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Dessert at Restaurant Santi Taura

Restaurant Santi Taura Review

Mr. Santi Taura is a native of Mallorca who grew up in Lloseta and now works out of the house that used to belong to his grand mother. He lives on the upper floor and the restaurant is at ground…

Porsche Design P'3110 Tec Flex Rollerball Steel and Gold

Porsche Design P’3110 Tec Flex Rollerball Review

When I first started getting interested in finer mechanical objects Porsche Design was one of the first companies that stood out. Porsche Design Studio was founded by Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, grandson of Ferdinand Porsche and designer of the Porsche 911,…

UR-110 Torpedo ST Dial

Urwerk UR-110 Torpedo Review

One of the very first pieces that caught my eye when I first got interested in watches was the Urwerk UR-103. Just the shape was so different from every other watch I’d seen and then to top it off with…

Prometheus Alpha Pen in titanium

Prometheus Alpha Pen in Titanium Review

Jason Hui made a name for himself as a master machinist creating hand-made LED flashlights under the names Dark Sucks and Prometheus Lights. He then branched out into creating pens through a very successful Kickstarter campaign (Prometheus Writes) and has…

Dining room at Twist by Pierre Gagnaire.

Twist by Pierre Gagnaire Review

Pierre Gagnaire is one of the biggest names of modern cooking that has really pushed the art and craft to the next level. Even though his earlier restaurants have not always been as successful as his “modern French” cuisine has…

Chris Reeve Knives Small Sebenza 21 Reeve mark close-up

Chris Reeve Knives Small Sebenza 21 Review

The Sebenza is the benchmark of the modern locking folding knife and is also the one that started it all. It was introduced in 1990 and featured the Reeve Integral Lock, an evolution of the Walker Linerlock that uses the…

Extreme LAB 2 dial, photo by Jaeger-LeCoultre

Jaeger-LeCoultre Extreme LAB 2 Review

We recently got a chance to spend some time with the Master Compressor Extreme LAB 2 Tribute to Geophysique in Jaeger-LeCoultre’s boutique at the Wynn in Las Vegas. What we found was a very impressive watch in the high-end luxury…

Aria Las Vegas south entrance

Aria Resort & Casino Las Vegas Review

Aria Resort & Casino is the centerpiece in Las Vegas’ CityCenter complex that opened in December of 2009. The Aria, and CityCenter, is a major driver in pushing Las Vegas to the next level, it’s an original concept that’s both contemporary…

Carrot cake mousse at Sage Las Vegas

Sage Las Vegas Restaurant Review

Sage restaurant in Las Vegas describes themselves as a restaurant focusing on American cuisine spices with global influences that simplifies overcomplicated dishes and place emphasis on simple, clean flavors and seasonal ingredients. They undersell themselves a bit. What they really do…

Drinks by Tony Conigliaro

Drinks by Tony Conigliaro Book Review

Every once in a while you discover a game changing book, one that not only teaches you new things but alters the way you think. Drinks by Tony Conigliaro is one of those. I would rate it alongside The Fat…