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Tiny morsels from the world of Tablet
Head over to Instagram for our new video inside the Hotel Chelsea, then read Chelsea Morning, our profile on the complicated history of the New York icon.
Our hotel of the week is Frame Hotel – Treehouse, formally the Kimber Modern, currently a thoughtfully planned, nature-inspired, Zen-like escape in Austin.
Sometimes a hotel’s address says a lot. Matachica’s, officially, is “5 Miles North of San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize.” Get 20% off if you can get there by Dec 15.
Tulum remains remarkably popular, thanks to unique hotels like Papaya Playa Project. A few years back, we reported on the transformation of this tourist magnet, looking at what’s been lost and what’s been gained.
The estate that contains Cirqa in Arequipa, Peru’s second city, dates back to the year 1540, which means that its meticulously preserved stone walls are among the first built by European settlers in the New World.
Brush up on your knowledge of Borneo, the world’s third-largest island, with a stay at the stunning and super-shiny Luma Hotel in Kota Kinabalu.
Twenty-one is where it’s at in blackjack, but twenty is the sweet spot for our Tablet Plus Tuesday Twenty. You’re the big winner.
The longest stay booked on Tablet this week was 27 nights! at Hotel Villa Real in Madrid. What’s a month between friends?
Surely you know about the Betty White stamp. The designer, seasonal Martha’s Vineyard visitor Dale Stephanos, will receive a commemorative plaque from the USPS. The ceremony takes place on May 24 at the Nobnocket Inn. Delightful.
Santo Stefano di Sessanio was destined to become a ghost town. Instead, it became a hotel. And not just any hotel, but Sextantio, a “distributed hotel” that’s spread throughout the ancient Italian village.
“The enemy of art is the absence of limitations” — Orson Welles
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