FOUR CITIES - TASCHEN, LONDON, BERLIN, NEW YORK, PARIS ( 12 volumes - IN SLIPCASE )

• Berlin, London, New York, and Paris, covered in three volumes per city: Hotels, Restaurants, and Shops
• hand-illustrated maps indicating the selected locations
• short texts about each spot, with a list of useful info such as opening hours and prices

London: Number Sixteen, a chic South Kensington hotel in a beautiful Victorian townhouse with romantic gardens, celebrity chef Jamie Olivers restaurant and social project, Fifteen, where teenagers cook the meals, and Dover Street Market, the multi-floor concept store founded in 2004 by Comme des Garçons.
New York: the Maritime Hotel, a former sailors dorm, now Chelseas coolest hotel, the Waverly Inn, Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carters exclusive salon for the glitterati, and where to buy New Yorks best cheesecake
Paris: Ladurée, the best macaroons in the city, the ultra-luxurious Ritz hotel on elegant Place Vendôme, and Colette fashion concept store
Berlin: hip nightspot Green Door, where one rings the doorbell to gain entrance, oriental delight at Edds, the best Thai restaurant in Berlin (perhaps in Germany), and experimental store Bless, "publicizing artistic values through products".