In a special Online Exclusive, we are bringing readers our full interview with TC Swartz, the passionate CEO of TCS & Starquest Expeditions. While many seeking a vacation might go out in search of posh pampering at five-star properties, TCS & Starquest Expeditions offers a unique alternative that is not designed for the faint of heart: journeys to far-away places by private jet that place an emphasis on meaningful, educational experiences.

On Thursday night, the Costume Designers Guild Awards were again the perfect blend of revered names in fashion, art, and Hollywood. Costume Designer Sandy Powell was presented with the Lacoste Career Achievement in Film Award and Janie Bryant, master of the bullet bra and the woman who poured Christina Hendricks into more than one va va voom dress, won for her accomplishments in period garb for Mad Men.

Cameron Silver, one of Time magazine’s “25 Most Influential Names and Faces in Fashion” and owner of Decades on Melrose who has dressed the likes of Renee Zellweger, Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Kidman, and Marisa Tomei, talks about red carpet fashion trends expected at this year’s Oscars.

The Bar Method incorporates exercises around a ballet studio barre and is so isolated that it consistently leaves practitioners’ legs shaking with the most minimum movement possible. The full-body workout, if you dare to take it on, targets each muscle with dance conditioning techniques and resistance training.

Domaine Carneros’ Chateau Society Wine Club is the crème de la crème group for wine connoisseurs who frequent this French-inspired estate. The mission of the exclusive membership club is to promote the importance of celebrating life as often as possible, and the membership benefits certainly make that quite possible.

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It’s not just the Food Network’s South Beach Wine & Food Festival that is making Magic City headlines. Tonight is the kick-off party for the next round of fashion events and some of Miami’s most recognized names will be honored with Humanitarian Awards, including Michael Capponi, Jessica Goldman-Srebnick, and Stephanie Sayfie-Aagaard.

Famed criminal defense attorney Roy Black, and his unstoppable wife Lea, are in the final stages of preparing for the biggest night of the year on the charity gala circuit. Saturday night they will host the 15th anniversary of The Blacks’ Annual Gala. Find out who the headliners will be and which charities will share in 100 percent of the proceeds from the tickets sales and auction items.

Today marks the start of the Food Network’s South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Not only have we been waiting for it in eager anticipation, but here at Haute Living, we’ve been writing about it for weeks. In case you missed it, here is some of the coverage that you will certainly want to check out before diving head first into barbecue and Champagne.