Tag: Commentary

Dreams Deferred

Sea Ranch, the Sixties, and Hunter S. Thompson

Before the dream of the ’60s died, it produced The Sea Ranch, an attempt at utopia on California’s northern coast. It also produced the newly renovated Sea Ranch Lodge, which now once again reflects the idealism and design this community is famous for.

Dropping In

Nothing to Fear at Evo Hotel Salt Lake City

We hope the hotels of the future look a little more like the Evo in Salt Lake City, where there’s a skatepark and a climbing gym and guests never have to be afraid to fall.

Just a Memory

Montauk’s Best Days Were Always Behind It

It’s hard to be a destination worth visiting without a constant effort to retain the charms that made you special in the first place. Montauk and its hotels are no strangers to the struggle.

Half a World Away

R.E.M. Reveal Their Favorite Hotels in Europe

What do you do after being inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame? You talk to Tablet, of course, and you tell us all of the most memorable European hotels you stayed in during your peak years of international touring.

Unique New York

The Most Interesting Hotels in Manhattan

Not the most expensive. Not the most iconic. Not the most well known. No, these Manhattan hotels have the most compelling combination of story, setting, and design — according to me.

O Pioneers!

Hotels Heavy With the Spirit of the Old West

Ghost towns and campgrounds. Homesteads and hot springs. Silver Screen legends and Gold Rush settlements. These hotels have American Old West vibes and frontier spirit.