The New York Times
Though the academic scene continues to imbue this coastal Connecticut city with a certain gravitas, surrounding neighborhoods are showing off their own cultural capital in the realms of art, food, music and more.
The New York Times
Volcanic São Miguel, one of the nine islands in this Portuguese archipelago in the Mid-Atlantic, offers landscapes and experiences that are at once wild and serene.
The New York Times
Lodgings in this bucolic region north of New York City are targeting a new generation of visitors with organized “experiences,” nostalgic style elements and serious cocktails.
BBC Travel
From Dutch outpost to urban playground, Governors Island has had many lives. Now, it's pioneering a zero-waste concept that could show other cities how to develop more sustainably.
The New York Times
Foie gras Popsicles? 81-layer croissants? A new wave of restaurants in the state’s maritime southeast brings more to the menu than lobster rolls and pizza.
Vogue
I’m sitting in the sun-filled restaurant of Hotel Marcel in New Haven, Connecticut, marveling at what’s before me. Not the imposing Marcel Breuer-designed brutalist structure itself.
Travel + Leisure
Skip the overbooked destinations and spend some long, lazy days at these overlooked towns along New England's diverse coast.
National Geographic
“Hey, girls,” John Farrugia says, opening the door to a fenced-in run where about 50 hens cluck, coo, and strut. He reaches in and picks up a fluffy brown chicken, cradling her in his arm. “This is a red cross,” he says, pointing to the red comb and wattles on the bird’s head. “She’s a real sweetheart.”
The New York Times
I’ve always been one of those girls. A die-hard Francophile. An American helpless in the face of Parisian charms and pleasures. A New Yorker who could never seem to shake the City of Light.
✈ A New York Times Top 10 Travel Story of the Year
Travel + Leisure
It's not just institutions like The Met, shows like Art Basel, and fairs like Frieze that are worth visiting. All over the U.S., there's plenty of inspiring, renowned, and renegade art to be seen.
National Geographic
No monument is perfect, but historians say these six U.S. memorials rise above the others.
The New York Times
Sure you can have a tango-filled, steak-fueled weekend in Buenos Aires. But Argentina’s capital and largest city also has a much more contemporary side that has been emerging from its traditional roots and European influences for years now.
The New York Times
Chocolate — like fashion, wine and finance — has become a complex cultural phenomenon. There is basic chocolate for the masses, artisanal chocolate for purists and avant-garde creations for connoisseurs.
Daily News
As we pass around reading lists and take (small) comfort in the fact that one perk of being a shut-in is having time to crack open a few books, let us remember: bookstores need us.
The New York Times
The French have elevated many things to high art: fashion, flirting, foie gras. Chocolate is no exception. With boutiques that display truffles as rapturously as diamonds, the experience of visiting a Parisian chocolatier can be sublime.
✈ A New York Times Top 10 Travel Story of the Year
Travel + Leisure
While there’s no shortage of hotel options in the City of Light, most are found in central quartiers, like Saint-Germain-des-Près and l’Opera, which are typically trafficked more by tourists than locals. For a more authentic Parisian experience, it pays to climb into a double-digit arrondissement.
Hartford Magazine
Paris in the springtime. Is there anything more lovely and romantic? What, then, do you do when that trip to Paris includes children?
Saveur
Persian cuisine is notoriously hard to pin down. Once a vast empire that spanned the Middle East, now when we talk about Persia, we’re usually talking about Iran, a large, diverse country with a rich culinary tradition.
SilverKris Magazine
A new chapter for Manhattan’s MoMA reveals an evolving art scene across the city.
National Geographic
A dusty gray C-130 rolled to a stop just as the sun was going down over the tarmac of the Air National Guard Station at the Groton-New London Airport in Connecticut on Friday. The plane wasn’t carrying its usual haul of utility helicopters or jeeps.
