cidades · 7 min read
The cities where gambling is a privilege
Monte Carlo, Macau, Baden-Baden. Maps that never make it to the guidebooks.
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Diary
Notes from the Circle. Cities, rituals, rules and secrets — none of them appear anywhere else.
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- historia · 6 min read
The history of private clubs
From White's in 1693 to Soho House in 1995. Three centuries of the same idea.
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What makes a members' club
Four things separate a real club from any VIP list.
read - regra · 4 min read
The first rule of the Circle
No good manual starts by telling. It starts by doing.
read - noite · 5 min read
The rituals of a closed night
Printed invite, dress code, three-hour window. How you design a night that doesn't happen in anyone's feed.
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Suites, tables and secrets
Three objects that sum up what the Circle delivers. None of them appear in any catalogue.
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The Punta del Este of members
While the world celebrates New Year on the Rambla, another Punta happens behind closed doors.
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The tables of São Paulo after midnight
In a city that doesn't sleep, there are addresses that only exist for those who were told.
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Buenos Aires, the city of closed doors
In Palermo, Recoleta and San Telmo, what matters happens on an unmarked second floor.
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Mexico City, the new Monte Carlo?
Polanco, Lomas, Condesa. Mexico's capital became one of the world's capitals of discreet luxury.
read - cidades-world · 4 min read
Marrakech, the secret casino
Beneath the Mamounia, the quietest gaming in North Africa happens after 11pm.
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Monte Carlo in three acts
The archetypal casino, read from garden to basement. What the public sees, what the member sees, and what nobody sees.
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What the 40th floor of Macau hides
Grand Lisboa, Wynn, Galaxy. In Macau, every mega-casino has a second identity tucked in its upper floors.
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The silence of Baden-Baden
Dostoevsky lost there. Marlene Dietrich praised it. 200 years later, still the quietest casino in the world.
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Cartagena, the table the Caribbean hides
Between the walled city and Bocagrande, a members' Cartagena operates in parallel to the tourist one.
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