Baggu Knapsack

A paired down, lightweight backpack for day-tripping this summer season

In the many years since Baggu first introduced their eponymous reusable shopping bag, the Brooklynites have continued to iterate and introduce a range of like-minded, simplified bags fit for everything from carrying groceries and laundry to laptops and surfboards. The latest addition to the range comes in the form of an extremely lightweight Knapsack. The solid color bag features a large main compartment that secures …

Booking.com

"Behind the browser" with the world's top accommodations site

Playfully dubbed “planet Earth’s #1 accommodations site,” Booking.com has been an essential travel tool in Europe for over a decade, and it’s now quickly gaining momentum stateside with its unique approach to customer service and humorous TV commercials created by the talented team at Wieden+Kennedy. We were recently invited “behind the browser” to learn more about the Amsterdam-based company, whose Rembrandt Square HQ is teeming …

Word of Mouth: Jakarta

Car-free Sundays, affordable art auctions and, of course, coffee in the Indonesian capital

by Maureen Ferry Cuellar Jakarta has come into the spotlight recently with Indonesia being hailed as an economic wunderkind. More and more, people are being drawn to the capital of this vast Southeast Asian archipelago in hot pursuit of business opportunities. Parallel to this economic progress, a local creative revolution has been stirring, producing a fresh cultural mix that is uniquely Jakarta in feel, but …