Yolanda Edwards
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Matching Sets
There’s something about everything matching that looks super intentional and pulled together, and in summer—when lunches can be as much of an affair as dinner—coordinated shirt-and-short combos are a chic and practical solution.
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Airelles Palladio, Venice
A beautiful new hotel in a 16th-century Palladian convent on the island of Giudecca which, with its massive grounds, feels more like a resort than a city hotel.
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Just Back From… Eastern Sicily
When traveling through eastern Sicily, it helps to know a guy. With an assist from knowledgeable locals, Yolanda returns to Taormina, where a turn down almost any side street reveals the gems behind the tour buses and luxury brands.
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The Zetter Bloomsbury, London
Six adjacent Georgian townhouses were joined together to create a beautiful, homey 68-room hotel with thoughtful details and a gorgeous garden.
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Belmond Villa Sant’Andrea, Taormina Mare, Italy
An intimate seaside stay just down the hill from Taormina.
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Dispatch From Mount Street, London
Almost like a village in Mayfair, Mount Street has become a destination in itself. Yolanda spent the weekend moving between some of the area’s best addresses, stopping for oysters at Scotts, custom slippers at Arthur Sleep, dinner at Jamavar, and martinis and an overnight at the Connaught, finding little reason to leave the neighborhood.
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The Connaught, London
The most quietly clubby and genuinely welcoming of Mayfair’s legendary hotels, with not one but three great bars.
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Hotel Grande Bretagne, Athens
The most legendary place to stay in the city, situated on Syntagma Square and just across the road from the Old Royal Palace, the Hotel Grande Bretagne is in the center of everything.
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Upstate Road Trip
Winter weekends at our house upstate are always magical for me—it doesn’t matter if it’s freezing or foggy, snowy or raining. Because so many shopkeepers turn into snowbirds and head south for the winter, it’s only the diehards who stay around, and it’s a chance to catch up before most of the weekenders arrive.