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"Veil | Seattle For years, childhood friends Erik Lindstrom and Shannon Galusha talked about opening a restaurant in their hometown; this past fall, the partners\u2014Lindstrom is a former ad exec, Galusha a chef who trained under Thomas Keller at the French Laundry\u2014opened Veil in the trendy Lower East Queen Anne neighborhood. Galusha&amp;#039;s menu is seasonal and simple: Early-spring favorites included Oregon lamb with tomatoes and celery root, and a superlative rendition of fish and chips. Lindstrom, the son of an architect, collaborated on the white-on-white interiors with local firm Arai Jackson Ellison Murakami. Veil&amp;#039;s name comes from the raw muslin panels hanging between the tables and white leather booths; its chic interior and excellent food make for a sultry eatery worth uncovering. Entr\u00E9es from $23 (555 Aloha St.; 206/216-0600, veilrestaurant.com). 9 Albemarle Street | London Looking at first like a traditional Mayfair antiques emporium, Paul Smith&amp;#039;s one-off interiors shop\u2014discreetly named 9 Albemarle Street\u2014is, on closer inspection, as quirky, witty and unexpected as some of his clothes. Two character-filled rooms (the front space is painted a pale pink; the rear room is floored in old parquet) are filled with design classics, eccentric mid-century objets d&amp;#039;art and bizarre paraphernalia for the home that the fashion designer has been buying and squirreling away for years. Finds might range from rolls of 1940s kitsch wallpaper to deco lighting fixtures to architectural fragments to old issues of Domus magazine. Some of the furniture is even re-covered in fabric from his womenswear collections (9 Albemarle St., W1; 44+207/493-4565).  Demisch Danant Gallery | New York For those who believe fine furniture should be treated as art, the new Demisch Danant Gallery in Chelsea is a wonderland of showstopping pieces. Owners Suzanne Demisch and Stephane Danant have collected a museum-quality trove, concentrating on European designs of the 1960s and &amp;#039;70s. Among the finds are Paul Paulin&amp;#039;s original Elys\u00E9e chairs and sofa, designed for Georges Pompidou&amp;#039;s private apartments. The airy, minimalist interior, created by Jennifer Hanlin of design firm Cooper Hanlin, uses a floor of gridded concrete as a &amp;quot;Miesian montage&amp;quot; to display the treasures (542 West 22nd St.; 212/989-5750, demischdanant.com). Ettore Sottsass, Designer | Los Angeles In the spring of his 89th year, Ettore Sottsass\u2014the maverick architect-designer who rejected rigid functionalism in favor of color and wit\u2014finally gets his first American solo exhibit, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Curated by Ronald T. Labaco, Ettore Sottsass, Designer (March 12 through June 11) brings together nearly 100 of the maestro&amp;#039;s creations from the postwar period, from furniture to tableware to office machines. Included in the show is his Valentine typewriter, its bright red hue emblematic of the irreverence that made Sottsass a trailblazer (5905 Wilshire Blvd.; 323/857-6000, lacma.org).  Bairro Alto | Lisbon Portugal&amp;#039;s capital has never been hipper, thanks to hot design, new-look cuisine and a new boutique hotel, the 55-room, five-star Bairro Alto, located in the center of the action. Grace Leo-Andrieu (of Paris&amp;#039;s Montalembert and Lancaster hotel renown), in collaboration with the local Bastidor team, transformed a sunny 1845 townhouse with contemporary interiors in shades of red, mustard and blue with azulejos tiles, wicker custom furniture and marble bathrooms by local artisans. Rooms from $360 (8 Pra\u00E7a Luis de Cam\u00F6es; 351+21/340-8288, bairroaltohotel.com). Amada | Philadelphia Walking into Amada, chef Jose Garces&amp;#039;s new tapas bar in Old City, is like opening a door to Iberia. Garces gets the traditional dishes exactly right: Pamplona-style chorizo, crab-stuffed piquillo peppers and paella Valenciana are superb, as are his more innovative dishes, like flatbreads called cocas. Inside the rustic wood interiors (by Jun Aizaki, formerly of the Rockwell Group), barrels of sangria macerate behind the bar and serrano hams hang from the rafters\u2014just like en Espa\u00F1a. Chef&amp;#039;s tasting menu, $45 (217 Chestnut St.; 215/625-2450, amadarestaurant.com). Regent South Beach | Miami Opening this spring, the Regent South Beach will straddle both hypertrendy Collins Avenue and Ocean Drive, and it has all the bells and whistles you&amp;#039;d expect to find at this nexus of cool. Architecture firm Arquitectonica&amp;#039;s 21st-century-deco building features a 50-foot glass-bottom swimming pool, below which chef Govind Armstrong will operate a Miami branch of Table 8, his celebrated L.A. restaurant. Eighty suites each have large balconies, some with outdoor hot tubs and wet bars. Rates from $500 (1458 Ocean Dr.; 800/545-4000, theregentsouthbeach.com). Kohl Children&amp;#039;s Museum | Glenview, IL With a mission to attract the young and restless, the new Kohl Children&amp;#039;s Museum delivers with winning exhibits like a kid-size vet&amp;#039;s office and a house under construction. Architecture firm Booth Hansen&amp;#039;s 47,000-square-foot structure is topped with a shifting galvanized-metal roof. Principal Lawrence Booth likens it to a kaleidoscope, noting &amp;quot;the exhibits provide a changing sequence inside, while the roofline does it outside.&amp;quot; All in all, there&amp;#039;s eye candy for both the under-eight set and their guardians (2100 Patriot Blvd.; 847/832-6600, kohlchildrensmuseum.org). "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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