Second Shelters
Montana on your mind, or wish-booking mountain vacation homes wherever? I came across a few Big Sky properties with sophisticated, up-to-date design, the perfect antidote to “same old, same old” Alpine venues. These lofty properties reflect contemporary styling, yet feel perfectly cozy. Click here for a look at the new Montana modern.
Do you believe a vacation home is a refuge to literally get away from it all? Perhaps the lush landscape of the Pacific Northwest calls to you, but Seattle has become too “Microsoft Millionaire” for you. How about hopping across the Canadian border to one of the Gulf Islands between the mainland of British Columbia…
More news from Boot Ranch, the luxe private golf club and residential community we’ve been following in the Texas Hill Country: a new toque in the kitchen. Boot Ranch chef (and Abacus alum) chef Aaron J. Staudenmaier left the ranch in October to return to Dallas to join Tracy Rathbun and Lynae Fearing in Lovers Seafood and…
Talk about location, location, location — 202 Kaikuono Place in Honolulu is two doors away from what’s arguably the most famous piece of residential property in Hawaii, Doris Duke’s Shangri-La estate. Both are located on the ancient lava flow “toe” that juts out into the Pacific called Black Point. It’s one thing to say you…
That arctic blast made me long for a warm beach with a tropical breeze! Time to head for Seven Mile Island, named by Travel and Leisure as “The Caribbean’s Best Beach.” The destination I am longing for? The Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa, Grand Cayman, the first new hotel in the Cayman Islands in a decade.…
