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As renowned luxury-travel industry expert Geoffrey Weill notes, “In a city [like Venice] where everything from a hovel to a palazzo is a precious landmark, converting a 13th-century hostel into a five-star hotel requires months and years of inspections, favors, permissions, fawning, licenses, court judgements,
De Bethune Precision watchmaking is a craft that often seems out of this world in terms of intricacy and attention to detail, and the latest stunning timepiece from De Bethune takes that phrase literally, in the coolest way possible. The new De Bethune DB Starry Varius Aerolite features Author: Beau Hayhoe
To put it subtly, I love this wine. It’s elegant, it’s expensive, and it’s odd, in the very best way — a conversation piece at a party, the strange food pairing that shouldn’t work, but you can’t get enough of it. Jacques Lassaigne is a small vineyard located in Author: Kate Dingwall
(Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) Taylor Swift may still be the world’s richest female musician, but she’s no longer the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire. The 14-time Grammy winner, who had held the distinction since Forbes declared her a billionaire in late 2023, was dethroned by Lucy Guo, Author: Maxim Staff
My wallet now contains dozens of Bahamian Benjamins, with a picture of a very perky pre-jubilee Queen Elizabeth II on one side and an enormous sailfish on the other. The result of a helpful sign at a bank on Freeport indicating the smallest note available was $100, and me Author: Duncan Quinn
(Getty Images) Wall Street’s famous Charging Bull statue has been futuristically reimagined with a robotic exoskeleton and laser eyes to kick off day one of the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami. Miami Mayor and avowed crypto advocate Francis Suarez unveiled the 11-foot long, 3,000-pound monument in front of Author: Maxim Staff
Getty Images Former Fox Sports broadcaster-turned-Instagram bombshell Holly Sonders is showing off a sizable back tattoo of boyfriend Oscar De La Hoya that might leave some fans punch-drunk. Last week, Sonders unveiled her new De La Hoya ink on the ‘Gram, where she also declared her love for the Author: Maxim Staff