Tony DiSalvo, the executive chef of Whist, inside the Viceroy hotel in Santa Monica, California. He has turned Whist’s into one of the most renowned Mediterranean influenced restaurants in the nation. Before his time at the Viceroy he spent seven years at Jean Georges, from 1997 to 2004, working from a line cook to the last three years as executive chef. After that, in 2004, he opened Jack’s in La Jolla, California where he spent a few years before moving back to New York to cook as a private chef for five years. Tony moved back to Southern California in 2009 to join the team at Whist.

Valery Joseph who has been in New York for more than 16 years, has been running his salon out of its New York location since July 2002. He started up one of the most exclusive Salon’s on Madison Avenue, on one of the most exclusive Avenues in New York; servicing New Yorker’s and society alike.

The Zetros, which was created by Mercedes Benz’s truck division, is the latest luxurious expedition vehicle. Created by two Mongolian businessmen, one heads a mining operation and the other a brewery, the Zetros packs a 7.2-liter inline-six diesel engine with 326 horsepower and a maximum torque of 1300 Nm.

Giving a helping hand to a stranger is a great way to show you care for others. But when you donate over $1,000,000 in support of the local Red Cross chapter, you get honored by the Red Cross patrons and sponsors.

Art and beautiful arrangements of flowers unite for the Bouquets to Arts Gala at the de Young Fine Arts Museum.

The Swiss haute Horlogerie manufacture Girard-Perregaux has created an exclusive, iconic watch, dubbed the ww.tc (world wide time control) Chronograph for Green Auction to donate to the Christie’s “Bid to Save the Earth” Green Auction. The exclusive GP033CO in-house movement unties chronograph and date functions with world time indication.

On March 14, the San Francisco Symphony held a special pre-party event in anticipation of next month’s special event with fashion designer Carolina Herrera.

This Thursday, Bal Harbour Art Nights, a night chosen by Bal Harbour Shops to display art and photography worth seeing, will feature famed fashion photographer Greg Lotus.

Bar Italia, the Italian restaurant located on 77th and 2nd Avenue, has just opened its sister restaurant further downtown on Madison Avenue. The new location offers a modern (all white walls), cool atmosphere with a Mediterranean twist. Former Cipriani Chef Denis Franceschini and General Manager Hassan El Garrahy have teamed up with Jean Denoyer and Regis Marinier of the successful Orsay Restaurant Group, to open the new Bar Italia.