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...black-and-beige Travertine floor, while the meanders of its giant silk tapestry nod to the pathways of London's parks. The London NYC's guest rooms feel palatial - averaging 42 sq m, they're atypically large in a city of closet-like accommodations. Collins leaves his materials - limed oak, rich leather, creamy cotton - largely unembellished and judiciously uses lush color, like the paisley-patterned wallpaper that could be 21st century William Morris. His best touch combines beauty, comfort and whimsy: the sleek white rocking chair moves like your grandpa's but looks like modern sculpture...
There's cognac, and then there's cognac. The emphasis is on the latter at Domaine du Grollet, the family estate of cognac maker Rémy Martin outside Cognac in southwestern France. In one of its aging cellars, rows of tierçons (ancient oak barrels) hold eaux-de-vie (twice-distilled white wine that acquires its amber color from the barrel) for the 40-100 years it takes to attain the opulent qualities of its premium cognac, Louis XIII de Rémy Martin, which retails for around $1,400 a bottle. To be labeled a cognac...
...Paris meeting in mid-January was a tense affair. In an oak-paneled conference room of an elegant mansion that once belonged to the Rothschild family, government representatives from more than 30 countries listened skeptically as British officials explained why they had dropped a high-profile bribery investigation into $80 billion in British contracts to supply military aircraft and other equipment to Saudi Arabia...
...RIESMAN ’08 of Oak Park, Ill. and Quincy House Arts Chair...
KATHERINE M. GRAY ’08 of Oak Park, Calif. and Lowell House Executive Editor...