Afternoon Tea at Four Seasons Hotel, Shanghai, China

Tweet It was Saturday afternoon in Shanghai and outside it was cold and stormy, but inside it was warm, peaceful and serene in the lobby of the Four Seasons Hotel.  As I entered the hotel, I could hear live background music in the distance and, as I approached the Lobby Lounge, a trio of young [...]

High Tea at The Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago

Tweet An unusually warm December afternoon found me in Chicago at one of the city’s premier luxury hotels, The Four Seasons, just off the Magnificent Mile. The hotel is in a high rise building above an upscale retail mall called The 900 Shops.   The hotel’s entire lobby is richly decorated in fine-plush furnishings but, The [...]