Gallons of pool water, bottomless spiked slushies, and the AC blasting in a room that feels like your own personal campground... if you're wondering how four urban glamazons survived the desert heat of Palm Springs, THE STAYCATIONERS are here to spill the beans. While it may look like they are lightyears away from home, this transient troupe touched down at the SoCal destination of their dreams: a boho-rustic compound with palms generating ...
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Calling all foodies: THE STAYCATIONERS have found the perfect oasis tucked on a side street jutting from the Park Avenue South suit-clad frenzy. It's everything a true New Yorker (read: staycationer) could ask for: a respite rife with dining and drinking options aplenty sandwiched on either side of a quiet slice of hospitable heaven, otherwise known as the designated post-workday happy hour spot doubling as a go-to weekend getaway our ...
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Where do five diehard New Yorkers with an appetite for glam stay in a foreign city of sun, sand and celebrity status? A cinematic playhouse steps from the beaches of Santa Monica, of course. Enter the Viceroy Santa Monica. On the corner of Ocean Ave and Pico Blvd lies a 4-star hotel rife with sprawling cabanas, Art Deco details, and a color palette that would make Wes Anderson proud. Here were ...
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Ahh, Park Avenue South. There’s no place quite like it in New York: a polarizing frenzy of faceless commercial buildings, essential restaurants, and a sea of suits together set the scene for one looming respite on the corner of 29th Street, where guests make like true Manhattanites and lounge poolside stories above the madness. In short, the perfect location to round up ten professional STAYCATIONERS for the littest pool party ...
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After an epic four-month renovation, a historic 1927 building reopens its doors...enter The Talbott, where a bygone era meets contemporary Chicago in a flurry of subtle neutrals and pops of design on a canvas of 1920s glamour. Needless to say, THE STAYCATIONERS are here for it all. Can Kara Mann design our apartments, too? THE SPOT: The Talbott | 20 E Delaware Pl, Chicago THE STATS: 178 guest rooms, contemporary American dining at ...
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Tucked away in the sizzling NoMad neighborhood stands a stately hotel formerly known as The Martha Washington — a historic property that once served as a women-only sanctuary for boss babes of a bygone era (think Veronica Lake and Louise Brooks). Today, in a revamped version of its former self, the hotel is known as The Redbury, and THE STAYCATIONERS called it home for a night. THE SPOT: The Redbury Hotel ...
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Nestled in Miami Beach’s historic Collins Park is a revitalized 1940s Art Moderne building where a seamless blend of past and present greets you at the door. THE STAYCATIONERS MIAMI are checking into The Plymouth Hotel for the weekend...cue the retro vibes. THE SPOT: The Plymouth | 336 21st Street, Miami Beach THE STATS: 110 Restoration Hardware-furnished rooms, gorgeous interior design by Fernando Santangelo, Art Deco pool, charming poolside café, and ...
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As most of you know, Taste the Style is home to THE STAYCATIONERS — a hotel-centric editorial series produced by a traveling troupe of bloggers, influencers, and content creators of all natures and walks of life. It's a concept that came together in late 2014 when I met Cyndi Ramirez, our fearless leader and the founder of TTS — she asked me to come up with my own series and ...
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Nothing screams "chic Francophile luxury" like floor-to-ceiling marble bathrooms and architecture dripping in shiny metals with ebony and sycamore as the opulent backdrop for a blonde, a brunette, and a redhead in all their 5-star glory. Did I mention on-call personal shoppers down the street at Bergdorf Goodman? We'll take three (a millennial can dream). For this très Français installment at The Mark Hotel, THE STAYCATIONERS had the pleasure of snuggling ...
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