San Francisco

We wanted to take a closer look at restaurants with those coveted Michelin-stars. Here is a round up of the top-rated restaurants in SF and NYC.

For a true foodie experience, make reservations at any one of these Monterey County restaurants.

Laissez les bon temps rouler! Manresa chef/owner David Kinch and partner Andrew Burnham have announced their first casual bar and eatery, The Bywater, opening this fall. Located minutes from his Michelin-star restaurant, the space is inspired by and named for The Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans, the city where Kinch grew up and got his start in the culinary industry.

It's a good thing no one ever said the Napa Valley Festival del Sole has to be confined to the Valley. Otherwise, benefactors and patrons of the festival, in the midst of its 10th landmark season, never would have experienced the educational and entertaining Patron Dinner Jean-Charles Boisset hosted on July 21 at his historical Buena Vista Winery in Sonoma.

The San Francisco Bay Area isn't only on the cutting edge of technology—there's also hotels and wine. That's apparent in the case of Jean-Charles Boisset, who is about to open a novel and posh JCB Tasting Lounge inside the swank Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco that is so haute that we think it will start a hospitality trend.

There are a number of private islands that are less expensive than $1 million and definitely less expansive than $100,000.

Paul Mekis, wine director for Rosewood Hotels & Resorts and sommelier of Madera, the Michelin-starred restaurant at Rosewood Sand Hill in Menlo Park, gives suggestions for how to pair rosè wine with summer dishes based on the occasion.

Jack Ma’s Alibaba Group is launching a music division to join its already established entertainment unit that consists of films and videos.

It's the best workout in the city and owner Adam Shane has created a welcoming fitness community.

The latest development that’s stopped us in our tracks? The Jasper, a glamorous (yes, we just used the word glamorous to describe a building!) high rise from Crescent Heights.

The 10th landmark season of the Napa Valley Festival del Sole, which runs July 17-26, got off to a booming start with a glorious burst of fireworks at the 10th Anniversary Founders Dinner on Opus One, one of the pre-events of this festival that brings together music, art, food and wine. Haute Living was on the scene for the weekend's festivities, which included Kevin Spacey's dazzling performance at the Annual Gala at Meadowood Napa Valley, a rousing Beethoven's Ninth and Getty World Premiere concert, an elegant patron dinner at Far Niente and a smashing Brunello Cucinelli fashion show at HALL Rutherford.

Tesla owner, Elon Musk says it’s adding a new “Ludicrous Mode” to high-performance versions of its Model S electric car.