360 Magazine

Spring, 2008

L.20 - chef Laurent Gras focuses on preserving seafood's inherent qualities. 2300 N Lincoln Park West, Chicago.

Italy's Hidden Treasures

-Bologna: Ristorante Diana on Via Indipendenza (tortellini), Basilica of San Domenico (Nicola Pisano's 13th-century tomb for Saint Dominic), church of Santa Maria della Vita (terra-cotta Lamentation, Il Compianto, by Niccolo da Bari/dell'Arca), Basilica of San Petronio (the main door by Jacopo della Quercia), Da Cesari on Via de'Carbonesi (gramignone verde, pasta with sausage)

-Ferrara: city walls (by architect Biagio Rossetti), Jewish quarter around synagogue on Via Mazzini, 12th-century Romanesque cathedral, Castello Estense, Palazzo dei Diamanti (an elegant house with 12,000 rhombus-shaped marble bosses)

-Rimini: single surviving triumphal arch of Caesar Augustus, bizarre church Tempio Malatestiano

-Ravenna: Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Basilica of San Vitale, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia

Eastern Europe's Most Exclusive Art Fair
The Moscow World Fie Art Fair, organized by Sixtine Crutchfield, a glamorous art and fine jewelry show.

Up-and-coming names in women's fashion

-Phillip Lim, for streamlined elegance, laid-back refinement, and attention to detail

-Thakoon, for billowy, ethereal dresses and precisely silhouetted workwear separates

-Chris Benz, for vintage-inspired clothing retooled in luxury fabric

-Thom Browne, for menswear-inspired jackets, pants, and button-downs

-Bensoni, for tailored yet feminine pieces that utilize unexpected mixes of fabrics

-Grace Sun, for comtemporary clothes made of organic and natural fabrics

-Dagmar, for Art Deco-inspired styles with a strong focus on detailing

-Delphyne, for delicately feminine designs

Summer, 2008

Grythyttan, Sweden

-Grythyttan Inn: 2 Prastgatan, 46-591/63300, grythyttan.com, doubles from $170 (including breakfast), dinner for two is $177, 368-years-old, the most charming hotel in the area

-Loka Brunn: 46-591/63100, lokabrunn.com, doubles from $139 (including breakfast), accomodations spread over 15 buildings that differ in style, 84-acre estate with spa and mineral springs, dating from 1720

-Grythyttan Inn: Swedish standards like roasted deer tenderloin with porcini-filled potato roll and black-truffle gravy, locally-sourced menu

-Nordic House of Culinary Art has a library, cookbook museum and the restaurant Kantinen Hyttblecket (2 Soralgsvagen, 46-591/34060), lunch for two $22

-Formens Hus design museum: 7 Sikforsvagen in Hallefors, 46-591/64360, displays iconic furniture

-Grythyttan Vin winery: Grythyttan Livsmedelsby, 46-591/19111, grythyttanvin.se, tours $9 per person

Tetsuya's Restaurant, 529 Kent St., Sydney NSW 2000, Australia, 011-612/9267-2900, tetsuyas.com

Fashionable shops around North Third Street, Philadelphia

-Clothing
---Deep Sleep: the latest in street styles, limited-edition merchandise on deepsleep.net, 54 N. Third St., 215/351-9124
---Sugarcube: vintage clothing, 124 N. Third St., 215/238-0825
---Third Street Habit: chic boutique with a good roster of labels and laid-back vibe, get added to the SugarHabit mailing list for sales from Sugarcube and Third Street Habit (up to 90% off!), 153 N Third St., 215/925-5455
--- Vagabond: women's boutique with cutting-edge labels, local lines, and designer vintage, get wholesale hand-knit sweaters from co-owner Mary Clark (Stellapop), that sell at Barneys for more than $200, 37 N Third St., 267/671-0737.

-Accessories
---J. Karma: originally a jewelry shop, expanded with shoes and bags by of-the-moment designers, 62 N. Third St., 215/627-9625.

-Interiors
---Bruges Home: everything from coffee-table books to club chairs, 323 Race St., 215/922-6041.
---Minima: who's who of modern designers, staff will do a consultation, so bring pictures of your room, 118 N. Third St., 215/922-2002.
---Reform Vintage Modern: secret source for other Mid-century furniture dealers, they have a warehouse across town with bigger pieces that owner Arthur Meckler will sell at a discount, 112 N. Third St., 215/922-6908.

My Own Private London

-Hotel: The Langham, london.langhamhotels.co.uk (doubles from $460)

-Food (by restaurant critic Sudi Pigott)
---La Fromagerie (lafromagerie.co.uk)
---Marylebone Farmers' Market: more civilized and better people watching than the bigger and better-known Borough Market (lfm.org.uk/mary.asp)
---Divertimenti (divertimenti.co.uk)
---Rococo Chocolates: hand-made, hand-packaged chocolates (rococochocolates.com)
---Villandry: villandry.com
---Canteen: sleek, chic restaurant with excellent, inexpensive modern British food (canteen.co.uk)
---William Curley: exquisitely crafted, Japanese-influenced chocolates and pastries (williamcurley.co.uk)
---Emma Bridgewater: emmabridgewater.co.uk
---Texture Restaurant: texture-restaurant.co.uk

-Things (stylist Rachel Meddowes)
---Liberty: one-stop showcase for what's happening in the world of interiors in London at the moment (liberty.co.uk)
---9 Albermarle St.: Paul Smith's funky curiosity shop (paulsmith.co.uk)
---Dover Street Market: looks more like a contemporary art museum than a clothing and design store (doverstreetmarket.com)
---Appley Hoare Antiques: appleyhoare.com
---Gallery 25: gallery25.co.uk
---Established & Sons Limited: establishedandsons.com
---Grays: graysantiques.com
---Soane: soane.co.uk

-Nights (Nick Barrington-Wells, public relations manager at the Langham Hotel)
---Artesian: soothing bar in sleek silver and soft lavender
---The Landau: restaurant
---The Kingly Club in Soho: smaller than expected, looks like an underwater living room of the future (kinglyclub.com)
---Chloe: underground in the Firehouse restaurant and bar (firehousesw7.com)

Moscow

Hotels
-Ararat Park Hyatt: moscow.park.hyatt.com, doubles from $1,050
-Golden Apple: goldenapple.ru, doubles from $429
-Hotel Baltschug Kempinski: kempinski-moscow.com, doubles from $820
-Le Royal Meridien National, national.ru, doubles from $585
-Pokrovka Suite Hotel, doubles from $600
-Ritz-Carlton Moscow: ritzcarlton.com, doubles from $1,100

Restaurants
-Cafe Pushkin, 26A Tverskoi Bul, 7-495/229-5590, dinner for two $125
-Dymov No. 1, 6 Ul. Malaya Dmitrovka, 7-495/699-0770, dymov1.ru, dinner for two $45
-The Most, 6/3 Kuznetsky Most, 7-495/660-0706, themost.ru, dinner for two $150
-Nedalny Vostok, 15/2 Tverskoi Bul, 7-495/694-0154, dinner for two $135
-Prichal, Km. 2, Ilyinskoe Shosse, 7-495/504-1269, eng.novikovgroup.ru/restaurants/prichal, dinner for two $100
-Simple Things, 32 Ul. Konyushkovskaya, 7-495/255-6362, dinner for two $70

Sights
-Art 4, art4.ru
-New Tretyakov Gallery, 10 Krymsky Val, 7-495/238-1254
-Pobeda Gallery, pobedagallery.com
-Sandunovskiye Baths, sanduny.ru, $40 for three hours

Shop
-Cara & Co, caraandco.com
-Denis Simachev, denissimachev.com
-Respublika, respublica.ru
-TsUM, tsum.ru