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Shooting Star
This was one of Colton’s best memories from his days as a Navy SEAL: “My platoon was training for an op — a nighttime recovery of a...


Great Bars I Have Known
Le Bar Anglais, Hotel Régina, Paris One of the most appealing contradictions in Paris is Le Bar Anglais (The English Bar) located in the...


Paris Then
The young woman pictured is the legendary French actress, Isabelle Adjani. She is darting across a street in Paris in 1974. Judging from...


The Mostly Accurate History of Budapest
Two thousand years ago, in a land now known as Hungary, the Celts established a settlement on the western bank of the Danube River and...


Great Bars I Have Known
The Grand Bar, Tettuccio Spa, Montecatini Terme, Italy One of the greatest bars I’ve ever been in, certainly the biggest, was occupied at...


The Mostly Accurate History of Vienna
Quick, name the Wiener capital of the world! Unless you skipped the title of this piece, you should know the answer: Vienna! Wiener...


Great Bars I Have Known
Alexander’s Bar, Hotel Grande Bretagne, Athens, Greece Whenever you see some international correspondent filing a story on the latest...


Returning the Key in Venice
Front desk clerks at major Italian Hotels have seen everything. Nothing ever fazes them, unless you return your room key five years late....


Great Bars I Have Known
The American Bar, Savoy Hotel, Strand, London I love hotel bars. They are stylish and over-priced, but who cares? You can drink there...
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