Jake Emen

United States

Drinks, Travel and Food Journalist at Freelance

Freelance drinks, travel, food journalist. Because I enjoy drinking, traveling, and eating.

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Articles

The Fifth Avenue Hotel Set to Expand Into a Global Hotel Collection

3 weeks ago | insidehook.com | Jake Emen

The Fifth Avenue Hotel in Midtown Manhattan’s NoMad neighborhood has a vibrant sense of style. It’s colorful and ornate, mixing lived-in history with a contemporary sensibility. It has personality. Flair. Whimsical spaces are filled to the brim with artwork, eye-catching wallpaper, ornate chandeliers and colorful light fixtures, and show-stopping, antique-grade furniture pieces, along with textures, layers and contrast galore.
The Fifth Avenue Hotel Is Set to Expand Into a Global Luxury Hotel Collection

3 weeks ago | bigrapidsnews.com | Jake Emen

The Fifth Avenue Hotel in Midtown Manhattan's NoMad neighborhood has a vibrant sense of style. It's colorful and ornate, mixing lived-in history with a contemporary sensibility. It has personality. Flair. Whimsical spaces are filled to the brim with artwork, eye-catching wallpaper, ornate chandeliers and colorful light fixtures, and show-stopping, antique-grade furniture pieces, along with textures, layers and contrast galore.
10 Unexpected Cities to Visit This Year for Top-Tier Cocktails

3 weeks ago | vinepair.com | Jake Emen

New York and London. Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. If it seems like every bar that garners international attention is found in one of those metropolises, it’s not too far from the truth. Reaching the rarefied air of a best bar worth traveling for — or a must-visit stop on the guest-shift circuit — requires a steady stream of international visitors to generate buzz.
10 Unexpected Cities to Visit This Year for Top-Tier Cocktails

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Jake Emen

8 hours agoThe Attorney General of the United States is considered the nation's top lawyer. As head of the Department of Justice, Pam Bondi leads the nation's largest law office. No federal precedent, and nothing in her oath of office, exempts her from the code of ethics, federal pleading rules, or the rule …
How Hong Kong's Cocktail Bar Scene Has Thrived Despite Its Challenges

1 month ago | insidehook.com | Jake Emen

Over the past five years, Hong Kong was struck by a double whammy of strict pandemic protocols and sociopolitical upheaval, leaving many international visitors wondering if the city they knew and loved would be able to maintain its vibrancy. If the bar world is your measuring stick — and considering the Western-leading attitudes of such establishments, there are worse metrics — Hong Kong is thriving.
How Hong Kong's Cocktail Bar Scene Has Thrived Despite Its Challenges

1 month ago | bigrapidsnews.com | Jake Emen

Over the past five years, Hong Kong was struck by a double whammy of strict pandemic protocols and sociopolitical upheaval, leaving many international visitors wondering if the city they knew and loved would be able to maintain its vibrancy. If the bar world is your measuring stick - and considering the Western-leading attitudes of such establishments, there are worse metrics - Hong Kong is thriving.
Belle Meade Bourbon Returns to the Nelson Brothers

1 month ago | whiskyadvocate.com | Jake Emen

Brothers Andy and Charlie Nelson resurrected their family distilling legacy by launching Belle Meade bourbon in 2012 and opening Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery in Nashville two years later. The accolades piled up, and Constellation Brands took a minority stake in 2016, and then acquired majority control in 2019. A few years later, the brothers left the company and their namesake behind. But at the end of last year, they quietly regained the rights to Belle Meade, returning ownership to the family.
How to Spend a Perfect Weekend in Cartagena, Colombia

1 month ago | insidehook.com | Jake Emen

The city of Cartagena — or, more formally, Cartagena de Indias — was founded in 1533 by the Spanish. That’s half a millennium ago, with the name cribbed from the ancient city of Carthage. Of course, the area has roots stretching back much further than that, though even at this more recent starting point of nearly 500 years ago, the history is extensive. Cartagena’s old city walls from the 1600s and 1700s still contain its original old quarter.
How to Spend a Perfect Weekend in Cartagena, Colombia

1 month ago | bigrapidsnews.com | Jake Emen

The city of Cartagena - or, more formally, Cartagena de Indias - was founded in 1533 by the Spanish. That's half a millennium ago, with the name cribbed from the ancient city of Carthage. Of course, the area has roots stretching back much further than that, though even at this more recent starting point of nearly 500 years ago, the history is extensive. Cartagena's old city walls from the 1600s and 1700s still contain its original old quarter.
Put the Luxe in Luxembourg City With a Quick Getaway to the Under-Explored Capital

1 month ago | mansionglobal.com | Jake Emen

Little landlocked Luxembourg, tucked between Belgium, France and Germany, is the world’s only “grand duchy”—meaning its monarch isn’t a king or queen, but a grand duke or duchess—a reflection of its tiny size. The country, once the private hunting grounds of William II, King of the Netherlands, was recognized as an independent nation in 1839. It’s no secret that Luxembourg is small in stature, coming in at a near-precise 1,000 square miles in size, with about 675,000 residents.