Star Eyes Guide to San Francisco
Vivian Host aka Star Eyes from Trouble and Bass and queen of all things Brooklyn bass-related, created this well-rounded video of fun stuff to do in San Francisco. Star Eyes grew up on the West Coast and called San Francisco home for several years while working as the Editor-In-Chief of XLR8R Magazine and spinning at [...]
Westhampton Beach House
2012 WINTER SPECIAL $250/night Dune Road – Westhampton, NY Located in the village of Quogue on Dune Road in Westhampton, NY, this three bedroom, two bath renovated beach cottage is only steps away from a private stretch of beach along the Atlantic Ocean. The house also has a large, outdoor patio with a lounge chairs and [...]
Time lapse video of Yosemite National Park. Music by M83.
This video is a collaboration between Sheldon Neill and Colin Delehanty. Project Yosemite Website: projectyose.com Contact info: info@projectyose.com Music is “Outro” from the new album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming by M83. Behind The Scenes: vimeo.com/35223326 By Dalton Runberg
The Ace Hotel in New York
Photos c/o The Ace Hotel New York City has no shortage of hip hotels, so it takes a lot to stand out from the pack, especially in a city this large. The Ace Hotel in New York opened a few years ago and quickly established itself as a music-friendly hotel and a traveling artists’ best friend [...]
Marfa, TX: Getting lost in the desert
Jill Bradshaw is the Trend Director at Stylesight, singer and bassist in the Brooklyn-based band Open Ocean, and all around world traveler. Jill spent this past New Years Eve in the magical land of Marfa, TX with a few stops in the desert along the way. Here’s her recap of what to check out if [...]
Papaya Playa Project
The concept of a pop up retail shop is nothing new, but the idea of a pop up hotel is a new animal all its own. On the beach in Tulum, one of our favorite hotel sites, Design Hotels, has partnered up with some Euro pals to open up the world’s first luxury pop up [...]
Max Wowch’s Hawaiian Adventure
Max Cattaneo is a loveable scamp from Brooklyn who designs the weird and wonderful clothing line, Wowch. It’s fun to wear his tshirts with shark eating kittens and tigers with pot leaves outside of the country and confuse the hell out of the locals. His designs also confuse grandmothers and the general kitten loving public. [...]
Trippin’ with Prince Language
Welcome to our series, “Trippin’” where we ask people simple travel-related questions and get back amazing answers. Today’s guest is none other than the smooth talking, tall drink of water known as Prince Language. Mr. Language lives in NYC and spends his days holed up in his studio producing remixes and edits for the likes [...]
Agave Inn. Santa Barbara, CA.
On our way up to Big Sur from LA, we decided to check out the scene and spend a night in Santa Barbara, CA. We chose a small, 13 room, modern motel called The Agave Inn. It’s located on the main drag (State St.), and the renovated rooms are simple, really clean and decorated with [...]
Red Tail Ranch. Big Sur, CA
After a long, winding and beautiful drive up the California coast from Los Angeles to Big Sur, we followed our hosts instructions to set our odometer for exactly one mile past a specified point and looked for the big, wooden gates to Red Tail Ranch. We climbed the steep driveway around a few bends and [...]
Venice Beach Hideaways
We are heading out to Venice Beach, CA next week, and while we were looking for a place to rent, we stumbled onto these three modern beach bungalows from Boutique Homes. The first hideaway, Venice Place is a super modern 1 bedroom/1 bath cottage with a minimalist interior and sleek leather chairs and a chaise [...]
El Cosmico. Marfa, TX.
El Cosmico is a small hotel located in the tiny, artistic desert town of Marfa, TX. At El Cosmico, you can live out your Americana dreams by staying in a collection of vintage airstream trailers from the 1950′s (under $150/night). Or you can really get in touch with your Wild West vibes and sleep under [...]
Hotel Boca Chica. Acapulco, Mexico
I’ve always loved the retro appeal of Acapulco. I remember hearing the name as a port of call on the Love Boat when I was younger and thinking it sounded so exotic, sunny, glamorous and somehow rock and roll. On the last season of Mad Men, Don Draper jets off to Acapulco for some alone [...]
Trippin’ with Poolside
Welcome to our new series, “Trippin’” where we ask people simple travel-related questions and get back amazing answers. Today’s guests are Filip (left) and Jeffery (right) of Poolside, a relatively new, laid back disco duo from Los Angeles and San Francisco. Their recording studio is set up in a pool house in LA which makes [...]
Jubilee Recommends: Randazzo’s Clam Bar in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
Words by Jubilee I wanted to write about Randazzo’s clam bar in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn because it is my absolute favorite restaurant in New York, and I have been going here since I was 2 years old. I used to call clams “mice” because I guess I thought they looked like mouse ears. All of [...]
The Boggsville Boatel. Far Rockaway,NY
If you fancy sleeping in a boat docked in a marina by the sea and across from JFK airport, here’s your big chance. Starting this weekend, July 7, the artist and boat builder Constance Hockaday launches her latest project, Boggsville, a boatel and boat-in theater at Marina 59 in Far Rockaway in NYC. Constance has [...]
Trippin’ with Tom Windish of The Windish Agency
Welcome to our new series, “Trippin’” where we ask people simple travel-related questions and get back amazing answers. Tom Windish is the main man behind one of the biggest and best booking agencies in North America. The Windish Agency books loads of up and coming indie, electronic and rock bands as well as new and [...]
Japanese Food Bliss in Honolulu, HI: A Tale of Two Doors
Words by Dirk Vogel The Japanese have a word for eating yourself into a state of sheer food bliss. The word is Kuidaore. It’s a big thing in the town of Osaka, and it involves ordering a wide variety of foods — mostly in small bites — in what adds up to be a whole [...]
Trippin’ with Oli Isaacs of This Is Music
Welcome to our new series, “Trippin’” where we ask people simple travel-related questions and get back amazing answers. Today our featured guest is Oli Isaacs, owner of the management company and record label, This Is Music. Oli lives in London and manages Simian Mobile Disco, Little Boots, Blondes, Tensnake, and Annie Mac Presents among others. [...]
Jacques Renault’s Pick: Marvin in Washington, D.C.
Photo courtesy of concierge.com Jacques Renault and his collaborative partner Marcos Cabral were in Washington, D.C. playing a show at the fantastic U Street Music Hall, when they stumbled upon an amazing restaurant called Marvin. Named after Marvin Gaye, this classic bistro pays homage to Marvin Gaye’s years of exile in Belgium and the soulful heritage of [...]
Casa Rincon: A villa and recording studio in Mexico
Casa Rincon in Mexico is the perfect combination of the two things we’re all about: travel and music. Located near a popular surf break called Punta Del Burro, Casa Rincon is an oceanfront villa compound and recording studio on Mexico’s Pacific Coast. It’s a big, beautiful collection of five buildings, a pool, recording studio, and lots [...]
The Wharf Bar & Grill. Summerland Key, FL
After a long weekend of parties, clubs, Ultra festival and very loud dance music in Miami, we decided to spend our last day in Florida driving through the laid back Florida Keys. It’s about a three hour drive from Miami to Key West and the scenery is beautiful. The road is flanked by the Atlantic [...]
Atlantic City: Less Trash, More Class
Atlantic City, NJ has always been one of those places that I really want to like and I really want to be amazing, and then I get there and realize the idea of Atlantic City will always be better than it’s grim, dirty reality. However, with new hotels and better restaurants opening every year and [...]
Coachella Side Trip: Top 5 Thrift Stores in the Desert
Once again it’s time to head to the desert for the Coachella music festival in Indio, CA. Sure, three days of music and parties sounds great, but just BEING in Palm Springs is great too. We love the desert heat, the mid-century modern architecture, drinking cocktails by the pool, and scoring awesome finds at the [...]
