Glasgow Gets Swanky Budget Hotel

Send to KindleTweet This fall marked Dutch hotel group citizenM‘s first opening outside Amsterdam. The hospitality house opened its third location, in Glasgow, Scotland, further expanding its offerings and marking its place in the “affordable luxury” hotel business. The company, whose name refers to the concept “mobile,” introduced the new 198-room hotel in what was [...]

Lord Foster To Design London Hotel

Send to KindleTweet The man behind the Great Court at The British Museum in London and Hearst‘s Gotham headquarters is teaming up with Spanish hospitality company Sol Melia to build a hotel in London’s financial district. A household name in architecture circles, Norman Foster will design an ME by Melia hotel near Trafalgar Square ahead [...]

Can 5k Make You Happy?

Send to KindleTweet According to a recent U.K. survey from investment firm Skandia, all it takes is £5,ooo to make people happy. The Telegraph of London reports that according to the survey, 82% of respondents would be happy if they have £5,000 in savings, up from 66% six years ago. In U.S. dollars, £5,000 is [...]

The Electric Scooter

Send to KindleTweet BMW released a new eco-minded motorbike that fuses elements of a luxury motorcycle, compact electric cars and the sleek moped . The release of the bike featured model Agyness Deyn, pictured with the bike below. Dubbed the MINI Scooter E Concept, the product was released in London, 10 years after the original [...]

Tiger + Britney = Gossip Rag Profits

Send to KindleTweet There’s nothing a gossip rag loves more than a celebrity trainwreck and London newspaper The Sun has the scoop on two big ones. Let’s just note that The Sun is a gossip rag-cum-tabloid newspaper, so the credibility is not high. But apparently Wednesday was a big day for this paper as they [...]

Australian Beauty Secrets Come Stateside

Send to KindleTweet It’s a rare talent that has hair like this but can handle all manes equally. The beautiful woman below is none other than Janet Waddell, a haircare veteran and owner of the namesake salon in NYC’s Gramercy Park neighborhood. A blowout is a simple reminder of how big a role haircare is [...]

M.I.A. & Freedom of Speech

Send to KindleTweet M.I.A., the British rapper of Sri Lankan descent, has released a new video that tests our first amendment rights and speaks to issues including discrimination and war. This comes at a time when we are about eight years into an Iraqi war and Arizona has just passed laws that essentially enable racial [...]

Zac Posen For Target: A Perplexing Collection

Send to KindleTweet It is with great displeasure that I reveal the best of the looks from Zac Posen’s collection for—yes, who else, Minneapolis-based retail giant Target. I usually have a blah feeling about some piece in all of the GO collections but Posen’s line is just plain confusing. For one, it is disappointing because [...]

Apple Expands To NYC’s Upper West Side, China, Europe

Send to KindleTweet California-based computing giant Apple is opening its fourth Manhattan store on Saturday November 14 at 10 a.m. The new store will be located in the Upper West Side, at 1981 Broadway at 67th Street. Located on the street level, it will also have a lower level with the “largest area ever created [...]

Spotlight On Neem

Send to KindleTweet The principles of Ayurvedic medicine are gaining popularity in the United States every year, with commonly used herbs popping up everywhere from supplements to skincare. Here, we begin the first of a three-part series on cure-all ingredients most commonly found in India. From rural lands in Indian states to New York City, [...]

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