Spies, Scandals, and State Secrets: An Intriguing Trip to Washington, D.C.
A look inside the International Spy Museum, James Bond exhibit, and more in the U.S. capital.
Washington DC
First Look: Yours Truly DC
Washington, D.C.’s, Dupont Circle is now home to Yours Truly DC, the first North American hotel in IHG Hotels & Resorts’ Vignette Collection.
Design Space: Lady Bird Bar by Mason Studio
Atop Washington, D.C.’s, new Kimpton Banneker Hotel, Lady Bird Bar is a colourful and homey rooftop locale by Toronto’s Mason Studio. The bar is named for former first lady Claudia Alta Johnson, who earned the nickname Lady Bird as a child when her nursemaid commented that she was “pretty as a ladybird.”
Washington, America’s Underappreciated and Surprisingly Diverse Wine Region
For the second-most-important wine-producing state in the United States, Washington is surprisingly little known internationally. Perhaps it’s because second is so far behind first: California.
The Historic Riggs D.C. Gets a Modern Makeover
While the legendary Riggs name may not ring bells today, the bank is one for the history books: 23 presidents—including Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Richard Nixon—held accounts here. At one point, the financial firm called itself “the most important bank in the most important city in the world.”
