With its ceiling fans, lush flora and palm trees, black wicker dining chairs, elegant carreaux de ciment tiled floors, vintage French musical strains, and the most delicate and refined cuisine, Le Colonial is a lasting homage to that beautiful tenuous 20′s meeting of two disparate worlds in French Colonial South East Asia. But beyond the [...]
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The Frick Collection Celebrates 75 Years
As one might imagine, The Frick Collection Garden Party was a smashing success with 100′s gathered to celebrate and support this most glamorous of institutions. This was a truly one of a kind event, but not to fret if you missed this glorious gala. There is still plenty of time to celebrate! They continue to [...]
La Dolce Vita
Alas, we’ve reached the end of our Italian holiday, but I’m so glad to have been able to capture some of its essence and serve it here at WIJW – and we’d be pleased to think that it has provided you with a cooling dose of escapism during these occasionally oppressive summer days. WIJW has [...]
La Posta Vecchia
Not wanting to lose the composure we had gained during our blissful stay at Le Sirenuse, we opted to spend our last night closer to the Rome airport rather than leave Positano in a pre-dawn frenzy. I’d always been curious to explore the hotel La Posta Vecchia and it’s located on the Tyrrenean sea just [...]
Amalfi Musts
There are a few compulsory musts in the town of Amalfi. Certainly one should observe an evening passeggiata through the charming town center, and perhaps one should steal a moment’s respite on the steps of their grand Duomo di Saint Andrea in anticipation of the substantial meal you’ll be having. And oh yes, there are [...]
Villa Cimbrone
If you have always wanted to play the eccentric English aristocrat, then you couldn’t do much better than to set your wildest of fantasies at the Villa Cimbrone. Villa Cimbrone was in fact the home of Lord Grimthorpe who built the villa in the 1910′s on a pre-existing property that dates back to the eleventh [...]
