Pop-Up Shop Find: F**king Hell Das Shop Amsterdam

F**cking Hell Das Shop Amsterdam - meltingbutter.com - Shopping Hotspot

Visual artists and unrelenting antagonists, Jake and Dinos Chapman – also known as The Chapman Brothers, have teamed up with architecture and design studio UXUS to create a pop-up experience in Amsterdam’s infamous Red Light District. The space, evocatively named ”˜Fucking Hell Das Shop’, acts as a continuation of the brothers’ drive to make art […]

Share this

Cafe Find: Spreadhouse Cafe NYC

Spreadhouse NYC - meltingbutter.com Cafe Hotspot

With restaurants and cafes in New York, you’ve always had to compromise. Maybe the food is good but it’s always too crowded. Or it’s near your apartment, but it’s not open when you leave for work. Maybe they make incredible coffee, but there’s no wifi. Or if they do have wifi maybe there’s only one […]

Share this

Design Hotel Find: Rae’s Byron Bay

Rae's on Watego's Byron Bay - meltingbutter.com Hotel Hotspot

Blessed by Buddhist Monks and Aboriginal Elders, Rae’s on Watego’s Byron Bay is a seven-suite whitewashed boutique hotel set on one of the world’s prettiest beaches in Australia. With only three owners since the 1960’s, the boutique hotel has long appealed to free-spirited bohemian types seeking down-to-earth luxury with soul. Interiors are eclectic and consist of […]

Share this

The Editors: Cherry Bombe Magazine’s Founders on Food, Fashion & The Best of NYC

The Editors - Kelly and Claudia of Cherry Bombe - meltingbutter.com

It should come as no surprise that we’re huge fans of Cherry Bombe magazine – a biannual print publication about food and the women behind it, carefully designed with an eye for aesthetics. Everything from its design to the fierce women it features to the very fact that it’s a physical thing keeps us turning […]

Share this

Design Hotel Find: The Hoxton Amsterdam

The Hoxton Amsterdam - meltingbutter.com Design Hotel Hotspot

Like most people besotted with this charming city, one of my favourite features of Amsterdam is it’s crooked canal houses. Their mis-matched frames, those unnervingly narrow doorways, and the way they lean over, almost as if to peer down and say ”˜hello’, as you cycle by. So, when an animated buzz outside the archetypal canal […]

Share this

Cool Shop Find: The Primary Essentials NYC

The Primary Essentials NYC - meltingbutter.com shopping Hotspot

1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) Aptly named The Primary Essentials, this specialty home wares store is a treasure trove worth seeking out. Inside, you’ll find yourself drawn to the long wooden table in the center of the shop housing an array of meticulously curated products, from quintessential candles and ceramics to notable books, […]

Share this

Café Find: China Plate Espresso London

China Plate Espresso London - meltingbutter.com Cafe Hotspot

China Plate Espresso wants to evolve all your senses with quality coffee. Alongside a special blend they created with Assembly, the café features blends from all over the world with past guests including Koppi from Sweden, Five Elephants from Berlin, Lot Sixty One from Amsterdam with Supreme Roastworks from Norway coming up next. Non- coffee […]

Share this

Wagashi Shop Find: HIGASHIYA Man Tokyo

Higashiya Man Tokyo - meltingbutter.com Wagashi Shop Hotspot

HIGASHIYA shops are all over the city, but the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it hole in the wall HIGASHIYA Man is worth finding. The size of some walk-in closets, here you’ll find some of the city’s most delicious Japanese sweets. Fresh ManjÅ« (steamed buns filled with bean jam) are the headliner taking center stage as they’re freshly steamed in […]

Share this

Design Hotel Find: The Old Clare Hotel Sydney

The Old Clare Hotel Sydney - meltingbutter.com Hotel Hotspot

1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) In a city like Sydney, brimming with cafes and restaurants fitted out with some of the world’s most cutting edge interior design, it’s surprising to hear that the same cannot be said for its design-led boutique hotels. So it’s no wonder The Old Clare Hotel, a 62-room boutique […]

Share this

Bar Find: Bar Goto NYC

Bar Goto NYC - meltingbutter.com Bar Hotspot

At Bar Goto on the Lower East Side, you can trust that you’re in good hands. It’s owned by Kenta Goto who moved to Manhattan from Tokyo 15 years ago; mastered mixology during a 7-year stint at The Pegu Club; and has now combined Japanese sensibilities and his cocktail expertise to open a modern and […]

Share this