Archive for January 24th, 2009

Cipriani Ocean Resort – South Beach, Miami

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

Cipriani Ocean Resort and Club Residences

Giuseppe Cipriani, the operator of New York’s Rainbow Room and other restaurants and catering halls in New York said, “The fact that we have been able to close this loan during this challenging time for construction financing demonstrates the quality of the project and the confidence the lender has in its future success”.

Giuseppe Cipriani will transform the old Saxony Hotel into a 170 room condo-hotel just 6 blocks from South Beach.  will open in Miami and Los Angeles. The group has bought the shuttered Saxony Hotel, which is being transformed into a condominium complex and a 170-room condo-hotel.

In branding their $250 million project the Cipriani Resort and Residences South Beach, the developers have linked the oceanfront complex at Collins Avenue and 32nd Street to a name best known for high-end entertaining in the Big Apple.

“I see nothing like what we’re going to achieve there,” Cipriani said, before ticking off the faults of some of the region’s top hotels. They also have plans for Los Angeles at a later date.

La Cremerie Wine Bar & Shop – Paris

Saturday, January 24th, 2009


Tel. 01 43 54 99 30
9 rue des Quatre Vents
Paris, 75006
lacremerie@gmail.com
www.lacremerie.fr
Metro: Odeon
Open Tuesday to Saturday
10:30am-3 pm and 5 pm-10 pm
No Smoking
Credit Cards: Yes
Prices: Inexpensive

There are just a few bar stools and as many tables in this former dairy shop turned wine store. Although it becomes a holding area for diners waiting for a table at Yves Camdeborde’s Le Comptoir a short distance away, it should be a destination on its own, as you can pay a corkage charge of 6 euros and buy any of his several hundred labels of organic wines and drink it on-the-spot, or there is always a choice of two open red and white wines available by the glass accompanied by plates of organic artisanal cheese or charcuterie, sliced with a vintage bright red slicer. Owner Serge Mathieu, who was born in America and brought up in France, and his wife Helene claim that they are not a bar nor a restaurant but a wine bar and store where you may consume their wine selections on the premises or take them away.
This is a sweet little place with lots of charm.