On Thursday, April 7, high-end furniture and interior design firm, Baltus, will host a special awards ceremony at its Miami showroom.

Baltus’ new awards program, the “Baltus Icon Award for Excellence in Design” has been created to honor designers and design firms who have made a significant and creative impact on the world of design in their community and the industry.

Last week everyone’s favorite director, Steven Spielberg, set sail out into the Caribbean on the world’s most expensive yacht, Seven Seas.

Spielberg’s $200 million superyacht measures in at a reported 282 feet and was reportedly built by the Dutch shipyard Oceanco in collaboration with Nuvolari & Lenard, Azure Naval Architects and the Wright Maritime Group.

I’m the first one to admit that the names Lea Black, Larsa Pippen, Cristy Rice, Alexia Echevarria, Adriana De Moura, and Marysol Patton have been on the tip of my tongue (and at the top of my newsfeed) for the past 2 months.

It’s been a whirlwind for these ladies. We’ve seen laughter, tears, divorce, marriage, catfights, and everything in between–and it’s all taken place in our beloved Magical City.

Fans everywhere are counting down the days until regular season games of MLB baseball; so in honor of the upcoming months of baseball buzz and banter, Forbes released their list of the top ten highest paid MLB Baseball players for 2011. Here’s their top five (four out of five play in New York)! Make sure you keep an eye out for these guys, to see if they live up to the expectations promised by their pretty paychecks.

This year’s Baselworld is well under way and our favorite luxury brands are vying for recognition with the year’s most innovative timepieces. In our minds, it may just be that Hermes takes the prize this year.

In true Hermès fashion, the new Arceau Le Temps Suspendu not only pushes the standard barriers of fashion and technology, but now, it is revolutionizing the concept of time. As its name suggests, this new timepiece actually gives the allusion that one can suspend time.

Yesterday afternoon, Haute Living was honored to sponsor and attend a special luncheon and “scent session”” at Saks Fifth Avenue Dadeland as we welcomed esteemed perfumer, Kilian Hennessy, who introduced the latest collection in his line of luxury fragrances, By Kilian.

Stunning Brian Bailey traditional home – first time on market. Granite counters & stainless appliances in kitchen. Living, family and gameroom on main level. Luxurious master suite with fireplace.

Drop dead red rock views. One of a kind two-toned solid masonry home with a huge port-co-chere entrance. 2 cobblestone paver driveways. Old world baroque interior has top of the line finishes, detail & craftsmanship.

On Tuesday evening, Haute Living headed to the Cliff Drysdale Tennis Center at the Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne to support our Associate Publisher, Sarah Mirmelli, who got the chance of a lifetime–to return the serve of major heartthrob / professional tennis player, Andy Roddick.