We all know that convertible weather is most appreciated when the forecast is bright and sunny. A soft breeze doesn’t hurt either. No one wants to be stuffed in a coupe with the air conditioning on when Mother Nature is cooperating. Dully noted; so we headed to the southern tip of Mexico in Los Cabos to enjoy topless German engineering at its finest.

Montage Beverly Hills becomes more chic this summer as it welcomes Joseph Katz, a fashion guru who is highly regarded in the industry, to the hotel team as in-house fashion stylist. Katz, who is available to Montage guests and residents via appointment, offers a variety of customized styling and shopping experiences to meet his clients’ individual needs.

Lots of fun things going on this weekend at La Costa Resort and Spa, an exclusive member of The Haute Hotel Network. Family activities include a live reptile show, Sliders Cup water slide races, flicks at the splash movie lounge and family scavenger hunt!

Antares III is a 30m (98ft) custom built composite performance cruising sloop from the design board of Dixon Yacht Design. Built by Yachting Developments to meet and exceed strict Germanischer Lloyd and MCA classification survey requirements, the vessel is incredibly strong yet 25-30% lighter than similar vessels built in Aluminium. The composite structure is post cured epoxy Eglass/Carbon/Kevlar incorporating high strength foam sandwich technology.

From the moment we set foot in Palexpo to the time we left, our expectations were overachieved with an onslaught of news and product releases from auto companies, bike manufacturers, tire suppliers and of course dance schools.

Gooding & Company’s annual Pebble Beach Auctions regularly consigns autos with impressive histories, but this year the auction house will up the ante with several vehicles boasting celebrity connections.

Sosta, the Lincoln Road eatery known for its authentic thin crusted pizzas and farm fresh salads, has recently expanded its menu to include a variety of dinner salads, crudo and Italian specialties certain to tantalize even the most discriminating palate.

On August 7th, Joy Venturini Bianchi hosted the Third Anniversary Helpers House of Couture in San Francisco. The fashionable event celebrated the life of Brenda Joyce Stowers and her International Collection of American, Asian and European Designers Bill Blass, Jean Paul Gaultier, Christian Lacroix Missoni, Issey Miyake, Prada, YSL Dries van Noten, Junya Watanabe and Yohji Yamamoto.

On Friday August 12, 2011, The Seven Seas Gallery by Vanessa Noel, held a special cocktail event and meet and greet with photographer Michael Gaillard to celebrate his spectacular photographs of Nantucket Island.