Venice, California, will be getting its very own all vegan bar called Shift. Dubbed a vegan restaurant, bar and “music venue”, Shift is expected to open mid-August.

If you’ve ever dreamt of spending the night in a Dutch royal palace, you may be able to, if you happen to be in Tokyo. The Hotel Okura Huis Ten Bosch is a resort that is a recreation of Amsterdam’s central railway station, which was built in Tokyo to honor of the shared history because Nagasaki and the Netherlands.

London-based luxury jeweler Graff Diamonds has just received approval from the Hong Kong stock exchange for an IPO of up to $1 billion. The high-end jewelry brand could begin bringing in investors as early as next week.

On May 18, the Annual Andrew Fluegelman Awards Gala Honoring Outstanding Students, Student-Athletes & Foster Parents will be held in San Francisco. The event is being held to honor students, but also to celebrate the pivitol role that Andrew Fluegelman played in the early development of PC and Mac computers.

To mark the end of Moscow’s Easter Music Festival, an open-air gala was held at the Poklonnaya Gora war memorial.

While many were watching the fashion at the Met Gala on Tuesday night, Kate Middleton was in London turning heads with her high-slit Roland Mouret cream gown at an exclusive evening event in London.

Located on Nob Hill, the Fairmount San Francisco has been sold to Woodridge Capital Partners, a Los Angeles real estate development and investment firm, for approximately $200 million after its former owners were unable to expand and build luxury condos on property due to preservation restrictions.

The SFJazz Freedom in the Groove Gala took place last week on the roof of Bimbo’s 365 Club. Approximately 400 guests gathered at the event, which raised $1.1. million for SFJazz’s education programs.

Luxury retailer Barneys New York has been taken over by Perry Capital in an effort to reduce their borrowings by $540 million without resorting to a bankruptcy.