While Josh gets nomadic on our asses (read: jet-sets) to Taiwan to see that part of the world in person, the rest of us are doing the best we can to see the sights the old-fashioned 'internet way.' Today I'd…
Continue Reading →Tomorrow evening in San Francisco will be the opening of the Last Painted Rooms Art Show at the Hotel Des Arts. Artists have been painting up those rooms for about two years now, and this show will mark the end…
Continue Reading →Last Fall, a good friend of mine pointed me to artwork of Jeremy Fish, a super-talented artist and designer out of San Francisco. I hadn't spent much time on his memorable website for quite awhile until yesterday, when I heard…
Continue Reading →As you all know, we are very passionate about travel. Josh's world-wide journeys were -- and continue to be -- the inspiring force behind joshspear.com. Hotels play a large role in every trip we take--they can make or break the…
Continue Reading →It sounds too good to be true. A system where accommodating souls across the seven continents volunteer to put you, a complete stranger, up for a night or two (and maybe even show you around town), in the interest of…
Continue Reading →I've stayed in hotels all over the world and I must say that my recent getaway to Hotel Healdsburg ranks up there with the very best. Located in the Sonoma wine country north of San Francisco, Hotel Healdsburg is extremely…
Continue Reading →If you're pining to go to Prague, poor enough to seek a hostel, but old enough to seek some peace, head for Miss Sophies. You'll find thick-as-cherry-pie duvets, deep-as-an-independent-film pillows and sunflower-wide shower heads. There will be a sense, as…
Continue Reading →Amidst the industrial, working class facades of Taipei, Les Suites clean exterior hints at the modernity awaiting inside. The lobby's balanced marble grey and blond hues welcome weary travelers with efficiency and crisp attention. An elegant floral arrangement of wild…
Continue Reading →The Charming Hotels Guide is just that, an 'exclusive selection of hotels with unique character from all over the world.' They say their hotels are chosen for a combination of both architecture and the surroundings-- places you're bound to tell…
Continue Reading →During my quick stay in Paris last weekend, I got to check out Hotel Sezz, the new hotel "experience", designed by Christopher Pillet, who cut his teeth working under Phillipe Starck. The idea behind the hotel is in regards to…
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