Miami Curated Logo

Category: Fabulous friday

A travel destination to put on your bucket list is Ethiopia, that is if your tastes run to places that are distinctive, authentic, and rich civilizations with centuries old history with their own culture, food, music and dance. After a little over a week there, I’d put it in a category with India, Mexico, Egypt and China – my favorites for exotic travel.
You may have heard of the cruffin, a cross between a croissant and a muffin, a bakery item that took San Francisco by storm in 2014, then spreading to the East Coast. It starred in an earlier Fabulous Friday. On a recent trip to Portland, Oregon, I was smitten by another West Coast pastry standout -- the Monkey Muffin from Grand Central Bakery. The next pastry craze perhaps?
A dozen long stem red roses, rose petals in your bathtub, a box of rose candies -- the kind Marie Antoinette loved. All romantic, but what about having a rose bush dedicated to you, complete with a personal message of love and affection and your name, in a rose garden in the center of a major capital city?
A $25,000 USD taco? Yes, you read right. It's yours at the uber luxe Grand Velas Los Cabos in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. I'm proud to say that the idea for the world's most expensive taco was that of yours truly (my public relations firm). The brilliant execution is owed to the resort's Executive Chef Juan Licerio Alcala. So what's in this taco, what's a fitting rare tequila to go with it, and has anyone bought it?
Jaguar Classic just unveiled an all new XKSS, just nine units designed to the exact specifications of the iconic model created in 1957. It goes for a cool $1.4 million.
Looking for a super cool, uber holiday or birthday gift for the trophy child or grandchild who's a foodie? Check this out -- might be for you too.
The perfect way for a fashionista to travel in the city? A Rolls Royce, Bentley or Ferrari? Not bad, but not a fashion statement.
The over 200 year old House of Hennessy has come out with a cognac, Hennessy 8, in a limited edition Baccarat carafe that will be hard to top at $39,000.
Mexican high fashion we regrettably are exposed to very little. Yet, along with the much praised evolution of the “new” Mexican cuisine and its very talented exponents, the country’s fashion scene is now coming into its own. I’ve been exposed to it through my client, Velas Resorts, that for the past few years has featured runway shows and popup boutiques of two of the leading fashion designers, Alejandro Carlin and Benito Santos. Both are the choices of Mexico’s society, celebrity, business and political elite and dress the First Lady of Mexico. Of all the celebrities he has dressed, the one the Jalisco born Santos is most famous for is Ximena Navarrete, Miss Universe 2010. He achieved that coup just two years after starting his atelier. He has also won the Mexican National Prize for Fashion in 2014.
How many umbrellas have you lost in your lifetime? The number is probably even greater than eyeglasses. Thanks to Davek, you can now buy a good umbrella and have less fear of losing it (not to speak of losing it on a rainy day!).