For the unveiling of “The Amazon,” artist Prune Nourry’s new sculpture outside The Standard High Line hotel, Nourry took a blowtorch to a portion of the work—igniting hundreds of sticks of red incense. The French multimedia artist’s piece represents healing and catharsis, and draws inspiration from a First Century Roman marble wounded Amazon warrior statue at the Met she crossed while battling breast cancer. The …
In a move that will have travelers no longer ruing 5AM arrival times or hangovers, The Standard has just announced it’s forgoing traditional check-in and check-out times at their hotels—from NYC to Miami and Los Angeles. For those who elect the service (choose it when booking the room, for an additional fee of about 5%), traditional arrival and departure hours are irrelevant—you just need to …
It’s safe to say that rosé has played a dominant role in summertime consumption for over a decade now. How, then, does one up the ante and deliver something new and exciting that retains our love for the pink wine? The Standard Spa, Miami Beach has a new option: the f’rosé. Like frozen drinks before it (including many new booze-driven slushies popping up everywhere), it …
