Sofitel Miami’s Le Bar has stepped up Mr. Buffett’s favorite hour with a creative line-up of happy hour specials Monday through Friday and an unusual way of serving premium scotch whisky.

The biggest month for fashion is coming to an end with Paris Fashion Week wrapping up the Spring/Summer 2011 collections this week. But if you just can’t get enough of haute swags (and who can ever?), South Florida is throwing the Fashion Week after parties all of October. After all, there’s no such thing as too much of a good thing. Head to these local stores and venues to find the cures for your fashion hangover.

If you prefer Japan’s Tasogare Seibei (The Twilight Samurai) over Twilight, indie films over big blockbuster hits, then the new art house film theater, Coral Gables Art Cinema, may just be for you.

If the name alone doesn’t make you crave CRAVE, the drool-worthy crab-crusted filet mignon (creamy crab gratiné, herb roasted new potatoes, baby carrots, lobster cream) will do the trick. CRAVE restaurant is opening its sixth restaurant and second Florida location in the Village of Merrick Park soon.

Where the median cost on a house is $4,276,462, the small suburb north of downtown Los Angeles tops Forbes’ latest annual ranking of America’s Most Expensive ZIP Codes.

At Westime, it’s hard to lose track of time, but you will want to anyway. With 50 brands of women’s and men’s classic and modern timepieces, like Urwerk, Longines, and Audemars Piguet, the luxury watch boutique is where even the most punctual has no concept of time. The store boasts watch names of all price points, such as Richard Mille, which had one of its first introductions into the U.S. market by Westime, and brands you wouldn’t find in many other places, such as California-based Nixon. With the company’s intuitive strongholds at the forefront of luxury watch retail, there are always new dials, movements, and complications to be encountered.

Who doesn’t adore America’s sweetheart Bethenny Frankel of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York City or religiously follow (openly or not) the drama, drama, drama of The Real Housewives of New Jersey… and of Orange Country… and Atlanta… and D.C.? So when a production source leaked to E! News that the Miami version of Housewives is not just happening—it’s actually in the can—we can only say, “Finally! It’s about time.”

In San Francisco, a season buzzes with more excitement and anticipation than the winter holidays. The 88th season of the San Francisco Opera and the 99th season of the San Francisco Symphony are in full swing, with passionate operatic arias and bone-rattling symphonic sounds reaching every corner of the historic War Memorial Opera House and monumental Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall every week until July.

The people of Sotheby’s International Realty certainly know how to give homes the red-carpet treatment. The ultra-modern and absolutely stunning $35 million Glass Pavilion by Steve Hermann in Montecito, Calif., has become the trending topic of conversations among architectural votaries and potential homebuyers, thanks to impressive media exposure on Wall Street Journal, Yahoo! Real Estate, and the likes—which is thanks to the people of Sotheby’s International Realty. “When I came to the company about the property, they jumped on board to get the listing out to these media outlets,” says Montecito agent Suzanne Perkins.