L’Oiseau Blanc Atop The Peninsula Paris

Take in the City of Lights from the historic hotel's recently renovated rooftop bar and restaurant

Finding quality food and drink in Paris is easy. Pleasing the palate has long been one of the city’s great artistic allures, and a wander in any direction will lead to mouth-watering fare. And yet, there’s no experience quite like L’Oiseau Blanc, the rooftop restaurant of the newly opened Peninsula Hotel. Originally built in 1908, the structure has a deep history across both art and …

Word of Mouth: Paraty

Cachaça, fresh food and local art provide the rustic setting for this historic Brazilian town

by Abby Morgan and Blake Whitman Walking around the maze of streets paved with irregular stones, visitors can feel the Portuguese presence that first landed in Paraty 500 years ago. Situated in a sheltered bay at the edge of the wild Mata Atlantica (Atlantic Forest), the charming seaside town is a relic of Brazil’s colonial past. When the coffee and sugarcane trade dissipated, the old …

Truck-A-Float, a Hotel in Rockaway

Set adrift in this delightful and inventive accommodation made from automobile parts in Queens, NY

by Jenny Miller While the end of summer is nearing in the Northern Hemisphere, there’s still time to squeeze in a few more beach weekends. For a delightful overnight in Rockaway, Queens, there is a brand new kind of hotel called Truck-A-Float—a collection of four sleeping pods, each topped with the windowed cap of a truck cab. In all, the experience is akin to camping …