Spend Labor Day weekend in Yountville with Thomas Keller.
If you’re serious about food, you probably know all about Yountville,
the tiny Napa valley town
with some of the country’s best restaurants. Three of these -- The
French Laundry, Bouchon,
and Ad Hoc -- are the domain of Thomas Keller, named the Best Chef in
America in 1997.
When The French Laundry won three
Michelin stars in 2006, Keller became the only American chef to have
two restaurants with three stars. The other is Per Se in New York.
Always fresh and imaginative, Keller’s cooking never fails to amaze.
And 60 lucky American Express cardholders can spend Labor Day weekend
with Keller, eating his incredible food and learning technique directly
from him.
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Cool addition to Southern California flea market scene.
The L.A. area already has more than it’s fair
share of great flea markets. But that doesn’t mean they won’t make room
for another. The new L.A. Flea Market is opening on July 18, at Dodger
Stadium. The Grand Opening will be a memorable one with three bands,
nearly a dozen gourmet
food trucks, a celebrity yard sale, and more.
Five
hundred vendors are already signed up. There’s space for up to 2,500.
And the venue can accommodate as many as 25,000 flea market
aficionados. Eventually, it may give the Rose Bowl Flea Market a run
for it’s money.
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Fabulous new Lake Como hotel opens.
One of the great things about Lake Como
is that it’s changed so little since the 19th
century. The dreamy gardens and
romantic villas have a timeless quality that only adds to there appeal.
The fabled hotels and resorts on Lake Como have all been there for as
long as anyone could remember. Until now.
The first new hotel on
Lake Como in a century, Casta Diva Resort, is now open in Blevia, near
the town of Como. The 18th-century villa was once the home of opera
singer Giuditta Pasta,
and Bellini composed Norma and La Sonnambula for her while he was here.
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