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Sun, Sea 'n' Stars: 10 Top Beaches
Where are the A-list planning to hit the sands this winter? Ian McCurrach tells you where to lay your towel for a bit of celeb-spotting in the sunshine, from the Caribbean to Australia's Gold Coast20 November 2006 1. South Beach, Miami
Not since the days of Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack have celebrities flocked to Miami in such droves. Cruise down Collins Avenue and keep your eyes peeled for the likes of Madonna and Sarah Jessica Parker who recently both crashed at the swanky Ritz-Carlton, where tanning butlers can be relied on to apply sunscreen in those hard-to-reach places. Lounge in the lobby of the Mandarin Oriental where Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes spent a couple of romantic nights. Hotel bar hopping usually guarantees celebrity sightings. Down a mojito at The Delano, a favourite hangout of Jamie Foxx, then shimmy along to The Setai where Nicole Richie and Mischa Barton regularly hold court.
PinnacleNames New Downtown St. Louis Project Lumiere Place
LAS VEGAS,- Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: PNK) yesterday announced a name for its downtown St. Louis project -- Lumiere Place(SM) Saint Louis. The name will adorn the Company's new casino and luxury hotel currently under construction, the adjacent Embassy Suites being refurbished, and an entirely new residential and entertainment district that the Company plans to develop in the surrounding area. Pinnacle has retained The Jerde Partnership, a visionary architecture and urban planning firm, to assist with the master planning and creation of the district. Lumiere Place is near the city's famed Gateway Arch, which draws 4.1 million visitors annually and is among the most-visited monuments in the National Park System. The property is also adjacent to St. Louis' Central Business District, the America's Center convention center and the 66,000-seat Edward Jones Dome, resting at the nexus of four Interstate highways and the MetroLink light rail system.
Legend & Celebrity
I was ready for them this time. Some months back when I visited West End and Old Bahama Bay I was just about 'shaken down,' considering all the questions the gatekeeper asked before letting me through. So on Saturday past when I pulled up to the gate, I had all of my answers ready for him. But to my utter surprise when he looked into the car and saw who my passenger was, he hurriedly hoisted the pole and waved us through.My passenger, Bonefish Folly, turned and said, "They didn't stop you because of me." And he was correct. Actually, Bonefish Folly was taking me to see his restaurant, Bonefish Folly's Bar & Grill, by the pier of the marina, and his brand of merchandise in the adjoining store.
As I turned to enter the parking lot, he said, "No, you with me, we park up front." So I pulled to the sidewalk, the nearest point to the restaurant.
Cruising through menopause
The Talk. It's a phrase that can put a genuinely ice cold fear into the hearts of parents of young adolescents around the globe. From the youthful perspective, it equates to the ephemeral fountain of youth - that ultimate knowledge containing all the world's deepest, darkest secrets. The thought of attaining this knowledge is the only thing (we think) we'll need to know about being an adult. We are so wrong. At 13 (yes, I certainly hope you 'talk' with your child sooner than that), all we care about is 1) how to be attractive to the opposite sex without being a dork and 2) getting rid of pimples and underarm perspiration. I think there should be a talk for me and all of my sisters embarking on that weird cruise ship we call menopause. We already have a code word for it, "the change." How freakin' ambiguous is that? Change doesn't even begin to touch the evolutionary acrobatics women go through at this juncture.