Tag: Hotel Spotlight

Under the Bright Lights

Pappy & Harriet’s and the Pioneertown Motel

Act two for Pioneertown, California is even better than act one. Not far from Joshua Tree National Park, a place that got famous for making movies has become legendary for superstars playing music.

Sparrows Lodge

Hotel Video Tour — Palm Springs, California

We were in Palm Springs to make a documentary about outsider art in the surrounding desert, and we took the opportunity to make a video tour of Sparrows Lodge, a hotel almost as disinterested in the mainstream as the artists we were there to cover.

Train Dreams

Captain Whidbey Is a Piece of PNW Heritage

Built in 1907 on an island north of Seattle, Captain Whidbey is an icon of the Pacific Northwest. Where it stands out today is for refusing to let its time-earned personality be railroaded by progress.

French Resistance

Zannier Île de Bendor Tried Hard Not to Change

Paul Ricard always wanted his isle of Bendor to be a place of art and community. Thirty years on from his death, after defying calls to make it a private playground, Zannier Île de Bendor honors his wishes.

Total Art

The Panoramic Vision of the Zannier Hotels

Arnaud Zannier doesn’t just create hotels, he creates panoramas — complete, comprehensive hospitality experiences with all the drama and amusement of the cinema.

The Wild One

Slow Living on Fast-Paced Mykonos

The Wild Hotel wants you to take a minute to appreciate where you are (a glorious beach cove on Mykonos) and what was here before (the island’s most fearless fishermen).