This is a great spot to try mofongo, which is mashed green plantains stuffed with fish or meat and served in a traditional wooden mortar and pestle. Mehr erfahren.
Once a 17th-century convent, this is now the most atmospheric hotel in the city. Get a room facing the cathedral or overlooking the Plazuela de Las Monjas. Mehr erfahren.
The great Italian chef Mario Maggi tops off the conversational atmosphere with designer furniture by Piet Hein Eek, and walls filled with quirky quotes, a la Jenny Holzer. Mehr erfahren.
Exotic strains of rose populate this 95-year-old garden with breathtaking views of Mount Hood. Mehr erfahren.
This bar is inside the old Mallory Hotel. When it was renovated a number of years ago, they left the bar alone—except for the cheese popcorn, which I miss. An amazing in selection. Mehr erfahren.
This is a gem of a little art bookstore. It probably measures about 175 square feet, and besides books offers old prints, clay pottery, typographical specimens and artist talks. Mehr erfahren.
You gotta have the pancakes—they make them real thin—with bacon. Mehr erfahren.
If you go there between 9:30 a.m. and noon, you'll see half the chefs in Pittsburgh. In the summer, the shop opens its garage door onto the street for great people-watching. Mehr erfahren.
A beautiful, state-of-the-art museum for children, located in historic Memorial Hall. Mehr erfahren.
With its furniture, plates, ceramic objects, cutlery and glassware, I wish I could just move my bed and stove in and call it home. Mehr erfahren.
They've been doing free RBR here for 17 years. There's a big, rickety porch wrapping around the outside. My group the BBQ Swingers play at 9—standing gig. Mehr erfahren.
A 24-hour grocery store – for those in the Quarter, the Marigny or the Bywater—which also sells jester heads, sequined masks, and feathered boas year round (one of the perks of the city). Mehr erfahren.
Located on a quiet residential corner, the room is a jewel-box, with Tromp l'oeil walls, cuisine raved about by 'Food & Wine', and a warm welcome by owner Patrick Singley. Mehr erfahren.
Anyone who's anyone has played there, even James Booker! They were one of the first clubs to reopen after Katrina. And they've got some good Cajun food next door at Jacques-Imo's Café. Mehr erfahren.
Headquartered in a former firehouse, this bar serves some of the most wonderful cocktails in town. Try a Celery Stalker, a concoction of gin, lime, celery bitters, Prosecco and cucumber. Mehr erfahren.
Brick pathways lined with delicate white narcissus lead to the back, where a tall tree shelters the small shed Ms. Woolf called “The Lodge.” Mehr erfahren.
On Saturdays, there are blocks of farm stands, alongside old-school wholesalers, mixed in with new restaurants, galleries and antique shops. Mehr erfahren.
Like the art, the food at Restaurante Tamboril is a mix of international and Brazilian. Mehr erfahren.
The wine list is traditional Bordeaux, and the food—typical brasserie fare—is good, too. Try the onion soup and steak tartare. Mehr erfahren.
The wine list is extensive and cosmopolitan, but the cooking is traditional and uncomplicated. Mehr erfahren.
Every time we go, we keep our fingers crossed that the blanquette de veau—the sublime stew of veal shoulder, mushrooms and carrots in a roux-enriched sauce of cream and veal stock—will be on the menu. Mehr erfahren.
This spot takes its cocktails seriously. Order the Cleopatra, a concoction of Aperol, sparkling wine and saffron that comes garnished with rosemary. Mehr erfahren.
The park boasts a collection of sculptures by artists such as Richard Serra and Ellsworth Kelly, but the sweeping views of the bay and the Space Needle are equally worth the visit. Mehr erfahren.
A go-to is the classic turkey club, updated with sliced, spicy peppers and avocado, served with an option of sweet-potato fries. Appealing appetizers include jumbo shrimp cocktail and fried calamari. Mehr erfahren.
This century-old coffee roasting business doles out ambrosial cups of espressos, cappuccinos and marocchinos that are the favored fuels of strolling Venetians. Mehr erfahren.
This gorgeous new exhibit space in an ancient school on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore celebrates international glassware that goes far beyond classic Venetian design. Mehr erfahren.
This church houses what’s probably the most amazing concentration of art and history in Venice that’s not in a museum. No wonder Canova’s heart is entombed here. Mehr erfahren.
One of the best places to pick up gifts and unique mementos. They have glass plants and insects and other animals that are incredibly precise. Even the tiny legs on the cockroaches look…incredible! Mehr erfahren.
Book in advance for the guided secret tour that takes you out of the gilded reception rooms and into the old offices, meeting rooms and even torture chambers where the real business was conducted. Mehr erfahren.
The food at this former wine cellar of the noble Marcello family is fresh and local—many of the vegetables come from farms on the island of Sant’Erasmo in the Venetian lagoon. Mehr erfahren.
