Grab Your Backpack. Part II.

Big thanks to design*sponge for the design lover's guide to Copenhagen 2010...and for Julia Rothman's wonderful illustration of Nyhavn. A timely follow-up to this recent musing.

Backpack Takes Me Back.

Seeing this backpack takes me back to Copenhagen circa 1987. Was just telling friends this weekend that I wish I had paid a bit more attention to the details (and drank a little less of the Carlsberg Elephant brew) given my current vocation and lust for great design. Fortunately, I did spend considerable time with an aspiring-architect who took me to Illums Bolighus and the Louisiana. Until I have the good fortune to return, CopenhagenStreetStyle keeps me a little connected to the look and feel of that great place. ...and the memory of waiting for the night bus at 3am in Rådhuspladsen eating hapsdogs still makes me smile. That's a detail.

This Calls for a Jetsetter Intervention.

Finding myself in desperate need of an escape. So much so that I have begun obsessively checking Jetsetter each hour for fear I may miss the latest luxury locale available for mere minutes at a fraction of the cost. Maldives was a steal [if not for the multi-grand airfare].

Tonight I find myself dwelling on unexpected luxury dwellings. A previous infatuation with yurts has oddly turned to teepees. Yurts...from the desert of The Story of the Weeping Camel to that perched in the hills above LA...are cool. Imagine the well-appointed interior of a lakeside yurt retreat for weekend escapes. No?

Ok, then. Teepees. Give these a glance at Dunton Hot Springs in Colorado. Ghost town turned luxury hideaway for heli-skiing, fly-fishing and gourmet communal dinners. However, I suspect my vision of a secluded week in the Rockies might be dampened with the first cowgirl sauntering up to the yoga cabin in a pair of Lululemons.

Can we really get away? We certainly can try. Hurry...this event ends in 42 minutes.

Does it Live Up to the Book?

Oh it does. As a visit to Momofuku Noodle Bar proved last night.

Grilled asparagus with bernaise and trout roe.

Steamed buns with shitake mushrooms.

Grilled ramps with crispy shallots.

Ginger scallion noodle bowl.

Sauteed soft shell crabs with caviar.

Raw scallop with yuzu, cilantro and beet.

Steamed buns with chicken...and a 2nd carafe of the house sake.

Parking spot right in front. No wait. Perfect.

Grab Mom a cookbook at semplice and include an invite to dinner. Save 25% on the book thru Mother's Day. That's another "side" at dinner.