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The World’s Best Tipi Hotels

The world's best Tipi Hotels... now with free WiFi and a spa bath, coming to a town near you... As a kid, we all dreamt of living in a tipi. But with the traditional Indian dwellings now offering creature comforts like WiFi, solar-power, hip hopi-inspired interiors, queen-sized beds, fully-stocked fridges and even claw-foot baths (phewf), it's more than okay for us adults to covet staying in one too... at least for a little bit, you know, while we're channeling Costner from Dances With Wolves. ... Read More

Airbnb Treehouse: World’s Most Wish-Listed Listing

You've seen the mesmerising pictures plastered all over Instagram, the twinkling lights and suspended peter-pan-like footbridge set amidst lush foliage and pine trees. The romantic Airbnb Treehouse is a real-life fairytale you can visit for a relaxing few days holiday. But where exactly is the world's most "wish-listed" listing, and what's the story behind it? Lucy Wang, writer for Inhabit gives a little insight ... Located in the leafy suburban neighbourhood of Intown Atlanta, Peter ... Read More

Top Airbnb Listings: Off The Grid in Pioneertown California

The top Airbnb listings for 2016 have been announced, and guess which dwelling made the list? None other than the unique Pioneertown architectural marvel I first wrote about back in March 2013! A seamless blend of location, design and sustainable initiatives make this tranquil holiday home in California's off-the-grid Joshua Tree National Park an Oasis within the desert... Let's jog our memories shall we... Recently noted by Dwell as one of the the best homes in America, this stunning ... Read More

24 Hours in Koreatown Los Angeles

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It’s official, the writing’s on the wall – K-Town is the new mecca. The infamous Los Angeles neighborhood just west of Downtown is littered with world-class Korean BBQ joints, edgy street-art and design hotels. It’s hard to imagine only two decades ago this low-rent area was ground zero for the LA riots and basically engulfed in flames! These days it’s home to more hipsters than hell-raisers and boasts some really cool rejuvenated buildings that house them. The great thing about KoreaTown Los ... Read More

Joshua Tree National Park At Night… Plus Astrophotography Tips

Star light, star bright, First star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, Have this wish I wish tonight... Joshua Tree National Park at night is a whole new world. Far, far from anywhere else in California, gazing up at the light-show painted in the sky is one of the more magical experiences on earth.  Lying on your back wrapped in a warm wooly throw, fire crackling in the distance, experiencing this fantasy land of galaxies and stars for the very first time is almost ... Read More

Boutique Beach Lodge: Palihouse Santa Monica Review

The first thing you'll notice when walking into Palihouse Santa Monica - apart from the vintage-chic décor in the lobby and the perfectly manicured gardens out the front - is the scent. The smell of fresh linen and lavender lingers in every nook and cranny, as if to signify a kind of welcoming warmth a lot of the larger and to-cool-for-school boutique hotels tend to lack. And let me tell you, it works a charm... Combining comfort and livability with a chic design is no mean feat these days. ... Read More

Los Angeles Cool: Road Trip, Top Things To Do In Palm Springs

Top Things To Do In Palm Springs I'm in a minivan (I'm actually pretending it's a 1950's Cadillac with the roof well down, wind in my hair etcetera etcetera), I've strategically put Fly Me To The Moon on my iPhone to set the scene while I gaze out the window, impossibly transfixed on the dusty desert landscape melting into the horizon. Not much else is happening outside the glass, save for a heap of cacti jostling in the crisp, light breeze and a few lonely power-lines standing to attention. ... Read More

Los Angeles Cool: AMW Top 4 LA Restaurants

For a city spanning 469 square miles, the Los Angeles food scene is overwhelming at best. Granted, a lot of that distance is serviced by a series of never-ending highways and intersections, but as the saying goes, every road leads to somewhere. And judging by the sheer scale of bitumen frantically darting from one edge of the horizon to the other from a Hollywood Hills vantage point, there's a lot of somewheres to be found. Unfortunately it's absolutely  impossible to try every single ... Read More

The Last Bookstore in Downtown Los Angeles

Books should be treasured. At least that’s what The Last Bookstore in Downtown Los Angeles would have you believe… Normally old banks and factories are converted into condos. Such is the sign of our times. So it’s surprising when you stumble inside an abandoned bank only to be engulfed in an endless wave of books. No Kindles, iPads, office desks or retail space to be found between the building’s towering marble walls; just books, glorious books of all shapes and sizes - and a hell of a lot of ... Read More

Los Angeles Cool: Explore Silverlake and Sunset Junction

Incase you were wondering, there’s more to Los Angeles than the Kardashians. Somewhere between the seediness of the strip and the sparkle of West Hollywood you’ll find a thriving metropolis of creative, chilled-out cool. If you want to see a little soul in the city of angels, step away from the vegan juice bars of Sunset Boulevard, ride east in an Uber and stop when you see the sign above. All this quirkiness I speak of culminates over in the semi-gentrified Silverlake neighborhood around ... Read More

Desert Modern Commune: Ace Hotel Palm Springs Review

Ace Hotel Palm Springs is the coolest roadside motel since the ones from Thelma and Louise. Basically, if Elvis Presley and Young Hollywood teamed up to produce a place for the hipster bohemia to spend a few nights then this hotel would be it. On the outside, the kitschy, two-level buildings look like they were cryogenically frozen in the sixties only to rise in 2009 from their Austin Powers-like slumber with a lick of white-wash and some seriously edgy interior renovations. And in reality, this ... Read More

United Airlines Dreamliner Business Class Review

United Airlines Dreamliner Business Class Review As far as airlines go, I think you're doing something right when a customer can proudly say they slept for a solid 7 hours on your flight without so much as a toilet break. Let me put that statement into perspective for you: the customer, obviously yours truly, never sleeps for more than 2-3 hours straight on a plane. So for me, a full night of ZzzZZ's is like the holy grail of air-travel. And I'm rather happy I found it…. I'm not entirely ... Read More

Only In New York: The Curious Case of the Red Coat Lady

When I lived in New York in my early twenties my first paid job was as a Maître D at The Standard. To describe the experience as "never a dull moment" would be like describing a rockstar as celibate. Apart from countless nights filled with weird and wonderful shenanigans - the typical tomfooleries one might come to expect from a celebrity-riddled eatery - there was this one night in particular that has stuck in my head like a Dylan song. I was working the late night shift going about my usual ... Read More

San Francisco Highlights: The Unassuming Cool Kid

I am seriously considering flagging the NYC plans and firmly planting the seeds of my new life right here in the Mission District! There are so many San Francisco highlights it's going to be way too difficult to fit them all in here for you. I have seen many cities, but San Francisco has a certain kind of unique and welcoming feel to it that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside… or at the very least break out the peace pipe.  It is, without a doubt, one of the most breathtakingly beautiful ... Read More

A Trip Inside Airbnb HQ in San Francisco

Venturing inside Airbnb HQ in San Francisco California is certainly a trip! The undisputed leader in facilitating meaningful international connections between the hosts of distinctive rentals and travellers seeking to 'live like a local' while away from home is definitely progressive when it comes to office space. And why not? For a web-platform that offers accommodation for people looking to rent the fuselage of a plane, a treehouse or even an igloo, it’s only natural that their office reflects ... Read More

Carmel By The Sea: A Fairy-Tale Land Where Clint Eastwood Was Mayor

With a town-wide ban on fast-food joints, neon-signs, stilettos and parking meters, Carmel by the Sea or simply 'Carmel' for short, located in Northern California, is a socially progressive fairy-tale come true. Oh, and did I mention Clint Eastwood used to be Mayor? Once upon a time there was a picturesque bohemian retreat not two hours outside of San Francisco situated along the breathtaking Monterey Peninsular.  After the earthquake in 1906, San Franciscans would sneak away from the ... Read More