Virtuoso Life - July/August 2008 - (Page 34) LUXE REPORT PRE PRET-A-PORTER TAKE FIVE Prepacked and versatile, designer Susan Hanover’s new Jewelry Travel Set includes five wire bangles set with semiprecious stones and a pair of drop earrings with five matching interchangeable stones. The kit tucks away in a portable jewelry box and comes in destination- and season-specific color schemes: pastels for resorts (left), bright colors for summer, and earth tones for autumn. $450 at www.susanhanoverdesigns.com BISTRO BASICS An American from Paris For 93 years, Benoit was the sort of classic bistro that lured travelers to Paris. In 2005 the family owners sold the boîte to celebrated French chef Alain Ducasse, who has maintained its invitation to festoyer en rois, or feast like a king, on dishes such as steak au poivre and roast chicken amid velvet banquettes and oversize mirrors. Now Ducasse has exported Benoit, this time to the Big Apple (there’s already a sibling in Tokyo), reprising the original’s zinc tables and engraved windows as well as the tarte tatin. 60 W. 55th Street; 646/943-7373 The high life: Slovenia’s Predjama Castle. FOODIE FRONTIER East of the Tuscan Sun Touting Slovenia as the new Tuscany, Travcoa offers a new tenday trip around the Balkan breakaway with a gourmet theme designed by, among other experts, Janez Bogataj, author of The Cuisine of Slovenia. Highlights include a cooking demonstration with Bogataj, a private tasting at the Movia winery, and dinner at the former home of Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito. Departure: September 19, 2008; from $7,995 per person. Classic French in NYC. 34 V I RT U O S O L I F E (JEWELRY) MANNY RODRIGUEZ, (BENOIT) MICHAEL PIAZZA http://www.susanhanoverdesigns.com
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