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Amelia Osborne
An art lover, Amelia Osborne was originally drawn to travel as a means to explore the world’s great museums. After growing up in Manhattan and Greenwich, Connecticut, she embraced her wayfaring spirit and went to college abroad, at Scotland’s University of St Andrews. While studying Art History and Ancient History, Amelia travelled extensively in Europe and developed a love of photography – both taking photos herself and collecting the works of others. After graduating college in 2005, Amelia did a post-graduate course at NYU and worked for Sotheby’s, a firm of art advisors, and in an artist’s studio.
Destination Reports
Germany: Berlin
Berlin is one of Europe's most fascinating, stimulating and underrated capitals.
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New York
New York is at a new zenith of creativity, with exciting new hotels, restaurants, galleries and shops.
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Czech Republic: Prague
The only other city in Europe that comes close to being as perfectly beautiful as Prague is Venice. Now, its extraordinary architecture has been restored after decades of neglect and...
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Miami
The so-called "gateway of the Americas" is a vibrant, rapidly changing city that is fast becoming a chic cultural destination.
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Nicaragua
Central America's next big thing, Nicaragua features jungles, beaches and crowd-free experiences.
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Chile: Easter Island
Home to dozens of unsolved mysteries, the island known as Rapa Nui delights and stumps visitors. What to expect from this remote destination.
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Charleston
The epitome of charm, Charleston offers every component to create a dreamy vacation.
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Austria: Burgenland
With miles of biking, walking and riding trails, scores of wineries and plenty of world-class musical performances, Burgenland provides activities ranging from athletic to cultural.
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Articles
Italy: Venice: Strategies: Lay of the Land
“Venice is a fish,” writes Italian poet Tiziano Scarpa in one of the best literary novellas about the city. And he’s right. When seen from afar, the city map resembles...
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Arts/Culture: Pulse: American Spirit: U.S. Museums to Know
There tends to be a misconception that much of U.S. culture is relegated to major cities and the two coasts, but in fact the many amazing and respected cultural institutions...
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Hungary: Budapest: Where to Eat: Big Night Out: Onyx Restaurant
One of the only two restaurants in Hungary to have a Michelin-star, the atmosphere and food are both neo-Baroque at this modern Hungarian restaurant. The Hungarian Evolution Menu showcases seasonal,...
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Hungary: Budapest: Where to Eat: Quick Break: Cyrano Restaurant, Café, and Bar
Serving delicious French and international dishes, Cyrano is the ideal spot to stop for lunch while traversing the shopping streets. In warm weather, the outdoor terrace is prime people-watching real...
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Hungary: Budapest: Where to Eat: Quick Break: Déryné
The book-lined walls of this café/bistro/wine bar create a homey atmosphere where visitors can stop to warm up while walking around the Buda part of the city. Channel the great...
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Food/Wine: Places: You Asked: Pre-Theater Dining in New York
We are often asked by Indagare members where they can have a memorable, delicious meal pre- or post-theater visit. Whether looking for a classic New York spot, a quiet space...
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Spa/Wellness: Pulse: Scents and Sensibility
A Discussion with Victoria Christian, Clive Christian Perfumes Clive Christian’s house of perfumes has a past deeply intertwined with history. After all, the brand created Queen Victoria’s personal perfume (along...
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Family: Pulse: Boca Grande's Gasparilla Inn & Club
Driving over the single-lane swing bridge connecting Boca Grande to mainland Florida, I always feel my New Yorker blood pressure drop. Arriving at this Gulf of Mexico barrier island is...
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Morocco: Where to Stay: Luxury: Dar Ahlam
This acclaimed Relais & Châteaux resort is perfectly situated between the Atlas Mountains and the southern Moroccan desert in the region known as the thousand kasbahs. Stunning grounds captures the...
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Morocco: Where to Stay: Hideaways: Gazelle d’Or
Situated in a former hunting lodge dating to the 1950s, this acclaimed resort is located just outside the walled city of Taroundat and is surrounded by a beautiful orange farm....
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Marrakech: Introduction: Overview: Marrakech 101
The Berbers founded the kingdom of Morocco in 110 B.C., but it was quickly taken over by the Romans, who ruled the area from the Atlantic Ocean to the Nile...
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Learning: Pulse: College Tours and Visits
For teenagers, making it to college means freedom and all the glory it entails (eg. sleeping on dorm room futons and eating ramen). But on college tours, and later, when...
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Learning: Places: The Heads of Easter Island
The official name for the famed Easter Island heads, moai number around 1,000 and are scattered throughout the island. These giants can tower up to 30 feet high and weigh...
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Chile: Santiago: What to See & Do: Day Trips: Valparaíso
About a 90-minute drive west of Santiago lies the coastal town of Valparaíso. Because Santiago sits inland, this city on the sea emerged in the late 1800s as Chile’s primary...
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Chile: Santiago: Where to Stay: Boutique: Hotel Lastarria
Located in the tree-lined residential neighborhood of Santiago’s Lastarria, sits this quiet boutique hotel. A narrow lobby, walled with mirrors, leads to a stunning wrought-iron and white marble staircase, its...
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Chile: Santiago: Where to Stay: Boutique: The Aubrey
With only 15 guest rooms, all furnished differently, and a staff that goes above and beyond expectations (they even found a “to go” cup for my second morning coffee), the...
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Chile: Itineraries: Itinerary No. 3: Hiking in Chile:
South of Santiago but north of Patagonia lies Chile’s Lake District. Its undisputed center is Pucon, which lies at the edge of the Villarica Lake and in the shadow of...
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Chile: Itineraries: Itinerary No. 2: Twelve Days in Chile
Fly to Santiago, take a city tour and visit the surrounding area, spending one or two nights at the Aubrey Hotel. Fly to Patagonia, spending four or five nights in...
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Italy: Rome: Strategies: Lay of the Land
The Rome of today is huge — almost fifteen times the size of Manhattan or Paris — but is divided into seven distinct areas, scattered amongst Rome’s seven hills. To...
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Food/Wine: Places: A Food Lover's Guide For a New Era
To Francophiles and foodies, the name Patricia Wells has been synonymous with culinary Paris for decades. Wells, the food critic for the International Herald Tribune until 2007, first published The...
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Escape: : Ocean Reef Club
Family-friendly Floridian resorts have existed for centuries. And in some cases, a property’s infrastructure, furnishings, pace and activities certainly reflect their age (croquet, anyone?). This, however, is blissfully not the...
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Italy: Milan: What to See & Do: Day Trips: Collezione Maramotti
Located less than a two-hour drive southeast of Milan, in the town Reggio Emilio, this art museum houses the collection amassed by billionaire Achille Maramotti. The founder of Italian fashion...
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France: Paris: Where to Eat: Hot Spots: L’Ouvre Bouteille
The new dining hot spot near the Louvre is a modern bistro called L’ouvre Bouteille. The moniker evokes the museum’s name but actually means Open the Bottle hints at its...
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France: Paris: What to See & Do: Family Friendly: Cinema Saturdays
Designed by Philippe Starck, the movie theater at the Royal Monceau hotel is Paris’ most stylish and it has started inviting movie lovers (be they guests or not) to Saturday...
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Style: Places: Jaipur's Gems
The city of Jaipur, in India’s northwestern state of Rajasthan, has always been rife with treasure hunting possibilities—after all, the Pink City (so called because of the color of its...
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Santa Fe: Where to Stay: Boutique: Inn of the Five Graces
Throughout a trip to Santa Fe, visitors will often be struck by seemingly incongruous combinations: a high desert, which in winter brings snow to rest on cacti; cowboys who moonlight...
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Santa Fe: What to See & Do: Family Friendly: Turquoise Trail
Take a drive down Highway 14 between Santa Fe and Albuquerque, and discover ghost towns that have remained untouched for decades. Cerrillos is home to the very quirky and fascinating...
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Arts/Culture: Places: Eternally Magical
Woody Allen’s latest film, To Rome With Love, delights viewers with such bold-faced names as Penélope Cruz, Alec Baldwin, Roberto Benigni and Allen himself, but the true star is something...
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Italy: Rome: Where to Shop: Fashion & Accessories: Fabio Salini
Located in the very authentic area around Via Monserrato and a few steps from the crowded Campo de Fiori and the Piazza Navona, sits this atelier, specializing in jewelry that...
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Style: Pulse: Interview with a Travel Accessories Designer
For the organized traveler, few things are as satisfying as well-packed luggage. No one feels more strongly about this than Stephanie Johnson, a self-dubbed “order-obsessed modernist and traveling anthropologist”, who...
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Giving Back: People: Water for All: The Voss Foundation
The chic cylindrical bottles of Voss water can be spotted in the world’s hottest restaurants and hotels, but the company has another meaningful presence miles away from Gramercy Park Hotel...
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South Africa: Strategies: Lay of the Land
As the tip of the African continent, South Africa acts also as a metaphorical catchall, with myriad cultures and climates. Predominantly located on a plateau (the highveld), the land includes...
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South Africa: What to See & Do: Sights: Johannesburg Layover
As a former gold-mining town, which has had its share of hardships (and townships), Johannesburg is often overlooked in a Cape Town and safari itinerary. But South Africa’s largest city...
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Austria: Salzburg: What to See & Do: Sights: Schloss Halbturn
This Baroque, pale blue palace was built in the early 18th century by Maria Theresa and was later the summer residence of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Many of the grand rooms...
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Style: People: An Eye for Style: Stephanie Winston Wolkoff
“Great style, for me, is embodied by people who dress for their lifestyle,” says Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, mother of three, notable philanthropist and director of New York’s Fashion Week. Revered...
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Arts/Culture: People: Q&A with Fiona Caulfield, author, "Love India"
Australian-born businesswoman Fiona Caulfield had lived all over the world, but not until she first visited India were her “eyes, ears and heart opened,” she says. With a background in...
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Austria: Vienna: Where to Stay: Value: The Bristol
Vienna’s Bristol hotel, one of its oldest and most famous, occupies the venerable address of 1 Kärntner Ring with the Vienna State Opera its famed next-door neighbor. Its pedigree is...
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Austria: Vienna: Where to Eat: Cocktails: Le Loft
Vienna’s hottest lounge is also its highest; Le Loft is located on the top floor of the Jean Nouvel-designed building that houses the Sofitel hotel. Drinks, snacks and haute cuisine—by...
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Austria: Vienna: Where to Stay: Hip: Sofitel
Vienna’s cool factor has been seriously raised with the opening of the Sofitel in the end of 2010. It’s located north of the Danube in the up-and-coming Leopoldstadt district that...
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India: Strategies: Lay of the Land
The term subcontinent, rather than country, always seems more appropriate when referring to India. Its regions vary dramatically and visitors can feel as though they’d experienced multiple countries. The Himalayas...
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Giving Back: Places: Giving Back: Akanksha
To the thousands of kids growing up in India’s slums, Akanksha–whose logo is appropriately that of a rising sun–is the brightest hope in their lives. Started twenty years ago by...
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Style: Pulse: Q&A with Boutique Owner, Hanneli Rupert
After five years of being away from her native South Africa, Hanneli Rupert soothed her homesickness with creativity: designing artisanal handbags to be produced in Africa. When she started researching...
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Arts/Culture: Pulse: Seeing The World Through a Lens
Q&A with Anne Menke Anne Menke, the German-born photographer, has shot Yves Saint Laurent and Comme des Garçons fashion in far-flung destinations across the globe. But between rigorous production schedules,...
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Italy: Lake Como: Where to Stay: Most Indulgent: Villa d’Este
Villa d’Este, on the southwestern edge of the lake, is the region’s uncontested grande dame property. Beloved by Italians and foreigners alike for its excellent service, divine views and sumptuous...
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