In 1945, Hollywood set designer Mel Melvin was tasked with creating a fantastical bar at San Francisco’s Fairmont Hotel that would make patrons feel as though they were drinking and dining on the set of a movie. Mel Melvin fashioned the Terrace Plunge—which was a room that contained a swimming pool that was installed in…
New Orleans is home to countless legendary bars. One of the most celebrated and enduring watering holes in the Big Easy is without a doubt Jean Lafitte’s Old Absinthe House. The Old Absinthe House is located in an ornate white building on Bourbon Street, which was once a bustling neighborhood grocery store. In the early…
New Orleans is one of the best cities on the planet for cocktail lovers. Most New Orleans neighborhoods have a bar on virtually every corner. One of the most celebrated bars in a city of legendary watering holes is the Hotel Monteleone’s Carousel Bar. The Carousel Bar has been in operation for over 7 decades….
