• Finding Your Sweet Escape,Alyson Pitarre

    Finding Your Sweet Escape

    Summer is officially here – and that means abundant sunshine, new adventures and sweet escapes for many of you.For this month’s Curated newsletter, I wanted to call your attention to a few of our most inspiring escapes that have “summer” written all over them. There’s an artful (and art-filled) $60

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  • UAE Introduces its Own Classification for ‘Five Star-Plus’ Hotels,Alyson Pitarre

    UAE Introduces its Own Classification for ‘Five Star-Plus’ Hotels

    Leave it to the United Arab Emirates to come up with a hotel class distinction that is even more luxurious than five-star. Known as “five-star-plus” hotels, the distinction was created for Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace.Photo courtesy of Emirates Palace/ Mandarin Oriental Hotel GroupAs the Department o

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  • You Can Rent This Transportive Newport Beach Compound with Pool, Guest House and Dock for $95,000 a Month,Alyson Pitarre

    You Can Rent This Transportive Newport Beach Compound with Pool, Guest House and Dock for $95,000 a Month

    As far as dream summer rentals go, this Balboa Peninsula Point estate in Newport Beach offers the ultimate vacation fantasy that transports you right from the shores of Southern California to the peaceful beauty of the Mediterranean.Impeccable in scale and design, the Mediterranean-style manse is a

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