House Rules

I’ve yet to meet a hotel in Hong Kong that I didn’t like, and the service is always great. But when I recently checked in to the Upper House in Pacific Place, I found myself tempted to move in. Architect Andre Fu designed the House to be an urban oasis for its guests, removed from the bustle of the busy city below. The Upper House is a green property — literally and figuratively. In addition to keeping paper use to minimum and having a fleet of Lexus Hybrids (equipped with wifi), the hotel boasts a secret garden with a large grassy lawn on the sixth floor. The property has everything you’d expect from a great business hotel, but it goes beyond that. It’s a sublimely sexy place, with suites so spacious you’re tempted not to leave, and enormous glass windows with impressive views that made me feel like I was floating. The enormous bathrooms had me daydreaming about planning my next stay, when I hope to bring my husband along.

Jen Pollack Bianco is an Los Angeles-based writer and photographer who travels frequently with friend and fellow photographer, Rebecca Adler Rotenberg.