The March 2008 issue of macCompanion magazine is now available online. Each article is individually printable. There are 7 book reviews, 3 Software reviews, 1 game review, 1 hardware review and 2 greenware reviews as well as a few columns
Tinseltown’s nightlife renaissance continues apace in the 1920s Hollywood Athletic Club building, revamped by Mark Zeff of Zeff Design and owner Jeffrey Chodorow (Asia de Cuba). The Moroccan-themed lounge serves global cuisine with a French twist — foie gras with
In the up-and-coming Wen Yu River area, one of Beijing’s most enterprising personalities, restaurateur Jin R, is opening a lifestyle retreat based on her Green T brand. Designed by Jiang Tao and inspired by Zhanguo architecture, the complex will feature
Getting a decent cocktail in Dubai usually means heading to a plush hotel, but Algerian restaurateur Mourad Mazouz’s new drinking den Almaz offers a very tempting alternative. The mocktails are tastier than the alcoholic kind, and the decadent atmosphere offers
Unless you were buying a motorcycle, there wasn’t much reason to visit Elizabeth Street — until Tony Ma saw the potential of the Melbourne Central development and hired architect Brandon Yeoh to give this glass box a sleek fit-out. In
Don't be afraid to wear black just because you have dandruff! Selsun Blue has several products that are sure to include one for you. You can get a free 2 oz. sample to give them try at their website.
In the Sydney-Melbourne rivalry, the former could always boast that it had Longrain, but now Melbourne has bitten back with a branch housed in a converted warehouse. Like the Sydney version, this also has long communal tables and a Thai-inspired
The Ignite Group, owner of Boujis, has opened a 1920s-inspired members’ club. Despite its dodgy location, we have high hopes for Volstead, thanks to a strict door policy, smart dress code and swish menu that includes truffled macaroni cheese and
Tokyo's Ebisu district is a magnet for new boutiques and bars - one of which, Heavens, is an airy space with raw stone walls and polished wooden furniture by Kazusane Iwase. Drop in for hearty set lunches, homemade cakes at
The idea of popping into Corso Como for a pair of Scholls sounds a little surreal. However, a collaboration with designer Diego Dolcini has resulted in a welcome take on the 'Pescura’ sandal, as well as nifty high-heeled clogs, in
Taipei’s latest club, Champagne 3, blends the chilled comfort of upscale lounges with the beat-fuelled madness of superclubs. Named for its very long and very fine list of champagnes, brandies and bourbons, it features both modern touches (LED panels, a
New York’s Sushi Samba group is going global with its Japanese/Brazilian/Peruvian brew, with a new outpost in Tel Aviv. Sushi Samba TLV, by local architects Irene Kronenberg and Alon Baranowitz, is dominated by a huge wall of Mondrian-like coloured glass
Within Hans Hollein’s iconic curving, mirrored Haas Haus, opposite St Stephen’s cathedral in central Vienna, Amsterdam based interior designers FG Stijl have created a delicately sumptuous 43-room hotel. Guest rooms have deep sofas and suede padded walls, while teak-louvred panels
Recalling its 1930s heyday, Shanghai is now buzzing with wildly appointed new clubs. The latest is BonBon, a cavernous space with emphatic black, silver and white detailing, beaded curtains, black and white stools, primary-coloured box panels and shadowy pools of
The Room Mate Hotels group provides no gyms, spas or fancy restaurants, but its full concierge services offer the inside line on all that’s hip in the city. Following its first Madrid property, Mario, the second, Alicia, is on the
For the multi-dimensional Republic, owner Mikayel Israyelyan enlisted O’Brien & Associates (La Boheme) to set the stage. The dining room houses a 20ft-tall wine tower, a soaring cylindrical fire pit, stainless steel chain-mail drapery and deer-antler chandeliers, while the patio
Clubbing in Lanzarote has gone upmarket with Rumm, designed by Madrid's Tomás Alia. The organic white interiors, which echo the architecture of local legend César Manrique, are set off by moody lighting and video projectors. Chill out on the large
The long-awaited Palacio Duhau Park Hyatt is refined and contemporary, yet has resisted the extravagant flourishes of other five-star hotels. Interior architects Caparra, Entelman & Petrocchi were responsible for both the conversion of the existing palace, built in 1934, and
The VodBox, inside hip LA hangout Nic’s, is a bar with a frosty difference. Guests are presented with fake fur coats and hats before entering this walk-in freezer, which is packed with vodkas from the rare to the ridiculously obsolete.
This may be a little difficult to find, tucked away in Hardware Lane, but behind the doors is a sophisticated old-Shanghai-style opium den serving an array of Asian-influenced tapas and cocktails. The Wu Mei Mojito, which marries chocolate vodka and
