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Shanghai: Where to Eat: Setting: YongFoo Elite

The former British Consulate now houses a restaurant where the past is lovingly evoked with Art Deco antiques and memorabilia. Silk banners and candles line the walk to a courtyard...
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Shanghai: Where to Shop: Markets: Dong Tai Road Antique Market

Many of the vendors at the Dong Tai Road Antique Market sell the same curios—carved jade bowls, Mao relics, pretty porcelain, Art Deco clocks and Buddha statuary. Even if you...
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Shanghai: Where to Shop: Neighborhoods A-Z: French Concession and Xintiandi

Xintiandi, which means new heaven and earth, is a nine-acre neighborhood of restored brick houses that serves as a Chinese version of South Street Seaport or Faneuil Hall. Its fabricated...
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British Virgin Islands: Indagare Insiders

Pamela Murdock, an avid traveler and founder of a luxury villa rental company (www.pamelavillas.com), has rented houses for years on Tortola and counts the island as one of her favorite...
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Hong Kong: Where to Eat: Local Cuisine: American Peking Restaurant

The name is misleading to say the least. The fare here is authentic Peking: plump duck with crispy brown skin accompanied by all the trappings—plum sauce, slivers of scallions and...
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Shanghai: Where to Shop: For the Home: Madame Mao’s Dowry

Owned by an expat with a great eye, this shop showcases wonderful antique Chinese furniture (a lacquered Chinese cabinet sells for $1,200), Mao memorabilia, like Mao statues from the ’60s,...
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Hong Kong: Where to Shop: Art & Antiques: Arch Angel Antiques

One of Hong Kong’s foremost experts on antiques is Bonnie Groot, of Arch Angel Antiques, an American who can rattle off the artistic achievements of different dynasties with alacrity. Bonnie,...
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Hong Kong: Where to Eat: Quick Break: China Tee Club

Weary shoppers and the occasional Hong Kong movie star seek refuge at this charming, colonial-style café, located on the Pedder Building’s first floor. The lunch menu is a Western and...
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British Virgin Islands: Where to Stay: Family Friendly: Rosewood Little Dix Bay

While some of the BVI’s luxurious resorts focus on the honeymoon set, Little Dix Bay welcomes families with open arms. Many of their recently renovated rooms and suites have connecting...
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Beijing: Where to Shop: Markets: Panjiayuan Antiques Market

Only in modern-day China would you find a huge bust of Mao Zedong parked next to the Buddha. It is a conundrum how Mao has managed to maintain his halo,...
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Classifieds:Buying and Selling: LARGE 2 BEDROOM MAISONETTE IN CHELSEA, LONDON FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR

Gorgeous, spacious two bedroom flat in Chelsea, private luxurious and with WOW factor, available from December 21st until January 4th (give or take a couple of days to suit requirements)....
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Discussion Boards:Destinations: Washington, DC Recommendations Needed

Another member who lived in D.C. for decades suggests the following: “Museums are among the best in Washington: I don’t know exactly what’s showing at the National Gallery, but there...
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Ask Advice:Questions and Answers: Budapest

Part of Budapest’s charm lies in the fact that unlike some other eastern capitals the city seems in no rush to expand or change at a rapid pace. Three years...
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Ask Advice:Questions and Answers: 4 Days Burgundy France: good food and hotels

-The following Burgundy hotels, all members of Relais and Châteaux, are great places to sleep and/or eat as their chefs have been awarded with three Michelin stars. Many were originally...
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Discussion Boards:Destinations: Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in October?

A well-traveled mom who lives in Portland, ME and has spent summers on Mount Desert Island her whole life sent the following: “Upon arrival in Halifax (a nice medium-size town...
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Discussion Boards:Destinations: Washington, DC Recommendations Needed

I’ve lived in Washington for decades and to me the most overlooked treasure in town is Hillwood Museum and Gardens (4155 Linnean Ave NW), on Rock Creek Park up Connecticut...
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Ask Advice:Questions and Answers: Chic Riad in Fez

A British member sent this: “Yes, inventively called Riad Fes (www.riadfes.com) By far the nicest place to stay. Renovated with style by a French architect and academic. Amazing food.” And...
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Discussion Boards:Destinations: Washington, DC Recommendations Needed

I grew up in D.C. and will be writing a destination report on it shortly. The shopping scene is really not on par with New York, alas. You will find...
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