Mark Ellwood

November 23, 2022

Saw It? Loved It? Personal Shoppers Can Get It Anywhere in the World.

Several personal shopping services aim to get their clients exactly what they want, by plane, train or automobile. This article is part of our special report […]
November 24, 2021

A South African Shopping Site Where Artisans and Community Meet

At Victoria Yards in Johannesburg, artists, designers and makers of sorbet and spirits draw from their surroundings to create their products. “When I first saw it, […]
November 25, 2020

Where That Great French Salt Comes From

Most mornings, 49-year old Michèle Jean-Bart takes her two dogs and bikes to work, cycling about a mile over the pancake-flat countryside where she lives on […]
November 21, 2019

Long Overlooked, Bratislava Shines With Newfound Cool

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — The Hotel Kyjev has dominated Bratislava’s skyline in stark, tombstonelike fashion since 1973, a Brutalist holdover from the communist era. But the building, […]
December 8, 2011

A Caribbean Resort’s Stylish Makover

Petit St. Vincent, for years one of the most pristine tropical island hideaways, gets an enchanting new look
September 1, 2011

Shanghai’s Travel To-Do List

The city heats up with in-the-know boutiques, fashionable nightlife, and seductively revitalized hotels