Inis Meáin Inspiration Weeks

Can you believe it’s already been 9 days since we rang in the New Year? While all traces of that crushing headache you had on the afternoon of the 1st are hopefully long gone, there might just be some confetti still lingering in those dark places behind the sofa — or, dare we say it? — swept under the rug. Something else from the New Year that’s still lingering but easily swept into a corner? Yep, you guessed it, it’s all those grand plans and promises you had for 2012. Bring them back out into the light! They deserve it, and so do you! No space to think, you say? Then Inis Meáin Inspiration Weeks at none other than White Line Hotels Edit Inis Meáin Restaurant & Suites is exactly what you’ve been dreaming of.

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Le Labo’s Most Exclusive Destinations, Within Reach (For A Limited Time)

The sense of smell is the one sense most closely linked to that most mysterious thing called memory. What does that mean for you? Well, you have a lot of control over how you’re remembered, for one, so you’d better make a smart choice.

What smarter choice than one of the intriguingly exclusive scents by White Line Hotels Collaborator Le Labo? You won’t smell their uniquely mixed, hand-made scents on every 10th person walking down the street, and with their bottle refill program and cruelty-free policies, you can feel even better about sticking out in the crowd of smells.

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Grizzly Ghouls From Every Tomb, Are Closing In To Seal Your Doom

At the beginning of the month, cycling through a park, I came across a flash mob doing a silent rendition of Michael Jackson’s Thriller. The movements — and in particular the “raised-monster-hand twist” move — have become so ubiquitous, that it took me about 5 seconds to recognize what they were doing. If that. Now that’s what I call a case for Collective Memory! And maybe even Meme Theory…

With 7 days to go until All Hallows’ Eve, and even fewer until the best parties this coming weekend, you could sit at home with a copy of this cocktail recipe list (you’ve never seen a Martini like an Eyeball-tini!), find the Thriller video on YouTube, and channel some sort of zombie-Tom Cruise from Cocktail – OR — you can just make that the pre-party and head out to some of the more interesting Halloween parties White Line Hotels destination cities have to offer.

In London? Maybe you’ve found yourself strolling down Mare Street and seen the Last Tuesday Society Shop. If you have, then you already know why any Halloween party they’re throwing is probably pretty awesome. Their Danse Macabre is this coming Friday. The dress code: “the beautiful and the damned”. The Venue: a forgotten Art Deco picture palace in Elephant and Castle. Need more persuading? Check out the video on their shop’s website.

In New York? Spend at least one Halloween in your life at the famous vortex of artistic death and destruction that is the Hotel Chelsea. Once again this year you can pull up your bar stool next to the ghosts of Dylan Thomas and Nancy Spungen at the Chelsea Room for a $10 cover charge (and an open bar until 10pm). What night? Halloween itself, of course — the 31st.

In Vienna? Not so into going out drinking and dancing all night? Craving something frightfully refined? Then book for the Halloween dinner at Palais Esterházy. Enjoy a themed buffet dinner alongside music and readings.

Anything but frightening, at White Line Hotels picks Townhall Hotel & Apartments, The Greenwich Hotel, and Hollmann Beletage you can lay your head down in peace.

Don’t miss it. Go see the bricks.

Intimate, honest and sometimes raw. The images printed in the relatively new bi-annual interiors magazine Apartamento (issue 7 is on sale now) tell stories of real life interiors and to me, are quite reminiscent of Jürgen Teller’s photography (Teller being featured in this very issue is purely coincidental, I’m sure of it!).

No mis-en-scène, no gloss, no lavish or “casually” arranged minimalistic displays but inspiring interiors from all over the world which in their unique and lived-in state show us that style is at its most natural when it isn’t staged but when it occurs almost haphazardly, from our own particular individuality. Whilst this is not as easy to achieve as you may think, it certainly looks that way on the matte pages of this simplistic publication. Famously described by The New York Times as “the first post-materialistic interiors magazine”, Apartamento shows us that interiors are nothing without the people living inside them.  Strong and fascinating characters such as photographers, authors and other creative eccentrics are the perfect companions in these (their) featured spaces.  A clear emphasis on colour and simple composition, makes for some powerful imagery and brilliant reference material for either domestic dwellers or design lovers. Since its launch in 2009 the Barcelona-based magazine has regularly presented cultural and promotional events in line with its international distribution in cities such as Tokyo, New York, Berlin, London and Milan.

The concept for October’s event in Barcelona was conceived by Ana Dominquez and Omar Sosa and features a unique and exclusive collection of photographs shot by Nacho Alegre, photographer and founder of the magazine. The Apartamento Bricks Still Life exhibition brings to life a basic object like the builder’s brick and turns it into a surprisingly delicate and evocative sculpture. Don’t miss it. Go see the bricks. Go meet the people and get yourself a copy of Apartamento.

Exhibition runs from 29^th September to 21^st October 2011 at Otrascosas de Villarosàs, Via Laietana 65, Principal, Barcelona.

While in Barcelona, go see another honest and intimate gem in the city, White Line Hotels edit Hotel Omm. Don’t miss it.

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Contributing writer: Stefanie Soar

Photos courtesy Apartamento

REVEL IN NEW YORK

Revel. What a great word. Delightfully dionysian. Given the choice, who wouldn’t chose to revel rather than to simply be? Revel In New York — now in its second edition of guidebooks for those who are out to grab the city with both hands — shows the city through its people, inspiring us to discover new places and explore familiar ones with new perspectives. Now, that’s a guidebook done right!

Whether you’re a seasoned resident of the Big Apple, a brand new transplant, a frequent traveler, or an armchair dreamer, let this year’s selection of artists, chefs, musicians, designers, filmmakers, and characters show you what you maybe didn’t know existed, but now certainly won’t be able to live without experiencing.

Revel In New York Guidebook Vol II is available now, and it’s limited edition, so you know what that means…

Carry on reveling at The Greenwich Hotel, White Line Hotels’ pick in NYC.