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Theres nothing sexier than tossing your Burberry bag on the bed and then: Slipping your Prada skirt to the floor. In one of six rooms. In your “own private hotel”. Overlooking the Seine. Kicking your Louboutins off in one of your three walk-in closets. Picking one of the four deeply padded sofas chosen for their beauty and comfort by a single person whose impeccable taste informs every detail of “your newly borrowed home”. A single guiding, educated aesthetic that is not that of a corporate committee dressing thousands of hotel rooms like so many Chanel knock-offs.

If a persons home is their castle, why cant a castle be a vacation home? FOOD AND WINE seems to agree with us as theyve just named not one, but two – of our Time & Place villas among their Best Castle Hotels. Ideally located in two of the worlds most desirable luxury destinations California and the French Rivera, these unique properties offer Time & Places trademark blend of architecturally significant estates supported by world-class, atyour-doorstep concierge service.

Tis the season. No; not THAT season; awards season. Where honorees step up to collect accolades and adulation after years of shedding much blood and sweat perfecting their craft. And here at Time & Place, were happy to say that after years of curating our own niche of luxury vacation perfection, the awards are starting to roll in.

Cupids signature day, St. Valentines, should be full of Cupidian heroics and free of family drama especially if you and your special someone are spending it in Paris. Of course, its your Paris concierge who is tasked with the Olympic job of curating the perfect French Valentines Day. Heres a sampling of five hand-picked experiences we can arrange to make your Paris Valentine a memory second only to the day you felt the sweet sting of Cupids arrow:

This February, the eyes of the world will be fixed on one place. Our attention is riveted as competitors descend from all over the globe, bringing years of training to bear in a crescendo of skill and daring. Were talking of course about – Paris Fashion Week where Olympians of style go head to head on fashions most colossal of catwalks. Weve put together a fashion-themed itinerary so fabulous that fashionistas everywhere will be tossing over their Manolo Blahniks just for a shot at it:

What does the Artic Attack have in common with your mother-in-law, Ann? A lot, actually. Remember way back in December when she blew into town for a White Christmas? That first blush of winter, when it was actually fun to have her there for the kids to play with? Cut to more than a month later. Shes STILL here, wearing out her welcome hourly, causing nothing but dramas and delays. Even the kids are sick of her 24/7 hovering and are begging you for some relief.