Hitting the High Notes as Chris Botti Kicks off a Beverly Hills Festival
It’s not often that you get to sit out in the middle of the street on a hot summer night and hear world-class music. That’s how the Rodeo Drive Festival of Watches & Jewelry kicked off Sunday night, with an incredible private concert by Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Chris Botti and his band. Genlux Magazine sponsored the event, which began with a private party in the penthouse of the Luxe Hotel before guests migrated down to the...
Tilda Swinton + Italian Jewelry = A Champagne-Soaked Night
The ethereal Tilda Swinton, dressed in luminous white on a balmy night, brought her unique blend of sophistication and beauty to the opening of a new jewelry store on Rodeo Drive. Swinton, starring in this season’s “We Have to Talk About Kevin,” is the face of the jeweler, Pomellato, and wore two of its signature chunky jeweled chains around her neck while greeting guests as the host of the event, which benefited LA’s Museum of...
Lighting Up the Drive in Style: Rodeo Gets Crystallized
It’s the Rodeo Drive version of decking the halls, decking out the street in a stunning “sculpture” designed by Swarovski Elements, just as the preeminent crystal company has done at Harrods department store in London. It was unveiled last night in a glitzy ceremony and opening party at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel’s BLVD, hosted by Jessica Alba and attended by several hundred revelers. The elegant bar, including...
Royalty on Rodeo
TAR had the pleasure recently of drooling over the jewels at Garrard in London’s Harvey Nichols (we didn’t get anything wet, promise!), then doing a drive-by of the NYC Soho outpost of the jeweler to Her Majesty, since 1843, no less. And now comes Garrard’s sparkling new gem of an outpost on Rodeo Drive. Check out the Wings collection, in sterling silver if you don’t want to spring for diamond bling. Garrard,...
Martini Madness On Rodeo
With the price of a few rounds of “designer” martinis requiring a C-note these days, it’s hard to imagine five for less than $20. But that’s exactly the deal at the Luxe Hotel’s Bar 360 Monday-Friday, 5:30-7:30 pm: $3.60 drink specials include a fresh watermelon martini, or, shades of Sex and the City, a cool Cosmopolitan, both giving deeper meaning to “happy hour.” Small plates like fried green tomatoes and fresh burrata, lobster...
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