Dining out

Carlino Restaurant With deep roots in both the Friuli region of Northern Italy and British Columbia, Carlino at the Shangri-La Vancouver is named after the grandfather of the owner. Led by award-winning Chef Mark Perrier, the eateries menu honours the bounty of both regions—the forests,…

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Summer at the Lake

Nothing says summer like a stay at a traditional lakeside retreat where long, lazy days spent swimming and sailing flow naturally into cozy evenings by the campfire, smores in hand. Thanks to a family of dreamers, the Lake House on Canadaigua has been reborn and,…

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Glamorous once more…

Alajos Hauszmann, a famous Austro-Hungarian architect, designed the New York Palace Hotel in historic downtown Budapest in the late 1890’s as the opulent headquarters for the New York Life Insurance Company.  Today part of the Anantara luxury hotel portfolio, the New York Palace Hotel is…

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