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Exhale Opens First Residents-Only Spa at Iconic Manhattan House in New York
Exhale Mind Body Spa, the highly acclaimed national spa brand (and a nominee for a Luxist Award for Best Day Spa), has opened its first residential location in New York City at Manhattan House, the iconic landmarked condominium ...Continue reading
How to Create a Home Sanctuary
Luxist visited the recently renovated Surrey Hotel and its beautiful new day spa, Spa at the Surrey, on Manhattan's Upper East Side. We sat down with Cheryl Jacobs, its Spa Director, who is a nationally acclaimed spa ...Continue reading
World's Best Sweets
Luxist Readers cast their votes for the best chocolates, truffles, cakes, cookies and cupcakes. The winners for each of these categories are: Best Cake Crumbs Bake Shop is the winner of the Luxist Awards' Readers' Choice Award ...Continue reading
Sprinkles Wins the Readers' Choice Award for Best Cupcake
Los Angeles, Ca.-based Sprinkles is the winner of the Readers' Choice Award for Best Cupcake. Sprinkles is a favorite of Hollywood stars from Tyra Banks, Russell Crowe and Paris Hilton to Katie Holmes, Oprah Winfrey and Teri ...Continue reading
Godiva Wins Readers' Choice Award for Best Truffle
Of all the names associated with fine chocolate, there are few as iconic as Godiva. Founded in 1926 by Joseph Draps, the Belgian chocolatier has since blossomed into one of the world's most celebrated, and is the winner of a ...Continue reading
Tate's Bake Shop Wins Readers' Choice Award for Best Cookie
Tate's Bake Shop is the winner of a Luxist Readers' Choice Award in the Best Cookie category. This award will come as no surprise to anyone who has ever tasted the signature cookie of one of the country's leading independent ...Continue reading
Crumbs Bake Shop Wins Readers' Choice Award for Best Cake
Crumbs Bake Shop is the winner of the Luxist Awards' Readers' Choice Award for Best Cake. Its founders, Mia and Jason Bauer, opened their first Crumbs bakery in March of 2003 on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Mia had been an avid ...Continue reading
Godiva Wins Readers' Choice Award for Best Chocolate
Godiva is the winner of the Luxist Awards' Readers' Choice Award in the best chocolate category. Of the many names associated with fine chocolate, there are few as iconic as Godiva. Founded in 1926 by Joseph Draps, the ...Continue reading
