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Alba’s chef Ralph Pagano, who we recently featured in Haute Living’s Kitchen Confidential section, is opening a Mexican restaurant at the Dream South Beach. Serafina, will be closing and the conversion will be complete by the end of next month. Pagano is famous for his show, Pressure Cook, on the Travel Channel where he visited […]

  Can you believe it’s only a few weeks until Christmas?  The holidays can be a stressful, yet rewarding time.  To help simplify your hunt for the best gifts this year, I compiled some of my favorites for this week’s Haute Holiday List: With all the chaos, the one thing I love to do to […]

Art Miami is always one of my favorite shows during Miami Art Week and this year was no exception. A tour of the fair, which includes a wing for CONTEXT reveals many, many gems that were aching to come home with me. Sure there was the sparkling CIndy installation and the Maserati VIP lounge, but the […]

Island Company is in search for the new face of their brand. So they’re doing what any good brand would do, they’re teaming up with Next i Model Management and hosting a modeling competition. The big day  is set for Saturday, December 14th from 6pm to 10pm at their shiny new flagship located on Worth Avenue […]

Hublot and its CEO, Ricardo Guadalupe, hosted a two-part Art of Fusion event that began with a reception at Hublot’s Bal Harbour boutique. The store was transformed by artist Hebru Brantley’s artwork, whose pieces pair well with their colorful new Caviar Tutti Fruitti watches. Alonzo Mourning and Haute Living publishers Kamal Hotchandani and Seth Semilof also […]

Arlene Chaplin, active philanthropist and creator of YogArt, hosted another successful YogArt experience during this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach. Since debuting during Art Basel 2011, YogArt is already a sensation among yoga, art, and music lovers. YogArt is a unique experience that brings yoga, music, and art together. Participants are instructed by the most […]

  Babalú, known for its innovative retail concept centered on luxury and convenience, has open Babalú at The Raleigh Boutique in the hotel’s lobby. This third installation joins their flagship store located at 1111 Lincoln Road in Miami Beach and their Palm Beach location situated on Via Mizner at Worth Avenue. Babalú at The Raleigh […]

At a Hublot event for Art Basel this weekend, billionaire Stewart Rahr purchased two Hebru Brantley paintings at an auction raising money for Alonzo Mourning’s Mourning Family Foundation. The total for the two paintings was $150,000, with one painting being $70,000 and the other $80,000. “The Mourning Family Foundation depends on people like Stewart Rahr […]

Miami has so many great hotel lobbies, it’s a chore to pick just five. But here goes – the best of the bunch are as follows:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVcTUbU3Ij8&feature=youtu.be   Hublot cerebrated the launch of their new Big Bang Caviar Lady 305 timepiece with a private dinner hosted by Hublot’s Rick de la Croix and Haute Living Magazine at Zuma. The evening, which saw Shannon Allen, Janice Combs, Cliff Floyd, Larsa Pippen, Jenine Howard, Addrianne Bosh and Gabrielle Union in attendance, doubled as […]

Pop-Up Piano Miami and The Related Group’s 3-day “Hyde and Seek” concert series wrapped Saturday evening with a star-studded jam session at Paraiso Bay. Rami Jaffee of the Foo Fighters, P!nk’s violinist Jessy Greene, Dave Krusen of Pearl Jam and Norah Jones’ guitarist Jason Abraham Roberts were just a few of the notable musicians to […]

On December 5, The Facets of Art event celebrated the long-awaited reveal of the Bentley Home Collection, hosted by Luxury Living, exclusive retailer of FENDI Casa and the Heritage Collection. Guests were invited to get a taste of the new line which features elegant modern furniture, true to Bentley’s signature style. Similar to their luxury […]