The Hotel Plaza Athenee combines European grandeur with the intimacy and charm of a luxury boutique hotel, creating a home for sophisticated travelers from around the world for more than two decades.

Celebrate the triumph of the battle of Puebla in true Mexican fashion at Rosa Mexicano on this Thursday, May 5, 2011 starting at 11 a.m. at both of its locations in Mary Brickell Village and Lincoln Road. This will be the ninth Annual Festival Cinco de Mayo event that the modern Mexican eatery hosts.

Celebrate Mother’s Day with an outstanding brunch buffet in the property’s elegant ballroom. Menu highlights include Cold Smoked Salmon, Farmers Cheese and Bagels; Endive and Celery Root Salad; Alaskan Halibut; Farm Egg and Avocado Benedict; Prime Rib; Fried Chicken; Mac and Cheese; Potato Puree; and a mother’s day sweet treat buffet with Cotton Candy.

As the mariachis tune their strings and the agave plants are desecrated in honor of Cinco de Mayo, South Floridians should prepare for another feast. Alongside the touted Mexican holiday will be another reason to celebrate in Coral Gables.

The word misfit is defined quite literally as something or someone that does not, well, fit. When Chef Bob Lynn of LGO rolled up on the old boarded-up restaurant then named Anisette, he vowed to make something of it that would fit…into his plans to bring a proper and affordable brasserie to Santa Monica Blvd.

Mercedes owners will soon have a reason to love leaving their cars for service—that is if they own a unit upstairs. There’s a Chrysler Building, a General Motors Building, and now the Mercedes House, a soon-to-be apartment complex at 53rd Street and 11th Avenue in Clinton, across the street from De Witt Clinton Park.

Weston-based InSite Group and London-based Cube Capital partnered to purchase Continental Oceanfront Hotel in South Beach for a reported $61 million. The deal was proposed shortly following a refinance by way of the previous owner to save the property from foreclosure.

Marina Bay Sands Singapore resembles an intergalactic space station with Vegas envy. It’s no surprise that the super-integrated high-end resort, which is a cornucopia of visual stimulation bearing outrageous architecture and high-tech features, was created by Las Vegas Sands (yes, the same developers of the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas which was demolished to erect The Venetian).

Brad Pitt is no longer the only man in Angelina Jolie’s life. Louis Vuitton reportedly paid the mega-star $10 million to appear in a series of ads for an upcoming campaign. The actress slash philanthropist’s flawless mug will be one of many famous faces the French luxury label has utilized to market their coveted goods.