Posts by Pauline Sung
Harrods Displays Lavish Designer Wedding Cakes in Commemoration of the Royal Wedding
As the countdown to the royal wedding nears its end, London’s iconic Harrods department store commemorates the event with a lavish display of 18 extravagant, multi-tiered wedding cakes in their famous Brompton Road windows. With illustrious names from the worlds of fashion, fine jewelry, food, and interiors such as Van Cleef & Arpels, Montblanc, Estée Lauder, Escada, Lalique, Jo Malone, and more, the stunning confectionaries will be displayed until Saturday, April 30.
Celebrity Living: Taylor Swift Purchases $3.97 Million Beverly Hills Home
According to zillow.com, country music superstar and America’s sweetheart Taylor Swift has purchased a home in Beverly Hills for $3.97 million – a signal of her enormous success as the median Beverly Hills home value is $1.88 million. Although the award-winning singer has always considered Nashville her home – her previous $1.99 million home was there, as well as a luxury estate she recently purchased for her parents – the 22 year old has been spending much of her time in California.
Gucci to Celebrate 90th Anniversary with an Exclusive Exhibition in Kyoto’s Golden Temple
As Gucci approaches their 90th anniversary this summer, the world has eagerly waited to see how one of fashion’s biggest names celebrates their birthday. Well, wait no more. For this year’s anniversary, Gucci will be hitting the road to display some if their most valuable pieces in a revered Kyoto temple.
Celebrity Living: NY Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony Rents Four Luxury Apartments on New York’s West Side
According to the New York Daily News, Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks has rented not one, but four West Side luxury apartments. Anthony’s broker, Prince Dockery at Prudential Douglas Elliman, has confirmed the news and says that the units are in two buildings around 63rd Street called the Aldyn and Ashley.
Haute Secrets New York: Ballet Dancer Irina Dvorovenko
Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Irina Dvorovenko began her ballet training at the Kiev Ballet School at the age of ten. She began her professional dancing career in 1990 as a soloist with the National Opera Ballet of Kiev and quickly rose to the rank of principal dancer in 1992. Her impressive repertoire includes a number of leading roles in many of the great classics, including The Queen of the Driads and Mercedes in Don Quixote, Odette-Odile in Swan Lake, and the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, among many others.
Haute Event: Charles of Paris Holds Interior Lighting Trunk Show and Reception
Designers and interior design enthusiasts gathered at Baker Furniture in West Hollywood on Thursday, April 21 for a Charles of Paris Lighting Trunk Show. The event was an extraordinary one for those in the design industry as Michael Wagner, CEO of Charles of Paris, flew from France to attend and give a presentation on the brand’s tradition and innovation in interior lighting, specialty in artisan craftsmanship, and their distinctive and unparalleled design.
Haute Dining: Casa Lever Now Offering the Legendary Sant Ambroeus Italian Breakfast
Casa Lever, New York City’s stylish and sophisticated Midtown restuarant, is the product of a union between the Sant Ambroeus family and the acclaimed Lever House restaurant. The restaurant has always brought class, a refined dining experience, superb service, a gorgeous group of New York’s finest diners, and an incredible Milanese-style menu brimming with savory and chic dishes. Now, they are adding the legendary Sant Ambroeus Italian breakfast to their sterling repertoire.
Haute Dining: Gigi Plans to Expand to South Beach
Gigi, the chic Midtown Miami restaurant, is not even a year old but has already received boundless acclaim by critics and foodies, leading it to become one of Miami’s hottest new restaurants. Owner Amir Ben-Zion is taking this as a sign and is rumored to be opening a second branch of the hip eatery just off Lincoln Road in South Beach.
Haute Dining: Andrew Carmellini’s Anticipated Restaurant The Dutch Is Now Open!
Andrew Carmellini is the James Beard Award winning, Michelin-starred force behind the acclaimed Italian restaurant Locanda Verde located in Robert DeNiro’s Greenwich Hotel in Tribeca. Now, along with Josh Pickard and Luke Ostrom, Carmellini has opened his highly anticipated second restaurant, The Dutch. The grand opening of the simply yet sophistically designed restaurant took place last night, April 25, at 11 p.m. drawing attention to the restaurant’s late-night dining availability. In fact, there’s even an exclusive late night menu, with midnight munchies to knock your dancing shoes off, such as an Egg Okonomiyaki with Pork Belly.
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