Asia Roadshow Diaries- Part 4: Hong Kong

April 3, 2018 Coco Zaza

H O N G K O N G 香港

Stay: To me, the only place to stay in Hong Kong is The Upper House. This was my third stay and each time continues to get better and better. It is the only place I will stay, while visiting Hong Kong and I can't wait to come back every time I leave. It's my "home" in Hong Kong and by far one of my favorite spots worldwide. The team at Upper House knows Hong Kong inside and out- everywhere to go- from secret restaurants, nail salons that you can get amazing nail art at (I got Yayoi Kusama nails painted before I headed back to NYC), massage parlors, and places to explore local culture and create memorable experiences…

Asia Roadshow Diaries- Part 2: Seoul

March 20, 2018 Coco Zaza

S E O U L 서울

Stay: My favorite hotels in Seoul are the Park Hyatt and The Shilla. The Park Hyatt is in Gangnam-gu (South of the Han River), so really convenient to get around if you’re running around that side of town. The Shilla, on the other hand, is up on the mountain (North of the Han River) and where a lot of business takes place. For this post, I’ll discuss the Park Hyatt since that’s where we stayed. It’s a super clean and modern hotel with floor to ceiling windows, an awesome soaking bathtub with Aesop products, and some of the best house keeping I have ever experienced. The lobby has striking views of Seoul and a really chill rectangular pool and multi-room gym…

Asia Roadshow Diaries- Part 1: Tokyo

March 14, 2018 Coco Zaza

T O K Y O 東京都

Stay: The Peninsula, Chiyoda. We arrived in Tokyo where we stayed at The Peninsula Hotel located in Chiyoda. Chiyoda is an area within Tokyo known for being the business district. It is home to the Imperial Palace, Hibiya Park, Natural Museum of M1odern Art and the Yasukuni Shrine. It’s not the most glamorous or the most lively part of town, but it’s central and hosts some of the cities best five-star hotels (plus!). The Peninsula is my favorite hotel in Tokyo. Everything is curated from the gigantic fitting room style walk-in closets to the spa music in the bathrooms (complete with your very own bath salts from their legendary spa)…

Bonjour Tristesse

October 17, 2017 Coco Zaza

I seem to specialize in three things, namely, being a traveler, being a degenerate gambler on my spare time with Bitcoin, and ruthlessly racking up charges on my American Express platinum card. Currently, I start my day by waking up to a hot glass of lemon water, putting on my mumu, and going straight to my Coinbase on my phone to see the latest news. When it’s a good day, I get very excited. I even feel inspired to work out. When it’s a bad day, I want to slit my wrists, and hide under the covers. The volatility is killing me...

Cactus Snakes

October 14, 2017 Coco Zaza

Oh the things we do for photos… stumbled off the highway, onto a road that looked like it had a path for cars, and found the mecca of all cactus farms. I labeled this post Cactus Snakes because while we were searching for the perfect cactus to take photos with, I almost died by getting bit from a rattlesnake. They were everywhere! We also stumbled onto, what seemed like, a drug lab...

Towel Party

October 11, 2017 Coco Zaza

I have recently completed an extensive analysis on girlfriend sleepovers and more specifically an analysis on girl-on-girl pillow fights. After months of case studies, surveys, interviews, sleepovers, and focus groups- a few conclusions have become obvious...

La Paz

October 9, 2017 Coco Zaza

We were told that La Paz was where we needed to go for the best snorkeling in Baja. There is no doubt in my mind that this was accurate information (Thanks Meghan!). About an hour and a half by car from San Cristóbal, you’ll arrive at a small beach called Playa Balandra. It has some of the clearest water that I have ever seen and it was a little slice of heaven. We stayed there for a few hours and took these photos, went snorkeling with the colorful fish, and decided to set up camp a little ways down at Playa del Tecolote, and find ourselves a beach club to rage...

San Cristóbal Diaries

October 5, 2017 Coco Zaza

Hotel San Cristóbal, N° Km 54+ 23300, 800, Carretera Federal 19, Todos Santos, B.C.S., México. How do you lose your passport, have a run in with the Mexican police, stumble into a drug lab, get pamplemousse-colored bums, and completely run out of gas in 3 days? Welcome to the adventures of traveling with Emily and Coco. Theme song: Pussy by The Brazilian Girls...

Through the Looking Glass

September 21, 2017 Coco Zaza

Some of the world’s most prolific artists, writers, and philosophers lived during the mid-15th century in the heart of the Renaissance paving the way for how we think about many of the industries that exist in today’s world. Duomo’s gothic architecture was made popular throughout the early 13th century when the construction first started on the cathedral. Without knowing the history, you would never know that the cathedral actually took over six centuries to complete. There were many different people involved, but they created, what I consider to be, the most intricate and beautiful cathedral in the world...

Back In Milano

September 20, 2017 Coco Zaza

Sarah and I closed out our multi-week, multi-destination European trip in Milano. On our last night, we sipped cocktails at a rooftop bar called Il Bar, nested at the top of the Milan’s main department store, Rinascente. We decided that Milan would be the perfect place for us to end our trip, since it was the place that we started our trip together (and mainly because we could also hop on the direct Emirates flight from Malpensa to JFK)...