Bars Hotels Spas News

Bars Hotels Spas News

Surfing Paris
Meet the Webcamers. Armed with laptops and cameras, these cyber-salespeople Rollerblade the kitchenware aisles at Printemps, the giant Paris department store, helping on-line shoppers find what they want (www.webcamer.com).

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Five of the world's coolest bars.

1. Kahiki, Columbus, Ohio
   Live parrots and a wall of fish.
   
   
2. Home House, London
   Swanky and louche.
   
   
3. John's, Brooklyn, New York
   Known to insiders as Sonny's; Fridays only; a writers' hangout.
   
   
4. Bar La Opera, Mexico City
   Out of the Porfirio Díaz era, with white-jacketed waiters who'll fetch you Cuban cigars.
   
   
5. Greenwich, Berlin
   Neo-Seventies sectional sofas; no sign, no phone.
   
   

   Park Hyatt Hip
   The most happening restaurant in Melbourne, Australia, is located, believe it or not, in the Park Hyatt. Nearly everything that chef Paul Wilson, cooks at Radii, a theatrical multilevel space, is made for sharing, from the wood-roasted local fish to the poached egg with truffles on warm polenta (011-61-3-9224-1211).

   Provence Vacances
   La Bastide de Marie, an exquisite 18th-century farmhouse in the Luberon region of Provence, France, has been transformed into a hotel--one of the few you'll find that serve their own estate-grown wines with dinner (011-33-4-90-72-30-20).

   By Kate Sekules