Luxe Beat Magazine DECEMBER 2014 | Page 2

Contents 8 96 144 114 Travel 8 The Rocky Mountaineer: A Train to the Sublime 12 Alpine Winter Perfection is Found in Austria’s Arlberg 20 Guide To Trendy Tallinn 26 48 Gifts For the Traveler 86 50 Luxe Layovers: AMS (Amsterdam) Extraordinary Chef Ben Sutter, CEC 90 Sky Cocktail Atop The Tower Club at lebua Hotel 92 Global Etiquette: Table Settings in U.S. and Europe Epicure 60 $10 Million Reasons to Play Omni La Costa Yosemite’s Bracebridge Dinner: Christmas Old-School Style 64 96 28 New Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace, St. Petersburg XXIV Karat Gold Diggers Make a Splash 68 FOUR’s Top 10 Restaurants 106 Handbags for the Holidays 32 Popping the Corque: Wine Country’s Best Digs 70 Holiday Dinner from SCARTS School of Culinary Arts 110 Style Heist 36 Luxury and Value are Possible in Paris 75 Fall Winter Seasonal Cocktails 114 What Are You Renting for the Holidays? 78 Fifth Generation Winemaker Joseph J. Wagner 118 An Eye For Design: Martyn Lawrence Bullard 83 Tips for Gifting and Pairing Wines for the Holidays 122 Suki, Skincare Specialist 84 Perfect Holiday Gifts for Wine Lovers 40 Turtle Patrol on the Florida Panhandle 44 Finding Myself In Ireland 46 Where Do The World’s Millionaires Reside? Fashion | Design Celebrity Eyes on Christian Roth for 30 Years Art | Music 126 Nadine Robbins Paints Unconventional Portraits and Oysters 2 130 Rocking the Boat 132 Bernini: The Artist Who Breathed Life into Marble History 136 Three Not Well (Enough) Known Pocono Americans Featured Contributor 140 Benjamin Bennett: The Story Behind Luxury Magazine Designer Literature 144 Gone with the Wind: Happy 75th Anniversary 148 An excerpt from No Dawn for Men 149 Whatever Happened to the Metric System? How America Kept Its Feet