With the ever-expanding UAE arts scene, a host of regional and international art galleries have set up home in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. While such international presence is inspiring until now there seems to be a lack of initiatives to encourage the development of a local arts scene. Opening just last week in Dubai's Downtown district, The Ara Gallery will dedicate itself entirely to the purpose of showcasing and nurturing young talented Arab artists.

On Wednesday, April 27, Café Entourage on Hollywood and Vine will be holding a grand opening event with the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and they’re not holding anything back. A revamping of their already acclaimed menu is just the tip of this feel-good iceberg with a new Happy Hour menu, After Hours Happy Hour menu starting at midnight, and weekend brunch with bottomless Mimosas and Caipirinhas joining their existing menu of eclectic gourmet fare of paninis, salads, omelettes, and more.

In honor of Will and Kate's upcoming royal nuptials, Valley brides-to-be are invited to hold court at Modern Steak on Sunday, May 1, at The Royal Wedding Reception, where they can enjoy complimentary apps and beverages, plus check out demonstrations and how-to's by the city's most in-demand wedding vendors and industry experts.

It’s no surprise that when Haute Living named the best sushi restaurants in Los Angeles that Katsuya made the list. And soon we may have to make room on our list of best sushi restaurants in New York to make room for Katsuya here too.

Unless you’ve been living in a hole, you knew that once the Next craze calmed down with a few weeks under it’s belt, the obvious next logical Grant Achatz obsession would be the much anticipated opening of Aviary. With no tickets and no reservations, the line started forming at noon for the 6 pm cocktail lounge’s first night and was more reasonable today with the Easter holiday.

Sample sales are not just about a designer’s way of getting rid of exorbitant merchandise and fashionistas indulging in good buys. Instead, we view sample sales as places to to find items that may not be available anywhere else.

What are you doing for the royal wedding on April 29? There are plenty of exciting events happening right here in Miami that will make you feel just as high and mighty as Prince William and Kate Middleton.

This Saturday, April 30, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Neiman Marcus Scottsdale will be hosting the most fabulous picnic ever at its "Spring Into Summer" event. Get ready for this indoor-outdoor, all-store party, which will include music, refreshments, hot dogs, snow cones, and gifts with purchases, and the chance to win prizes.

Mets' third baseman David Wright should be feeling pretty feeling lucky right about now after the team's fourth straight win over the weekend. Perhaps he's also feeling lucky about recently putting his Flatiron District penthouse on the market.

Brunch might be an obvious choice when it comes to Mother's Day. Been there, done that, right? You may have had a brunch to celebrate mom's special day, but you definitely haven't done it like this. The Island Hotel is blending brunch with a BBQ -- you read that right -- for a Mother's Day that she won't soon forget.

Classics are classics for a reason. The Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso watch has been putting the haute in haute horlogerie (high watchmaking) for 80 years. Ironically, though the Reverso is now known as a timepiece that sets the benchmark for elegance in luxury men's dress watches, it started out as one of the first watches ever designed for a specific sport–polo.

The contemporary jewel-box effect that designer Roberto Baciocchi has infused into the newly renovated Prada store at Hong Kong’s International Finance Centre is sure to make shoppers curious of the treasures that lie in wait behind the shiny glass walls.

FENDI Casa, the home design collection for the international luxury label FENDI, has once again partnered with Trump Towers at their Sunny Isles Beach location. Following the success of their alliance at Trump’s Soho hotel, FENDI Casa was invited to bestow their creativity on one of the grandest units at the prestigious Miami Beach location as they furnished and accessorized a model-unit on the thirty-ninth floor of Tower Three.

A true West Coast meets East Coast of art, street culture & celebrity. MOCA Los Angeles under the guidance of Director Jeffrey Deitch had one of the city's largest openings last week for "Art in the Streets." A timeline of street art, graffiti and installations from the '70s to the present including pieces from Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Keith Haring all the way to Neckface & André (of Le Baron and Paul & Andre nightclubs.)

Leave it to Prada to create "made-to-order" customizable eyewear. Letters along with numbers, hearts, stars, skulls and other symbols will be available to turn your favorite pair of glasses into a personal pair.

Not only can you prance the halls of royalty, feast on fancy victuals and such, and rest your heads like kings and queens, now you can relish in the skin-pampering luxuries of The Spa at Ellenborough Park in Cotswold.

Never to be replicated 22+ acre sancuary in the heart of the Monterey Peninsula, Jacks Peak! With utmost privacy and views of only flora and fauna and sea! Exquisite architecture of Redwood, glass and concrete! Ocean views to Carmel AND Monterey Bay, a rarity!

It’s no surprise that someone born on an island and raised near the beaches of Miami would be inspired to create one of the hottest swimsuit lines in the industry. Luli Fama, co-owned by Lourdes and her brother-in-law Augusto Hanimian, launched their first sun-seeking collection in 1993, just three years after they first met. In 2003 Luli Fama was established and now the luxurious line includes cover-ups, embellished and Caribbean-inspired monokinis and bikinis bearing the signature ruched-back bottoms, and recently dresses.