1920s JAZZ -- "Jazz De Luxe" -- Fuller's Jazz Band -- Edison
"Jazz De Luxe" is being heard on Edison 4-min. Blue Amberol cylinder # 3610 by EARL FULLER'S FAMOUS JAZZ BAND...recorded June 13 ...
To Bonaparte, with love from China
THE rich and international do not tire of Paris. Though it was hardly lacking in ultra-luxe period hotels before, the city evidently needed more. And so last year saw the opening of two major hotels, The Mandarin Oriental and the Shangri-La, signifying not only Paris’s ever-ascendant position on the global luxury circuit, but an overt French concession to Asian money.
The Shangri-La in particular attracted a good deal of controversy – the purchase by a Chinese hotel group of a palace built in 1896 for Prince Roland Bonaparte, the great-nephew of Napoleon, was bound to ruffle some feathers. As Dr Tom Stammers, a French historian at Cambridge University, puts it: “The French are often quite touchy about their patrimoine being at the mercy of outsiders.”
But the Hong Kong-based group has pulled it off, managing French cultural sensitivities (the hotel was immediately registered with heritage body Monuments Historiques) as well as delivering stylistic panache. Quite different from the sprawling resorts the brand is known for, this hotel has a fairly modest 81 rooms, of which 27 are suites styled by the renowned interior designer Pierre Yves Rochon. A former government office on the quiet, somewhat dull Avenue Iena, the building was in need of sensitive remodelling, and Rochon has managed to recoup the building’s 19th century splendour. The white exterior, frescoed lobby, grand spiral staircase leading up to the former apartments of Bonaparte and brilliant chandeliers all make you feel like an aristocrat for the night.
A Weekend In Paris: How to see the City of Light in a day
By many regarded as the most superior city in the mankind, Paris still retains the love story that has made it well-known as the City of Lady-love. Its affluent fountains, verdant parks, breathtaking monuments and continuous medley of cultural pursuits be it one of the exactly's most visited cities, and absolutely rightly so. It is like nowhere else on Terra, a palimpsest of architectural handsomeness that has been built up, demolished and rebuilt throughout centuries of venereal check, bloody revolt, odd calling and steward anxiety. Out of the ashes of La Terreur came the Phoenix of this greatly anachronistic yet enthusiastically up to the minute city, whose luxuriousness, splendour and reason of fun is positively unrivalled the in seventh heaven over.
Camera (Deluxe color prints, Arri widescreen), Oliver Bokelberg; editor, Troy Takaki; music, George Fenton; production designer, Jane Musky; art director,
The Staybridge Suites offers exceptional guest amenities not commonly found in New York City area hotels, including a deluxe complimentary daily breakfast
I really wanted to just chill out and take in the view; I did it once at the Mandarin in New York City, overlooking Central Park (and have the $140 bill to
From there, tours continue in Volubilis, Meknes, and Fez, the oldest city in Morocco. The city of Fez is one of the most intact and impressive medieval
First and foremost on everyone's radar, of course, is the iconic and luxe Savoy Hotel in Westminster, which will reopen in the later half of this year as a
The Guardian Street theatre super stars Royal de Luxe from France have taken over some central Wellington store front windows for the next nine days with
Returning from the wilderness, stop in the small but central city of Ponda to visit the state's world-famous spice plantations. Tourists lean toward the
For something even higher and brighter, but not ridiculously overfussy, reserve at Twist, Pierre Gagnaire's bistro de luxe on the 23rd floor of the discreet
Camera (Deluxe color prints, Arri widescreen), Oliver Bokelberg; editor, Troy Takaki; music, George Fenton; production designer, Jane Musky; art director, 
First and foremost on everyone's radar, of course, is the iconic and luxe Savoy Hotel in Westminster, which will reopen in the later half of this year as a 
Returning from the wilderness, stop in the small but central city of Ponda to visit the state's world-famous spice plantations. Tourists lean toward the 
The hotel had the feel of a particularly luxe convent, which was hardly accidental. The expansive lobby, accented by potted ferns, Oriental carpets, 
