MagellanStraitsRSSFeed- Shaken Not Stirred Series – ‘The Great Gatsby Cocktail’ 22/05/2013To celebrate the recent release of the 2013 film ‘The Great Gatsby’, Erik Lorincz, The American Bar’s award winning barman, has created an elegant masterpiece in the form of ’The Great Gatsby” cocktail for The Savoy, A Fairmont Managed Hotel. He tells us that his inspiration was drawn from the film itself … Continue reading →magellanstraits
- Travel Facts#2: In the footsteps of Napoleon! 20/05/2013For anyone wanting to know more about Emperor Napoleon, surely there can be no more symbolic a place to visit than Aix Island, in Poitou-Charentes, France. Napoleon finally left French soil forever from Aix Island en route to his banishment … Continue reading →magellanstraits
- Suite Dreams Series – #11 – The Savoy’s Monet Suite 17/05/2013I guess the picture above lets the cat out of the bag so to speak but we recently took a sneaky peak around perhaps one of London’s most famous suites – the Monet Suite of The Savoy where Monsieur Claude … Continue reading →magellanstraits
- Shaken Not Stirred Series – ‘The Great Gatsby Cocktail’ 22/05/2013
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Vintage Photo Series – The Douglas Family
The Magellan vintage photo series would be incomplete without a nod to a true Hollywood dynasty, The Douglas Family. Kirk seen above with his wife Anna in 1956 has had a long and illustrious careerer and is one of the last surviving actors from Hollywood’s “golden age”, with … Continue reading
Vintage Photo Series – Frank Sinatra and Donna Reed
Ratpack hero, film star and master crooner, Frank Sinatra with Donna Reed is the subject of retro image fifth of our series of vintage black and white images. Frank, the Chairman of the Board, was the celebrity most associated with Palm Springs, California and … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Ava Gardner, California, Destinations, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity, Greater Palm Springs Oasis, Luxury, Palm Springs, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs California, The Oscars, The Sinatra House, Twin Palms Estate, USA
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Vintage Photo Series – Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood
Retro image number four of our series of vintage black and white images relates again to my beloved Palm Springs, California and to one of the most gorgeous but ultimately tragic of film star unions – that of Robert Wagner … Continue reading
Vintage Photo Series – Audrey Hepburn in Palm Springs
Retro image three of our series of vintage black and white images relates to one of my favourite places on earth - Palm Springs, California, USA – and certainly one of my favourite actresses of all time, Audrey Hepburn. Looking elegantly cool, … Continue reading
