Celebrity Sightings in Napa

I just got word at 1:00 pm today from a Napa-based reader of SFluxe.com that the celebrities are starting to arrive in the Wine Country for the major multi-million dollar wedding of Simon Fuller, 47, and his longterm girlfriend Natalie Swanston.
“Already Annie Lennox has come in. She is so nice!” says the onlooker. [...]

Student Showcase

The San Francisco Ballet School’s Student Showcase was attended by over 200 guests earlier this month, with a cocktail reception and dinner at the Four Seasons, followed by the performance at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Proceeds from the event benefited the San Francisco Ballet.

Suzanne Thornton; Pascal Molat, principal dancer; Holly Suich, [...]

Free Sex Marathon

In honor of the highly-anticipated Sex & the City movie, premiering May 30, Crunch on Alhambra (2330 Polk Street) is hosting an open house (open to the public and free all day) Sex & the City Marathon on the big screen Thursday, May 29.
Function energy drinks will be served in martini glasses, DJ [...]

Raphael House Gala

Pat Murphy, San Francisco Sentinel
Today, SFluxe is pleased to publish a special report written by San Francisco Sentinel’s debonair editor, Pat Murphy, about the fabulous Raphael House gala that we attended earlier this month.

(It is Pat Murphy’s top hat and walking stick that Clara Shayevich is sporting in this fabulous photo by Heather Wiley!)
SAN FRANCISCO [...]

Inside G’s Infinity Penthouse

If you work downtown, you’ve watched The Infinity high-rise (located at Folsom and Spear) go up for the last year or so, you’ve seen the ads, you’ve read the hype, and you’ve probably wondered what it’s like inside.
Let me just say it’s a hundred times more beautiful than whatever you thought it would be, especially [...]

The Secret Millionaire

This weekend Fox Broadcasting released a preview of their upcoming dramatic reality show “The Secret Millionaire.”
Each week, one of the wealthiest Americans, worth millions of dollars, will go undercover into one of the most impoverished and dangerous towns in America. It sounds like fun, but why do I mention this now?
Because Gurbaksh Chahal is [...]

15 Minutes with the G-Man

“He saved me.”
The words hit me with bit of a surprise, and have stayed with me even as I write this article several days later.
They were spoken by Rafael, the personal assistant to Gurbaksh Chahal as he walked me to the elevator after departing the Chahal residence in San Francisco. I had remarked to [...]

Time to Purr

This week Vanessa Getty and Melanie Ellison are hosting one of the most popular events of the Spring, uniting some of our favorite things: pets, fabulous clothes, and bargain shopping!
Purr is a fashion fundraiser, to be held on May 14th, benefiting San Francisco Bay Humane Friends, an auxiliary organization of Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA. [...]

Andy’s Divas

What do Dolly Parton, a nameless drag queen, and Denise Hale have in common?
They were all photographed by Andy Warhol, of course!
And according to the Contra Costa Times, a collection of 152 of Warhol’s fabulous Polaroid pics of some of our favorite style icons — including Denise Hale “wearing an exotic sari-like gown and holding [...]

Rockin it from the Heart

Hayes Valley Boutique Gives the Skinny on Rock Inspired Denim While Still Keeping Wallets Fat

As you can imagine, SFluxe constantly gets requests to write about certain boutiques or other businesses that want publicity. We’re happy to oblige when the business has something really fabulous going on. The more fab the better, right!
Usually, though, [...]