Bulgari What better way to count down until spring than with Bulgari’s quartz, 18-karat white gold and diamond encrusted watch. The wait has never looked better. www.bulgari.com Tony Ward Welcome the new season not with rain boots and umbrellas, but with spring’s prettiest colours. Dresses in pastel pinks and purples will take any day from …
It's an unusual world, the one Karim Rashid occupies. It’s an environment comprising smooth, glossy plastics, bustling with seemingly nonsensical, free-flowing shapes and radiating with bold, vivid colours that defy conventional standards. It’s a surreal landscape that he envisions, but it’s also a contemporary one. It’s a world made to match our technologic existence; yet, …
There’s a pork craze going on right now in many high-end restaurants, so we’re making a healthy version with most of the fat removed and a marinating sauce free of BBQ sauces found in typical pulled pork recipes. We call it a pulled porchetta slider. We’re adding a rapine and spicy pepperoncino dressing, and a …
We’ve all been there. Compressed on a subway car, mourning over the morning news, late for work, again. The mundane, the banal, the ‘everyday.’ It’s everything Tanya Howard aims to eliminate with each mind-bending plié. And she does so with the poetic pull of a playwright whose stories she tells without making a peep. “What …
Gone are the days of butlers and boudoirs – modern luxury has just moved in. With a vast portfolio of residential and retail projects that span the globe with big-city attention, the Trump brand arguably continues to emote luxury in all its forms. The Trump Hotel Collection, which includes locations in Toronto and New York …
Custom real estate projects require personalized care and extreme attention to detail. That’s why the father/son developers of King Station have distinguished themselves by slowing down in a seemingly fast-paced market, concentrating solely on 15 clients a year in a development that will eventually consist of 83 luxury homes ranging in size from 3,000 – …
For most, spending nearly 11 days at sea navigating choppy Atlantic waters in a 70-foot sailboat would feel like an eternity. The mere thought of it would likely bring butterflies to our stomachs. But for seasoned sailors like Giovanni Soldini and Brad Van Liew, nerves are never a question. Along with six other crew members, …
Harley-Davidson. It’s one of those iconic brands that needs little introduction, with its instantly recognizable black and orange logo that conjures up images of open roads, leather jackets and the blissful freedom of riding in the open breeze. Ask anyone who owns a Harley-Davidson, and they’ll likely tell you they own more than just a …
When it comes to naming heavy metal luxury rides, usually the big Mercedes S-Class, followed by the BMW 7-series, comes to mind. These two heavy hitters, especially the S-Class, have established themselves in the upper ranks as preferred choices in the prestige class. The Audi A8 usually comes after a slight pause. Why is that? …
Fourteen years have passed since Nancy Pencer lost her husband. “I never thought that I would not grow old with him,” she says, just two days before the anniversary of Gerald Pencer’s death. Her eyes carefully hold tears captive, and as she pauses to swallow and take a deep breath, you can hear it. Sitting …
