Originals

KID FRIENDLY: Address: 58 Pembrooke Road, W8 6NX, London, GB Website: www.maggieandrose.com Phone: +44 20 7371 2200 This child-friendly social club is all about creative learning and making friends. Whether your little ones wish to broaden their taste buds in a cooking class, make an artful mess with glitter and paint, or learn the basics of salsa […]

KID FRIENDLY: Address: 225 Ebury Street, London, GB Website: www.starbags.info Phone: +44 20 7730 9333 Behind this Belgravia facade is a quirky and bright children’s toy store unlike any other in the city. We love Semmalina as much for its classic toys and amusements as for its friendly and knowledgeable staff, who make every visit informative and

KID FRIENDLY: Address: B1F Daikanyama Post Office Building, Tokyo , JP Website: www2.ocn.ne.jp/~sarugaku Phone: +81 03 3496 8900 Sarugaku Café is one of Japan’s up-and-coming coffee shops, sheltering coffee connoisseurs and locavore lovers from the commerciality of Starbucks. With beans from Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Kenya, Sarugaku offers a range of the very best, from a light and

KID FRIENDLY: Address: Rua Vitório Fasano, 88, Jardim Paulista, BR Website: www.fasano.com.br Phone: +55 11 3896-4000 When it comes to luxurious accommodations in South America, many would be hard pressed to find anything better than what Fasano has to offer. The wonderful interior, which is the epitome of minimalist-chic, is meant to put you in state of

KID FRIENDLY: Address: av Magalhães de Castro 12000 – 2° piso, São Paulo, BR Website: silmarabebe.com.br Phone: +55 11 3758-2028 If you are a new mom who is looking for quality, elegance and time-tested silhouettes in baby clothes, look no further than Silmara Bebê. The brands invokes and rich, old-world feeling that is indicative of the Victorian

KID FRIENDLY: Address: Rua Haddock Lobo, 1498 Gardens, São Paulo, BR Website: www.rodeiosp.com.br Phone: 11 3474-1333 Founded in 1958, Rodeio is more than just one if the finest restaurants in São Paulo, it is an institution that has delighted generations of families. Rodeio is one of my favorite spots and one of the most traditional “churrascarias” (Brazilian

KID FRIENDLY: Address: Rua Honduras, 1400, Jardim América, São Paulo, BR Website: www.paulistano.org.br Phone: +55 11 3065-2000 They are many recreational facilities that say they have it all, but Club Athletico Paulistano (CAP) truly does. From movie theaters to Olympic-size pools to bars and restaurants, the space has everything that a family would need to have a

KID FRIENDLY: Address: Upper Ground Floor, 290A, Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, CN Website: www.lockcha.com Phone: +852 2805 1360 “Tea is everywhere in China, but good tea is rare.” Such is the premise of LockCha, a Canton-style teahouse in Central. Visitors can sip one of more than a hundred varieties of tea in the establishment’s soothing interiors,

KID FRIENDLY: Address: Sok Kwu Wan, Lamma, Hong Kong, HK Website: www.lamma.com.hk Phone: None Known to foster an alternative, hippie lifestyle, Hong Kong’s third largest island—“Lamma” translates to “southern tree branch”—is certainly more relaxed than Central or Kowloon. Be prepared to trek around on foot, as no cars are allowed on Lamma—though bicycles and scooters are encouraged.

KID FRIENDLY: Address: 2 Lower Albert Road, Central, Hong Kong, HK Website: fcchk.org Phone: +852 2521 1511 “Originally formed in Chongqing, China, during the 1940s by a small group of foreign correspondents, the FCC moved to Hong Kong from Shanghai in 1949. The FCC has a great menu and a rich agenda of talks covering a wide