Andrew Sessa
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Top chef Joel Robuchon reflects on a sizzling career
French gastronomie hero Joël Robuchon may lay claim to 28 restaurants around the world, 15 of them with Michelin stars, but after closing his eatery in Manhattan’s Four Seasons hotel...
Tick talk — expert advice from 6 global watch influencers
Stellene Volandes Volandes is editor-in-chief of Town & Country. My first watch: A Keith Haring Swatch. I was in eighth grade, and we got it at the Swatch store in Midtown....
Want to sleep with a Picasso? Tour the most luxe hotel art in the world
Most hotels with any style to speak of display original art of some kind or another in their lobbies, restaurants and other public spaces these days. But those with works...
NYC's fashion elites are flocking to these sexy NYC hotels
Several splashy hotels have opened just in time for New York Fashion Week (Sept. 7 to 13). Here are five new spots (and one coming soon) that are sure to...
Why Eleven Madison Park’s chef is more than his Michelin stars
What to do after your three-Michelin-star Eleven Madison Park wins top honors at the World’s 50 Best Restaurant awards? If you’re Swiss-born chef Daniel Humm, you close it for renovations...
Starchitect David Adjaye adds up his life
Architect and designer David Adjaye, 50, is the ultimate modern nomad. Born in Tanzania to Ghanaian parents, he lived throughout Africa and the Middle East before his family settled in...
How to eat, dress and travel like Miami’s real estate king
Buenos Aires-born, Miami-based Edgardo Defortuna established Fortune International in 1983, growing it into one of South Florida’s largest independently owned real estate firms. Today, it handles primary and secondary sales,...
The new grand tour: One jet, 17 countries
Centuries ago, back in the golden age of travel, the so-called grand tour was completed by coach, steamship or rail across Europe. Young continental gentry and American aristos would sail...
The 42,128 things Instagram style star Eva Chen can't live without
A former editor for Teen Vogue and Elle, a columnist for Vogue China, and editor-in-chief of Lucky, Eva Chen turned fashion heads in 2015 when she left the magazine world...
What's blowing in Chicago's new culinary wind
The country’s Second City has been churning out culinary stars — Michelin and otherwise — for the last decade. But over the last few years, Chicago’s Fulton Market enclave —...
Four new hotels to escape this cold weather
Thaw out from frigid winter at one of these sultry new stays. Mexico: Hotel Esencia Since being taken over and given a modernist redecoration by Emmy-winning producer and media honcho...
The world's sexiest islands are in the middle of nowhere
The Indian Ocean’s farflung islands have got us in the mood. Situated in the world’s warmest ocean and surthressrounded — hundreds of miles away — by Africa, India and Asia,...
The world's hottest new hotels for every budget
ASIA Six Senses Bhutan Providing an alternative to the circuit of Aman hotels that has been operating in this eastern Himalayan kingdom for years, Six Senses — a Thailand-based company...
8 essential trips that should be on your bucket list
From Canada to Saudi Arabia, where to go in 2017. For wildlife: East Africa Unique new safari lodges make a trip to spot the Big Five in East Africa’s wide-open...
8 fast facts about South Florida's billionaire condo king
You might call billionaire developer and art collector Jorge M. Pérez “Mr. Miami.” Not only does his Related Group of Florida create some of the city’s most noteworthy buildings, this...
Everything you need to know about Miami Art Week
The first week of December is chock-full of art events, from big-ticket Art Basel to smaller fairs that pack a creative punch. Here's a handy primer on the ones to...
Sri's company: Temples, tea and tusks in stunning Sri Lanka
I felt like Don Draper in the final episode of “Mad Men,” getting my “om” on while meditating atop an oceanside perch at sunrise. With sea-foam waves crashing nearby and...
How Silicon Valley’s biggest stars decorate their homes
Tech tycoons and startup savants may deck out their offices with funky standing desks, beanbag chairs, foosball tables and the gadgets of tomorrow. But when it comes to decorating their...
This photographer is so badass, his office is a helicopter
The go-to photographer for starchitects like Herzog & de Meuron, Rem Koolhaas and the late Zaha Hadid, Dutch-born Iwan Baan captures some of the best and brightest buildings around the...
Two Boston hotels face off in a battle of classic vs. modern
THE ENVOY HOTEL BOSTON, AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION The Lure Tech-savvy, millennial-friendly ground-up property in the city’s on-the-rise harbor-side Innovation District, where startups and new construction are joining the Children’s Museum and...