“There’s been significant development over the past five years,” Bjorn Boyer, the co-owner and co-founder of Eastwind Hotels, says of New York’s Catskills region. The group will open its newest property, Eastwind Oliverea Valley, in the area this January. It joins the ranks of hotels like Wildflower Farms and Inness in the rejuvenation of the mountainous stretch of upstate New York that’s just a short drive away from the city. Oliverea Valley’s 30 accommodations — a mix of free-standing A-frame cabins and stylish guest rooms in a central building — mark the first time the brand, which also operates hotels in Windham and Lake Placid, has “started from scratch,” says Boyer. The interiors are inspired by the Scandinavian sentiment of hygge, with wood furnishings, gently worn rugs and sheepskin throws. Just 25 miles away is another newcomer: Hotel Lilien, an 18-room boutique hotel and cocktail bar designed by the San Francisco-based firm Field Theory in collaboration with the Lost Boys Hospitality Group, which opened for weekend stays in August but will be fully bookable starting Dec. 1. The hotel features a mix of furnishings that pay homage to the original 1890s architecture of the property. Think “a blue-green Wes Anderson-esque reception nook, Huey sconces, Mulberry duck motif wallpaper, a black-and-white checkered tumbled marble entry floor and antique Persian rugs,” all of which took “over a year” to hunt down, said Leah Harmatz, founder and principal designer at Field Theory. “We layered in pieces from different eras, just as someone who lived in a home over many decades would slowly amass an inspired and meaningful collection of furniture and art.”
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Bright Cheesecake Bites Inspired by Nick Cave’s Latest Exhibition
The artist Nick Cave and his partner Bob Faust were first connected to Eli’s Cheesecake in 2022, when all three were awarded the Mayor’s Medal of Honor for their contributions to the city of Chicago. Soon a creative collaboration with the bakery, which has been run by the Schulman family since they first started making the cakes in 1978, was in the works. The result is a set of 1-by-1-inch cheesecakes inspired by the Spinner Forest entrance to the artist’s survey exhibition “Forothermore,” organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and on view at the Guggenheim until April 10, 2023. The symbols and brightly colored chocolate that adorn the bites were taken from the hanging…
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