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Haute Event: Barbecue and Beer at the Bellagio
A showcase of barbecue favorites paired with beers at the Tuscany Kitchen at the Bellagio helped about 100 people come up with tasty treats to celebrate the Fourth of July. The event on Saturday gave Bellagio Executive Chef Edmund Wong a chance to walk guests through how to create the dishes in the three-course menu on three flat-screen televisions that gave everyone a personal view of his cooking skills.
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Haute Toys: 10 Sleek and Innovative Cell Phone Concepts
It seems like a new cell phone comes out every day, always promising to do more than yours currently can… even if you’ve just purchased that innovative new must-have. Recently, a host of mind-blowing new cell phone concepts has surfaced and, while they probably surpass your phone’s technological know-how, they’re still just concepts… for now…
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Jay-Z’s The 40/40 Club Announces Renovation to New York City Flagship Location
The 40/40 Club announced that on June 1st, 2011 they will be undergoing complete renovations from floor to ceiling and will re-open their doors at the end of summer. The total investment in this renovation project will reach over $10 million.
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W South Beach Celebrates its Second Birthday in Style
W South Beach, which celebrates two years gracing our sands this month, has decided to stay devotedly true to its reputation as a fashion-forward hotel and mark the anniversary with a limited-edition bikini created especially for the property by UK-based designer, Melissa Odabash.
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Billionaire Prokhorov Wants to Build Concert Hall and Night Club in Moscow
Billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, head of Onexim group, is to take part in the Moscow government’s tender for the development in the "Moscow City" international business center, the business daily Kommersant newspaper reported. According to the report, Prokhorov is proposing to biuld what would be one of Moscow’s largest night clubs and a movie and concert hall. The city hall plans to hold a tender for the development of plot No. 6 in the central part of Moskva City by the end of the summer. The idea of the tender was first mentioned about a year ago, and back then Prokhorov was rumored to be the most likely winner.
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Regina Arriola’s Travel Diary: Masters Of Style At London’s Somerset House
The Somerset House is a platform for creativity and culture in London, and as a result is the chosen venue for London’s Fashion Week. The grandiose neo-classical building is situated in the heart of London, and attracts visitors from all over the world for their unique art exhibition
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Regina Arriola’s Travel Diary: A Packing Challenge
Fitting one month's wardrobe into one suitcase can seem like an impossible challenge.
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Regina Arriola’s Travel Diary: Arriving in London
As I was making my way from Heathrow Airport to Halborn, where my flat is in London, I wondered what kind of impression the city would have on me. I had read London’s Luxe City Guide cover to cover before arriving, and I was anxious to delve into the city.
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Haute Event: “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Premiere Weekend
This past independence weekend was definitely one for the books in South Beach. We still had our share of sun, beaches, back yard feasts and fireworks but, what made it different was how the premier of “Transformers; Dark Of The Moon” took over South Beach in true Hollywood style.
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SBE Hospitality Group Helps Expand Umami Burger
Chief executive of SBE hospitality group, Sam Nazarian, has invested in Adam Fleischman’s Umami Burger chain. Nazarian is now a 50-50 partner in all of Fleischman’s restaurant endeavors, including Umami Burger; a modern downtown deli called Umamicatessan; and a new place called U-Ko that Fleischman describes as a "progressive fast-food place, with compostable containers," and a DIY iPad ordering system where patrons can even swipe their own credit cards.
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Bottle Cap Opens This Week, Replaces Legendary Washbag
This week marks the end of an era for Powell Street. The property that used to house community-renowned restaurant Washington Square Bar & Grill will re-open this Thursday, this time as Bottle Cap, Dane Boryta and wife Elizabeth Ferro’s casual American-style restaurant.
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25,000 Pounds Buys Christie’s Bidder A Piece of History
On June 27, Christie’s in London auctioned off one of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s legendary handbags for a less-than-expected 25,000 pounds.
Thatcher’s for 30 years, the black leather Asprey handbag is iconic for may reasons; she was carrying the bag during Cold War negotiations with United States President Ronald Reagan in the US in 1985. And, while Thatcher is well known for her role as prime minister, she is also recognized as the creator of the verb “handbagging,” or the practice of striking people with her purse.
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The Oldest Champagne In The World Makes Its Way To Singapore
Imagine taking a swig of the world’s oldest champagne, dating back to 1841. This bubbly was not only recovered from a 19th century shipwreck in the Baltic Sea, but also believed to have been en route to the court of the Russian czsar in St. Petersberg as they were adrift. In the hands of Singapore-based restauranteur, Julia Sherstyuk, the bottle of Veuve Cliquot Champagne cost her a whopping €30,000 (US$42,758), which she purchased from auction house Acker Merrall & Condit.
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Celebrity Poker Ringleader Allegedly Attacked By Thugs
What do Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Ben Affleck have in common?
All were part of an illegal celebrity poker cohort held on the West Coast, with a “stunning Brunette” named Molly Bloom as card dealer, describes the Post. The sibling of Olympic skier and Philadelphia Eagles player Jeremy Bloom then relocated her games to New York City, where she encountered a much less congenial crowd.
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Hautos: The Special Edition MINI Designed by Rolls-Royce
MINI announced the pricing for their anticipated model collaboration with luxury automotive icon Rolls-Royce during the UK’s Goodwood Festival of Speed on June 30. The “MINI Inspired by Goodwood”, which was on display throughout the festival, will start at £41,000 ($65,850) with deliveries slated to begin next March. According to Luxuo, the new special-edition run of just 1,000 models will be nearly four times as expensive as the standard MINI First hatch model.
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$14 Million “House Of The Future” Being Constructed in Moscow
Deemed “House of the Future,” this exclusive and unique mansion is currently under construction in Russia. Holding 17,490 square feet of luxury, the complex structure houses a home theater and an indoor swimming pool, with it’s epicenter a gargantuan conservatory composed of 3 different colors of glass. With plans for a separate guest house and garage to be built, all of these amenities do not come at a small price.
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