EXPERIENCE
River Deep, Mountain High
February - March 2011An Indonesian Resort Balances Yin and Yang CHOOSING TO SPEND YOUR VACATION IN BALI, one of Indonesia’s 17,000 islands, is far from an unusual escape. Surfers and intrepid travelers have been making the pilgrimage to the Island of the Gods for the last 20 years. Shortly thereafter, the well-heeled slowly followed, checking into iron gated,…
Continue »
Ethereal Meets Elegance
December - January 2011Now and again, a story coalesces to equal far greater than the sum of its parts. Here, we separately dispatched a writer and a photographer to Japan to capture the storied, ancient temples that spot the countryside-as well as documenting the architectural marvels of a historic hotel suite. Upon return, parallels between both began surfacing….
Continue »
Slide Winder
December - January 2011By Gordy Sheer An Olympic Luger Invites You To Camp I LOVE THE PURITY OF LUGE-IT’S YOU, a sled, a hill and a clock. I also love the sense of accomplishment you get after making the sled move-really, really fast. By design, a sled doesn’t naturally want to turn, which makes for an interesting set…
Continue »
Big Isle Bliss
December - January 2011Wilting at Waianuhea By Farrah Cane I’m staring at the snow-dusted peaks of Mauna Kea on a lazy October morning. My inner monologue, far more ambitious than the physical me, thinks: that’s so close we could hike it. Except it’s a lazy October morning, and my legs are sore from riding horseback alongside the taro…
Continue »
Powder Lines
December - January 2011We Find Your Inside Tracks IF YOU’RE GOING TO MAKE THE JAUNT FROM HAWAII to a wintry mountain clime, you’ll want to maximize your time spent on the slopes. Fear not: We’ve got the inside line on three supreme routes for voracious powder hounds. SKI WITH A LEGEND Stein Eriksen may be Deer Valley’s director…
Continue »
Designer of the Drive
October - November 2010An Exclusive Interview with Hawaii’s Most Prolific Golf Course Architect UC-BERKELEY HAS PRODUCED ITS SHARE OF RADICALS, but Robin Nelson isn’t among them. The Class of ’73 landscape architecture graduate became one of the most successful Hawaiian golf course designers in history by sticking to a very simple notion: emphasize the islands’ natural beauty. (As…
Continue »
The Royal Treatment
October - November 2010Your Castle Awaits at these Four European Hotels with Regal Heritage We like to think we live in a castle of our own making, but nothing compares to a stay in the real thing. Europe boasts the finest selection of fortresses, spanning centuries and architectural styles – each offering a journey back in time, with…
Continue »
Hidden Gems
October - November 2010We Scoured Three Isles for Sanctuaries That Shine WHEN IT’S TIME TO GET AWAY, you want to feel like you’re truly … away. These three diamonds in the rough shine on three different islands; each pied a terre will provide you with a genuine take on Big Island, Kauai and Maui’s greatest assets. BIG ISLAND:…
Continue »
Redford’s Retreat
October - November 2010Where the Sundance Kid Unwinds, So Can You For most people, the mere mention of the word “sundance” conjures up images of that 10-day period in January when everyone who is anyone in film – and the people who long to be near them – descends on the snowy streets of park City, Utah, to…
Continue »
Elite Escapes
October - November 2010“It is not down in any map; true places never are.” — Herman Melville, novelist THE REFINED KNOW THAT TRUE LUXURY is found in the details. So it’s appropriate that in the following pages we take you to explore four Medieval European castles, each surrounded by pristine gardens, towering turrets and bedecked in amenities fit…
Continue »Latest Issue
HILuxury E! News
