Acclaimed , 24 year-old British singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding took to the stage at W San Francisco as part of W Hotels Worldwide Symmetry Live, the hotel group’s ongoing live concert series that showcases what’s hip and hot in music. Goulding, already a star in the UK, performed hits from her best-selling debut album of 2010, Lights.

On May 5, this year’s 9th Annual Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program Wine Aficionado Dinner will pair gastronomic genius, José Andrés and his sumptuous Spanish cuisine with an elite international selection of fine wines.

The government of the Maldives islands has proposed plans to construct a floating golf course and convention center which is actually designed to tackle the threat of global warming. These synthetic floating islands will feature technologies such as water desalination, water cooling, and the use of floating solar blanket fields. Equipped with underwater tunnels that will attach the holes and pieces together, this golf course will allow people to experience the reef up close and personal.

Together with his family and closest friends, American film producer, Sean Wolfington, celebrated the big 4-0 with a surprise party at The Club in Casa Tua on Saturday, April 9th.

Epitomizing the understated elegance of bold strokes of ink on Japanese paper is Chef David Bouley’s long-awaited restaurant. On Wednesday, April 20, Brushstroke officially opened its doors to the public after weeks of private events and previews.

Gastropubs, the contemporary hippie-generation’s version of fine dining, are spreading around the country faster than a rumor on E!. Hollywood is a mecca for this bohemian variety and it’s no coincidence that one of the best examples of this sort of establishment happens to located there and aptly called BoHo.

It has been an exciting year for foodies in the Bay Area as there have been a plethora of new restaurants, revolutionary concepts, and innovative cuisine. These have all flooded the Bay Area and the San Francisco Chronicle has compiled their annual trusty list to make sifting through the endless choices an easy act. Twenty-six new restaurants join the list of high-ranking regulars. Bearing the California coast’s signature passion with the finest and greenest ingredients, concentrating on local purveyors of fine goods, farm fresh produce, and organic meats, San Francisco denizens will have a hard time deciding which of these exceptional restaurants to indulge in first.

Êtes-vous fatigué? Hotel Plaza Athenee on Avenue Montaigne just sweetened their pot of gilded accommodations. Guests who choose to accommodate themselves in any of three exclusive signature suites at the Parisian five-star hotel will receive all-access passes to whip around town in one of two fresh-from-the-factory Aston Martins.

Once reserved for royalty, caviar is now readily accessible to patricians and plebeians alike – albeit at a hefty price tag. But for the denizens of Miami looking to indulge we’ve compiled a list of the top five places to satiate your craving for this truly haute cuisine.