San Francisco Opera patrons Julie Coplon and Bob Capan opened their home last week to celebrate this year’s Opera Ball, “An Evening in the Forbidden City,” to be held in connection with the 89th season-opening production of Puccini’s “Turandot” on Sept. 9 at the War Memorial Opera House.

Celebrate Labor Day in style with some of the art world's most elite members at the Sausalito Art Festival. The Festival, returning to the village of Sausalito for its 59th season, will feature exhibits by 275 local, national, and international artists.

Fashion's Night Out (FNO), at The Bellevue Collection kicks off in high style on September 8th with an exclusive exhibit of the "Nordic Fashion Biennale: Curator's Cut."

There really is a pill for everything. According to several news reports this week, we are about five years away from popping a sunburn prevention remedy.

Actress Sheila Shah shares her secrets to Haute Living on the hottest spots she frequents in LA. Find out where she goes when she is craving sushi, her favorite workouts and more.

Vince and LA Closet design are teaming up on Fashion's Night Out to raise money for Dress for Success. Dress for Success is a non-profit organization which helps promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing them with professional attire, counseling, and support.

Chairman of Deutsch, Inc., Donny Deutsch never really had much interest in acquiring houses, planes or boats. Until recently. Deutsch purchased a townhouse in Manhattan’s Upper East Side and completely renovated the home into a contemporary white-on-white gallery of modern art in eye-popping colors.

An award-winning exhibition of exceptional medieval alabaster sculptures from the tombs of the Dukes of Burgundy located at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon opened at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco on Saturday, August 20th. To celebrate this opening of this exhibition, Dijon’s Senator-Mayor, François Rebsamen, brought to San Francisco the Dijon Must’art cultural activities program.

Just when we thought hip hop’s Renaissance man Pharrell Williams couldn’t get any more amazing, the entrepreneur, N.E.R.D. frontman, talented producer, filmmaker, and ardent philanthropist unveiled plans for the $35 million Pharrell Williams Resource Center in Virginia Beach, VA to engage children in an atmosphere free of the more unproductive distractions like video games and Facebook.

Simon Fashion Now, presented by Braman Motorcars of Palm Beach and Bentley & Rolls-Royce, will hold a fashion event on September 23 and 24 at Town Centre at Boca Raton featuring fall fashion must-haves.

This Labor Day, The Shops at La Costa Resort and Spa, an exclusive member of Tha Haute Hotel Network will host a local Art Expo and an Ember Arts & Tiger Lilly Trunk Show. The hotel is also a "One California Day" California surfing experience at Coastal Dunes the 3rd and 4th. Watch surf videos as you cruise the racks for cool Toes on the Nose merchandise. Purchase $75 or more, and you'll be entered to win a Toes on the Nose gift bag.

Vanity Nightclub inside the Hard Rock Hotel honored the memory of Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein during a private turntable tribute last Friday night. Friends and family, including his step-dad, step-sister and mother Andrea Gross, attended the event and celebrated Goldstein by enjoying photos and video and remembering the life of the world-famous deejay.

Offer Nissembaum, Managing Director at the stunning Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel, has been awarded the prestigious title of Hotelier of the Year by Virtuoso, the leading name in the luxury travel network. Nissenbaum came out on top of an impressive group of hospitality figures, including hoteliers from France, Italy, South Africa, and India – Nissenbaum was the only candidate from the U.S.

On August 24, 2011 at Hubert Keller’s Burger Bar in Union Square, Macy’s Passport hosted a preview party for its annual fashion event Glamorama. This year’s host-committee chairs are Kelly Grimes, Erik Noland, Layne Gray and Anne Marie Massocca.

Interested in luxury real estate in California? Check out Lisa Loiacono, Montecito, California's premier real estate agent and an exclusive member of the Haute Living Real Estate Network.

L.A. real estate titan Sandy Gallin -- who has made untold millions selling homes to the likes of Frank Sinatra, Mark Burnett and Kenny G -- has been sued over a $16.5 million Beverly Hills mansion he sold to one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. The man going after Gallin is Roger Birnbaum -- the head of MGM Studios -- who bought a Gallin home in 2007 ... only to discover it was full of leaks.

In pursuit of barbecue you’d think I’d be off to maybe Oakland, but instead I wandered down to one of my favorite locations — Hillstone on the Embarcadero. Most people would quickly ask, Hillstone? It was at one time Houston’s, but a fight between partners resulted in divisions and somebody got the restaurant and somebody else got the name.

September has arrived, and with it, a new era for the Liberty Cafe. As of today, Vega Freemanbrady of nearby Vega Pizza is the new owner of the Liberty Cafe.