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Communications director Monique Brendel grew up in New Jersey but spent summers in Europe with her family as a child. Before moving to New York, she lived in Miami for eight years where she worked in marketing and fashion. Recent best-loved trips? Traveling through the South of France in 2010 and her honeymoon in St. Barths in 2011. Next on her list: Bhutan, the Philippines, and Fernando de Noronha in Brazil.
Favorite City for Exploring: Florence, Paris and New York
Favorite Resort for Relaxing: Hotel du Cap Eden Roc in Cap d’Antibes, France; and in Brazil, Insolitos in Buzios and Ilha da Piedade in Angra dos Reis.
Favorite Restaurant in NYC: Joseph Leonard for my weekly neighborhood fix; 11 Madison for a seasonal big night out; brunch at Back Forty on a sunny Sunday afternoon; the back table at Buvette for girls night.
Recently visited: Tulum, St. Barths, London, Rome, Tuscany, Stockholm
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