Issue September 2015 - Conde Nast Traveller UK (2024)

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In this issueEDITOR’S LETTERAFTER THE EXTRAORDINARILY LONG HOLIDAY in Mexico we find ourselves in a taxi on our way home. There is something lovely about the prospect of coming home after a proper time away. Wondering whether the roses will be out, imagining the musty, people-less smell of the hall, the icing-sugar delights of your own pillows. Ah, the cosy familiarity of the A4. Ah, the crappy old Lucozade sign and, ah, the bourgeois delights of Chiswick with its shops selling diaphanous clothing and its purposeful women in wedges and terribly good haircuts. But wait a frickin’ second. Is this where we live? This pock-marked, dirt-infested, tumbledown, security-shuttered, post-apocalyptic hell zone that is Shepherd’s Bush?If Mexico is Frida Kahlo with flowers in her hair and magic cats and guacamole thick as double cream,…3 min

In this issueCONTRIBUTORSQuann SistersModels, Palm Springs fashion (p90) TK: ‘Travelling through New Caledonia on a 10-day music tour left an indelible impression. There were beaches with cerulean waves as far as you could see.’ Cipriana: ‘In the South of France I discovered an amazing winery and fell in love with the beauty that engulfed the place.’TK and Cipriana are the founders of Urban Bush Babes, a fashion, travel and design websiteDavid LoftusPhotographer, World on a Plate (p132) ‘As a stubborn non-driver, my best “road trip” was flying through storms and hurricanes across the USA to eventually pootle around The Bahamas in a dusty old Chevrolet. For me, the less time in a car the better!’David has shot most of Jamie Oliver’s cookbooks and is the author of ‘Around the World in 80…2 min

In this issueWORD OF MOUTHSUCKER PUNCHRussell Norman has spread his tentacles, from heading up drama at an all-girls school to building a cult-restaurant empire, including Polpo and Spuntino in London. Ahead of the launch of his New York-inspired cookbook, the restaurateur shares his Big Apple bitesCAFE MOTO ‘Spuntino was heavily influenced by the atmosphere of this tiny triangular bar in Williamsburg. It’s right under Union Street Station and every five or six minutes the entire bar shakes, so you can’t be anywhere but New York.’394 Broadway; www.cafe-moto.comRUSS AND DAUGHTERS ‘For me, New York comfort food is big, Jewish flavours. I adore the delis of the Lower East Side; I can rarely resist a salt-beef bagel from this place.’179 East Houston Street; www.russanddaughters.comGRAMERCY TAVERN ‘I come alone, sit at the bar, order a Gibson Martini…2 min

In this issueMYSTIC RIVERFew childhoods are as idyllic as Adhara Luz’s. Between diving among giant water lilies and playing on white-sand Amazonian beaches, she grew up sailing gin-clear tributaries by houseboat, helping her parents as they introduced Western medical care to communities in the Brazilian jungle. Today, Luz is welcomed into leaders’ huts as one of the family and it’s this deep connection with the Amazon that inspired her to launch AMZ Projects, which crafts eco-conscious trips from emerging hippie hotspot Alter do Chao, the rainforest’s answer to a Caribbean beach. AMZ’s bespoke riverboat adventures combine access to the region’s natural beauty and off-the-tourist-trail interaction with the communities that live here to create a sophisticated experience this remote region has long lacked. Now the first wave of trendsetting Paulistas and Cariocas are coming…1 min

In this issueWHO SAYS IT’S A CULTURAL DESERT?Dubai might not top your average hipster’s hit list, but the city has long held the belief that ‘if we build it, they will come’. Enter DUBAI DESIGN DISTRICT – or D3: an attempt to shed the city’s malls and Maseratis image by constructing a Shoreditch-style enclave in a vacant sand patch. The Foster + Partners-designed development for galleries and artists’ studios might not open until 2017, but already trendy local fashion brands S*uce and Nathalie Trad (as seen on Sienna Miller) are moving in. Plus, next month the zone hosts the inaugural Dubai Design Week. But those who like it gritty should look to the more organic artsy area of AL QUOZ. For the past 10 years this cluster of warehouses behind the main Sheikh Zayed Road has been…1 min

In this issueBLURRED LINESANATOMY OF THE HIPSTER ANGLERTHE ROD: A minimal telescopic number from Tenkara Rod Co (tenkara is a method of Japanese fly fishing), which raised its funds on Kickstarter.THE PACK: A classic No.21 rucksack from slick Scandi brand Fjällräven, preferably in jaunty ochre or red.THE OUTFIT: Take the Shoreditch look to the Spey by wearing waterproof jackets from old-school outdoor labels such as Hunter with a cable-knit jumper. As for headgear, go for a tight, woollen beanie hat from Finisterre or a traditional, tweed flat cap by Barbour.THE TROPHY: A selfie with your catch of the day posted on Instagram. #reellifeHipsters are oft derided for colonising our cities with craft-coffee shops and fixie bikes. But their worthy intentions of preserving artisan skills and embracing nostalgia for a self-sustainable, simple life (as…2 min

Issue September 2015 - Conde Nast Traveller UK (2024)

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