http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog Pages of travel tales gathered from visits to hotels, hammams, beaches, boutiques, bars and everything luxurious in between Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:00:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/destination-dispatches-caprese-living-at-castel-monastero/17822 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/destination-dispatches-caprese-living-at-castel-monastero/17822#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:24:05 +0000 Mary Gostelow /blog/?p=17822 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/destination-dispatches-caprese-living-at-castel-monastero/17822/feed 0 Easy, breezy, Caprese. One of the best of those tomato and mozzarella salads I had recently was at Castel Monastero, in Tuscany, Italy. We were sitting outside on the terrace of the 76-room hotel’s La Cantina restaurant. Our wood table, with awning over it, was set with crisp linens and Riedel glasses. And the olive [...] 006879-01-exterior-woods http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/destination-dispatches-rome-run-around/14473 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/destination-dispatches-rome-run-around/14473#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 18:45:24 +0000 Sarah Glyde /blog/?p=14473 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/destination-dispatches-rome-run-around/14473/feed 1 When a friend and I ran the Venice Marathon in October we chatted to another runner who told us that the Rome Marathon was a very scenic race to do. Call us crazy, but we agreed to make it our next target. The Maratona di Roma starts and ends at the Colosseum, and the rest [...] maratona_di_roma http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/men-about-salone-del-mobile-milan-tortona-time/14375 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/men-about-salone-del-mobile-milan-tortona-time/14375#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:26:24 +0000 Kiwi Collection /blog/?p=14375 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/men-about-salone-del-mobile-milan-tortona-time/14375/feed 2 A drop-in on Tortona Design Week was day 3 for our intrepid reporters slash interior designers Chad Falkenberg and Kelly Reynolds. Tortona runs concurrent to Salone del Mobile and highlights the area between Via Savona, Via Tortona and Via Stendhal, not far from Leonardo’s canals. Chad offers these notes and photos: Tortona goes far beyond [...] tortonadesignweek http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/men-about-salone-del-mobile-milan-prolific-patricia-urquiola/14336 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/men-about-salone-del-mobile-milan-prolific-patricia-urquiola/14336#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:34:51 +0000 Kiwi Collection /blog/?p=14336 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/men-about-salone-del-mobile-milan-prolific-patricia-urquiola/14336/feed 3 During fashion week, Miuccia Prada is Queen of Milan, but during design week another woman is bestowed the imaginary crown. With Day 2 under their new Italian leather belts, our men of Salone del Mobile, interior designers Chad Falkenberg and Kelly Reynolds, report that Patricia Urquiola, the Spanish designer made honorary Milanese since moving there, [...] PatriciaUrquiola http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/men-about-salone-del-mobile-milan-baccarat-preview/14305 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/men-about-salone-del-mobile-milan-baccarat-preview/14305#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:27:07 +0000 Kiwi Collection /blog/?p=14305 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/men-about-salone-del-mobile-milan-baccarat-preview/14305/feed 2 Lights, camera, Baccarat action for our men on the ground at Salone Internazionale del Mobile, a.k.a. Milan Design Week. Quite literary, as they saw the latest luxury lighting made for Baccarat and brought a camera. Our foreign correspondents: Vancouver-based interior designers, Chad Falkenberg and Kelly Reynolds. Two men known to dress themselves as stylishly as [...] ErikoHoriki_2 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/top-10-must-take-travel-essentials-for-an-italian-getaway/14018 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/top-10-must-take-travel-essentials-for-an-italian-getaway/14018#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:54:41 +0000 Amy Chan /blog/?p=14018 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/top-10-must-take-travel-essentials-for-an-italian-getaway/14018/feed 9 A trip to Italy requires a serious packing plan of attack. Whether you intend to truffle hunt in Tuscany or shop Armani in Milan, here’s a list of must-take travel essentials so you can do as the Romans do. 10. Forgiving pants for unfettered indulgence at San Crispino Gelateria. 9. Dog treats for a chance [...] italy http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/beach-style-northern-hemisphere/13988 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/beach-style-northern-hemisphere/13988#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:57:01 +0000 Rory Taylor Coulter /blog/?p=13988 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/beach-style-northern-hemisphere/13988/feed 3 May not be time to put away the Moncler just yet, but summer’s on my mind nevertheless. Consumed by visions of cruising along the Grande Corniche in a vintage 1953 Sunbeam Alpine Sports Roadster à la Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief, nary a day goes by when I’m not dreaming of the beach. [...] Beach Style Photo 2 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/the-florence-diaries/13525 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/the-florence-diaries/13525#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:21:41 +0000 Sarah Glyde /blog/?p=13525 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/the-florence-diaries/13525/feed 2 Residents of Gotham City in need of aid signal Batman. Those staying at the Sedgewick Hotel dial up the Ghostbusters. But who was I going to call on to help me explore Florence? Sadly Superman was busy, so it was PK (a.k.a. our president, Philippe Kjellgren). Florence is regarded as one of the most beautiful [...] hotellungarno http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/masked-for-the-task-of-venice-carnival/12981 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/masked-for-the-task-of-venice-carnival/12981#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:11:17 +0000 Joy Pecknold /blog/?p=12981 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/masked-for-the-task-of-venice-carnival/12981/feed 2 Legions of masked men and women add to the canal city’s everyday charms during Carnival. Get the scoop on those fabulous face shields and places to stay when celebrating in Venice February 25 to March 8. venetian_mask http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/another-reason-to-run-to-venice/11220 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/another-reason-to-run-to-venice/11220#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:34:28 +0000 Sarah Glyde /blog/?p=11220 http://www.kiwicollection.com/blog/another-reason-to-run-to-venice/11220/feed 2 Why do you go to Venice? To be romantic, to propose, to get married, to celebrate an anniversary … there are many reasons with a majority of them connected to love. Well a friend and myself decided to be different; we went to run the 25th Venice Marathon! Yes, Venice has a marathon, although to [...] Aerial-Cipriani