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It’s fitting that another well-known California restaurant group will fill the space at The Forum Shops at Caesars where Spago revolutionized the local culinary scene. Water Grill, which has been operating for more than 30 years, with locations in Downtown Los Angeles, Santa Monica, San Diego, Costa Mesa and Dallas, is expected to open July […]
José Andrés gets right to the point in his new cookbook “Vegetables Unleashed,” (HarperCollins, $40): “Fruits and vegetables are sexy in a way that a chicken breast never can be.” No small statement coming from a chef who owns more than two dozen restaurants, including three in Las Vegas — one dedicated nearly entirely to […]
You don’t see breweries on the second floor very often,” notes Trustworthy Brewing Co.’s Chipper Pastron. “Because there’s a huge amount of weight involved.” The fermenters and tanks Trustworthy uses to brew its five core beers can hold a combined 1,550 gallons of beer when full. Assuring that all of that concentrated weight doesn’t come […]
Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley has traded in his luxury home in The Ridges for one he had built nearby in the uber-luxurious Summit Club in Summerlin. Foley and his wife, Carol, have placed their home on the market for $9.5 million. The two-story home at 19 Flying Cloud Lane is in Azure, a […]
Iconic national parks — from the Grand Canyon and Glacier to the Great Smoky Mountains — now offer outdoor expeditions by day and plush safari-style tents by night. Private resorts around the world also are catering to the desire for roughing it gently. Some noteworthy glamping sites: Iceland Glaciers, volcanoes, geysers and waterfalls have made […]
Christopher Legaspi’s style philosophy is pretty simple. “My whole thing with fashion is, as long as you’re confident in what you’re wearing, it really doesn’t matter to everyone else.” Still, the Vanity Fair menswear editor was endlessly fascinated by what he encountered at a pool party on the Strip. Clearly the Europeans are the ones […]
Tommie Battaglia wears it well. His wardrobe, we mean. And also his success. “I love being around people, and I love making people look good,” says Battaglia, owner of Gaetano Brand men’s designer suit company. “My Italian grandmother says I have the gift of gab.” He has the gift of garb, too. The 34-year-old entrepreneur […]
Its founders included Billie Jean King, Arthur Ashe and 7-foot-1-inch, 276-pound former NBA behemoth Wilt Chamberlain. Which, in retrospect, seems appropriate. Because by and large — and for all its iterations — World Team Tennis still is mostly about the tennis. It was conceived as a mixed-gender league in which fledgling pros play alongside some […]
This is a town synonymous with high rollers and low inhibitions, where opulence, extravagance and indulgence come intertwined in the city’s DNA. There are countless luxurious experiences available here. And now for three of the swankiest of the swank. TAKE THE PLUNGE WITH WYNN PRODUCTION Le Rêve — The Dream Diver’s Dream Package Sharks […]
On a perfectly warm evening, against spectacular views, Luxury Las Vegas magazine presented EcoCouture: a showcase of sustainable art through fashion. Guests mixed and marveled throughout the hillside enclave of four beautifully appointed residences of Vu by Christopher Homes at MacDonald Highlands in Henderson. Environmentally astute designers debuted one-of-a-kind creations for an intimate crowd, which […]
The first “Battle For Vegas Charity Softball Game” knocked it out of the park June 15, raising $136,000 for the Tyler Robinson Foundation. The game, hosted by Vegas Golden Knights right winger Reilly Smith, included performances by Imagine Dragons, Wayne Newton and country singer Sierra Black. Fans at the sold-out Las Vegas Ballpark watched Smith’s […]
More than 3,000 people attended the Israeli-American Council’s “Celebrate Israel” festival on May 19. Held at the Sands Expo and Convention Center, the event marked 71 years of Israel’s independence with a march of flags, entertainment, kosher food, a marketplace and other activities. Children enjoyed face painting, arts and crafts, and rock climbing, while teens […]