-up city A Pop-Up Gift Shop Arts and Crafts in East London London's Best Independent Bookshops

Concept: Homeware made by British artisanal Concept: This outdoor market showcases the Concept: With a flagship store in Marylebone manufacturers and designed by Jo Robinson are talents of illustrators, printers, jewellers, fashion High Street and five other stores in London, available to browse in this pop-up shop for a and textile designers and ceramicists over the owner James Daunt has created a mini-chain of limited period. summer. excellent independent booksellers. His newest Until: August 14th Dates: Until September 24th, Saturdays only shop opened in the City in October 2010. Merchandise: Images of farm animal (a pig, Merchandise: The emphasis is on ‘pre-loved, Merchandise: Ask knowledgeable staff for help rabbit and horse) watering plants, riding scooters recycled and reclaimed products’ which are choosing a book from an imaginatively curated and bouncing on trampolines decorate aprons, gift ‘upcycled’ into new, desirable retail items selection of books organized by country. In the cards, fine bone china mugs and cotton tea towels. (jewellery made from vintage stationary, Italian section, for example, you’ll find not just Plus the cute animal pictures are available as wearable garments made from old, discarded travel books but also Italian novels, poetry and framed prints. clothes). Up-and-coming young designers non-fiction. There are excellent design books, rare Location: First floor, 11 Kingly Court, Carnaby, predominate. editions, gift cards and more. 44-75-8391-0222 Location: The Triangle, Warburton Road, Locations: 83 Marylebone High Street, Website: hammade.com Bethnal Green, 44-20-8525-4330 44-20-7224 2295; 158-164 Fulham Road, Website: designersmakers.com 44-20-7373-4997; 112-114 Holland Park Avenue, 44-20-7727-7022; 51 South End Road, 44-20-7794-8206;193 Haverstock Hill, 44-20-7794-4006; 61 Cheapside, 44-20-7248- 1117 Website: dauntbooks.co.uk see & do

Anna Christie notting hill carnival He Who Dared: A film series pop-up city Jude Law on the Stage A Weekend of Caribbean Culture A Month-Long Film Tribute to a British Star

Premise: In this play, Anna Christie is exiled Concept: Founded in 1966, the Carnival is Concept: This is a month-long film series from her home by the Old Devil Sea at age five, devoted to Caribbean culture, food and music, devoted to the British star Dirk Bogarde, who and then returns 15 years later to the father with a parade of vividly coloured, flamboyant would be 90 this year if he were still alive. He who sent her away. It is about love and costumes, 40 different sound systems, a began his career as a matinee idol but later forgiveness. profusion of stalls selling Caribbean street food. established himself as one of Britain’s greatest Play: This was written by Eugene O’Neill There will be 40,000 volunteers and over a screen actors of the 20th century. and it won a Pulitzer Prize-winning play. million festival goers. Programme: Highlights include Modesty Cast: Ruth Wilson plays Anna and Jude Law Music: Steel bands, soca and calypso, Blaise (A Pop Art-influenced extravaganza her lover Mat Burke. traditionally at the heart of the festival, have based on a cartoon strip), The Servant (in which Theatre:The Donmar is one of London’s been joined by reggae, R&B, funk, house and Bogarde plays a manipulative manservant) and leading non-commercial theatres. Over the dub. Live music stages feature local bands and Victim (made in 1961 and credited with years its productions have received 35 Olivier international artists. encouraging greater tolerance of homosexuality Awards, 25 Critics’ Circle Awards, 21 Evening Dates: August 28 and 29. and a change in the law). Standard Awards, two South Bank Awards and Location: The Carnival is bounded by Dates: August 3 – 30 20 Tony Awards for productions which Westbourne Grove, Ladbroke Grove, the Great Location: British Film Institute, Belvedere subsequently transferred to Broadway. Its Western Road and the Harrow Road. Road, South Bank 44-20-7928-3232 artistic director is Michael Grandage. Website: thenottinghillcarnival.com Website: tinyurl.com/BFIBogarde Opens: August 5th Location: 41 Earlham Street, Covent Garden, 44-84-4871-7624 Website: donmarwarehouse.com

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August paris Check in at Paris's page 7 eat new Mandarin Sassotondo Le Pre Catelan Oriental, find the Sola & L’Antre Amis page 8 best pralines in town drink Candelaria and seize the chance Bar les Pirates to see Rembrandt. Experimental Cocktail Club sleep Mandarin Oriental Paris Hotel des Academies et des Arts Hotel Le Six page 9 shop Fouquet Delicious Freaks Les Touristes see & do Rembrandt and his Circle Cinéma en plein air Pianissimo Jazz Festival new york city london paris tokyo eat BEIJING BOSTON MUNICH

Sassotondo Le Pre Catelan sola & L’ANTRE AMIS

Tuscan Peasant Fare Michelin Stars in the Bois de Boulogne Japanese-French Fusion

Concept: Italian food in Paris has a poor Concept: This grand restaurant is housed in Concept: This restaurant is part of a wave of reputation. But chef Frédéric Hubig is set to Napolean III style lodge and gardens dating French-Japanese fusion restaurants; this place change all that with this neighbourhood from mid-18th century. Enjoy a pre-lunch serves French food done Japanese-style. restaurant. His aim is to serve up authentic Italian stroll around the historic park in Paris’s 16th Opened: December 2010 regional cooking to Parisians who’ve discovered a arrondissement, a remnant of the ancient oak Chef: Hiroki Yoshitake new passion for non-French cuisine. forest of Rouvray. Décor: The room has dark wood beams and Opened: June Chef: Frédéric Anton has held three pillars, exposed concrete, modern wooden tables Chef: Hubig already has two restaurants (Café Michelin stars at Le Pre Catelan since 2007. and cushioned beige chairs. Moderne and Astier) and one epicerie ( Jeanne A) Menu: Typical dishes include foie gras with Menu: Dishes include cauliflower soup with in Paris. black truffle and fried lentils; pan-fried turbot butter; foie gras with miso; peas and beans with Menu: Tuscan specialities: finocchiona (fennel with almonds, capers, broccoli, walnuts, roasted a soft-boiled egg; chinchard ( Japanese fish) seed-flavored salami), burrata (a mozzarella and squid and caviar; and bananas served with wtih sausave and mushrooms; and for dessert, cream cheese) marinated with lemon and Bugnes Au Sucre (sugar cookies) and rum ice strawberries, vanilla ice, mascarpone and anchovies; pastas, including squid's ink tagliolini cream. balsamic. with shellfish and rouget fish and homemade Décor: A quadruple-decker chandelier, Location: 12 rue de l'Hotel Colbert, 5th ravioli stuffed with ragu of roasted duck. Sicilian Greek columns, tall mirrors, a fireplace, dark arrondissement, 33-1-4329-5904 Gianluca de Simone is the sommelier, and has green carpeting and grey silk curtains make for Website: restaurant-sola.com created one of the best lists of Italian wine in Paris. a very grand dining room. Décor: Utilitarian tables and chairs and grey Location: Route Suresnes, Bois de Boulogne, walls, with crystal chandeliers and a montage of 16th arrondissement, 33-1-4414-4114 film stars on the walls to add a touch of Website: precatelanparis.com old-fashioned glamour. Location: 40 rue Jean-Pierre-Timbaud, 11th arrondissement, 33-1-4355-5700

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Candelaria Bar les Pirates Experimental Cocktail Club

Tequila and Tacos Pirate-Themed Bar Paris's Original Modern Cocktail Bar

Concept: This taqueria (taco shop), serves Concept: A piratical, seafaring theme Concept: Voted 13th best bar in the world by excellent Mexican street food to trendy young provides an entertaining environment in which Bartender Magazine. Master mixologist Xavier Parisians. At the back, the restaurant’s owners, to enjoy flavoured coffees, tea and artisanal Padovani consulted on the drinks menu. Live professional mixologists, run a tequila bar. chocolate by day, and cocktails by night. DJs make for a party atmosphere and a strict Opened: March Opened: March 2011 door policy keeps the clientele exclusive. Drinks: Dozens of brands of tequila form a Drinks: Rums are a speciality: eight different Owners: Childhood friends Romée de base for classic and recently invented cocktails. rums are flavoured with citrus, exotic fruit and Gorianoff, Pierre-Charles Cros and Olivier Mexican sodas and beer and hibiscus agua flowers and served in shots or mojitos. Belgian Bon aim to introduce wine-drinking Parisians fresca, or tea, is also available. beer is another speciality. to the well-made cocktail. Food: Tacos come in three varieties; carnita Food: On Wednesdays, Bar les Pirates Drinks: The cocktail menu includes (with minced pork), longaniza (with spicy pork present wine and local charcuterie. Experience #1, invented by the bar’s owners sausage) and raja (vegetarian). Tostada (fried Décor: Skulls, skeletons, a mirror shaped like and made from Hendrick's Gin, elderfower tortilla), chicken marinated with citrus and a porthole, folkloric lanterns and pictures of cordial, lemongrass, lemon juice and fresh annatto spice and vegetables topped with queso ships, and walls and woodwork painted in basil, and the rum-based Old Cuban, a mixture fresco soft cheese are also delicious. shades of gold and aubergine. of mint, lime, ginger, Champagne, and bitters. Décor: A plain white room with a single table Location: 88 rue Oberkampf, 11th Décor: A discreet gold plaque indicates the seating six, plus counter seating and standing arrondissement, 33-1-4338-3753 entrance to this Manhattan-style cocktail bar. room. Inside, black sofas, chandeliers designed by Location: 52 rue de Saintonge, 3rd Sander Muler and a zinc bar supplement New arrondissement, 33-1-4274-4128 Yorker Cuoco Black’s interior design. Website: candelariaparis.com Location: 37 rue Saint-Sauveur, 2nd arrondissement, 33-1-4508-8809 For a verdant afternoon Website: experimentalcocktailclub.com escape, hike along the Canal de l'Ourcq, a 109-kilometre sleep waterway.

Mandarin Oriental Paris Hotel des Academies et des Hotel Le Six Arts

Brand New Luxury Hotel Boutique Hotel on the Left Bank Haute Couture Hotel

Opened: June Concept: A luxurious homage to formerly Concept: This is a small and stylish boutique Accommodations: The 138 rooms are among the local artists like Gauguin and Modigliani. hotel designed by architect Philippe most spacious in Paris. All feature a panoramic Accommodations: The 20 rooms are spread over Maidenberg. window, and some have a terrace. There are seven five floors. In room facilities include flatscreen Accomodations: The 37 rooms and four suites duplex suites on the 7th and 8th floors and a suite TV, minibar, safe, video and music on demand. come with free wifi, flatscreen satellite Royal Mandarin of 350 square metres. Audio Beds have red headboards and purple throws, or television and Molton Brown cosmetics. Suites visual equipment features Bang and Olufsen LCD a more masculine décor, with black and white have an iPod/iPhone dock and Nespresso screens and surround sound. striped upholstery, graphite curtains and beige coffee machine. Rooms are furnished with Designers: Leading designers have been walls. wooden floors, light oak furniture and involved in the hotel’s design: Jean Michel Décor: A wooden artist’s figurine motif recurs contemporary photographs. Wilmotte was project architect, the interiors have throughout the rooms and public areas. Red Décor: A frontage of black laquer and orange been designed by Sybille de Margerie and the velvet sofas, gold accents, tan leather and open glass doors opens into a lobby with copper leaf restaurants and bars by Patrick Jouin. fires create a rich, warm environment. on the wall and a bar in a colour scheme of Dining: Two restaurants are headed by two star Dining: Enjoy macaroons by famous pâtissier orange, olive, tan and chocolate with futuristic Michelin Chef Thierry Marx. Pierre Hermé in the Chez Charlotte salon de lighting, bare brick, wooden floors and modern Spa: There is a 900-square-metre spa with seven thé (they include foie gras flavoured cookies and art on the walls. spa suites surrounding a 14-metre indoor pool. African masks and statuettes made out of Dining: There is no restaurant in the hotel, Rates: From €750/night chocolate). There is no restaurant in the hotel but but the bar puts on live music every Friday. Location: 251 Rue Saint-Honoré, 1st dinner can be taken in the restaurant next door. Spa: Massages, manicure and pedicure, plus arrondissment, 33 -1-7098-7888 Rates: From €179/night basic beauty treatments with Payot products. Website: mandarinoriental.com/paris Location: 15 rue de la Grande Chaumiere, 6th Location: 14 rue Stanislas, 6th arrondissement, 33-1-4326-6644 arrondissement, 33-1 4222-0075 8 Website: hotel-des-academies.com Website: hotel-le-six.com shop

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Fouquet Delicious freaks Les touristes

The Best Pralines in Paris Handprinted Mongolian Scarves Floral Housewares

Opened: Fouquet was founded in 1852 but Concept: A new showroom in the 3rd Concept: Old-fashioned floral prints with a opened a third branch in quartier Vendôme earlier arrondissement (by appointment only) allows 1950s feel adorn fabrics and clothes in this this year. customers to browse the collection. treasure trove for quirky homeware. Concept: The company began as a candle Merchandise: Murielle Bourdette’s small Merchandise: Curtains, tablecloths, napkins, manufacturer but soon expanded into chocolate, fashion label produces scarves in sexy, surreal, glassware, stationary and other accessories for sweets, cookies, candied fruit and other treats. gothic and sinister designs featuring skulls, the home are stocked alongside kimonos, Their home-made pralines and marshmallows are naked girls, queens, rabbits and pandas, to nightdresses, shirts, scarves, slippers, washbags famously good. name but a few of the motifs. Every print is and towels. Merchandise: Alongside very good chocolate handmade and produced with 100 percent Décor: Colourful and crammed with gifts and old-fashioned sweets flavoured with lemon, natural pigments. sourced from around the world as well as Les vanilla, rose, violet, orange blossom and strawberry, Location: 243 rue Saint Martin, 3rd Touristes own fabric designs, this shop invites Fouquet also stock jams, honeys, teas, cocoa, spices, arrondissement, by appointment, 33-1-4278- visitors to browse. mustards, salt and pepper varieties and selected 2463 Location: 17 rue des Blancs-Manteaux, 4th fine wine. Website: delicious-freaks.com arrondissement, 33-1-4272-1084 Décor: Fouquet’s signature deep chocolate livery Website: lestouristes.eu is contrasted with blonde wood. Their home-made products come in ochre, red, pink and green packages. Location: 42 rue du Marché Saint-Honoré, 1st arrondissement, 33-1-4703-9007 Website: fouquet.fr see & do

Rembrandt and his Circle Cinéma en plein air pianissimo Jazz festival

Dutch Masterpieces Film Under the Stars An American-Inspired Jazz Fest

Concept: A chance to see superb Concept: The Parc de la Villette extends over Concept: Part of the larger American Jazz seventeenth-century draftsmanship from the 55 hectares, making it the largest park in Paris. Festival, the Pianissimo Jazz Festival takes Netherlands. In summer, the park hosts an outdoor film place at the legendary Sunset/Sunside club, Museum: The Netherlands Institute, festival. and features world-famous and up-and- founded in 1957, is one of the oldest foreign Programme: Highlights include Alice in the coming jazz piano players. cultural centers in Paris. It organizes many Cities (Wim Wenders), A Day in New York Programme: Highlights include Italian cultural events, including exhibitions, concerts, (Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen), Bonnie and pianist Enrico Pieranunzi,who will be film screenings and seminars. Clyde (Arthur Penn), Nights of Full Moon improvising on Bach, Handel and Scarlatti, Exhibition: Nearly 100 drawings by (Eric Rohmer), Manhattan (Woody Allen) and René Utreger, and Laurent de Wilde, who will Rembrandt and his entourage have been West Side Story (Robert Wise). invite guests to play with his trio for the last borrowed from the Frits Lugt Collection for Dates: Until August 21st, Tuesday to Sunday two evenings of August. the show. Twenty drawings by Rembrandt (out at nightfall. Dates: Nightly in August of 70 extant worldwide) are exhibited with Location: 211 avenue Jean Jaurès, 19th Location: 60 rue des Lombards, 4th works by artists of his inner circle, including arrondissement, 33-1-4003-7575 arrondissment, 33-1-4026-4680 Govert Flinck, Ferdinand Bol, Nicolaes Maes Website: villette.com Website: sunset-sunside.com and Lambert Doomer. Location:121 rue de Lille, 7th arrondissement, 33-1-5359-1240 Website: institutneerlandais.com

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August tokyo Discover a small but page 10 eat perfectly formed Sushi Sora Loykratong Resort French eatery, drinks Indulge page 11 at an under-the-radar drink Montoak speakeasy and ethical Serendipity diamonds. Amour sleep Hotel New Otani Yamanoue Hotel Granbell Hotel Shibuya page 12 shop Royal Asscher Gradisca Cow Books see & do A Chorus Line Yokohama Triennale Surfing new york city london paris tokyo BEIJING BOSTON MUNICH eat

Sushi sora LoyKratong Resort Indulge Sushi in the Edo-Mae Tradition Colonial Cuisine in Harajuku French-Japanese Counter Restaurant

Concept: Sushi Sora is a new dining experience on Concept: The Luckbag restaurant group has Concept: Chef Yoichiro Yarita’s miniature the 38th floor of the award-winning Mandarin opened its third venue in the H&M Tower in restaurant only seats five, and there’s an 8-month Oriental Tokyo. Harajuku. Take a dedicated lift to the eighth and waiting list to enjoy his fusion food. Booking is Opened: April ninth floors and enjoy views through floor to essential. Menu: Chef Yuji Imaizumi sources the freshest ceiling windows and the atmosphere of a Thai Menu: Yarita prepares a single menu of fish possible from the local Tsukiji fish market and resort. amuse-bouche, appetizer, fish, meat, pasta, sorbet offers sushi purists the finest traditional 'nigirizushi'. Opened: February 2011 and dessert from seasonal ingredients. It changes Décor: Designer Ryu Kosaka was inspired by Menu: Thai cuisine with a French inflection. monthly and is personally served to his ‘Japanese beauty and ultimate simplicity’. Sushi is Dishes include oriental marinated fish carpaccio, customers by Yarita. prepared at an eight-seat counter made of 350 Nicoise salad with crispy squid, carbonara with Chef: Yarita studied linguistics in the United year-old Japanese cypress. Granite floors and onyx lemongrass and shrimp and pork steak with garlic States before, inspired by the progressive French walls complete décor of minimalist luxury and the and black pepper sauce. TRU restaurant in Chicago, he trained to be a restaurant offers great views of the city’s skyline, Décor: A colonial dining room in brown and chef and finally graduated to working in TRU’s including the tallest tower in the world, the Tokyo gold, with rich wood furniture, leather banquette kitchen. Sky Tree. seating, carved wooden screens and vintage Drinks: Wine, beer and soft drinks Location: 2-1-1 Nihonbashi Muromachi, lighting. made in Japan. Chuo-ku, 81-3-3270-8800 Location: 8-9F, 1-8-10 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Location: 3-19-17 Kotobuki, Taito-ku, Website: mandarinoriental.com/tokyo/dining/ 81-3-5772-6800 81-3-5828-2228 sora Website: luckbag.jp/loykratong

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Montoak Serendipity Amour

Bar, Café, Brasserie Over Three Floors Speakeasy-Style Bar Private Karaoke Club

Concept: After Lotus and Bowery, Uichi Concept: Founded by Takayuki Yoshida, Concept: A sister venue to Le Baron de Paris Yamamoto’s third café venture is located in the formerly of Kitaaoyama Salon, one of the top five founded by Swedish graffiti artist, retailer and fashionable shopping district of Omotesando. bars in the world according to Monocle hotelier Andre Saraiv, Amour private members Drinks: Choose from Italian coffees and a magazine. Buzz an entryphone for access to club draws a fashionable international and full range of teas (Earl Grey, chai, Moroccan, decadent surroundings intended for seduction. Japanese crowd. Karaoke is available in the Chinese), through to juices and smoothies and Drinks: Master mixologist Yoshida offers a private rooms. an extensive wine, beer, spirits and cocktails list. superlative cocktail list, including the Lady in Drinks: Champagne, wine and classic Menu: International. For lunch, bento, pasta, Devil, a blend of vodka, St-Germain elderflower cocktails are available. sandwiches and soup; for dinner, sushi, tuna liqueur, Parfait Amour and pomegranate jam, Décor: Designed by Room 702, Hiroyuki steak, hamburger, pizza, chicken curry. and the Tokyo Mojito, made with dark and white Matsunaka and Australian product designer Décor: A striking modern building with rums, yuzu juice and shiso. Ingredients for the Marc Newson, Amour aims for an ambience of tinted windows is furnished with comfortable Serendipity are kept secret, but include apricot ‘eroticism and danger and the back alleys of leather chairs, plain, contemporary wooden brandy, clove and cardamom. Paris’. Four different rooms come in contrasting tables and floor to ceiling windows. Food: Bar snacks include tortilla, asparagus styles, from the all-black D room to the gold Montauk seats 80. and homemade cherry liqueur chocolates with leather day beds, padded walls and baroque Location: 6-1-9 Jungumae, Shibuya-ku, cinnamon-dusted almonds. mirrors of A room. 81-3-5468-5928 Décor: Upholstered chairs and subdued Location: 1F Aoyama Centre Building, 3-8-40 Website: montoak.com lighting in reds and pinks, with oil paintings on Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, 81-3-3403-1282 the walls and erotic drawings in the lavatories. Website: amour-bar.jp Location: 4-1-12 Roppongi, Minato-ku, 81-3-6277-7151 Website: serendipity-bar.com

For a taste of Brazil, head to the Asakusa Samba Festival, the sleep last weekend of August.

Hotel New Otani Yamanoue Hotel Granbell Hotel Shibuya

Modern and Ancient Japan Art Deco Comfort A Chic and Stylish Design Hotel

Concept: A very large hotel complex set in Concept: This quiet hilltop hotel is away from the Concept: Designed by Toshi Design System, 500-year-old gardens, the Otani offers guests every buzz of Tokyo. Its art deco frontage is a Kanda this boutique hotel comes with interesting design possible convenience. Facilities include an art landmark. features and a central, Shibuya location. museum, tea house, outdoor swimming pool, Accomodations: Suites overlook peaceful Accomodations: The 105 rooms are well- business centre, shopping arcade, sports club, beauty landscaped gardens and are 56 metres square. Other designed, with drapes inspired by pop artist Roy salon, nursery, dentist, post office and chapel. rooms are decorated in the Japanese style with Lichtenstein. The best suites are arranged on two Accomodations: 1,479 rooms in three separate tategu windows and tatami flooring, while the Septo floors and decorated in a modern yet warm style buildings. In the Executive House Zen’s Garden rooms are in a more modern style. All rooms are with wooden flooring, chocolate and cream sofas Suite, traditional Japanese materials are combined equipped with a superfast internet connection. and curtains and bare brick accents. All rooms with contemporary style in a palette of black, purple Oxygen and negative ions are circulated through come with Simmons-made beds, rainforest and gold over 115 metres square. There is also a bedrooms, allowing guests to make the most of the showers, electronic lavatories, and LCD Bang & Olufsen DVD and CD player and a Grohe hotel’s position on top of the Surugadai Hill in televisions. rainshower. Kanda, from where Mt.Fuji and the Chichibu Rates: From ¥13,000/night Dining: 38 restaurants offering Western, Chinese mountain range can be seen on clear days. Location: 15-17 Sakuragaoka-cho, and Japanese cuisine, plus two patisseries, including Dining: Ten restaurants and bars serve food Shibuya-ku, 81-3-5457-2681 a Pierre Hermé franchise, and six different bars. The ranging from authentic tempura, Chinese cuisine Website: granbellhotel.jp Sky is a revolving buffet and bar on the 17th floor and teppan-yaki to Italian and French food. There is and La Tour d’Argent is Michelin-starred. also a British bar. Rates: From ¥15,834/night Wine: An extensive cellar houses much wine. Location: 4-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Rates: From ¥17,850/night 81-3-3265-1111 Location: 1-1 Surugadai, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Website: newotani.co.jp 81-3-3293-2311 Website: yamanoue-hotel.co.jp 11 shop

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royal asscher Gradisca Cow Books

A Historic Diamond Dealer Arrives Vintage and New Gifts A Well-Edited Independent Bookshop

Concept: Royal Asscher, a heritage jeweller, with Concept: Unusual and beautiful products Concept: Founded by book critic Yataro a focus on diamonds, has been around since 1854. sourced from all over the world by owner Yoshiko Matsuura and fashion designer Setsumasa This is their first location in Asia. Nichino can be found in this small independent Kobayashi, Cow Books specializes in underground Opened: July boutique. literature of the 1960s and 1970s. Merchandise: The shop offers socially Merchandise: The vintage collection may Merchandise: The bookshop reflects the responsible diamonds, with a focus on include 1960s Danish teak furniture, a 1971 personal interests of Matsuura and Kobayashi, and engagement rings, as well as other diamond silkscreen by Alexander Girard, a British antique includes literature on the Beat Generation, Black jewellery. To celebrate the store opening they mirror and many small, quirky objets d’art. New Power, social and protest movements of the Sixties created a tiara with 10 carats of diamonds, worth design stock features delicate glassware, rugs, and Seventies and progressive politics. There is £238,000, to be loaned to brides who purchase an decorative scissors and Le Page vases. Gradisca also a wide range of magazines, memoirs, music, engagement ring there. also stocks jewellery. poetry and underground press publications. Décor: The shop is all-white, with long, Location: 5-4-29 Minamiaoyama, Minato-ku, Coffee is also available. minimalist glass display cases. 81-3-3407-9147 Locations: 1-14-11 Aobadai, Meguro-ku, Location: B1, Ginza Silk Building, Ginza Website: gradisca.jp 81-3-5459-1747; Dragonfly Cafe 2F, 3-13-14 4-6-17, Chuo-ku, 81-3-6228-6161 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, 81-3-3497-0807 Website: royalasscher.com Website: cowbooks.jp

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A Chorus Line Yokohama Triennale 2011 Surfing in Tokyo

A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Musical A Truly International Art Show A Dose of Adrenaline in the City

Concept: This musical following the fortunes of Concept: Founded in 2001, this year’s fourth Concept: Japanese surf culture was born in young dancers auditioning for their first parts in Triennale has been given the title ‘Our Magic Hour: Shonan, the coastal area in Kanagawa Prefecture, the humble chorus line debuted off Broadway in How Much of the World Can We Know?’ by the an ideal location for beginners. More experienced 1975 and subsequently won nine Tony Awards as event’s director general Eriko Osaka, who also heads surfers should head to the east coast of Chiba, well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. up the Yokohama Museum of Art, where the event where powerful waves come direct from the Production: Revived in 2006, the show is now is being held. Pacific. Hachijojima, Niijima and Oshima – part touring the world under the direction of Baayork Exhibition: Participating artists include of a chain of islands that stretches from the tip of Lee, who played Connie in the original Nobuyoshi Araki, Yoko Ono, Damien Hirst, the Izu peninsula – offer even more challenging production. Lyrics were written by Edward Carsten Nicolai, Sun Xun and Tadanori Yokoo. waves for the serious surfer. Kleban, and music was composed by Marvin Director Osaka hopes to focus on ‘areas that cannot Schools: Easy Surf, 1-3-12 Kamakura, Hamlisch. be figured out by science or reason – areas that have Shichirigahama, 81-4-6755-5702; Shonan Surfin Dates: July 27th – August 21st been marginalized; values that we once respected School, branches in Chigasaki, Tsujido and Location: Akasaka ACT Theatre, 5-3-6 but have forgotten; relationships between nature Kugenuma, 81-4-6786-1173; Oasis Surf and Akasaka, Minato-ku, 81-3-5561-0909 and humankind that need to be reconsidered.’ Relax, 81-4-7542-1363. Website: acl2011.jp Dates: August 8 – November 6 Websites: easysurf.jp; shonan-surfinschool. Location: 3-4-1 Minatomirai, Nishi-Ku, jp;oasis2009.jp Yokohama, 81-3-5405-8686 Website: yokohamatriennale.jp

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August SHANGHAI This month, dine on page 13 eat Vietnamese cuisine, Susu Modo have cocktails at the Restaurant T page 14 Beach and visit an drink Green T. avant-garde concept The Beach shop. Atmosphere at China World Summit Wing sleep YI House Art Hotel Hotel G Shangri-La Hotel page 15 shop FEI Pekotan Butcher and Deli SQY-T see & do 798 Biennale Turandot The Bookworm new york city london paris tokyo BEIJING BOSTON MUNICH eat

Susu Modo restaurant t

An Authentic Vietnamese Kitchen Spanish and Scandinavian Sharing Dishes Upscale Modern Japanese

Concept: Restaurateurs Amy Li and Jonathan Chef: Alex Molina and chef Daniel Urdaneta Concept: Executive chef Kenichi Arimura, Ansfield have brought two chefs over from Saigon second Beijing restaurant specializes in small formerly of Michelin-starred Swiss restaurant to head up a kitchen specializing in traditional sharing plates from Spain and Scandinavia. Ryokan Hasenberg, offers a tasting menu of Vietnamese with a modern twist. Now they have added new summer dishes and kaiseki ryori and tempura. Opened: May three chefs' menus. Menu: Highlights of the multi-course haute Menu: Signature meals include beef stew and a Menu: Tapas-style dishes including seared cuisine menu include sashimi made not with baguette, Cha Ca La Vong (grilled fish with dill giant Japanese scallop with curried cauliflower, the traditional saltwater fish, but freshwater and spring onions cooked at the table), crispy bacon and rhubarb sauce; summer peach mandarin fish; cold white sesame soup with Vietnamese crepes and pho noodle soup. Susu also salad; seared duckbreast with watermelon and flavours of sesame, white miso, bonito and mirin serves 12 different types of spring rolls, bahn mi feta; smerrebred (brown rye bread, herring served with egg pudding, prawn, cucumber and sandwiches, and an excellent salad with lotus root fillets, pickled radish and mild cheese rolled in spring onion; and tempura of king crab leg, and pig’s ear shavings. sunflower seeds); and dill-crusted cod with wild kuruma prawns, asparagus and basil wraps with Drinks: Cocktails created for the restaurant rice and lemongrass velouté. green tea salt, five spice power, ground ginger, include The Quiet American, Saigon Fizz and The Drinks: A Enomatic dispenser permits a daikon radish and dashi broth. Last Word. Imported beer and wine is also variety of wines to be drunk by the glass. Decor: The interior is elegant, with dark wood available. Decor: A graphic black and white pattern walls, comfortable couches, and modern glass Décor: Located down a winding hutong, this adorns the walls, and an open kitchen means chandeliers. traditional siheyuan, consisting of four buildings diners can watch food being prepared while Location: Unit 28, 1/F, Tower C, The Office around a courtyard, has been converted into a seated at long shared tables. Park (Yuanyang Guanghua International), 10 restaurant, with many original features remaining. Location: S10-31, Third floor, Building 8, Jintong Xilu, Chaoyang district, 86-10-8590- Location: Qianliang Hutong, West Alley 10, Sanlitun Village South, 19 Sanlitun Lu, 6581 Dongcheng district, 86-10-8400 2699 Chaoyang district, 86-10-6415-7207 Website: mostobj.com 13 drink

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Green T. House Spa + The Beach Atmosphere at China World Restaurant Summit Wing A Tea House, Plus Much More Rooftop Lounge The Highest Bar in Beijing

Concept: Artist, entrepreneur and tea lover Concept: This seasonal bar evokes the spirit of Concept: At the top of the most recent Zhang Jin Jie has created a spa, restaurant, tea Ibiza with alfresco drinking, DJs and an addition to the Beijing skyline, the 330-metre house, shop and gallery in a simple, elegant international crowd of attractive young clubbers tall China World Tower, is another Shangri-La complex of buildings (also available for parties Drinks: There is much Champagne, including property, the China World Summit. The bar, and events). Mumm Cordon Rouge, plus a long and excellent Atmosphere, offers great views and live music. Drinks: Over 50 hand-blended green teas and cocktail list. Drinks: Manhattan-style cocktails and a signature cocktails including the Green T Décor: Beach-like sand on the floor, big blue good selection of malt whiskies. The wine list is martini. cushions for lounging, wooden decking, pillars, a very extensive and includes Chinese wine from Food: Traditional Chinese cuisine with an circular bar and great views of the city. Grace Vineyard, Silver Heights and Helan innovative tea element. Dancing: Wednesdays is Ladies Night, Mountain. ‘Cigar cocktails’ are a favourite with Facilities: The Bath House Residence won a Thursday is Champagne Night, Friday is House cigar smokers. Wallpaper magazine design award in 2010 and of Decadance and on Saturday, many of the city's Food: Bar snacks, including burgers. offers Zen bathing, massage and treatments creative types gather here. Décor: The ceiling has been designed to inspired by traditional Chinese medicine. Enjoy Location: Block 8, 4/F Roof Terrace, 8 resemble a starry sky. The furnishing, in grey panoramic views, an open-air jacuzzi and an Chaoyang Park Road, Chaoyang district, and burgundy, is sleek and contemporary. open fireplace. 86-135-2188-2889 Location: 80/F, China World Summit Wing, Location: 6 Gongtixilu, Chaoyang district, Website: bysigma.com 1 Jianguomenwai Dajie, Chaoyang District 86-10-6552-8310 86-10-6505 2299, extension 6433 Website: green-t-house.com Website: shangri-la.com/en/property/beijing/ chinaworldsummitwing/dining/restaurant/ sleep atmosphere

Escape the urban noise with a placid stroll around the Shichahai Lakes, just north of the Forbidden City. Yi House Art Hotel Hotel G Shangri-La Hotel

Boutique Style in the Art District Sixties-Inspired Chic Luxury Hotel with Outstanding Service

Concept: A former crystal factory has been Concept: Hotel in the entertainment district Concept: Hong Kong-based hotel group with converted by owners Epoque into a stylish hotel of Sanlitun created by British design guru Mark over 70 properties throughout Asia and beyond. with a gallery. Lintott. Multi-coloured square windows give it Accomodations: 528 rooms in the Garden Accomodations: The 30 rooms range from the the look of a giant Rubik’s Cube. Wing and 142 rooms and suites in the Valley ‘Artist Studio’ to the biggest and grandest Accomodations: 110 rooms and suites range Wing, where the Presidential Suite (245 square ‘Grace Suite’, which comes with a marble from 45-square-metre studios with iPod dock metres) is located. Superior rooms offer two bathroom, rainforest showerhead and and rainforest shower, to 80-square-metre LCD televisions in the bedroom and bathroom. Nespresso coffee machine. All rooms have an loft-style suites with raised beds, 50-inch flat Dining: Eight restaurants, bars and cafes. iPod station and Wifi is available in the screen television, 27-inch iMac, Nespresso The Blu Lobster serves French classics while common areas. machine, Geneva iPod sound system and Cantonese cuisine is available at Shang Palace. Décor: Each bedroom is individually Bluetooth headphones. Nintendo Wii and Décor: A gold and cream colour scheme, decorated with original art work and an eclectic DVD player available on request. gigantic crystal chandeliers, black laquer, carved mix of furniture, cushions, rugs and throws, in a Décor: Blue panelled walls, sleek aubergine screens and vast public spaces make for colour scheme of dove grey, petrol blue and soft furnishings, giant photographic murals, understated luxury in the international hotel style. lemon yellow. The dining room is decorated in dark wood and retro furnishing fabric. Spa: Chi has excellent facilities, including a black lacquer with chairs upholstered in yellow Dining: The Scarlett wine bar and restaurant 25-metre indoor swimming pool. and traditional Chinese screens alongside is a popular meeting spot for young professionals. Rates: From 1150 RMB/night photographic art. Japanese chef Morio Sakayori heads up the Location: 29 Zizhuyuan Lu, at Xisanhuan Dining: Chef Christian Hoffman serves eponymous fine dining restaurant serving Lu, Haidian District, 86-10-6841 2211 all-day Mediterranean dining at Fennel Japanese cuisine with an international twist. Website: shangri-la.com/en/property/beijing/ Restaurant. Rates: From 988 RMB/night shangrila Rates: From 690 RMB/night Location: A7 Gongtixi Lu, Chaoyang district Location: Unit 1, 706 Houjie, 798 Art 86-10-6552-3600 District, 2 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang district, Website: hotel-g.com 14 86-10-6436-1818 Website: epoquehotels.com shop

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Fei space Pekotan Butcher and Deli SQY-T

A New Concept Shop A Delicatessen Loved by Locals Printed Ts, Bags and Accessories

Concept: This newly refurbished fashion and Concept: A favourite with ex-pats, this deli Concept: Shanghai Quality Yarn T-shirts, lifestyle boutique owned by ceramicist Lin Jing and wine merchant specializes in baked goods shortened to SQY-T, plunder Chinese history and fashion retailer Ray Lee is housed in a former made on the premises. The owner also run and culture for cityscapes, slogans and factory in the 798 Art District. Beijing institution Kitchen Igosso, where the decorative designs for T-shirts and other goods. Merchandise: In July, FEI became the only Italian-trained chef serves Mediterannean Merchandise: T-shirts, scarves, prints, mugs, Chinese mainland stockist for Topman. They also cuisine. T-shirt dresses, notebooks and bags in a wide stock Alexander Wang sunglasses, patchwork Merchandise: Baguettes, rolls and pastries, variety of designs from the natural and antique rugs, vintage china, leather cuffs, waist sandwiches, pizzas, burgers and salads, artisanal manmade world make great Beijing souvenirs. cinchers and bags from London bondage store Yellow Valley cheese made according to the Patterns include an apartment building, a giant Fleet Ilya and designers from home and abroad, Dutch Gouda technique, spices, juice, yogurt, audience, silhouetted trees, traditional Chinese including Zhang Da, the designer of Hermes’ new Yakult and canned chuhai ( Japanese premixed ceramic designs, Jackson Pollock style doodles, luxury Chinese label Shang Xia, Gareth Pugh and cocktails). Shop-in-shop Palette Wines @ maps of Beijing and Pantone colour code vest Henrik Vibskov. Pekotan stocks 300 wines from around the tops. Graphic prints by artist and architect Li Location: 798 Art District, 4 Jiuxiangqiao Lu, world and also sells wine by the glass. Han are also available. Chaoyang district, 86-10-5978 9580 Location: Pekotan, Store 21-22, Building 12, Location: 78 Wudaoying Hutong, Central Park, 6 Chaoyangmenwai Dajie, Dongcheng district, 86-10-8404 0148 Chaoyang District, 86-10-6533 6605; Kitchen Website: sqy-t.com Igosso, 23 Guandongdian Beijie, Chaoyang District, 86-10-6592-4563

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798 Biennale Turandot The Bookworm

Contemporary Art Fair Puccini’s Opera Comes to Beijing Bookshop with Readings and Events

Concept: The Beijing Biennale, held in the 798 Concept: The story of a beautiful but Concept: Founded five years ago by ex-pat Art District, has become an internationally cold-hearted Chinese princess who forces her Alexandra Pearson, the Bookworm bookshop well-regarded art exposition which places the suitors to answer three riddles and risk death for now runs its own literary festival and has a emphasis on contemporary art forms such as an incorrect reply. rolling programme of events and readings video, performance, audio. Performance: Famously unfinished, for this throughout the year. There’s also a rooftop Exhibition: With a theme of ‘Constellations’, production by the National Centre for terrace for dining and drinking. the show is expected to draw over a hundred Performing Arts Turandot has been completed Events: August highlights include Chinese and international artists. The converted by young Chinese composer Hao Weiya. Consumptionomics, a talk from author factory space and surrounding Dashanzi Venue: The NCPA was designed by French Chandran Nair (August 4) and a film showing neighbourhood has become a focus for architect Paul Andreu and opened in 2007. of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (August 18). Check avant-garde artists in Beijing, with the Old Locals have nicknamed it ‘the Egg’. the website for details of other events through Factory Bar and art bookshop also available for Dates: August 5th – 7th August. dining and browsing. Location: 2 Chang'an Jie, Xicheng District, Location: The First Courtyard, Hegezhuang Opening: August 86-10-6655-0000 Village, Shunyi district, 86-10-6431 2108 Location: Ceramic 3 St. 798 Road, 798 Art Website: chncpa.org Website: beijingbookworm.com District, 4. Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District, 86-10-59789180 Website: 798space.com

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The salty Pig Rialto Menton Cocktail Revolution Homemade Charcuterie and More Italian on Harvard Square French-Italian Fusion

Concept: This is a casual, convivial restaurant Chef: Jody Adams has won a James Beard Concept: This restaurant is named for a village focused on custom charcuterie plates, using award, and is a prominent supporter of the local on the French-Italian border, and the cuisine is meat cured in-house. food scene. a fusion of those two culinary traditions. Opened: May Menu: The menu rotates depending on the Chef: Barbara Lynch Menu: Diners are encouraged to make their season; in summer, it focuses on Italy's southern Menu: There is a prix fixe menu available at own charcuterie plate with a meat (speck, regions. Dishes include handmade burrata both lunch and dinner, as well as a chef's tasting prosciutto, porchetta, jamon Serrano), a cheese cheeses stuffed with spiced anchovy and pickled menu. Dishes might include wild bluefin tuna (Brie, Stilton, chevrot) and a side (fig jame, eggplant; rack of lamb with crispy belly and tartare with caviar and garlic; foie gras with olives, walnut pesto). Plus there are sandwiches, braised shank of lamb, along with baby fennel hisbiscus and brioche; swordfish with za'atar involving combinations of these ingredients, and fresh fava beans; and butter-poached and scallion; lobster with ricotta gnudi; a duet salads, plates (pork and garlic meatballs, pasta lobster with spinach, guanciale and black of prime beef; chicken asparagus, radish and carbonara) and pizzas. trumpet mushrooms. Plus, ricotta gnocchi, fiddlehead. Drinks: There is an extensive beer and eggplant parmesan and seared scallops. Decor: The interior is elegant, with dark wood cocktail menu, with 12 beers on tap, including Wine: The wine list is built on classics, but walls, comfortable couches, and modern glass many from the Northeastern US, plus cocktails there are also many organic, biodynamic and chandeliers. include the Apiary (lemon, amaro, honey) and eco-friendly wines. Location: 354 Congress Street, pitchers of sangria. Location: 1 Bennett Street, Harvard Square, 1-617-737-0099 Décor: There are simple, metal bar stools in Cambridge, 1-617-661-5050 Website: mentonboston.com grey and black, along a long wooden bar and at a Website: rialto-restaurant.com small number of bare wooden tables. Location: 130 Dartmouth Street, Back Bay, 1-617-536-6200 Website: thesaltypig.com 16 drink

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Drink Deep ellum eastern standard Cocktail Revolution Cocktail Revolution Cocktail Revolution

A Cocktail Lover's Heaven A Taste of the South A Dining and Drinking Destination

Drinks: There is no drinks menu; instead, Name: The name comes from a part of Dallas, Concept: Adjacent to the Hotel patrons can describe the flavours they'd like and Texas known for music and food in the 1900s. Commonwealth, this bar caters to travellers bartenders will mix something appropriate. A Drinks: The bar is renowned for its cocktails, and locals, offering food until late, and drinks. wide range of classics – Pina Colada, Tom including Sputnik (vodka, Fernet Branca, lemon, Drinks: There is an extensive menu of classic Collins, daiquiris, martinis – are available too, as bitters), the Vanilla Brandy Flip (brandy, vanilla and innovative cocktails, including the Au well as many wines and beers. The ice is cut by syrup, egg, bitters), and the White Devil (rum, Provence (vodka, tarragon, lime), the Ponce de hand and they use fresh juices and housemade Cocchi Americano, Dolin Blanc, Luxardo Leon (rum, sherry, Licor 43, orange bitters), ginger beer. marachino, orange bitters). There are also nearly Jack Rose (applejack, pomegranata and lemon) Food: There is free popcorn available, as well as 20 beers on tap, and the list changes frequently. as well as pitchers of drinks to be shared, drinks French fries and bacon-glazed cashews. Plus, there is a long list of whiskeys. made with raw egg, and hot drinks. Queues: It can be quite crowded, so it’s Food: There is food that works well with beers, Food: The food is international, including advisable to go at off-peak hours, mid-week. including chicken wings, pretzels, bratwurst, Scottish salmon, ricotta gnocchi, flat iron steak Décor: There is no sign outside, so it can be hamburgers, chimichurri chicken and pork with bearnaise sauce, and artisanal cheeses. difficult to find. The interior includes exposed meatball banh mi. Decor: The bar has a few different areas, brick walls, a long, two-sided bar. Décor: The back patio is sunny, with wood-slat including the Ann Corio Lounge, which Location: 348 Congress Street, walls and cast iron furniture. The interior has lots features a portrait of burlesque dancer Ann 1-617-695-1806 of wood (stools, tables, bar, area behind the bar), Corio by Steve Sheffield. The marble bar itself Website: drinkfortpoint.com and old-fashioned lighting fixtures. It has the is 46 feet long, with 22 seats. Throughout, there feeling of the south in the 19th or early 20th are red leather booths, and the room is lit by century. candlelight, but also has TVs that show sports. Location: 477 Cambridge Street, Allston, Location: 528 Commonwealth Avenue, 1-617-787-2337 Kenmore Square, 1-617-532-9100 sleep Website: deepellum-boston.com Website: easternstandardboston.com

Catch Shakespeare’s “All’s Well that Ends Well” in Boston Commons – performed nightly until August 14. Liberty Hotel xv beacon mandarin oriental Cocktail Revolution Cocktail Revolution

A Converted Prison A Historic Boutique Hotel Asian-Inspired Luxury

History: This hotel was built into the 19th History: This building is a Beaux Arts Accommodations: The 136 rooms and 12 suites century Charles Street Jail, which was closed in the masterpiece, built in 1903, with limestone, cast are designed in a mix of art deco and East Asia, 1970s. The hotel then reopened in 2007 after a iron and Roman brick. It was designed by with burnished gold and green fabrics, glossy $150-million renovation. architect William Gibbons Preston. wood furniture, and amazing attention to detail, Design: Some design elements that remain Accommodations: The 62 rooms include a mix like desks stocked with paperclips and small from the prison include a 90-foot high rotunda in of modern and antique furniture, with a leather bags to hold the hair dryers. the lobby and wrought-iron bars in the hallways. subdued colour palette of taupe, cream and Car: The hotel is near the subway, but the Accommodations: The 298 rooms are mostly in a espresso. Rooms also include 400 thread-count hotel's dedicated car will take you anywhere 16-storey addition to the prison; rooms have Frette linens, Italian marble bathrooms, fresh within two miles. floor-to-ceiling windows, mahogany furniture, flowers, gas fireplace and cashmere throws. Spa: The city’s only five-star spa is 16,000 and granite and glass bathrooms. There are 18 Dining: Mooo is a steakhouse and bistro that square feet, and includes nine treatment areas, rooms in the former jail building itself; they serves breakfast, lunch, dinner and brunch by Quartz crystal steam rooms, vitality pools and include original exposed brick. owner/chef Jamie Mammano. The restaurant ice fountains. Dining: Scampo offers excellent Italian dining. has a private dining room in the basement wine Dining: M Bar & Lounge offers a list of Clink serves European-inspired American cuisine; cellar. Mooo is known for its cocktails, too. signature cocktails, including the Mandarin Alibi is a bar set in the prison's former drunk tank. Gym: There is a modest gym at the hotel, Martini (mandarin vodka, mandarin napoleon, Services: The hotel’s Luggage Liaison service open 24 hours a day, and a larger gym available orange and cranberry juice) and the Morello will take luggage to and from the airport. There are across the street, which offers a wide Cherry (Effen black cherry, Saint Germain, complimentary bicycles in summer, and a running variety of classes. lemon juice, morello cherry puree). Asana offers concierge. Guests can receive free yoga passes for Services: Pets are welcome, and there is a Asian-inspired American cuisine, with a focus the studio across the street. dog-walking service available. As well, iPad on seafood. Rates: From $449/night rentals are available. Rates: From $445/night Location: 215 Charles Street, Rates: From $350/night Location: 776 Boylston Street, 1-617-224-4000 Location: 15 Beacon Street, 1-617-670-1500 1-617-535-8888 17 Website: libertyhotel.com Website: xvbeacon.com Website: mandarinoriental.com shop

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The Boston Shaker Hudson Louis Boston Cocktail Revolution A Cocktail Emporium New England-Style Décor A Historic and Esteemed Department Store

Concept: This shop is devoted to cocktail Concept: This is a home decor store that Name: The name is pronounced Loo-eez. supplies of all kinds, including those that are captures the New England aesthetic with a mix History: The shop was founded in the late difficult to find. of rustic and modern items that channel the 19th century by Louis Pearlstein, and in 1925, Merchandise: There are long drink/bar spoons, “old-money” feeling. his sons started calling it Louis. In January amber dropper bottles, books about cocktails, Merchandise: There is lighting, including the 2010, it moved into a new location, which has personalized ice-crushing bags, shaker tins, glasses Vincent Floor Lamp (faux bois, available in views of the pier. It has long been the city’s of all shapes and from many eras. Plus, the shop gold) and classic sconces; four-poster beds; most prestigious boutique department store. has rare ingredients, like gum syrup, Elemakule colourful rugs and cowhide floor coverings; Merchandise: The shop has a wide selection Tiki bitters, molé bitters and cardamom rosewater. mirrors; barware, including a natural horn of men’s and women’s clothing, with brands Owner: Adam Lantheaume, who is on a bottle opener; burlap-wrapped vases; and some including Kiton, Finamore, The Row, Marni, mission to create the ultimate emporium for vintage items, including old wooden trunks and Opening Ceremony, Belvest, Harry's of cocktail enthusiasts. signage. London, Roland Mouret, Jason Wu and Classes: The shop offers classes, including Craft Decor: The shop is dense with merchandise, Jonathan Saunders. Also, there are accessories Cocktail Techniques and An Introduction to with an eclectic mix on the showroom floor, and cosmetics items by lines including Malin + Cocktail Bitters. and design objects everywhere. Goetz, Comme des Garcons and Bond Location: 69 Holland Street, Location: 312 Shawmut Avenue, Perfumes. Somerville,1-617-718-2999 1-617-292-0900 Restaurant: There is a restaurant in the shop, Website: thebostonshaker.com Website: hudson-boston.com on the pier, called Sam’s. It serves French bistro-inspired food. Salon: Salon Mario Russo operates out of the shop. Location: 60 Northern Avenue, 1-617-262-6100 Website: louisboston.com SEE & DO

Fenway Park Lanoue Fine Art Boston Harbor Islands

A Century-Old Baseball Park An Acclaimed Independent Commercial Gallery An Escape from the City

History: Fenway Park opened in 1912, and is Concept: This gallery is focused on Concept: This is a group of 34 islands just off the oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball. established, well-known contemporary artists, the coast from Boston – seven miles, or a Fenway: The park is known for a few unusual with an emphasis on painting, printmaking and 25-minutes ferry, away. features, including a manual scoreboard and the sculpture. Hiking: The best hiking trails are on Green Monster, a 36-foot-high wall that is only Exhibition: “Summertime: Things We Love”, Spectacle Island, which has a café and a beach; 315 feet from homeplate, making it an exhibit of paintings and photographs on Worlds End, which has cliffs, marsh and an exceptionally high and close. themes of summer. Works include “Might 244-acre landscape designed by F.L. Olmsted; Tours: Tours are available every day, though Cause Double Vision”, a mixed medium and Fort Warren, on Georges Island, which is a not for 3.5 hours prior to games. painting-photograph depicting men doing National Historic Landmark; during the US Sandwich: The classic food to eat outside the handstands; “Aqua Journey,” a depiction of a Civil War, it was a training camp for troops, and ballpark is a sausage and pepper sandwich. girl swimming underwater, and “A Thin Line in a prison for Confederate enemies. Events: The park also has several bars and Time”, in which a man is tightrope walking – Activities: Other activities include camping restaurants that can be booked for events, both made with resin and mixed media. facilities, bird-watching (there are guided including the EMC club, the State Street Artists: Luciana Abait, Melody Postma, Eric tours), boat and kayak rentals and picnics. Pavilion and the Right Field Roof Deck. Zener, Jane Maxwell, Lucile Driskell and Location: Ferry leaves from Long Wharf- Baseball: The best way to experience the park Robin Luciano Beaty. North Pier, 66 Long Wharf, 1-617-223-8666 is to watch a game. There are home games on Location: 125 Newbury Street, Website: bostonharborislands.org August 1-7, 16-17, 26-28 and 30-31. The Red 1-617-262-4400 Sox are among the best teams in Website: lanouefineart.com baseball right now. Location: 4 Yawkey Way, 1-617-226-6000 18 Website: boston.redsox.mlb.com MUNICH

August munich With a design-savvy page 19 eat burger joint, a revived Restaurant am Chinesischen Turm Cosmogrill historic bakery and Schuhbecks am Platz modern art cube in page 20 drink the forest, the new Café King Das Neue Café Munich is a long way Kubitschek Schumann’s from old Bavaria. sleep Hotel Bayerischer Hof Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski The Charles Hotel page 21 shop Soda Books Harvest Freudenhaus see & do The Goetz Collection BMW Art Cars The International Design Museum new york city london paris tokyo BEIJING BOSTON eat MUNICH

Restaurant am Cosmogrill Schuhbecks am Platzl Chinesischen Turm the new bavaria A Beer Garden-cum-Restaurant A Trendy Burger Restaurant Classic Alpine Dining

Concept: This restaurant is adjacent to the Concept: This is a tiny, upscale burger Chef: Alfons Schuhbeck, who is 62, and is a famous Chinese tower, a 25-meter-tall circular restaurant near the Platztl area. It is open until celebrity chef in Bavaria. He has been awarded tower in the well-groomed English Garden quite late – 6 a.m. on weekends. Michelin stars. amidst a 900-acre park founded in 1789. Menu: The focus here is on upscale beef Empire: Schuhbeck also operates an ice cream Garden: The beer garden is among the city's hamburgers, but there are also vegetarian shop, a cooking school and a spice store within largest, surrounded by greenery and including a burgers, tuna and wasabi burgers, Kobe beef the immediate vicinity of the restaurant. self-serve beer station. burgers, tandoori lamb burgers, rosemary Menu: The food here is an upscale take on Menu: The menu includes upscale takes on potatoes, wasabi potato salad, Caesar salad, Alpine classics. The menu changes depending on Bavarian classics, including beef tartare; Currywurst (sausage) and a wine list including what is local and seasonal, but dishes might Munich sausage salad with gherkins, chives and Primitivo from Puglia and other Italian include slow-cooked suckling pig stuffed with egg; cauliflower soup; spaetzle with cottage vintages. Mustard is homemade. chicken, pistachios, mushrooms and sweetbread; cheese and fried onions; Nuremberger sausage; Décor: The room is black-and-white, with foie gras-stuffed ravioli; sausage and onion soup; and pork roast with caraway jus. simple, geometric furniture and monochrome crayfish soup; tuna with caviar; vela tongue with Décor: The restaurant has arched doorways, beads hanging from the ceiling. The design is asparagus; rabbit shank. wooden chairs, ornate chandeliers and big, inspired by a mix of fast food restaurants and Décor: The room is elegant and Old bright windows. There is a terrace area, and an Japanese aesthetics. There are six tables and a World-inspired, with floral printed cushioned orangery room for small parties. terrace that's open in warm months. chairs, dried flower arrangements and Location: Haberl GmbH, Englischer Awards: It's won several design awards, wood-plank walls. There is a peaceful courtyard. Garten 3, 49-89-383-8730 include the Reddot award in 2007. Location: Platzl 6, 49-89-216-690-0 Website: chinaturm.de Designers: Franken-architekten Website: schuhbeck.de Location: Maximilianstrasse 10, 49-89-8905-9696 Website: cosmogrill.de 19 drink

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Café King Das Neue Café Kubitschek Schumann’s the new bavaria the new bavaria A Hip Coffee Shop and Bar A Historical Café, Revived A Classic Cocktail Lounge

Concept: This is a café and bar that is busy History: This café was founded in 1958 by Concept: This is an American-style bar with a during the days with people using the wifi on Werner Kubitschek, and it was operated by his focus on excellent classic cocktails. Many say their laptops, drinking coffee, and in the sister Erika for many years. Last year, it moved to a they are the best drinks in town. The crowd is a evening, with people drinking cocktails. new, stylish location. glamourous mix of businessmen, celebrities and Décor: There are worn wooden chairs, and in Philosophy: The café has the slogan “Fuck the athletes, like the tennis star Boris Becker. Often the daytime, the windows allow bright light to Backmischung”; Backmischung means cake mix; tables appear available but are reserved for other enter. The long bar has yellow, minimalist stools this means that they are focused on making fresh, regular customers. It is closed on Saturday and dozens of simple, modern light fixtures organic food from scratch. nights. hanging over the bar. There is table football Menu: There is cake and pie, coffee and tea, as Owner: Charles Schumann, the owner and here, too. well as sandwiches and other savoury items. bartender, wrote “American Bar: The Artistry of Food: There is a small menu of vegetarian Classes: The café offers baking and cooking Mixing Drinks”. soups, sandwiches and salads. During the day, classes, including “10,000-Calorie Chocolate Drinks: There is a focus on classic cocktails coffee is available, too. Course” and basic lessons in buttercream, pie, and drinks, including martinis, aperol spritz, Music: DJs often play eclectic music here late sponge cake and more, as well as courses focused Manhattans, plus wine and Scotch. at night. on international cuisine. Food: There is a small menu of seasonal food. Location: Müllerstrasse 3, 49-89-8563-6800 Décor: There are oriental rugs, simple, vintage Location: Odeonsplatz 6, 49-89-229-060 Website: cafe-king.com white stools, pink chairs, and modern lighting Website: schumanns.de fixtures. Designers: Designliga, a local design firm. Location: Gollierstrasse 14, 49-89-7104-9126 Website: das-neue-kubitscheck.de sleep

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Hotel Bayerischer Hof Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten The Charles Hotel Kempinski the new bavaria A Regal, Historic Hotel An Elegant Business Hotel Contemporary Luxury

History: This hotel was built by architect History: This hotel opened in 1852 and has Concept: This hotel was built recently, in Friedrich von Gärtner in 1841 for the guests of hosted countless heads of state since. The contemporary style, as a sleek white curvilinear King Ludwig I. In 1897, the Volkhardt family German brand, Kempinski, took it over more building. The walls of the lobby are decorated with bought it; the fourth generation of the family recently and converted it into a luxury paintings by 19th century artist Franz von manages it now. Everyone from Kafka to Freud business hotel. Lenbach. to the Beatles has stayed here. Accommodations: The 304 rooms include teak Accommodations: The 160 rooms include Accommodations: The 345 rooms are furniture, dark wood, and views of the busy city king-size beds, bathrooms made from Bavarian decorated in five styles by different designers. streets or the hotel’s inner courtyard. Rooms limestone, cut-velvet armchairs, tweed sofas, and Styles include minimalist rooms by Siegward also include desks and free internet, as well as a geometric throw pillows. Most rooms include Graf; white, glamourous rooms by Hans pillow menu and a blend of classic and modern views of either the botanical gardens or the city. Minarik; African colonial; country home; and styling. Some suites include rooftop terraces, views of the British-inspired, with bright patterns. Dining: Vue Maximilian serves fresh, Alps, French doors and wrought-iron railings. Dining: There are six bars and five regional and seasonal food with a view of the Designer: Olga Polizzi is Rocco Forte Hotels’ restaurants, including Palais Keller, which is set bustling Maximilianstrasse boulevard. There are Director of Design. in vaults from 1425; Atelier, lead by chef Steffen two bars: the old English-style Jahreszeiten Bar, Gardens: The hotel is located beside the Old Mezger; and a rooftop terrace. and the hotel lobby bar, which serves tea, Botanical Gardens, so it is removed from the Spa: The Blue Spa is in a rooftop box coffee and pastries. bustle of the city. designed by Andrée Putman, and surrounded by Spa: The spa includes an indoor infinity pool, Dining: Davvero is an excellent Italian the lush gardens. a gym on the hotel's rooftop and personal restaurant. The bar offers live music most nights. Cinema: There is a luxurious Cinema Lounge training services. Spa: The spa includes a 15-metre swimming and Theatre available for private rental. Rates: From €194/night pool, a sauna and five treatment rooms. Rates: From €270/night Location: Maximilianstrasse 17, Rates: From €410/night Location: Gebrüder Volkhardt KG, 49-89-2125-2799 Location: Sophienstrasse 28, Promenadeplatz 2-6, 49-89-21200 Website: kempinski.com/en/munich 49-89-544-555-0 20 Website: bayerischerhof.de Website: thecharleshotel.com shop

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Soda Books Harvest Freudenhaus the new bavaria the new bavaria

A Hip, Fashionable Bookstore Independent Menswear Shop Stylish Glasses Frames

Owner: Sebastian Steinacker, who studied Concept: This is a well-edited men’s boutique Concept: This is a Munich-based glasses fashion at Central Saint Martins in London, that carries labels that are otherwise difficult or company, which focuses on designing and co-owns it with his girlfriend Anna Schäffel. impossible to find in Munich. selling creative frames, with a mix of their own Merchandise: There is a vast collection of Owner: Philip Stolte, who was a graphic work and other designer frames. They've been magazines and books from all over the world, designer before he opened the shop in 2009. He at it since 1991. Freudenhaus means house of in many languages, but mostly English, as well also helped open the recent arrival to town, Folk. joy. There are three boutiques in Munich, and as French, Italian and Japanese. There is an Merchandise: Labels include Norse Projects, one department store booth. emphasis on image-heavy publications, Our Legacy, Penfield, the Hillside, Dunderdon, Founders: Stefan Flatscher, who is the including those focused on fashion, design, Edwin jeans and Acne. Clothing ranges from designer, and Ewe Pinhammer. Both are photography, architecture and art. denim to dress shirts, ties to work wear, sneakers opticians. Magazines: Some titles include: The to dress shoes. Merchandise: The shop sells Freudenhaus Gentlewoman, Apartmento, Pin-Up, Monocle, Collaborations: The shop does exclusive frames, sunglasses, and the Hausmarke Fantastic Man and Crash. collaborations with labels like A Kind of Guise, sub-brand. There is a wide selection of frame Décor: The shop is stark, with white walls from Munich, as well as House of Billiam from shapes, colours and materials, including the lined with magazines, industrial lights and a London, and the camera makers, Leica. They “Classic with a Twist” line, and the line of rustic wooden table in the centre of the room. even made a single speed-racing bike with buffalo horn glasses. Plus, there are other Location: Rumfordstrasse 3, Geheimrad. brands, like Carrera, Persol, Prada and Ray Ban. 49-89-2024-5353 Location: Zieblandstrasse 5, Clients: Many celebrities have bought their Website: sodabooks.com 49-89-4524-4181 frames, including Sting, Uma Thurman and Website: hrvst.de Tom Cruise. Location: Leopoldstrasse 37, 49-89-333- 330; Theatinerstrasse 32, 49-89-2555-6988; Odeonsplatz 15, 49-89-333-336 Website: freudenhaus.com SEE & DO

The Goetz Collection BMW Art Cars international Design Museum the new bavaria the new bavaria A Private Multimedia Collection Beautifully Painted Cars The Best Contemporary Design

Gallery: This gallery is owned by Ingvild Concept: This exhibition marks the 35th Concept: This is part of the Pinakothek der Goetz, but is open to the public. It is focused on anniversary of the beginning of BMW’s Art Moderne, a complex of four museums, which a broad range of contemporary art from many Cars project. Since that time, the company has also includes an Art museum, a Graphics media. The gallery does two exhibitions per year. commissioned 17 prominent artists to paint museum and an Architecture museum. Exhibition: There are 30 video and sound BMW cars. The cars live in different places Exhibitions: Currently, there is “A Good installations by the American artist Paul across the world; this is the first time they've all Chair is a Good Chair”, a display of Donald Pfeiffer, as well as sculptures and photographs. been shown together. Judd's furniture designs; and Gral Glass, a His works use technology to alter videos and Collection: There is an M3 GT2 painted by legendary German glassware maker. images from key moments in 20th century Jeff Koons in bold, iconic colours; a steel Until: Judd, October 9; Gral, September 18. media. Works include “Live from Neverland”, a mesh-covered H2R, BMW's hydrogen- Collection: The permanent collection video of Michael Jackson. powered car, by the Danish artist Olafur includes Design Vision, a two-storey high Until: October 1 Eliasson, as a comment on global warming; a shelving unit that displays all sorts of design Library: The gallery also houses a reference bold, colour-blocked super-powered M1, by objects; Computer Culture, Design History; library, including 7,000 books on contemporary Andy Warhol; and a 320 Group 5 painted in a Vehicle Design; Jewellery; Bentwood Plywood; art, plus catalogues, monographs and magazines. comic strip style by Roy Lichtenstein. and Perpetuum Mobile. Building: Completed in 1993 by Herzog & Until: September 30 Film: The Adyton project, by Viktor de Meuron, the building is a modern glass and Location: BMW Museum, Am Olympiapark Hausladen, sees a new film projected onto the concrete box. 2, 49-89-890-6366 street from inside the museum every night. Location: Oberföhringer Strasse 103, Website: en.bmw-art-cars.de Location: Barerstrasse 40, 49-89-2380-5360 49-89-959-3969-0 Website: die-neue-sammlung.de Website: sammlung-goetz.de 21