Social intelligence March 25, 2011 1:41 pm Cameron Silver, owner of L.A.’s vintage couture mecca Decades, knows his way around an original Balenciaga. He had plenty to ogle at the opening of Balenciaga and Spain at San Francisco’s de Young Museum this week. Silver headed to the City by the Bay for the opening fête; read on for his report on the star-studded evening. Although my flight to San Francisco was delayed three hours due to the rain (…
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Andrea Bocelli to Perform Free Concert in New York’s Central Park
March 31st, 2011
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Internationally acclaimed tenor Andrea Bocelli will perform a free concert on Central Park’s Great Lawn, Thursday, September 15th with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by its music director Alan Gilbert, as a special gift to New York City (tickets required for entry). This spectacular evening, sure to be a once in a lifetime musical event will be recorded in high definition by THIRTEEN for WNET for national PBS broadcast on GREAT PERF…
Interview with The St. Regis Bali Resort Chief Butler
March 29th, 2011
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Luxury Travel Magazine interviews Carlos Costanzo, Chief Butler of The St. Regis Bali Resort, for his best insider tips. Why should travelers visit your destination and your hotel right now? What is new and exciting? The St. Regis Bali Resort is by far the most luxurious hotel on the Island. A balance between nature and delicate accents of exclusivity is found carefully laced throughout our entire Resort, resulting in sheer bliss to our guest&#…
New Image Group to establish new dairy plant in New Zealand
April 3rd, 2011
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FBR Staff Writer Published 01 April 2011 New Image Group, a manufacturer of health and wellness products in New Zealand, will build a new multi-million dollar, spray drying plant in New Zealand. The plant will produce specialist, nutritional products from both milk and pre-processed ingredients. The company said that once the construction of plant is finished in…
Mini in the Box: Cheap iPad accessories
March 29th, 2011
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Useful as iPads are (and before you complain, for the most part they are useful) they can often be augmented with a carefully made accessory – hence the thriving third party eco-system of cases, stands and what have you. But they can be quite expensive.Mini in the Box, a small company based in China asked use very kindly to have a look at a few of the cut-price accessories they supplied for the iPad and we are a sucker for good manners so we a…
North East Health & Fitness News: Fit4Life gives helping hand to North Tyneside families
March 24th, 2011
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Health reporter Helen Rae takes a look at why mum’s the word for fitter families in the North East A SCHEME to cut child obesity by making weight loss and health a family affair is proving a hit with Tyneside mums. Two mothers, Trish Lavender and Nicola Moorhouse (pictured left to right), were so inspired by their eight-week Fit4Life programme on exercise and nutrition that they’ve set up their own healthy living group. &#…
Bali profits from business of soul-searching
April 2nd, 2011
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Being a Hindu yogi once meant renouncing worldly pleasures for a life of solitary meditation, wandering the jungle in search of union with god. Today, new-age yogis wander the globe from one retreat to another, stay in luxury hotels and preach to the converted masses through a headset microphone. At the Bali Spirit Festival last week, yogis sold their take on life - along with complementary DVDs - as visitors from as far afie…
Bathing waters profiled online
March 25th, 2011
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Ratings and information about beaches and swimming spots in England and Wales are now available online. The Environment Agency said cleanliness ratings are available on around 500 sites as well as photographs and maps. The new bathing water profiles at www.environment-agency.gov.uk/bathingwaters have links to the latest water quality results for each of the country’s designated coastal and inland bathing sites. They have been relea…
North East Health & Fitness News: Be Clear on Cancer campaign aims to be a life-saver
March 28th, 2011
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Mar 21 2011 by Helen Rae, Evening Chronicle Health Reporter Helen Rae takes a look at a new campaign that is helping people in the North East detect life-saving cancer symptoms as early as possible AN awareness campaign which aims to help more men and women spot the symptoms of cancer earlier, is launching in the North East. The new Be Clear on Cancer campaign, run by the NHS, focuses on the three most common cancers in the U…
iPad2 review roundup
March 25th, 2011
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…ket gaming device, the iPad 2 will require you to splash out 399 of your Earth pounds. At first glance, reviewers are not convinced that this second generation of the iPad is much of an upgrade at all: “It’s thinner, lighter and also available in white,” points out Mark Prigg in the Evening Standard. However, having had a bit of a play with said devices, he changed his mind, pointing out: “while subtle, this really is a major upgrade and a glimp…