Photo: Mike Trozzo A few years ago thanks to bakeries like Magnolia (NYC) and Sprinkles (LA), cupcakes became a wild craze. Brides used them to replace the standard wedding cake, people stood in long lines for them and they replaced wine as the standard “thanks for inviting me to your……

If you haven’t heard, Culver City has arrived. It’s true there are plenty of ambitious restaurants to try if you haven’t already, but it’s the wine bar, Bottle Rock that has forced me to make the trek once a week to the city formerly known as home to Sony and not much else. Things have……

Never lacking in luxury hotel options, Los Cabos has given us some of the best beach resorts in the world. But, if you’re like me, the most intriguing debate (and one that I care to revisit over and over) is that of Esperanza vs. Las Ventanas. One will make you drop to your knees at the……

Hotel Duc de Saint Simon, Paris Having had a most enchanting time at The Cranley, I felt confident the prominent Hotel Duc de Saint Simon Paris in the lavish 7th arrondissement would not let me down. To be fair, it’s not as though I chose a place that off the radar. Lauren Bacall made this her……

The Cranley Hotel London I  like five star (or is six the new five?) hotels as much as the next girl, but on a recent trip to Europe, I decided to nix the big chains and try something different. Small, luxury hotels it turns out can be more charming, more attentive and more bang for……