If you’re looking for a great suggestion on how to dine in style without breaking the bank, consider moving your dinner plans up to lunch. Whether meeting for business or pleasure, or even dining for one, hitting up San Francisco’s Michael Mina for lunch is a great way to enjoy fine dining for a great price.

The Academy Awards are still six months away, but for George Clooney, the Oscar buzz is already brewing. Entertainment Weekly released their list of 12 “Oscar Watch” movies and Clooney makes the list twice. The timeless heartthrob made the list with two movies in which he stars – The Ides of March, which premiers next week at the Venice Film Festival, and The Descendants, due to debut around Thanksgiving.

Soon-to-be parents are invited to enjoy a luxurious weekend at Trump International Hotel & Tower® Chicago, an exclusive member of The Haute Hotel Network.

Pick up this issue of Haute Living Los Angeles to read about The ONE Group’s Celeste Fierro and Jonathan Segal. The duo behind A-list spots like Coco de Ville, STK and their new venture, Asellina, discuss the recession, innovative ideas and upcoming openings.

By now, we all know that Ivanka Trump is more than merely an heiress. The recent new mom has forged her own way in the world with her business savvy, celebrated luxury jewelry line, and now, an elegant new handbag collection to coincide with a footwear collection.

Where did ex-Marine Steven Wallace and founder of brokerage firm Pacific Brokerage Services decide to rest his head once the day was done? A 27,816 square foot monstrosity in Holmby Hills with three elevators, a two-story library, and three family rooms, all fit for a God. The deities were literally ingrained in this one, for the mansion even has its own nightclub, named Atlantis.

The Four Seasons Resort in Nevis, West Indies, an exclusive member of The Haute Hotel Network, has partnered with the nonprofit Sea Turtle Conservancy and the Nevis Turtle Group to help protect the Nevis Turtle.

In this issue, Miami Beach broker Diane Lieberman talks about how her super successful business sells Miami. Read about how hard work, discipline and focus have allowed her to be in the same business she began in at age 23 and how her work has grown since then.

L.A.'s big money restaurant crowd is about to get a taste of a seriously promising food truck. Harry Morton, a.k.a., the Hard Rock heir and Pink Taco founder who almost married Lindsay Lohan and dated Paris Hilton (quite the dating history), is bringing eats from a Las Vegas trucker over to Hollywood.

D&H Sustainable Jewelers in San Francisco, Calif. is adding a new luxury to their space. After negotiating with neighbors and Planning and the likes the locale is ready to open the much anticipated wine bar on the small mezzanine.

McLaren Automotive has announced that Singapore-based billionaire, Peter Lim, has made a significant investment in the company, and has joined the McLaren Automotive Board of Directors with immediate effect.

The first tangible signs of what's to come turned up in a window of Market Street's shuttered Bistro Clovis. The Pastry Cupboard, run by Chona Piumarta, is on its way. A former executive pastry chef from The Slanted Door and Lark Creek Steak, Piumarta, started The Pastry Cupboard as a wholesale operation about three years ago. Now her first retail venture will likely begin the week of August 29th, when the shop is set to open for business.

Financier Leon D. Black celebrated his 60th birthday with the ultimate blowout bash at his oceanfront estate in Southampton last Saturday night. At the multimillion-dollar party guests enjoyed a buffet dinner of seared foie gras, crab cakes and steaks and enjoyed a performance by Sir Elton John himself.

The legendary Levi’s® brand has partnered with food activist Alice Waters and friends to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Chez Panisse’s “Delicious Revolution.” The event will also feature organic and locally sourced boxed-lunches, as well as the launch of a limited-edition t-shirt collection designed by Alice Waters and a host of creative friends, including: David Byrne, Sofia Coppola, Dave Eggers and Maira Kalman.

Even the malls off the Strip are getting in on the Fashion’s Night Out fun. This year, the Galleria at Sunset is bringing Gretchen Rossi from “The Real Housewives of Orange County” to host the evening on Sept. 8 from 6 to 9 p.m. The free night for fashionistas features a meet and greet with shoppers and autographs for fans.

The Rio Spa & Salon hosted its second annual Locks of Love Cut-A-Thon raising a total of 61 ponytails to benefit the organization. This year’s event was held in honor of Rylie Cruz, the granddaughter of a longtime Rio employee, who lost her battle with cancer earlier this year. The donated hair will go to the Locks of Love organization and will be turned into wigs and hairpieces for children undergoing chemotherapy or suffering from other medical illnesses.

Premiere car service, EmpireCLS Worldwide Chauffeured Services, provided the luxurious transportation for the reality-star's royal wedding in Santa Barbara

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