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New Year’s Eve 2024, The Kimpton Brice Hotel offered two different ‘Arabian Nights’ themed celebrations: the Arabian Nights NYE Dinner Spectacular at Pacci and the Arabian Nights NYE Party.
Featuring Whistle Pig Spirits, Middle Eastern inspired dishes, belly-dancers, hookah, henna tattoos, and more, this evening proved to be a one of a kind event to welcome in 2025.
Over 10,000 people attended this event in Jacksonville. Here are some snippets of those who participated and attended.
The Jax Zoo & Gardens invited top-notch corporates and A-Listers to a curated evening to showcase their culinary skills and their event hosting space.
Organizers told us that they are planning a massive expansion of their event space and the party was just a precursor to that event and to stay tuned in upcoming months to see what other fun activities they have planned.
The mantra it appears moving forward is come for the animals and stay as a food and party animal!
Watch this space as this is a developing story and a lot of good things are to be happening between Jax pets and party playmates!
Jamie loves cigars and he placed a big order with Hanptons Cigar Manufactory to create his own ornate cigar line and to conclude the project he celebrated with some near and dear ones over a 90 Day period by converting one of his apartments into a #CigarVilla pop-up by licensing the curated experience from Founder Lak Vohra. Do you want to
Host one? Contact hamptonscigarmanufactory@gmail.com.
Bordeaux came to City of Jacksonville tonight for an exclusive preview of the latest vintages at an exclusive wine tasting dinner hosted by Total Wine & More where we had a chance to meet one of the local farmers who’s family has been making wine for centuries. The vintner previewed his latest vintages that ranged from $20 to $80 and a a great time was had by a A-List crowd of wine aficianados in this city.
nonPareil Institute of Orlando offer thseir thanks to those who attended their 2023 Sipping for Scholarships Fundraising Event.
If you have never been to an opera, this one should be on your bucket list. The city of Orlando is truly blessed to have world-class opera right here at the Dr. Phillips Center at Steinmetz Hall.
Tosca was inspired by Giacomo Puccini when he saw the play, La Tosca in Rome by French playwright Victorien Sardou, in 1899. Obtaining the rights, he spent four years translating the work into Italian.
From entering Steinmetz Hall, a grand architectural marvel, you leave behind the turmoil of the world today and escape into the turmoil of Rome in 1800 during Napoleon’s threat of invading Italy. Josh Shaw (Stage Director) staged the performers perfectly with a well-balanced beautifully artistic set by Grant Preisser (Scenic Designer). Preisser framed the stage with large paintings that he selected by Anne-Louis Girodet, a famous French painter during the Napoleonic era.
This opera has one of the most romantic scores and the conductor, Eiki Isomura led the orchestra from power to the sublime.
We meet Floria Tosca, a diva who transforms from bitch, loyal bitch, heroine and ends with martyrdom. The amazing soprano, Eleni Calenos plays her perfectly with all the nuances and thoughtful acting transitions. Ms. Calenos sang the premiere aria, “Vissi d’arte” with so much emotion the audience was elated. Her acting was excellent and proved she could not only sing Tosca she became Tosca.
Nathan Granner (Tenor) was charming in his role as Cavaradossi, Tosca’s love interest and the town painter and revolutionary. His portrait of another beautiful woman is the cause of Tosca’s jealousy and suspicion in Act I. Granner hit with power and passion “E lucevan le stelle.”
While these two star-eyed lovers are bantering, Baron Scarpia, played by Daniel Scofield (Baritone) has other sordid and dark ideas to thwart their love. Wanting Tosca for himself, he has Cavaradossi arrested and plans his execution, pinning Tosca to decide if her love lives or dies. Scofield is excellent in this role as the villain with convincing wickedness.
The Opera Orlando Youth Company was an absolute delight. The children’s voices were heavenly.
In the words of stage director Josh Shaw, “I encourage you to get lost in this heart-wrenching story for the next two hours.”
Cigars are popping up everywhere! Check out these beauties:
Our founder Lakhinder JS Vohra had a great time with VIP access to this annual arts show. Living in Florida opens up amazing possibilities for attending events!
In case you missed it this weekend, Shaq and Gronk hosted a live streamed digital event on Saturday. What made this digital event extra special is that fans were able to have LIVE conversations with each other through Yappa, an audio and video commenting tool. During the event, Shaq and Gronk played a livestreamed game of HORSE. Fans were able to leave yaps about which shot they wanted Shaq and Gronk to take– and Shaq actually broke the rim! Snoop Dogg, Steve Aoki and Da Baby were among those to live yap during the event. You can see all of the activity on the event’s website by the Comments section.
Yappa was created as an antidote to the dangerously anonymous text-based commenting in social media. Because Yappa has a robust backend to flag profanity and hate speech, Yappa is quickly becoming the new, responsible and fun way for celebrities to communicate on websites such as IGN, iheartmedia, AMI and so much more!
There are hundreds of options for New Year’s Eve – from Embassy-themed soirées, black-tie hotel ballrooms balls, sit-down pre-fixe all-you-can-hog, to plain and simple microwaveable celebrations in your PJs at home.
But when it comes to picking the best venue, ambience, budget, parking, dose of culture, and a true red carpet, nobody could beat the evening hosted by the Kennedy Center.
Our evening, generously hosted by Sam the GM of the rooftop restaurant and Rachael Stambaugh of the Kennedy Center, started with a richly-paired 3 course menu dinner followed by an amazing tribute to Aretha Franklin, a roarous sell-out crowd in tow.
Following the glowing performance, the evening spilled into the grand foyer where an exclusive collection of local gliterati filed in to live bands performing past three balloon drop making dressing to the hilt yet another memorable exercise reminding everyone that over-extended, over-priced libations elsewhere was not the only way to ring in a new century in a posh, affordable and refined way and that we were in the right place at the right time. The complimentary professional photo booths set up as guests were departing was the perfect goodie bag gift one could ever receive and cherish.
Hayley Hasselhoff, Robyn Lawley and Britney Young Celebrate the Launch of Ryllace
Quality and style shouldn’t stop at a size 14.
Celebrities, Influencers and tastemakers celebrated the launch of Ryllace, a new premium plus-size fashion brand at LA hotspot, Élephante, last night in Santa Monica. Decked out in the brand, Actress/Model Hayley Hasselhoff, GLOW’s Britney Young and Model Robyn Lawley proved that style shouldn’t stop at a size 14.
With the theme of “look how you feel,” Ryllace aims to serve the large percentage of the American population who wear a size 14 or above that are underserved and demanding more in the current plus-size fashion offerings. Inspired by the amaryllis flower which is known for its beauty, strength, determination, and resilience-qualities Ryllace aims to bring out in every woman. The brand is on a mission to bring smart, premium, casual style to every plus size woman’s closet. The full collection includes outerwear, shirts, blouses, pants, skirts, dresses, sweaters, sleepwear and accessories, ranging from size 14-24. Prices range from $48-$368 is available exclusively on www.ryllace.com
