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Casa Marina, Ha's Bistrot, Milan real estate, Abstract Bistro, The Wellington, Shuggie's, special Sardinian restaurant, MORE
GETAWAYS • The Nines
Hotels, Rocky Mountains spring skiing
The Nines are FOUND’s distilled lists of the best. All rates below one night, king bed, March weekend.
One&Only Moonlight Basin (Big Sky, MT), One&Only’s first ski resort w/ hotel and private cabins (above), gondola to Big Sky terrain, $2010
Grand Hyatt Deer Valley (Deer Valley, UT), sizable new hotel at base of Deer Valley’s recently-opened East Village terrain, $794
Stein Eriksen Lodge (Deer Valley, UT), luxe but family-friendly resort, easy ski in/out, many rooms updated within last year, $1988
Waldorf Astoria Park City (Park City, UT), slopeside access at the Canyons section of Park City, $1749
Snowpine Lodge (Alta, UT), semi-swanky spot at a classic mountain that’s not, intel, $1479
MOLLIE Aspen (Aspen, CO), chic boutique hotel w/ Scandanavian-Japanese design inspirations opened two winters back, $899
Four Seasons Resort (Vail, CO), remodeled ski concierge is star of show, new lounge on top floor, A+ amenities, $1704
Kindred Resort (Keystone, CO), new slopeside spot in River Run Village, closest full-service resort to Denver, $598
Four Seasons Jackson Hole (Jackson Hole, WY), gorgeous hotel, recent renovation, top-notch ski concierge service, intel, $2098
FOUND Pro: Anticipated new hotel White Elephant Aspen has just pushed back its February opening (after pushing back its original fall 2025 opening), and is now is taking bookings from June onward. See ya next ski season.
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REAL ESTATE • On the Market
Three for-sale properties in Milan, Italy.
→ Via Solferino/Brera (Milan) • 3BR/3BA, 2604 SF apartment • Ask: $4.18M • contemporary-styled loft with enormous skylight in the heart of Brera • Agent: Engel & Völkers.
→ Via Privata Alatri (Milan) • 5BR/4BA, 3779 SF house • Ask: $5.13M • 4-story English style villa, built 1919, with period touches and private garden • Agent: James Edition.
→ Via Rovelo/Brera (Milan, above) • 6BR/6BA, 4252 SF apartment • Ask: $8.83M • duplex penthouse in early 20th century building, in center of the action • Agent: Raffaella Mastropasqua, Christie’s.
GETAWAYS LINKS: No Real ID? TSA will charge you $45, starting tomorrow • Emirates and Marriott readying new Ritz Carlton Lodge in Australia’s Blue Mountains to open mid-2026 • Japan announces cherry blossom forecast for this spring • Cool (but not fancy) hotels that I’m dying to visit.
GETAWAYS • Key West
Su casa
With its grand opening on New Year’s Eve 1920, the Casa Marina is one of Key West’s most storied resorts. Conceived by railroad tycoon Henry Flagler, the property represents a fascinating era of Key West history and sits on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2023, it underwent a sweeping $75 million renovation, upgrading and redesigning guestrooms and overhauling food and beverage offerings. The result is a hotel that now more fully embodies the glamour of that bygone era.
With grounds spanning over six acres along the island’s southern shore, Casa Marina cuts a graceful, low-rise silhouette with a terracotta tile roof and creamy stucco façade lined with arcades that mimic a stretch of Flagler’s original Overseas Railroad. It’s home to one of the island’s only private beaches, as well as a picturesque poolscape bisected by a lovely catwalk leading to the ocean. There’s a pool on either side (one for adults; one, kid-friendly) and a swimming pier jutting out into the water. Whether looking out at the beach or back at the resort, it’s a picture-perfect vista of iconic Key West. –Shayne Benowitz
RESTAURANTS • First Person
Bistrot hot
Tucked just below Delancey Street on Eldridge, Bistrot Ha has the feel of a Lower East Side restaurant from 20 years ago — a little raw, a little unfinished, and the hottest seat in town. When we arrived on a recent Thursday night for a 6p reservation, I took in the scene with delight.
The joint is small: 10 seats ringing the aluminum-topped bar that leads down one side of the restaurant, and two rows of tables filling out the other half. The decor scans as haphazardly cool, James Cherry light fixtures over the bar casually hung from the ceiling, wines by the glass scrawled on a chalkboard hanging next to the bar. The music is loud, and so is the crowd.
All of this is of a piece with Ha’s Snack Bar, the hole-in-the-wall opened around the corner last year by the same team. For the uninitiated, Ha’s Snack Bar earned raves (and hours-long waits) serving what my FOUND colleague Foster Kamer aptly described as “French classics freaked by fish sauce,” but in a space so cramped that I wasn’t tempted to return after my one meal there. But here, at last, the team has the luxury of an actual kitchen (compared to hot plates and such at Ha’s), and they’ve conceived an intriguing Vietnamese-French bistro menu to show it off. –Lockhart Steele
AROUND FOUND • Other Notable Intel & Recs
→ PARIS: Set discreetly on a small street in the Sentier, Abstract Bistro (above) doesn’t behave like a neighborhood bar. It’s a carefully imagined cocktail space where all the spirits are distilled in-house. Opened by members of the Drink More Art collective alongside the team behind Bar Nouveau, it feels like a translation of abstract art into liquid form.
→ LONDON: In Margate, on the north coast of Kent, chef Billy Stock and partner Ellie Topham squeaked open food-forward pub The Wellington just in time to ring in 2026. Moments from Margate’s blustery seafront and overlooking its sheltered market square, the hospitality couple’s first brick-and-mortar venture is an ideal reason to jump on the high-speed train to the Kent coast (90 minutes from London St Pancras) for a day trip or longer.
→ SAN FRANCISCO: Opened during the pandemic and quickly named to a slew of best new restaurants lists, Mission District restaurant Shuggie’s launched with “trash pies” — pizzas made with discarded ingredients. In late 2025, owners Kayla Abe and David Murphy closed for a revamp, dropping “Trash Pies + Natural Wine” from its name. Shuggie’s 2.0 recently (re)opened with a menu of original plates highlighting and upcycling food waste into delicious food.
ROUTINES • Getaways
Select answers to the FOUND ROUTINE query, Any weekend getaways?
→ PRESTON LANE, founder, Preston Lane (NY): Sullivan County in Upstate New York is my weekend escape. It’s the part of the Catskills that feels a bit more under-the-radar than Hudson or Kingston, but has so much to offer: great vintage shops, breweries, and restaurants. One of my favorite spots is Spruce Home Goods in Livingston Manor. It’s this beautifully curated little shop with home decor, imported snacks, and curated goodies you’re dying to take home. Sullivan Sundries in Jeffersonville has some of the best curated meats and cheeses you can find.
→ GABRIEL NAVARRO, managing partner, MMG Equity Partners (Miami): We have a pretty special home in Key Largo, which my wife has done an amazing job transforming into our family’s happy place. For us, it’s the kind of place where you arrive, exhale, and immediately forget what day it is. More recently, we discovered Staniel Cay in the Bahamas, and it blew us away. It’s a quick flight out of Fort Lauderdale on Makers Air with unreal water, endless sandbars, and that laid-back Bahamian rhythm that’s impossible to fake. We stayed in a small beach cottage and spent our evenings at the Staniel Cay Yacht Club. It’s absolutely a repeat destination, next time with the kids.
→ JEANNE CASIMIR, “face explorer” (Paris): In Puisaye, in the Yonne department of France, the land of my grandparents.
Stay at the Moulin de Corneille in Mézilles, the hidden gem of the region. If you go in early August, the flea market is exceptional.
Go horseback riding at the equestrian center Les Grilles in Saint-Fargeau, where I spent summers as a child.
Visit the Château de Saint-Fargeau and immerse yourself in 10 centuries of history. Also visit Guédelon, where around 40 craftsmen are building a medieval castle using only techniques and materials from the Middle Ages.
Head to Parc du Bois de la Folie in Treigny for tree-climbing courses and to test your resilience high up in spectacular oak trees.
Visit Parc de Boutissaint to see deer, fallow deer, wild boars, and the region’s forest tree varieties
GETAWAYS • Sardinia
Italian isolation
Off the coast of Italy, southwest of Rome, the island of Sardinia is a land of stunning rugged mountains, silky white sand beaches, and swimmable waters the color of FDC Blue #2.
Off the coast of Sardinia lies another, much smaller island, famous for its tonnano. To get there, fly into Sardinia’s capital, Cagliari, rent a car, and drive one hour flat to a port on the west side. Drive onto the ferry, drink a corretto (spiked or “corrected” espresso), and drive off. Congratulations, you’ve made it to Isola San Pietro, and now you’ll never want to leave.
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