As anticipation builds for next week’s big unveiling of the first-ever Chicago Michelin Guide, the Michelin team offered the city a sneak peek last night with the Bib Gourmand selection. The Bib Gourmand designation denotes good cuisine at a reasonable price in a variety of comfort categories. Defined as “Inspectors’ Favorites for Good Value,” Bib Gourmand restaurants offer two courses and a glass of wine or dessert for $40 or less (tax and gratuity not included), and are often of most value to a city’s residents, who regularly dine in neighborhood restaurants.

Get ready for red this season—whether it’s oxblood, burgundy, poppy, crimson or cherry—the more the merrier. Not only is this extroverted color festive and apropos as always for your holiday fete, it’s hot on the list of this year’s on-trend hues for fall and winter.

Beautifully maintained by original owner builder. An exquisite acre and a half wooded setting down a long gated private driveway in prime Beverly Hills.

Before sitting down to a private 16-guest luncheon at The Black Dahlia, at which The Forge Restaurant | Wine Bar Executive Chef Dewey LoSasso dished out an exquisite four-course meal including pumpkin cakes with caviar and mint crème fraiche, jicama and cured salmon salad with dried fig, Florida snapper in a bag with truffle, and apple tatin with rose petal ice cream, I sat down with Olivier Krug, director of the House of Krug, and Margareth Henriquez, better known as Maggie, President and CEO of Krug, for a glimpse into the prestigious Champagne maison.

The Italian luxury brand, Brioni has recently announced that Francesco Pesci will be taking over as the company’s CEO, effective immediately.

Our Haute 100 list details the accomplishments of the most influential people in each of our markets—Miami, New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. These people continue to make moves, so rather than waiting for the next Haute 100 issue to come out, we thought we’d provide you with regular updates on those Haute 100 members who are making headlines. Check back daily for more info on the most powerful people in your city. The Kardashians have launched the Kardashian Prepaid MasterCard to guide teenagers as young as 13 in learning how to manage their finances more sensibly.

Our Haute 100 list details the accomplishments of the most influential people in each of our markets—Miami, New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. These people continue to make moves, so rather than waiting for the next Haute 100 issue to come out, we thought we’d provide you with regular updates on those Haute 100 members who are making headlines. Arthur Sulzberger Jr. recently left his home base in New York and went to visit the West Bank city of Ariel for a PR campaign.

As San Francisco residents, political figures and baseball payers alike gathered for a street parade, Stanlee Gatti could think of nothing more than making it rain — confetti that is. What’s there to fuss about confetti? Well, to the event designer, everything from size, shape and origin matter.

New construction by Renaissance Company. Designed for entertaining this French Provence inspired acre estate offers generous sized rooms.

With it's rich flavors and fiery kick, most Latin-inspired food pairs amazingly well with the creamy tang of good beer. Iron Chef Jose Garces and his crew at Chifa have decided to jump on this advantage, has been hosting a series of beer pairing dinners at the restaurant, which will continue through the rest of the year. But next up: a menu with the local and suitably named Iron Hill Brewery.

Created by master builder Michael Davis for his personal residence, the 5700 +/- square foot country home brings an English manor elegance to a scenic Sagaponack farm field setting on 2.3 +/- luxuriant landscaped acres with pool and carriage house.

Delicious Nicoise flavors from the South of France have arrived in Dubai in the form of the hugely successful Mayfair restaurant La Petite Maison. Located in a lovely niche in DIFC's Gate Village close to various art galleries and fashion boutiques and away from the confusion of Sheikh Zayed road, this piece of France recreates the charming atmosphere of a French brasserie.

Surrounded by the glistening waters of the Arabian Sea, Dubai has an inevitable plethora of seafood restaurants. Enter any restaurant specializing in seafood and you'll find a range of raw specialties displayed on ice for all to see. So if you're craving your fix of fresh oysters, mussels, clams, shrimps and lobsters then head to these top raw bars in Dubai.

After a very sick couple of weeks, (flu season one point for you) all I have been craving as of late is warm, hearty comfort foods. In typical haute fashion, instead of mom’s kitchen, I turned to a few former Ritz chefs. Prarie Fire is the newer downtown extension of the wildly popular Prairie Grass Cafe in Northbrook (Northshore moms, rejoice).

A lot of things are suffering in this economy. Your stock portfolio, your big power lunch, that sweet trip to French Polynesia you had to cancel- it starts to add up. What's next, your undeniably un-flawed fashion sense? Not in this lifetime. This weekend, savvy shoppers from all over the Southland will head to the Dallas Market Hall for the much-anticipated Warehouse Sale featuring, for the first time, the chic luxury denim brand Rock & Republic.

For some strange reason, despite a plethora of sushi spots, you don't find too many raw bars in Los Angeles. Which is incredibly bizarre considering that the city is perched on the edge of the Pacific Ocean. That said, the following restaurants boast raw bars that will give any other town’s take on the oyster a run for their money.

When you live in New England, you have to take advantage of the outrageously fresh seafood available year round. There may be no greater way to do that than to take advantage of the variety of raw bars scattered throughout the city. So check out Boston’s raw talent with Haute Living’s Top 5 raw bars…

First-timers to raw bars need not be squeamish. Oysters and quahogs can actually be quite delicious, especially when you taste what the magic some Phoenix chefs can work on them. And that's even separate from the many addictive cocktail sauces served alongside. Try these Top 5 raw bars and then see if you've had a change of taste buds.