Dallas

There are a few things that can change lives and undoubtedly one of them is a good blow out. I do not know about you, but there are very few things that compare to the feeling of walking out of a salon with perfectly coiffed hair. I did it last Friday and let me tell you it felt pretty amazing.

IWC Schaffhausen has landed a starring role in the upcoming Oliver Stone blockbuster "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" starring Micheal Douglas and Shia LaBeouf. Both actors will be adorned with the iconic timepieces. The brand's cameo in the film speaks to its reputation among business heavy-hitters.

Pssst....over here. You smell something? It's freshness, coming to you live from the Dallas metroplex bakeries. If you're looking for the creme de la creamy, here's the best local spots

The hottest weekend of the summer led most of us to seek refuge from the scorching temps. Thankfully, there's always something cool going on around Dallas to help beat the heat. Sunday marked the Dallas Opera's final tasting event in their summer series "Baritones and Beachballs."

A design engineer by trade, Richard Sauter, the founder of Sauter Carbon Offset Design, has spent much of his career focused on environmentally friendly transportation. He successfully created eco-friendly concept cars that received a lot of publicity at international auto shows, for example.

You shine. You believe everything that glitters is gold, and diamonds are a girl's best friend. You had a bedazzle gun until you could bling out for real, and now everything from your earlobes to the collar on your Pekingese is high-wattage. If only your skin could sparkle too, like those vamps on the Twilight movies.

We know summer isn't even close to fading out here in Texas, so there's no reason to stop looking for those perfect shades. Here's an eye-opener for you: Insight Complete Eye Care on Hillcrest Avenue has just added Diane Von Furstenberg and FRED eyewear lines to their other luxe designer collections, which include Fendi, Bottega Veneta and Tom Davies Bespoke.

If your beauty needs had a theme song at current it would be Rescue Me. You’ve had had a rough season: parties in the Hamptons, surfing in Malibu, yachting in Saint-Tropez. You did the crime, now skin and hair are doing the time. While your fall wardrobe is ready to take on the next season, your exterior appearance certainly is not. Moisturize, condition, and repair sun-damaged skin and frizzy, dry tresses for smooth skin and silky, shiny locks with some of the hautest sun-repair products on the market.

The sensory overload that characterized last Friday’s annual Motorsports Gathering at the Quail Lodge in coastal California’s picturesque Carmel Valley illustrated the extent of luxury for which the show has come to be known…hopelessly exclusive, and unmistakably haute.

It’s official. You can buy anything on the internet. One of J.D. Salinger’s personal possessions is up for auction. No, it’s not a first edition of The Catcher in the Rye or a piece of unpublished work. It’s his toilet seat.

Is it so wrong to want the best of the best? Of course not, you deserve it. And, just like your first class plane ride and front row tickets, you enjoy the high life as a foodie as well. Pull up a chair at one of these local chef's tables for a haute culinary experience.

Today’s cigar marketplace is flooded with “boutique brands". But before this onslaught of out-of-nowhere boutique BS, the cigar industry really had two classes; the “big name” time honored brands and the small local brands.So how did the “little guys” finally gain credibility as viable brands? Who pioneered the change? Easy. Ernesto Perez-Carillo.