Archive for the 'Los Angeles' Category
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Have you ever noticed how actresses about to receive a necklace on screen are always bare-necked before their suitor rocks up with a jewellery gift? If you, too, know that naked feeling when you’re in your hotel room, getting ready for a fabulous night out – get your partner to channel Richard Gere in Pretty [...]
Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Boutique hotels, Destinations, Features, Indian Ocean, Los Angeles, Mauritius, Miami, New Zealand, Portugal, Shopping, Travel tips, Uncategorized, Worth getting out of bed for, fashion | No Comments »
How to follow a fabulous Portuguese farmhouse, a cosy Norfolk cottage and a trad Thamesside inn? Why, with another equally stunning boutique property, of course. This week, our fickle fancies turn to…
Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Awards, Boutique hotels, Los Angeles, Shopping, Uncategorized, United States, Worth getting out of bed for | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
I thought this might grab your attention.
And no, this isn’t merely a ruse using the age-old tactic of risqué connotation and celebrity name-dropping just to hook you in, only to find that the story has nothing to do with the headline: the bawdy and beautiful burlesque star Dita Von Teese really is one of our [...]
Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Boutique hotels, Design, Independent reviews, Los Angeles, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
We’re only six days in and it’s already been an exciting month indeed. Not only did we manage to amuse/confuse/annoy hundreds of people with our boutique bendy bus April Fool ruse, but we’ve also just introduced some of the most exciting hotels and self-catering stays in the world to our hand-picked selection.
Our Smith & Friends [...]
Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Boutique hotels, Caribbean, Cotswolds, Destinations, Los Angeles, New York, News, St Lucia, United Kingdom, United States | 2 Comments »
Thursday, February 5th, 2009
At Mr & Mrs Smith, we love London, and not just because we live here. The thing is that, since we all have homes to go to, it’s rare that the Smith team gets the chance to stay in any of our city’s own luxury hotels (although we are partial to the odd cocktail at [...]
Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Boston, Boutique hotels, Design, Destinations, Eating & drinking, Independent reviews, London, Los Angeles, News, San Diego, Uncategorized, United Kingdom, United States | 2 Comments »
Monday, November 17th, 2008
Ah, Mondays. Don’t you just love to hate ‘em? Definitely the best day of the week to spend a few idle online moments casting your eyes around in search of sunny pictures, faraway inspiration and otherwise entertaining distractions from the daily grind – presumably what brought you to our balmy travel blog shores in the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Boutique hotels, France, Insider interviews, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Paris, Travel tips, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Friday, October 17th, 2008
Kelly Wearstler is the interior designer behind a considerable number of Mr & Mrs Smith’s favourite luxury boutique hotels across the pond (including the Viceroy Santa Monica and Viceroy Palm Springs hotels in California, and Tides Riviera Maya in Mexico, to name just a few). As a result, she sailed effortlessly into second slot in [...]
Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Boutique hotels, Design, Insider interviews, Los Angeles, Uncategorized, United States | 11 Comments »