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Touch iBar in Lakeview puts your iPad to shame. Featuring interactive TouchLife tables and a Minority Report-esque touch-screen wall, say good bye to the days of fighting for a spot at the bar and sending drinks via a waitress. That’s so last century.

Forbes recently released their annual list of the world's top-earning models with 29-year-old Brazilian Gisele Bundchen claiming the number one spot, bringing in an estimated $25 million in the past year. Second place went to the lovely Heidi Klum, and in the surprising third spot is Kate Moss.

With the Stanley Cup so close Chicagoans can almost taste it, the city is abuzz with hockey fever as the NHL playoffs drag on. No matter your neighborhood, here are some of the best bars to watch the Blackhawks dominate in May’s most anticipated showdown. After all, sharks may smell blood, but our Hawks show no mercy.

Think You’re A Playboy worthy of Hef’s extravagant lifestyle? Well, now you can live like one. Part of Mr. Hefner’s original Playboy Mansion on Lakeshore Drive is for sale for a cool 2.9 million.

It’s no secret Chicago’s known for it’s food. And most notably pizza, popcorn and the Chicago dog. But take note, this is far from the lowly street vendor hot dog. With an award winning executive chef Joe "Dawg" Doren (Blackbird, Sixteen), Franks ‘N’ Dawgs is “five-star dining on a bun.”

We've got a lot going on here at Haute Living, as you can tell. Sometimes it feels as if we are growing so fast, it's hard even for me to keep up, and I live and breathe Haute Living. So, for our latest Los Angeles and San Francisco editions (which are online now!), we broke down our online initiative in an article titled "The Virtual World of Haute Living".

Last November 2009, uber luxury watchmaker Franck Muller held an historic event—the delivery of the first Franck Muller Aeternitas Mega Grande Sonnerie Westminster Carillon, the world’s most complicated wristwatch.

Yves Saint Laurent has turned out some of the most wanted accessories over the years. From the Tribute sandal and the Muse bag to their fanciful collection of costume jewelry, anyone adopting the “It” phenomenon has swooned over their goods.

You can never have enough good Italian restaurants. The newest on the block is Aldino’s, opening on Old Taylor Street.

There is probably a new restaurant popping up every night of the year. With your busy schedule, there’s not enough time in the day or days in the year to check out every single one. So here’s your cliff notes version. These five are new on the scene and already making big headlines.

There’s cooking dinner for guests, friends who won’t judge you (not long-term anyways), and then there’s cooking dinner for guests, moreover, the guest, President Barack Obama, and the first family, diplomats, and the crème de la crème of America and the honoree’s nation. Talk about a pressure-cooker meal. In search of an elaborate repeat of New York chef Marcus Samuelsson’s regal vegetarian feast honoring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the first State dinner in November, Obama is relying on hometown favorite, Chicago-based chef Rick Bayless, to deliver for the Obama administration’s second state dinner honoring President Felipe Calderón of Mexico.

Salma Hayek is married to PPR head honcho François-Henri Pinault, so it really shouldn’t come as a surprise to see the leading actress hit red carpet premieres in any number of the luxury company’s many brands.