Get the low-down from the original style-seekers' latest good-time hunting expeditions, find destination inspiration and insider tips from around the world. Welcome to the official Smith blog: we hope you enjoy your stay
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.
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Think of your top three interior designers and there’s one name that should definitely crop up: Ilse Crawford. Returning to our series of interviews with the industry giants who featured in our Top 10: Boutique Hotel Designers, we managed to grab 20 minutes with the one-woman powerhouse behind Studioilse, the company that has created some [...]
Last month, we met luxury lifestyle blogger Ronda Carman, the style-seeking online radar who picks up on ‘All the Best‘ luxury travel and design trends. She scours the globe for everything from the world’s best hotel rooms and champagne to interior-design trends, so we knew she’d have some great travel tips to share. Here are [...]
Shopping in New York, anyone? Attention, all lovers of vintage clothes, second-hand finds, thrift stores, fleamarkets, retro furniture, antiques fairs and rummaging through any or all of the above (especially those based in the Big Apple or planning to stay in New York anytime soon): the excellent Brooklyn blogspot Brownstoner has reminded us that Brooklyn [...]
Sometimes we’ve got to be pretty imaginative when visiting hotel rooms during the transitional golden hour of the hotel maid, but our most recent research trip to NYC was a lesson in a new kind of creative thinking. It’s safe to say that I had never thought of purchasing a personal hard-hat for hotel site [...]
In our series of insider interviews with hoteliers, we caught up with Philip Truelove (what a name!) – GM at Bob de Niro’s super-cool hangout, The Greenwich Hotel in New York – to find out what makes him tick and reveal some behind-the-scenes goings-on (You lookin’ at me?). The Greenwich is located in - clue’s [...]
In between spreading jelly on their English muffins, and deciding whether they want their eggs over easy or sunny side up, breakfasting New Yorkers sometimes find time to flick through the papers. Those idly perusing the New York Times Style Magazine last weekend will no doubt have stopped, caw-ah-fee cup midway to lips, to stare [...]
Though stylish places to stay are our forté, we at Mr & Mrs Smith like to think we know a little bit about food, too. The destination guides that accompany all of the hotels on our website always include tips on where to head for great meals, and all of us at Smith HQ are [...]
We at Smith Towers have always liked things that come in twos. Mr Smith and Mrs Smith, for example; two nights for the price of one; double bathtubs… So we’re understandably delighted about the launch of British Airways’ new Metrotwin website, which highlights all that’s good about those two great modern cities London and New [...]
Hey! Not-so-big spender
From labels for less in SoHo to thrifty vintage treasures in Brooklyn, here’s my two cents on savvy shopping in New York City, which I originally wrote for The Observer newspaper:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/jun/29/shoppingtrips.newyork
Thanks to the pound-dollar exchange rate, we’ve been flocking to US shores to hit the stores – but since many locals claim shopping [...]
