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EMIRATES
ANNOUNCES FLIGHTS TO LOS ANGELES
Emirates, one of the world's
most successful and fastest growing international airlines, is set to
expand its network even further this year with the start of the services
to the West Coast of the United States. On Fall/Winter of 2008, Emirates will open its third gateway with non-stop flights between Los
Angeles and Dubai.
THE
KRESS OPENS UP IN HOLLYWOOD
To
say that the KRESS restaurant
in
Hollywood
is about to have a big impact on the
Hollywood
dining scene is an understatement. This is a restaurant located in a 5
story building smack dab in the center of
Hollywood
, in the location that used to house Fredericks of Hollywood for 54 years.
REMY
MA
RTIN 1989 COGNAC-ONE FOR THE AGES
Cognac
drinkers in the
USA
are in for a treat with the launch of the 1989 vintage in September at the
RRP of $300 per bottle. I tasted a sample recently of this very potent
vintage blend, with a hint of figs and other fruits. At 45% alcohol by
volume, you will love this superb
Remy Martin Cognac
, either neat or on ice. Suggested foods to enjoy with this treat are
canapés and tapas, or creamy desserts such as buttermilk or Panna Cotta.
SNOW QUEEN VODKA ARRIVES ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
A highly touted Vodka from
Kazakhstan
which is distilled five times has arrived to the States.
Snow Queen Vodka was recently awarded the Top Vodka medal at
the recent 2008 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
Kazakhstan
is the ninth largest country by land area in the world, and the sixth
largest producer of grain.
EXPERIENCE
THE VODBOX AT NIC’S IN
BEVERLY HILLS
Nic’s restaurant in
Beverly Hills
would be good enough to stand on the merits of the food, service and
atmosphere, but since the addition of “The Vodbox,’’ business
has really picked up. This has been created by owner/entrepreneur and
sometime chef Larry Nicola, who is the perfect host at a restaurant in the
same location as La Familia, watering hole of none other than Dean Martin.
LA
CENSE BEEF FROM
MONTANA
-THE REAL DEAL
Having visited the La Cense
Ranch in
Montana
a couple of years ago, I was delighted to find out recently that they have
started to market their marvelous meat products. I tried some of their New
York Steaks along with the prime-rib, and can tell you that grass fed
cattle are really the way to go for the best steaks, and La Cense meats
are a cut above the rest. Of course they are not inexpensive, but these
days it seems nothing of quality is.
US
GRANT HOTEL-THE PLACE TO STAY IN
SAN DIEGO
The US GRANT Hotel is
absolutely the place to stay in
San Diego
if you are looking to be in an “
Art
Gallery
with rooms”. The 270 room and 47 suites hotel recently underwent a
$56 million refurbishment, and re-opened in October 2006 after a two-year
closure. The hotel was built by the failed businessman Ulysses S. Grant
Jr. to honor his father in 1910, and since the opening on October 15th
that year, the hotel has hosted 13
US
Presidents, including both Nixon and Kennedy who gave speeches there in
1960.
RIGHT
GIN SET TO LAUNCH IN LOS ANGELES
Right Gin is a
relatively high end drink imported from
Sweden
that is now set to launch in
Los Angeles
and
Miami
this month. Priced at $40 a bottle, the drink was created by W.L.Lyons
Brown, a descendant of the family that owns Jack Daniels and Southern
Comfort. The brand launched in 2007 big time at the Gwen Stefani concert
after party in
Las Vegas
, and is being clearly marketed at the under-30 crowd, not a group that
you can really associate with Gin.
IS
U’LUVKA VODKA THE BEST OF THE BUNCH?
For those of us who are
paid to drink this stuff, and for others who hang out at the hippest and
trendiest bars and hotels in the world, we get the chance to try the best.
U’Luvka Vodka from
Poland
launched in
England
in 2005..
BOOMERANG
VODKA HITS THE TARGET
What do kangaroos, Ayers rock and Foster’s beer,
and Chris Williams have in common? They
are all from
Australia
of course. Who might you
say is Chris Williams? He is from the land “down under” and owner of
the Wattle Creek Winery where he has developed a new fresh tasting vodka
from a special blend of grapes grown in
Sonoma
,
California
Boomerang Vodka is a light clear refreshing vodka distributed through
Foster’s Wine Estates.
YAMATO
OPENS IN WESTWOOD
Yamato Japanese restaurant has been getting some good
press since opening in December, with the Los Angeles Times describing it
as “Japanese pub food at great prices”.
BASEBALL,
APPLE MARTINI AND CRÈME BRULEE
Where can you find good weather, beautiful people,
rock roll music with no crowds- how about the Hard Rock Hotel in
San Diego. In the past, it was
baseball, apple pie and Chevrolet. Today
its baseball, apple martini and crème brulee. Nestled
at the entrance to the Gas Lamp District across from the Convention Center
and near the new professional baseball field
Petco
Park
, I felt like I was part of the new fabric of the new downtown scene.
SHADY DAY SUN
SCREEN OFFERS NEW PRODUCT
Shady Day Sun Screen products are a new company on
the market who launched a series of wipes last year into the crowded sun
screen market. The
Montclair
,
New Jersey- based company was started out by two working moms who teamed up with a
leading dermatologist to create the first product that offers SPF with
ease, avoiding messy spills and spillage.
JUMEIRAH
LOWNDES HOTEL-CLASSY LIVING IN
LONDON
The Jumeirah Group based
out of
Dubai
are determined to become a major player in the International market and
not just
Dubai
, where their flagship Hotel is the amazing Burj Al Arab Hotel. With
expansions already in
New York
and
London, and with up to fifty new hotels/resorts in the planning, their future
ascendancy looks assured. Immediate projects include those in
Dubai, Aqaba,
Doha, Phuket, Shangha, Bermuda and
London
.
CUNARD
LAUNCHES THE QUEEN VICTORIA IN GRAND STYLE
The Queen Victoria is
Cunard’s latest addition to their tiny fleet, but it certainly ranks as
the classiest ship so far in their illustrious fleet.
Although it is slightly smaller than the Queen Mary 2, the Queen
Victoria is intended to recreate the glory days of the transatlantic
liners in the early part of the twentieth century.
History was also made with this launch, because it was the first
time in Cunard’s illustrious 168 year history that there are three
Cunard Queens in service at the same time.
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