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1. Point of departure: with a lifetime of great houses behind them, a couple chooses to simplify--on a hallowed stretch of California coastline

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Interior design -- Methods, Bungalows -- Design and construction -- Decoration and finishing, Dwellings -- Remodeling and renovation, General interest
Abstract

On a recent Friday afternoon, Connie Ridder welcomes a visitor to her just-renovated home in Pebble Beach, California, and then steps out her back door, binoculars in hand, to scan [...]

Published
2010

3. 2008 Global Vision Awards

Author

Farley, Amy, Kantrowitz, Sarah, Kelso, Stirling, Sedlak, Clara O., Welbel, Jennifer, Crous, Yolanda, Gross, Jaime, Hartman, Darrell, and Mozes, Suzanne

Subjects
Travel industry -- Achievements and awards, Travel industry -- Forecasts and trends, Travel industry -- Social aspects, Travel industry -- Environmental aspects, Market trend/market analysis, Travel, recreation and leisure
Published
2008

5. 20 holiday getaways

Author

Barker, Aaron, Cole, Jennifer V., Farley, Amy, Geronemus, Hillary, Greskovic, Robert, Gross, Jaime, Hartman, Darrell, and Heydari, Farhad

Subjects
Travel -- United States, Travel -- Management, Travel industry -- Services, Company business management, Travel, recreation and leisure
Abstract

Twenty alluring tourist spots that can offer much for the traveler this winter are presented. The salient features of each place are provided, with all the required information regarding food, travel and accommodation.

Published
2005

8. Warm and modern: design advice from an interiors expert

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Interior design firms
Abstract

"Minimalist spaces require constant work to keep neat. It's not fun to live in such a high-maintenance home," says renovation expert Chris Choy. This realization led him to move from […]

Published
2006

9. Free spirits

Author

Gross, Jaime

Abstract

THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WAY to how your liquor. And after SKYY Spirits outgrew its previous headquarters in a converted four-story Victorian where employees crammed into renovated bedrooms, the San […]

Published
2005

10. Time for a Change

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Interior design -- Evaluation, Architects -- Practice -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Architectural firms -- Contracts -- Officials and employees, Dwellings -- Remodeling and renovation, Architectural practice -- Contracts -- Officials and employees, Architecture and design industries, Business, Home furnishings industry, Contract agreement, Practice, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Evaluation, Contracts, Officials and employees
Abstract

Jaime Gross Some people mark new phases of life with adventure experiences (skydiving, safaris) or shiny purchases (jewelry, sports cars). Others renovate. Such was the case with a retired widow [...]

Published
2009

11. The Next Big Thing

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
The Thing (Periodical) -- Appreciation, Periodicals -- Appreciation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Appreciation
Abstract

For an experimental periodical that has been printed on beer coasters and rubber doorstops, The Thing is aptly named.Founded last year by the Bay Area artists John Herschend and Will [...]

Published
2008

12. Captain Kangaroo

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Kangaroo Island -- Description and travel -- Buildings and facilities, Restaurants -- Services -- Buildings and facilities, Travel industry -- Services -- Buildings and facilities, Beaches, Hotels and motels -- Australia -- Services, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Buildings and facilities, Description and travel, Services
Abstract

People always tell me, 'Finally I feel like I'm in Australia,' even if they've been in the country for weeks,'' Craig Wickham said as we barreled down a red dirt [...]

Published
2008

13. Bay Watch

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
San Francisco, California -- Description and travel, Neighborhood -- Description and travel, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Description and travel
Abstract

Until the early '90s, Hayes Valley was a seedy neighborhood, best known for prostitutes, drug deals and the elevated freeway that once bisected its main drag. The freeway has since [...]

Published
2007

14. Style Map Reykjavik

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Iceland -- Description and travel -- Social aspects -- Directories, Clothing stores -- Social aspects -- Directories, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Description and travel, Social aspects
Abstract

Long known for its cutting-edge music and art, Iceland hasn't made much of an impression on the fashion world, Bjork's eyebrow-raising swan dress notwithstanding. But a nascent style scene is [...]

Published
2007

15. Retro Fit

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Hotels and motels -- Oregon -- Buildings and facilities -- Customer relations -- Services, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Buildings and facilities, Customer relations, Services
Abstract

For Alex Calderwood, Wade Weigel, Doug Herrick and Jack Barron -- whose 79-room Ace Hotel opened in Portland, Ore., last month -- good design is about tapping into a city's [...]

Published
2007

16. Great halls of China: three new properties in Beijing and Shanghai are raising the bar--and redefining urban luxury in the far East

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Shanghai, China -- Description and travel, Beijing, China -- Description and travel, Hotels and motels -- Services -- Buildings and facilities -- China, General interest
Abstract

AS CHINA rockets into the future, building and modernizing at a head-spinning rate, its cities are upping the ante for travelers, offering world-class restaurants, inventive shops and high-concept hotels that [...]

Published
2010

17. Where to go next: Kyoto?

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Kyoto, Japan -- Description and travel, Cities and towns -- Description and travel, Travel, recreation and leisure
Published
2009

18. Scandinavian surprise

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Stockholm, Sweden (City) -- Description and travel, Stockholm, Sweden (City) -- Personal narratives, Hotels and motels -- Sweden, Hotels and motels -- Services, Restaurants -- Services, Art museums -- Services, Travel, recreation and leisure
Published
2008

19. Rotterdam in the limelight

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Rotterdam, Netherlands -- Description and travel, Hotels and motels -- United States, Hotels and motels -- Services, Travel industry -- Services, Travel, recreation and leisure
Published
2007

20. Danish modern

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Aarhus, Denmark -- Description and travel, Travel, recreation and leisure
Published
2007

21. SAN FRANCISCO: Riding A Wave

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
San Francisco, California -- Description and travel, Cities and towns -- Description and travel, Adventure travel -- Planning, Company business planning, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Outer Sunset, just south of Golden Gate Park, is a quiet, atmospheric neighborhood where thick fog frequently obscures the trim pastel houses, Asian groceries and surfers cycling down to Ocean [...]

Published
2010

22. Splendor in The Grass

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Medical marijuana -- Marketing, Pharmaceutical industry -- Officials and employees -- Services, Company marketing practices, Company investment, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The San Francisco Patient and Resource Center, or Sparc, is not your average pot club. There's no peephole or scary-looking security guy, no skunky couches or blackened windows. Instead, a [...]

Published
2010

23. 36 hours: Salt Lake City

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Salt Lake City, Utah -- Buildings and facilities -- Demographic aspects -- Description and travel, Restaurants -- Calendars, City and town life -- Calendars, Liquor laws -- Calendars, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

THERE'S a new party in Salt Lake City. Utah liquor laws were normalized last year for the first time since 1935, allowing patrons simply to walk into a bar and [...]

Published
2010

24. Omnivore's Delight

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Napa Valley -- Description and travel, Cities and towns -- Description and travel, Restaurants -- Services, Bakers and bakeries -- Services, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

NAPA VALLEY: It's been a long time since California's most glamorous wine region felt like farm country. Today, the area buzzes with Michelin-starred restaurants, new hotels and shops, and nearly [...]

Published
2010

25. Austin, Tex.:Hotel Saint Cecilia

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Hotels and motels -- Hotel reviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

THE BASICS Despite Austin's self-professed wackiness, the city's hotel scene is mostly a sea of cookie-cutter chain hotels. A rare exception is the funky Hotel San Jose, which opened about [...]

Published
2010

26. 36 hours: Kyoto, Japan

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Kyoto, Japan -- Description and travel, Travel industry, Restaurants, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

KYOTO, the former imperial capital of Japan, is a vibrant mash-up, an ancient city electrified by the breathtakingly new. Cruise the futuristic food halls of a department store, gaping at [...]

Published
2010

27. That big farm called San Francisco

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Food -- Protection and preservation, Homesteading -- Economic aspects -- Social aspects -- Environmental aspects, Food conservation -- Economic aspects -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Having already pointed out the fermented tea kombucha ''living'' on top of the fridge, and the kefir milk fermenting in the pantry, and the homemade sourdough crackers browning in the [...]

Published
2010

28. That Buzzing Could Sweeten Tomorrow's Tea

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Bee breeding -- Environmental aspects -- Social aspects, Bee culture -- Environmental aspects -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

If you spy a dark-haired woman gliding down Mission Street, past the taquerias and bodegas, in a white, head-to-toe bee suit -- picture a hazmat suit crossed with a fencing [...]

Published
2010

29. 36 HOURS: Austin, Tex

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Company pricing policy, Restaurants -- Services, Hotels and motels -- Prices and rates -- Services -- Texas, Austin, Texas -- Description and travel
Abstract

Correction Appended THE city's unofficial motto, 'Keep Austin Weird,' blares from bumper stickers on BMWs and jalopies alike, on T-shirts worn by joggers along Lady Bird Lake and in the […]

Published
2009

30. Fine art meets fine wine in California

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Company marketing practices, Wine -- Evaluation -- Marketing -- Exhibitions, Painting -- Exhibitions
Abstract

IT was a crisp and sunny Saturday in Yountville, a wine-soaked town in the heart of the Napa Valley, and a steady trickle of day-trippers was hopping from tasting room […]

Published
2009

31. San Francisco on ..

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Company business management, Travel costs -- Management -- Social aspects, Travel industry -- Management -- Social aspects, Sales promotions -- Management -- Social aspects, San Francisco, California -- Social aspects
Abstract

On $250 a Day SLEEP Carved out of a 1920s hotel, the new Hotel Vertigo in Nob Hill (940 Sutter Street; 415-885-6800; www.hotelvertigosf.com) recently emerged from a cinematic makeover inspired […]

Published
2009

32. Hotel review: the Good Hotel in San Francisco

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Hotels and motels -- Hotel reviews
Abstract

THE BASICS The Good Hotel, which opened last November, claims to be the first 'hotel with a conscience.' Anthropomorphizing aside, the hotel does have many admirable qualities: low prices (rooms […]

Published
2009

33. Carmel-by-the-Sea

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Cities and towns -- Description and travel, Travel agents -- Evaluation -- Services, Wine industry -- Services -- Evaluation, Restaurants -- Services -- Evaluation, Shopping centers -- Services -- Evaluation, Wineries -- Services -- Evaluation, Carmel, California -- Description and travel
Abstract

WITH its architectural mishmash of storybook English cottages and Swiss Alpine chalets, the small town of Carmel-by-the-Sea in Northern California resembles a Disneyland version of Europe. You half expect a […]

Published
2009

34. FORAGING

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Antiques, Oriental -- Appreciation -- Services, Antique dealers -- Services
Abstract

Kuraya doesn't look like much from the street -- just a nondescript warehouse on the industrial fringe of the Mission District. But climb the loading-dock stairs, and you'll find yourself […]

Published
2008

35. Prayers at an Exhibition: Bhutan's Art and the Monks Who Protect It

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Art, Buddhist -- Exhibitions, Buddhist monks -- Practice -- Religious aspects, Bhutan -- Religious aspects
Abstract

On a recent afternoon, art handlers in T-shirts and tattoos paced the sixth-floor gallery of the Rubin Museum of Art, wielding levels and hammers as museum employees with clipboards leaned […]

Published
2008

36. Sydney, Australia: the Storrier

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Company service development, Interior design -- Evaluation -- Environmental aspects, Hotel construction -- Environmental aspects -- Evaluation -- Service development, Hotels and motels -- Australia -- Buildings and facilities -- Service development -- Evaluation
Abstract

THE BASICS The 'art hotel' concept has arrived in Australia. The Melbourne-based A Hotels Group, run by an avid art collector, is planning seven art-themed hotels across Australia by 2010. […]

Published
2008

37. Palm Springs, Calif.: Colony Palms Hotel

Author

Gross, Jaime

Abstract

THE BASICS The Colony Palms Hotel was built in 1936 by the Detroit mobster Al Wertheimer as a front for a brothel and gambling house. But despite its notorious past […]

Published
2008

38. Where Youth Is Still Served

Author

Gross, Jaime

Abstract

LIKE the bronzed and barely clad bodies that saunter up and down Collins Avenue and Ocean Drive, South Beach is in a constant state of self-improvement. That's especially true this […]

Published
2007

39. Slaughterhouses to Art Houses

Author

Gross, Jaime

Abstract

STAND on West Fulton Market in Chicago at around 3 p.m. and witness an incongruous changeover. Forklifts hauling greasy pallets of sliced bacon clear out, as bright young things in […]

Published
2006

40. SEATTLE: HOTEL 1000

Author

Gross, Jaime

Abstract

THE BASICS -- After surfing Hotel 1000's Web site, which tallies the hotel's many futuristic technologies (a tub that fills from the ceiling, infrared occupancy sensors), you may arrive at […]

Published
2006

41. BERKELEY, CALIF.: JITENSHA STUDIO

Author

Gross, Jaime

Abstract

Berkeley is big on bikes. The city is laced with well-used 'bicycle boulevards' -- streets modified for bike safety and convenience -- and studded with overflowing bike racks. Stand in […]

Published
2006

42. San Francisco treat

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
California Academy of Sciences -- Description and travel, Museums -- Description and travel, San Francisco, California -- Description and travel
Abstract

The California Academy of Sciences, which reopened in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park this past fall, is now in a new building that resembles a high-style space station--all glass and […]

Published
2009

43. San Francisco's freshest

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Clothing stores -- Services, San Francisco, California -- Buildings and facilities
Abstract

Something sweet has sprouted among the antiques shops in San Francisco's Jackson Square: Carrots, a clothing store run by sisters Melissa and Catie Grimm, scions of Grimmway, the baby-carrot producer. […]

Published
2008

44. Prairie home abandon

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
Hotels and motels -- Minnesota, Hotels and motels -- Design and construction, Hotels and motels -- Services, Travel, recreation and leisure
Published
2007

45. Point of Departure.

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
ARCHITECTURAL design
Abstract

The article reviews the architectural design of the residential house of couple Connie and Tony Ridder in Pebble Beach, California.

Published
2010

46. Tokyo.

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
CITIES & towns, JAPAN description & travel
Abstract

The article features a travel guide to Tokyo, Japan, with information on food and restaurants, attractions, and shopping.

Published
2010

47. VICTORIAN REVIVAL.

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
DOMESTIC architecture, HOUSE construction
Abstract

The article focuses on the interior design of the historic house of Courtnay Daniels Haden in San Francisco, California.

Published
2010

48. TRANSFORMATION VACATIONS: 15 TRIPS TO CHANGE YOUR WORLD.

Author

Crous, Yolanda, Gross, Jaime, and Hartman, Darrell

Subjects
TOURIST attractions, VACATIONS, TRAVEL, VOYAGES & travels, TOURISTS
Abstract

The article offers information on the 15 travel destinations in the world for a vacation transformation. The highlighted vacation venues include the place of Rio De Janeiro in Brazil, Vietnam and the Glacier National Park in Montana. Details on the special features, trip experience, tourist spots and wildlife of these areas are included.

Published
2009

49. GLOBAL VISION AWARDS.

Author

Chheda, Tanvi, Crous, Yolanda, Gross, Jaime, Hartman, Darrell, and O'Shea-Evans, Kathryn

Subjects
HOSPITALITY industry, ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc., TRAVEL, AWARDS
Abstract

The article announces the 2009 Global Vision awards given by the "Travel + Leisure" journal to the hospitality industry including Awamaki group of Peru fro cultural heritage award, adventure-travel company GAP Adventures of Canada for voluntourism, and the Northern Great Plains restoration in the U.S. for wildlife tourism.

Published
2009

50. elle decor goes to… Athens.

Author

Gross, Jaime

Subjects
HOSPITALITY industry
Abstract

The article features the hospitality industries in Athens, Greece.

Published
2009

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