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Haute Living Magazine, partnering with Hublot, the preferred watch brand of Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob, and Zacapa rum, celebrated the charitable champion and his November/December 2015 cover of Haute Living San Francisco's inaugural philanthropy issue with a VIP dinner attended by his fianceé Nicole Curran, who runs the Warriors Community Foundation, Warriors' minority owners and executives, Willie Brown and Haute Living Style Editor-at-Large Sonya Molodetskaya, players in the tech industry—and the Warriors' NBA trophy—at EPIC Steak on Nov. 16.

Perhaps you go for the spectacular 360° views. Maybe you like the old-school, nostalgic ambience that evokes the glamour of an earlier time. Whatever your reason for favoring the Top of the Mark, the 19th floor rooftop lounge at the venerable InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco, there are now 12 more justifications for taking a stroll up Nob Hill.

What better way to celebrate the bicentenary of Abraham-Louis Breguet’s appointment as chronometer-maker to the French navy, than with an exclusive marine chronometer, limited to 200 pieces?

As a result of recent events, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced the social media site will enable a 'Safety Check' tab for all disasters.

Really, there were films shown at the 5th anniversary of the Napa Valley Film Festival, which took place Nov. 11-15 in Napa, Yountville, St. Helena and Calistoga. If you were in the Valley for the festivities like we were, we understand if you got sidetracked from the main purpose of this event which has grown exponentially in its five years. Heck, there was a lot going on—and the celebs loved every minute of it! Two-time Academy Award nominee John Travolta summed up his visit quite well at the world premiere of his new movie "Life On the Line" when he said the Napa Valley is "beautiful and delicious."

An NBA Championship and a threesome within a few hours of one another? Life truly couldn’t get any better for Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob.

Kathy Fang, restaurant owner, chef and enthusiast for healthy living, knows when to splurge and when to hold back. Below are her tips for staying healthy throughout the holidays so you can start the New Year feeling your best.

Sheryl Sandberg has been commissioned by the U.S. Navy as an unconventional choice to sponsor its newest submarine.

One of the highlights of the night was a celebration of Johnson Hartig book, Libertine: The Creative Beauty, Humor, and Inspiration Behind the Cult Label,

It's been awhile since we first let you know that Jean-Charles Boisset, the flamboyant Frenchman with wineries in Napa, Sonoma and France, was bringing wine country to Nob Hill with the JCB Lounge inside The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco. Now open, this haute spot is where you definitely want to pop in when you feel like going wine tasting but don't want to fight the traffic or you're simply looking for a luxurious and intimate place to sip during the day or before dinner.

With several new developments underway, one can say that Napa Verasa Westin is having “a moment.” This week, it operates as a headquarters for the 5th annual Napa Valley Film Festival, which is fitting. The hotel’s longtime general manager, Don Shindle, sits on the event’s board and the ski lodge-meets-wine-country lobby—fireplace, comfy furniture and a wooden floor composed of wine barrel ends—suggests an atmosphere vaguely reminiscent of Sundance or Telluride.

Who can forgot how dazzling Colin Kaepernick looked on the cover of our Sept/Oct 2014 issue wearing a tuxedo and Hublot's Big Bang Steel Pave on his right wrist? It's no wonder the San Francisco 49er quarterback is now part of the Hublot family. The Swiss watchmaker welcomed their newest friend with an exclusive dinner at Kokkari Estiatorio on Nov. 10 and, of course, Haute Living was on the scene.