Bali, Indonesia

April 22nd, 2009  |  by  |  published in Travel

Few destinations have benefited from modern tourism quite like Bali, Indonesia. It makes them so sad: hundreds if not thousands of years of cultural evolution undone by a few decades of modern, Western-style development, much of it of the globalized luxury persuasion.


Miami Beach Style

February 16th, 2009  |  by  |  published in Lifestyle

The recession has cast a shadow on Miami Beach. But it is not a long enough shadow to have darkened the spirits of many heat-seeking visitors, who still descend on South Beach in search of escape. The gossip social history of Miami Beach spans the [...]


Antigua

February 14th, 2009  |  by  |  published in Travel

When you are on vacation in Antigua everywhere you look it seems to be yet another exhilarating view of sea, cliff or tropical landscape. You will find a more gorgeous combination of white sand and thrashing surf than Half Moon Bay.


Hotel Joule, Dallas

September 11th, 2008  |  by  |  published in Architecture

The Joule Hotel in Dallas is the first true designer hotel in Dallas. The Joule embodies a new sense of energy sweeping through the revitalized historic center.