I have an appalling sense of direction, which is not ideal in my line of work. Fortunately, I’ve developed a number of coping strategies: I walk very fast, on the understanding that if I’m going the wrong way I might as well find out and about-turn quickly. I drop big dollar on digital roaming charges, [...]

From the top floor of the new Carsten Höller exhibit in New York’s New Museum, sounds of screams cascaded down a two-story metal slide as lights revealed visitors lining the perimeter of the room. Officials in uniform walked between us, explaining the possible side effects and risks of the thrill we were soon to endure. [...]

“When I come to the park, everyone says hello and thanks me,” says Jane Walentas. “I feel like Brooklyn Bridge Park’s fairy godmother.” She’s speaking about the carousel—now glittering at the edge of the East River—which she and her husband David donated along with the acrylic and steel housing and a significant monetary gift—in all about [...]

With a new collection of A-list crash pads in St. Barts and sandy getaways on our mind, we tapped glamour guru Mollie Chen for her beat-the-heat beauty advice. Here, her top eight products for your next island sojourn, plus a how-to video to help you get tousled, beachy hair. 1. AMIKA HAIR TREATMENT You may [...]

At the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula, where mountain and beach converge, Cabo San Lucas surfaced as an exclusive celebrity hideaway back in the 1970s. While five-star resorts carved into its rough desert and rock landscape provide the kind of fortressed privacy that America’s household names gladly pay fortunes for, at its core, Cabo is [...]

Jetsetter Homes recently launched Vegas coverage with four off-Strip crash pads that present a more reserved side of Sin City, even as they wink at their environs (think: poker tables, vast pool playgrounds and a replica of the Statue of Liberty). Most visitors never leave the Strip — but there’s more to this adult playground [...]

The five-day travel extravaganza that is the TODAY Show’s Where in the World is Matt Lauer concluded this morning in Barbados after jaunts to Namibia, Spain, Switzerland and Malaysia. Kate Maxwell caught up with Matt half an hour after he went off air. Congratulations on an amazing five days. You clocked up 29,778 miles and [...]

It’s the feeling of a clump rising toward a tightened pharynx, palms sweating like a dew-clad lawn and the rush of cold air in the lungs as a foggy city lingers thousands of feet below that drives a group of French hangliners marked the “Frenchies” to their fix. Acrophobiacs and illynogophobiacs (those who fear heights [...]

Yesterday we celebrated the launch of our Rock the Kasbah sale in partnership with Gilt, Gilt City and Virgin Group’s nonprofit foundation, Virgin Unite. Included in the specially curated L.A. party weekend package are two VIP tickets to Virgin Unite’s charity gala, Rock the Kasbah, on November 16th. Though the evening is all about fun [...]

Earlier sunsets, runny noses, chapped lips and nippy temperatures are all signs that winter is well on its way (New Yorkers already got a taste of the white stuff from a freak October snowstorm). And while we’re beginning to begrudgingly accept this, it’s really not all bad: Verdant parks, vivacious plazas and free-flowing rivers are [...]