From chocolate Easter eggs made to look like lace, to eggs handpainted by master chocolatiers at French boutique Patrick Roger, here’s a look at some of the seasonal products for the holiday that usher in the spring.
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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Madonna selling her Beverly Hills home for $28M
Madonna has reportedly put up her French Country-style mansion, in Beverly Hills as a pocket listing with the asking price of 28 million dollars.
A pocket listing means a real estate agent has a contract to sell it, but it is not listed in the Multiple Listing Service or advertised.
Madonna bought the property back when she was married to English director Guy Ritchie in 2003 and paid about $12 million, according to the Real Estalker.
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Jaquet Droz Eclipse Onyx Watch
One of the latest watch models from the famous watchmaker is called Jaquet Droz Eclipse Onyx Watch. The elegant timepiece has its dial made out of black onyx.
The most interesting features of the watch include the moon-phase complication beautifully illustrated through 8 star-shaped motif and one moon motif. Together they create a picture of moon surrounded by stars.
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Opus Hong Kong by Frank Gehry
Opus Hong Kong is a visionary collaboration between Frank Gehry, one of the world’s most influential architects, and Hong Kong developer, Swire Properties.
Opus Hong Kong is a sculptural 12-storey building comprised of two double-level garden apartments and 10 apartments of some 6,000 sq ft, each unique in design and occupying an entire floor of the building.
Perched on a hill with a sweeping, unobstructed panorama of Hong Kong Island, the location on Stubbs Road has been owned by the Swire Group for 60 years.
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Laura Ashley opens boutique hotel
Floral print pioneer and perfumer Laura Ashley is to open a boutique hotel to showcase its wares, it revealed last week.
The brand, well known for its flowery curtains and clothes, confirmed last week that it has purchased a 49-room hotel in the British county of Hertfordshire, where it will build a branded getaway experience.
All of the bedclothes, sofas, wallpaper and curtains will be matching fabrics with the first guests expected to be welcomed next year, after an overhaul of the property.
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Martell cordon bleu centenary celebrations in Monaco
Martell Cordon Bleu cognac was officially launched in 1912 in Monte-Carlo’s sumptuous Hôtel de Paris, and it has chosen to return to the famous hotel on 22 March 2012 for an unforgettable evening.
As night fell, the Place du Casino was gradually illuminated in blue, as if a silk veil were being drawn over the façade of the buildings.
More than 250 illustrious guests from the five continents were welcomed by Lionel Breton, CEO of Martell Mumm Perrier-Jouët.
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Titanic’s last lunch menu sells for £76,000
A menu for the last luncheon served to first class passengers on the doomed Titanic sold for £76,000 ($122,000) at a British auction on Sunday.
The menu, which records the last lunch served to first-class passengers before the Titanic hit an ice floe and sank, is dated April 14, 1912.
It was on the table of Dr. Washington Dodge, a banker traveling first class from San Francisco, accompanied by his wife, Ruth, and son, Washington Jr.
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