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Mixing the Old & the New

Rue Magazine

Tauk of the Town

There goes the neighborhood. Again. King & Grove, the hotel company that opened the Surf Lodge in 2008 in Montauk-at the formerly down-market eastern tip of Long Island's South Fork-has kicked off summer 2011 by reopening Ruschmeyer's nearby. Back in 1952, it originated as a rustic, nautical-theme summer getaway on a 3-acre property featuring 19 guest cabins, a restaurant, and a swimming pool. 

With the water drained and sand and Ping-Pong tables added, the pool has morphed into a beer garden, but Robert McKinley Creative Services carefully retained and restored what its namesake principal, also a Ruschmeyer's co-owner, describes as a "Dirty Dancing kind of feel." Baby may not mind being put in the corner, however, at the 72-seat restaurant. Its Japanese-style lanterns lend a pleasing glow and a mid-century vibe to long pine tables split up into shorter sections by slatted dividers, which can be removed for a communal experience. 

The flashback theme continues in the cabins, where most furnishings are vintage: wicker headboards, dressers with brass-cleat pulls. Beachy white paint on the existing knotty-pine floors and walls is enlivened by vaguely ethnic-looking flat-weave rugs. For a splurge, book the only cabin suite, Lucky 13.

The St. Regis New York Invites Guests to Breakfast With Tiffany

The 1,700-square-foot Tiffany Suite is a confection of Beaux Arts moldings, chandeliers, and marble bathtubs appointed with a variety of both cool and warm luxury textiles accented by the jeweler’s signature Tiffany Blue. Furniture, including armchairs by Barbara Barry for McGuire, is inspired by gem cuts and features lacquer, chrome, and mirror finishes. In the blue-and-white dining room, which accommodates ten, the point is to feel as precious as the contents of a Tiffany box. If the meal were catered by the hotel’s star-rated restaurant, Alain Ducasse’s Adour, the effect could easily match that radiated by a multi-carat diamond. Prices begin at $8,500 a night.

Take Two: Peter Zumthor's Serpentine Pavilion Opens

The annual Kensington Gardens summer attraction opened this month. Featuring gardens specifically designed by Dutch landscape architect Piet Oudolf, the structure epitomizes the simple statements well noted in Zumthor's full body of work.

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