Every time my brother crosses the Sagamore Bridge from mainland Massachusetts to Cape Cod, we all know where he’s headed: a sandy spot off an ocean road on the Nantucket Sound, home to the little beach club my family has belonged to for over 30 years. On clear days, you can see the shores of Martha’s Vineyard in the distance. That’s his water.
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Two years after the announcement of the striking Arctic Bath, a floating hotel and spa on the Lule River in Swedish Lapland, the property has finally opened its doors to guests. The project was inspired by Sweden’s Treehouse hotel, another architecturally significant Lapland property built by the same developers, who wanted to take the concept of blending the Swedish landscape with dramatic architecture from the air to the water.
This isn’t the first time the “Indiana Jones” star has spoken up for the environment. Last February, while speaking at the World Government Summit in Dubai, he said that climate change deniers are “on the wrong side of history.”
Unfortunately for the legacy of bathrooms on screen, the most unshakeable shower scene of all time, Psycho, doesn’t call to mind a particularly relaxing bathing experience (and as if anyone was wondering what shade the tiles were). But film sets – from the genres of horror to rom-com – have offered us some magnificent inspiration by way of bathroom interiors. Think Marie Antoinette’s tub fit for a queen, the perfect-hued blue tiles in Call Me By Your Name and the suitably morose shade in Russian Doll. Go inside the best ones below.
The world is full of amazing things to see and do, but some sights stand out above the rest. To determine which bucket-list destinations most pique the public’s curiosity, travel insurance company Columbus Direct looked at Google’s Keyword Planner and noted the average monthly search volume for 150 popular landmarks.
While the top 20 features plenty of the usual suspects – in the US, the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, and Central Park both made the cut, as did the UK’s Stonehenge, Big Ben, and the London Eye – some lesser publicized places are on the long list. Landmarks like the Tokyo Tower in Japan and Brandenburg Gate in Germany are less frequently searched, which, for travel-planning purposes, could indicate shorter wait times and smaller crowds.
Meghan Markle’s guest edit of British Vogue’s 2019 September issue is the magazine’s fastest-selling issue, editor-in-chief Edward Enninful announced on Instagram, with copies flying off the shelves and selling out in ten days.
75 percent of our planet’s surface is covered with water. Whether it be immense lakes or deep, mysterious oceans, there are many incredible bodies of water here on Earth. If h20 is your thing, then you should definitely check out these 10 amazing places with crystal clear water.
According to a new study published by Ceoworld Magazine, European countries took a significant number of the top spots on the most expensive list, with nine of the top-twenty nations being on the continent. The rankings were based on five different categories that were studied, with the data focusing on cost of living, rent, the price of groceries, the cost of eating out and purchasing power. Data was then added into an index, using New York City as a control to measure each destination against. The Big Apple was given a score of 100, meaning that any country higher than that was more expensive than it.
Some people leave their hearts in San Francisco, others consider Paris—the “City of Love”—as the epicenter of romance. But these heart-shaped attractions, whether naturally occurring or crafted by hand, visibly channel the affectionate Valentine’s symbol. From a flight over Heart Reef in Australia to floral arbors resembling you-know-whats in Dubai, these spots could inspire passion, platonic love, or at least some heart-worthy Instagram photos.
Welcome to the year when your patience finally pays off. The movies 2020 is offering have us almost hyperventilating – mostly because it feels like we’ve been waiting forever for many of them to land in theaters. We’re finally getting the next James Bond film, No Time to Die, with director Cary Fukunaga taking over for once-attached Danny Boyle, and Daniel Craig returning (for one last time?). Then there are long-awaited follow-ups to Bad Boys and Coming to America, and Tom Cruise is back to race across the sky in Top Gun: Maverick. Plus, Wonder Woman returns in Wonder Woman 1984, and Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow will kick off Marvel’s Phase Four.