ʻO nā lumi me nā manaʻo maikaʻi loa

Hiki ke hoʻololi i ka nānā ʻana o ka lumi hōkele maikaʻi. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolimalima i nā hola e leʻaleʻa ai i ka Central Park a me New York skyline mai kahi lāʻau ma The Carlyle, ʻoiai ʻo ka ʻike mai Post Ranch Inn ma Big Sur, Calif., ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi akā ua like ka manaʻo - he ākea ākea o ka moana a me ka lani. A inā laki ʻoe e noho ma Mandarin Oriental ma Kapalakiko, nani nā hiʻohiʻona ʻauʻau o ka Golden Gate Bridge.

Ua loaʻa iā mākou a pau ka ʻike hoʻohaʻahaʻa o ka wehe ʻana i nā pale o kahi lumi hōkele maikaʻi loa e hōʻike i kahi kaʻa kaʻa a i ʻole kahi pahu ea. Ke hele nei ʻoe no kahi hanana kūikawā, ʻaʻohe mea ʻeha ke nīnau mua i ka ʻike e pili ana i ka ʻike. Inā ʻaʻole pilikia ke kumu kūʻai, e pane ka hapa nui o nā luna hōkele i kahi noi aloha no kahi lumi maikaʻi aʻe.

Ma ke ʻano he mea kākau huakaʻi, ua noho au ma nā haneli o nā hōkele a me nā hōkele i nā makahiki, a ʻo kēia kaʻu lumi punahele me ka nānā. Ma muli o ka pōmaikaʻi o kēia mau waiwai mai nā wahi kupaianaha, paʻakikī ke koho i kahi lumi maikaʻi ʻole, akā ua hoʻokomo wau i kekahi mau manaʻo kikoʻī inā pono. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ke pau ka hoʻomaha, he aha kāu e hoʻomanaʻo hou ai: ka lumi a i ʻole ka ʻike?

Diamond Head from Halekulani, Honolulu, Hawaii
ʻO Halekulani kahi wahi hoʻomaha maikaʻi loa no ka loaʻa ʻana ma kahi kūpono ma ʻelima ʻeka o ke kahakai ʻo Waikiki. ʻO ka "Diamond Head Suites," ma nā papahele ʻeiwa a ʻoi aku, hāʻawi i nā hiʻohiʻona o ka lua pele. Paipai nui ʻia ka lawelawe lumi ma ka lāʻau.

ʻO Plantation Golf Course a me ka Moana ʻAkelanika mai The Lodge, Sea Island Resorts, Ga.
Aia ka Lodge at Sea Island Golf Club ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o St. Simons Island, kekahi o nā mokupuni kahakai o Georgia. Hoʻomanaʻo ka Lodge i kahi manor ʻāina Pelekane a noho ma ka hopena o kahi ala kūlohelohe nani o nā lāʻau ʻoka. Ke nānā aku nei nā lumi hoʻokipa a pau i ka hui pū ʻana o nā ala emerald fair, nā kumu lāʻau kedera a me St. Simons Sound.

Saranac Lake mai The Point, Saranac Lake, NY
ʻO ka mea mua i pakele ai i ka hopena pule o ka ʻohana Rockefeller, ʻo The Point kahi hale noho wao nahele ʻo Adirondack ma ka moʻomeheu "Great Camp" ma kahi peninsula he 10 mau ʻeka ma kahi loko maʻemaʻe ma uka o New York. ʻO "Morningside," he lumi hoʻopau pine-panele ma ka ʻēheu hema, he wahi maikaʻi loa ia no ka poʻe ala ala. I ka wanaʻao, ua like ʻo Saranac Lake me he aniani lā.

ʻO nā Puʻu Berkshire mai Wheatleigh, Lenox, Mass.
He ʻelua a me ka hapalua hola kaʻa mai New York a i ʻole Boston, ʻo Wheatleigh he "Berkshire Cottage," kekahi o nā ʻāina nui i kūkulu ʻia e nā titans o ka Gilded Age. Hoʻonoho ʻia ma 22 mau ʻeka e nānā ana i kahi loko a me nā puʻu Berkshire nani, nā hiʻohiʻona pastoral ma ʻaneʻi i kūkulu ʻia e nā kolamu portico nani. ʻO kahi alapiʻi pōʻai i loko o ka "Aviary Room" e alakaʻi i kahi lumi moe piha i ka mālamalama e like me ka lele ʻana i nā kumulāʻau.

Nantucket Harbor mai The Wauwinet, Nantucket Island, Mass.
ʻO ka Wauwinet kahi manse maʻamau o New England e pili ana i kahi mālama kūlohelohe ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau hikina o Nantucket Island. ʻO nā puka makani o nā lumi moe bayview ma aneʻi e hāʻawi i kahi mele maʻalahi a maʻamau o ka meadow, ke kai a me ka lani. ʻIke ʻia ka ʻaoʻao lōʻihi o ke kai kūʻono ma ka lewa, a ʻo ka waʻa holo i kekahi manawa i ka pō e hoʻohui i kahi painterly maikaʻi.

ʻO Central Park mai The Carlyle, New York City
ʻO kekahi o nā hōkele art deco kahiko o New York, ʻo The Carlyle e noho ana ma ka ʻaoʻao Hikina Upper ma Madison a me ke alanui 76th. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā "Tower Suites" e kū pono ana i ke komohana ma aneʻi he mau balconies pili i hūnā ʻia ma waena o ka ulu ʻana o ke kūkulu hale i ʻike ʻia mai ke alanui. Loaʻa nā hiʻohiʻona nani o Central Park, e nānā pono ana i ka Conservatory Water.

ʻO ke awāwa ʻo Madison mai The Lodge ma Sun Ranch, Cameron, Mont.
Noho ka Lodge ma Sun Ranch ma ke awāwa ʻo Madison River ma ka ʻaoʻao hema hema o ka mokuʻāina. He nani ke nānā aku i nā piko a puni a me ka muliwai ʻo Madison i mahalo ʻia, akā ʻo ka lani nui i loko o kāna mau ʻano palena ʻole ka mea e hoʻomalu nei i nā manaʻo ma aneʻi. E hoʻopaʻa inoa i kahi master suite ma luna o ka papahele me kahi balkona nānā mauna panoramic.

ʻO nā Tetons mai Amangani, Jackson Hole, Wyo.
Noho ʻo Amanani ma ka piko o East Gros Ventre Butte, he mauna kaʻawale e nānā ana i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Jackson, Wyo. ʻO kēlā me kēia suite i loko o ka hale hoʻokipa ʻekolu-papa hou ("contemporary" no kekahi o kēia?) Hāʻawi i nā hiʻohiʻona koa o nā puʻu hau o Grand Teton National Park e kū mai ana mai nā kula alpine o ke awāwa ākea. Ma kahi kokoke i 7,500 kapuaʻi ma mua aʻe o ka ʻilikai o ka ʻilikai, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kumu.

ʻO ka Moana Pākīpika mai Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur, Calif.
ʻO Post Ranch Inn kahi hōʻiliʻili o nā hale hou ("contemporary" no kekahi o kēia?) i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma kahi kuamoʻo 1,200 kapuaʻi ma luna o ka Moana Pākīpika ma Big Sur, Kaleponi. ) ke alo i nā mauna i ka hikina, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā hiʻohiʻona nani o ka Moana Pākīpika maʻemaʻe. ʻO ka "Cliff House" hou kahi papa i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma luna o ka heʻe nalu ma lalo loa.

ʻO Boynton Canyon mai Enchantment Resort, Sedona, Ariz.
Aia ʻo Enchantment Resort ma Sedona (ma kahi o 100 mau mile ma ka ʻākau o Phoenix) i ka puʻuwai o "Red Rock Country" o Arizona. Ua kāpīpī ʻia nā hale hoʻokipa adobe casita ma ke kumu o kahi canyon i kani ʻia me nā ʻano pōhaku kiʻekiʻe. I ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā, ʻaneʻane e ʻā ana nā paia canyon ʻulaʻula mai loko mai.

Ua alahaka ʻo Golden Gate mai ka Mandarin Oriental, Kapalakiko
A ʻo ka hope loa, ʻo koʻu koho ʻana no ka nānā maikaʻi ʻana mai kahi ʻauʻau ʻauʻau e hele i ka Bay Bridge Mandarin King Rooms ma Mandarin Oriental ma Kapalakiko. Loaʻa nā ʻauʻau i ka papa mua o ka Transamerica Pyramid, Golden Gate Bridge a me ke kai ʻālohilohi ma waho.