Plus, pretty pictures of New York’s Mandarin Oriental by blogger Jane Aldridge and a tilt-shifted Tokyo by Koji Nakaya.

Blogger Jane Aldridge shares pics from New York City and her stay at the Mandarin Oriental. – Sea of Shoes

Vending machines aren’t just for junk food anymore. The Standard‘s stocks Quiksilver swimwear and the Mondrian South Beach‘s Semi-Automatic has a stash of fashion “essentials”. – CN Traveller

“Punch the Camera”, a cool photography zine-cum-travel journal, returns. – Cool Hunting

Le Crazy Horse, the legendary Parisian cabaret, comes to London. Angloprudes beware. – BBC Travel

What you need to know about Oktoberfest 2012 (starting with, it’s in September). – Gadling

Top 10 street markets around the world. – National Geographic’s Intelligent Travel

Another day, another dynamite use of tilt-shift. This time it’s Tokyo captured by Koji Nakaya. – Live Fast Mag