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Fathom HQ's Favorite Links: Top Picks from November 19, 2016

Fathom HQ s Favorite Links: Top Picks from November 19, 2016

What we're clicking on this week at Fathom HQ.

Japanophiles, listen up: If you haven't heard of Sumo Stew, add it to your agenda for 2017. Earlier this week, Team Fathom attended the food-and-sporting event in Brooklyn. We had the best time watching sumo on a big screen as we ate bowl after bowl of curry-flavored chankonabe and drank too many matcha cocktails to count. The next ones will be in San Francisco in January and Brooklyn in March. – Berit, editor

English comedian Daniel Kitson is back at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn with Mouse: The Persistance of an UnlikelyThought, a clever and funny performance that's on through November 27. – Pavia, CEO

A glimmer of hope for the future: There is now more bike traffic than car traffic in Copenhagen. – Daniel, editorial assistant

I spent a good hour exploring this incredibly detailed map of Kowloon's Walled City in Hong Kong. Everything is documented: drug lords in the gambling dens, prostitutes with clients, and day-to-day life of locals doing laundry. I want to buy the book. – Becky, assistant editor

Mama Shelter has expanded into Rio's Santa Teresa neighborhood. See you there. – Daniel

Sonos, having just released a study on how people listen to music around the world, has launched a new platform with Spotify that allows friends to RSVP to a holiday gathering by adding a song to a collective playlist. – Daniel

This year I'm adopting the sweet Icelandic tradition of giving books on Christmas Eve. – Berit

Good news for armchair travelers: Google Earth is getting virtual reality. – Becky

THIS WEEK ON FATHOM

Fathom HQ s Favorite Links: Top Picks from November 19, 2016

The American Bar at London's Beaumont hotel serves whiskeys and shot of 1920s glamour. Photo courtesy of The Beaumont.

Hawaii: Hooked on that aloha feeling in Kauai.

Scotland: The Skye's the limit.

And So Many London Stories!

Finding southern Italian charm in Chelsea at San Domenico Hotel in Chelsea.

Finding an Art Deco gem in Mayfair at The Beamont Hotel.

Finding creative inspiration in Covent Garden at The Hospital Club hotel.

A roundup of London's best and craziest mega suites.

Stafford Hotel concierge Frank Laino gives us the keys to the city.


Travel Notes
  • Editor s Picks: Top Travel Links We Love – November 24, 2018

    Every week, our travel editors and experts select the best travel finds on the internet and beyond.This is one of the chicest co-working spaces Ive seen so far. If only I lived in Belgium. – Daniel, Fathom editorIm already dreaming about summer vacation on the coast of Maine. This newly revived inn in Wiscasset has my name all over it. – Berit, senior editor Im going to incorporate some of these fun parlor games into my holid

  • Editors Top Travel Picks: Curated Links We Love – November 17, 2018

    Every week, our travel editors and experts select the best travel finds on the internet and beyond.True Botanicals is one of the few beauty brands that Im loyal to because of their clean ethos and their light, moisturizing face oil. This month marks the opening of their flagship store, designed by Jeremiah Brent, in San Franciscos Jackson Square. The bright and airy space sells the brands full line, has a skincare clinic offering customizab

  • Top Travel Links We Love: Editors Picks from November 10, 2018

    Every week, our travel editors and experts select the best travel finds on the internet and beyond.I stopped in my (Instagram) tracks when I came across what I thought was a winter wonderland image. Upon closer inspection, I realized it was a small hot spring and waterfalls containing calcium carbonate deposits. You can find this dreamland in Bagni San Filippo, an area in the Province of Siena, Italy. Mamma mia. – Jeralyn, editorial directo