A lobby bar makeover or subtle redesign isn't usually enough to prompt us to post, but we were taken with the look of the new Lumen bar at the Ritz-Cartlon Atlanta when we received a few images of it this week.

For travelers who still want to throw down big bucks during their next hotel stay, one Phoenix hotel has a new way to spend extravagantly and discreetly at the same time.

The Ritz-Carlton Phoenix (pictured) found a long-forgotten bottle of Courvoisier L'Esprit, a rare cognac and one of only three bottles of the stuff thought to be within the United States, and is offering it up to guests at the hotel bar for $500 per one-ounce pour.

Visit: During the annual Cherry Blossom Festival. Kicking off this weekend and running through April 12, the spring event commemorates Tokyo's gift of 3,000 cherry trees to the city in 1912 with a slew of cultural events, parades, musical performances, fireworks displays and street festivals.