Eventually, they moved to Los Angeles and gave the business one more shot. It was a success and she was now selling her famous cheesecakes to restaurants all over Los Angeles. Charlotte wasn’t without its restaurant closures in July either. Bonterra closed in SouthPark late last month, ending its 24-year run in Charlotte. And Dogwood Southern Table & Bar, also in SouthPark, will close in August, with celebrity chef David Burke buying its lease and assets to open a new concept there.
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My name is Ronnie and it is my goal to bring you the best Southern-inspired recipes, reviews, and restaurants from the South and beyond. To be honest we almost did not go because so many people told us the food was not good but the dessert was. I thought both of our dishes was fantastic!. Ronnie, I've found that restaurants with huge menus are usually not very good.
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The People’s Market, for starters, is teeing up its second location in Charlotte about a year after making a revival in the Elizabeth neighborhood. The Cheesecake Factory menu features more than 200 menu selections made fresh each day. The Cheesecake Factory doesn’t just serve cheesecake. The menu is very diverse and should offer something to please even the strictest palate.
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We stood up next to the wall and a nice couple walked up and handed us their pager. They said you will only have a five-minute wait. So we waited for about five minutes and sure enough, they called us back.
Food items range from hamburgers to southern comfort food, to Asian-inspired dishes. Choose from more than 250 dishes made fresh from scratch every day and more than 40 legendary cheesecakes and desserts. Though not locally based, The Cheesecake Factory is set to open its second Charlotte-area restaurant this month at Birkdale Village in Huntersville. That 2,500-square-foot location will mark the fifth for the brand. Charlotte brewery Resident Culture is also putting its next location in uptown, at The Market at 7th Street. It plans to open that 300-square-foot bar — its third location in Charlotte — this month.
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Cheesecake Factory opens in Birkdale Village as second location in Charlotte area.
The Cheesecake Factory is a beautiful restaurant. It reminds me of pictures I have seen of restaurants and buildings in Italy. My wife and I have been trying to eat at The Cheesecake Factory in Charlotte, NC for years. Every time we would try, there would be a long wait.
For instance, I ordered Chicken Madeira, one of their specialty dishes. My wife ordered Orange Chicken, an Asian-inspired dish. When you walk into the restaurant, it is truly breathtaking. I do not believe I have ever been to a more beautiful chain restaurant before. We walked up and added our names to the list, It is going to be an hour wait the lady said.
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Cheesecake Factory? Myrtle Beach residents want one — and these other restaurants.
According to The Cheesecake Factory Website, it all started in the 1940s when Evelyn Overton found a recipe in her local Detroit newspaper. This recipe inspired her to make the Original Cheesecake that we all know and love today. Enjoy the high-energy atmosphere seven days a week, serving appetizers, lunch, dinner, late night dining, full bar, Saturday & Sunday brunch, and curbside To-Go service. In a different part of the Charlotte area, local chef Jim Noble just opened his fourth location of Bossy Beulah’s Chicken Shack in Fort Mill. That’s as local franchisees brought the region’s third Slim Chickens to Indian Trail. They really make the best cheesecake but I also have to say the food we ate beforehand was really good as well.
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There are also new-to-market additions in Charlotte. One such concept, Puerta, will be opening later this month, paying homage to Mexican food and spirits in Elizabeth. Let’s be honest here, most people come for dessert right? On the way out, they have a huge counter where you can order any type of cheesecake you can imagine. I got Fresh Strawberry Cheesecake and my wife got Oreo Dream Extreme Cheesecake.
The Cheesecake Factory is my one exception to that rule. I've loved everything I've ever had there. We don't have one nearby, but I've eaten at various ones while traveling. Two of my favorites are the Chicken Piccata (with mashed potatoes instead of angel hair pasta) and the Pasta Da Vinci.
There were 9,826 households, out of which 35.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.2% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.9% were non-families. 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.06. There were 681 (6.3%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 64 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships.
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The couches came from a Seattle hotel (we haven’t figured out which one.) The solid fir slab sliding doors to the party room are a barn find from south King County. And the long fir table in the party room came from a farmhouse a half a mile north of us. Great to meet friends and family and those friends who are family! If you happen to be in the neighborhood be sure to stop by Ridgecrest Public House. A neighborhood pub just north of Seattle, a stone's throw from the Crest Cinema Theatre.
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We strive to represent as much food from around the world as possible, with traditions and twists from the Philippines, Laos, Greece, Mexico, Vietnam, Cuba, China, Italy, United States, and more. In 2015, a mile north of Seattle, we turned a credit union into a small neighborhood public house, bringing a bit of nightlife to a historic commercial area in the middle of the Ridgecrest neighborhood. Other Republican leaders, including Trump’s hand-picked head of the Republican National Committee, Michael Whatley, have urged House Republicans to hold off the removal effort before the fall election that will determine which party controls the White House and Congress. The chaotic scenes at UCLA came just hours after New York police burst into a building occupied by anti-war protesters at Columbia University on Tuesday night, breaking up a demonstration that had paralyzed the school. Israel and its supporters have branded the university protests antisemitic, while Israel's critics say it uses those allegations to silence opposition.
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Ridgecrest has one TV station, KZGN-LD, owned by Wiknich Broadcasting Corp., that has 3 channels serving the entire Indian Wells Valley over the air and on Mediacom Cable. KZGN also provides a daily local interview program, Ridgecrest Talk. Ridgecrest is served by two newspapers, The Daily Independent and the News Review, as well as a mixture of local broadcast stations and repeaters from radio and TV stations based in Los Angeles and Bakersfield. TV repeater K05FO 5 rebroadcasts KTLA; and K35HO-D 35 rebroadcasts KBAK. The weather in the Indian Wells Valley is predominantly influenced by its high desert location.
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Wednesday she would call a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson, forcing her colleagues to choose sides in a difficult showdown after Democratic leaders announced they would provide the votes to save the Republican speaker’s job. In Madison, Wisconsin, a scrum broke out early Wednesday after police with shields removed all but one tent and shoved protesters. Four officers were injured, including a state trooper who was hit in the head with a skateboard, authorities said.
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"Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduations — none of this is a peaceful protest," said Mr. Biden, before departing the White House to travel to North Carolina. Officers in riot gear spent hours threatening arrests over loud speakers if people didn't disperse. Hundreds of people had gathered on campus, both inside a barricaded tent encampment and outside of it in support.
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16,520 people (59.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 10,900 people (39.5%) lived in rental housing units. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 21.4 square miles (55.4 km2), of which 20.8 sq mi (53.9 km2) is land and 0.7 sq mi (1.8 km2) of it (3.04%) is water. Ridgecrest is located in Indian Wells Valley, which is a southern extension of Owens Valley, broken up by the volcanic Coso Range.
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The population was 27,959 at the 2020 census, up slightly from 27,616 at the 2010 census. This is all playing out in an election year in the U.S., raising questions about whether young voters - who are critical for Democrats - will back President Biden's reelection effort, given his staunch support of Israel. "It's a shame. I'm so proud of the New York's finest. They're great," Trump told reporters. "They did a job in Columbia and likewise in Los Angeles they did a really good job at UCLA." Former President Donald Trump commended police as he arrived in court Thursday morning for another day of his criminal "hush money" trial. The head of the University of California system, Michael Drake, ordered an "independent review of the university's planning, its actions and the response by law enforcement."
The racial makeup of the city was 82.02% White, 3.53% Black or African American, 1.08% Native American, 3.88% Asian, 0.58% Pacific Islander, 4.93% from other races, and 3.98% from two or more races. There is an overhang for waiting in wet weather, and families are welcome at the nearby picnic tables. By state law, Ridgecrest Public House is 21+, and alcohol has to stay in the pub, including the patio. The Drumlin is all ages, and alcohol is allowed on its patios. You can take your food to go, or eat it at Ridgecrest Public House or Drumlin if you’re also drinking. Several students who spoke during the news conference said they had to rely on each other, not the police, for support as they were attacked, and that many in the pro-Palestinian encampment remained peaceful and did not engage with counter-protesters.
The regular food truck hours are 5-8 pm, although some show up earlier as noted. We ask all food trucks to use compostable containers and cutlery, and we compost everything possible. We host food trucks nightly, and you can order food from Drumlin, our sister establishment next door. At their own private meeting this week, some Democrats objected to helping Johnson, particularly after he helped lead Trump’s legal challenges to the 2020 presidential election won by Democrat Joe Biden. Party leaders have said their support for sidelining Greene’s resolution is not the same as a vote for Johnson.
"They are all staffed seven days a week by tourism experts," said Tori Cruz-Suchs, Welcome Center program manager. "Not only do they give you local information, but they also offer you statewide information." As a participant of the Visit California campaign, the Ridgecrest Welcome Center hosted an industry open house on April 25 and invited dignitaries from Sacramento to come and share the importance tourism has on a community.
Full-time law enforcement employees in 2008 numbered 56 (41 officers). The college serves the communities of Ridgecrest, China Lake, Inyokern, and Trona. The median income for a household in the city was $44,971, and the median income for a family was $52,725.
When counter-demonstrators attacked the pro-Palestinian encampment Tuesday night, they threw traffic cones, released pepper spray and tore down barriers. Fighting continued for several hours before police stepped in, though no arrests were made. The police action occurred a night after the UCLA administration and campus police waited hours to stop the counter-protesters' attack. The delay drew condemnation from Muslim students and California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Over 130 people were arrested at UCLA, the California HIghway Patrol said early Thursday.
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According to Amy Chambers, director of engagement for Visit California, tourism in California is on the uptick. During 2023, California tourism revenue reached pre-pandemic numbers. The Searles Valley Minerals plant is located adjacent to the Searles Dry Lake near the town of Trona, California, about thirty miles east of Ridgecrest.
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According to the census[20] of 2000, there were 24,927 people, 9,826 households, and 6,691 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,179.9 inhabitants per square mile (455.6/km2). There were 11,309 housing units at an average density of 535.3/sq mi (206.7/km2).
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Deeply reported insights into legislation, politics and policy from Sacramento, Washington and beyond. Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene allege the cities and several advocacy groups conspired to infringe on their free speech rights by pressuring venues to cancel a rally in 2021. Johnson had been elected by Republicans as a last-ditch consensus candidate after McCarthy’s ouster, but he courted the far-right’s ire when he led passage of the $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine and U.S. allies that they oppose. The turmoil has gripped a House already essentially at a standstill. Johnson has been unable to command his razor-thin majority to work together on party priorities and has been forced him into the arms of Democrats for the votes needed to approve most big bills — and now, to keep his job. “Are you going to embrace Hakeem Jeffries like Mike Johnson has?
Males had a median income of $46,993 versus $29,558 for females. About 10.2% of families and 12.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.5% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over. Ridgecrest is surrounded by four mountain ranges; the Sierra Nevada on the west, the Cosos on the north, the Argus Range on the east, and the El Paso Mountains on the south. It is approximately 82 miles (132 km) from the Lancaster/Palmdale area, 110 miles (177 km) from Bakersfield, and 120 miles (193 km) from San Bernardino, the three nearest major urban centers. Private air travel in and out of the city is provided through the Inyokern Airport. Greene and Massie said they were giving their colleagues the weekend to weigh their options before calling for the vote on her motion to vacate next week.
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Contractors added new plumbing, new lighting and new heating, all energy-efficient. For several years, we looked for surplus materials and used furniture and let them dictate the style. The bar that seats six is made from end grain fir flooring we got on Craiglist ten years ago for a home remodel that went another way.
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Or, they said, Johnson could simply resign, pointing to the example of a previous speaker, Republican John Boehner of Ohio, who stepped aside in 2015 when hard-liners threatened to oust him. The standoff with Greene, one of Trump’s most enthusiastic supporters, risks throwing Republican control of the House into a fresh round of chaos as rank-and-file lawmakers will have to choose between ousting Johnson (R-La.) as speaker or joining with Democrats to keep him on the job. Police in New Hampshire said they made 90 arrests and took down tents at Dartmouth College and officers in Oregon came onto the campus at Portland State University as school officials sought to end the occupation of the library that started Monday. The nationwide campus demonstrations began at Columbia on April 17 to protest Israel's offensive in Gaza, which followed Hamas launching a deadly attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7. Militants killed about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and took roughly 250 hostages.
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Although some protesters have been caught on camera making antisemitic remarks or violent threats, organizers of the protests, some of whom are Jewish, say it is a peaceful movement aimed at defending Palestinian rights and protesting the war. Tent encampments of protesters calling on universities to stop doing business with Israel or companies they say support the war in Gaza have spread across campuses nationwide in a student movement unlike any other this century. The ensuing police crackdowns echoed actions decades ago against a much larger protest movement protesting the Vietnam War. By Wednesday afternoon, a small city sprang up inside the reenforced encampment, full of hundreds of people and tents on the campus quad. Some protesters said Muslim prayers as the sun set over the campus, while others chanted "we're not leaving" or passed out goggles and surgical masks.
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Block promised a review of the night's events after California Gov. Gavin Newsom denounced the delays. In the Mideast, Iranian state television carried live images of the police action, as did Qatar's pan-Arab Al Jazeera satellite network. Live images of Los Angeles also played across Israeli television networks as well. An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account.
” said Massie, before a poster-photo of Jeffries handing Johnson the gavel when the Republican first became speaker last fall. At Brown University in Rhode Island, administrators agreed to consider a vote to divest from Israel in October - apparently the first U.S. college to agree to such a demand. President Joe Biden addressed the protests in unscheduled remarks late Thursday morning, saying that "order must prevail" on college campuses but adding that the National Guard should not intervene. California Highway Patrol officers wearing face shields and protective vests stood with their batons protruding out to separate them from demonstrators, who wore helmets and gas masks and chanted, "you want peace. We want justice." Chambers said that the pandemic was a dark place in time for society. Once lifted, people began seeking things to do that brought them joy.
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Pets, valuables saved in Ridgecrest house fire: KCFD.
Speaking outside the Capitol, Greene ranted against Republican Party leaders at the highest levels and pushed back against their public entreaties, including from Donald Trump, to avoid another messy political fight so close to the November election. With her was Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), one of the few lawmakers to join her effort. "However one feels about the encampment, this attack on our students, faculty and community members was utterly unacceptable," he said. UCLA Chancellor Gene Block said in a statement that "a group of instigators" perpetrated Tuesday night's attack, but he didn't provide details about the crowd or why the administration and school police did not act sooner.
Amy Chambers, director of engagement for Visit California in Sacramento, and an event photographer were among other out-of-town dignitaries to attend the industry open house at the Ridgecrest Welcome Center last week. Ridgecrest is located in the southern portion of the Indian Wells Valley and in the northeast corner of Kern County, surrounded by four mountain ranges; the Sierra Nevada on the west, the Cosos on the north, the Argus Range on the east, and the El Paso Mountains on the south. It is approximately an hour and quarter from the Lancaster/Palmdale area and approximately two hours from both Bakersfield and San Bernardino. The Census reported that 27,420 people (99.3% of the population) lived in households, 109 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 87 (0.3%) were institutionalized. Like with Ridgecrest Pub, we stripped the space down to a bare box.
Since the arrival of their twins, Rumi and Sir in June, the family has been making their newest members feel at home in a stunning Malibu rental house. A real estate source confirms to PEOPLE that the couple rented the 10-bed, 14-bath villa — which rents for $400,000 a month, fully furnished — earlier this summer. With this purchase, the Carter’s have spent a whopping $114 million in 2017 on real estate deals from coast to coast. In October 2017, public records show the couple is still dumping money into the mansion. They have taken out 2 permits – one to install a backup generator, and the other to add a living space below the pool to the tune of $750,000. Couple all that with “sleek and sexy exteriors,” and it’s a recipe for record prices.
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Jay-Z and Beyoncé Made the 'Biggest Property Moves' in 2023.
No word yet on when Queen Bey and Jay-Z plan on relocating from their Malibu beach home to Bel Air, but it's safe to say Blue Ivy Carter and twins Rumi Carter and Sir Carter will have plenty of space to call their own. Beyoncé and Jay-Z are the latest to shell out an exorbitant sum of straight cash for one of the Pritzker Prize-winning architect’s few residences in the United States. Featuring an Olympic-sized swimming pool, a dedicated room for massages, a spa and a steam room, the amenities are like that of a 5-star resort.
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Consider what a gigamansion might look like, tricked out with top-of-the-line security, staff quarters, and, in the case of Beyoncé’s new home, bulletproof windows. One does not envision, say, an austere Frank Lloyd Wright house at one with the nature around it. The new Knowles-Carter estate in Malibu was designed by the self-taught Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Tadao Ando, best known in the U.S. for building the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. The broker for the deal was Kurt Rappaport of Westside Estate Agency, whose other clients include Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Madonna. The music industry power couple’s new home is also the second most pricy real estate purchase in the United States.
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With its steep green cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Malibu is a top contender in America’s ultra-luxury real estate market. Its rise in the rankings of the favorite spots of the super-rich was solidified again in past weeks, with reports that Beyoncé and Jay-Z purchased a 40,000 sq ft oceanfront mansion in the coastal enclave. The couple just paid $200 million for a nearly 40,000-square-foot, eight-acre property in Malibu that daytime television producer William Bell and his wife Maria commissioned from Ando in 1999. After building the architect’s vision 15 years later, the Bells used it as both a home and gallery for their famed art collection, most notably their collection of Jeff Koons.
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Nearly all are in Southern California, most between 4,000 and 12,000 square feet. Though he works on a grand scale, McClean isn’t interested in hotels or commercial projects. He grew up outside Dublin to working-class parents, in a row house around 600 square feet—about the size of many of the his-and-hers bathrooms he designs today. Around age four, he became fascinated with houses; at his local and school library he discovered Frank Lloyd Wright, Rudolph Schindler, and Richard Neutra as well as Frank Israel. McClean has cornered the .1% housing market by building grandiosity in the most minimal of architectural styles.
Architect Paul McClean designed the impressive property for a family keen on indoor-outdoor living. The home's massive glass panels that disappear into walls open up the entire floor plan to the front and backyard. The estate's standout features also include bullet-proof windows, a rooftop helipad for all your private helicopter landing needs, 15-car garage and an in-house spa and fitness center with a 12-person whirlpool.
Nevertheless, developers continue to hunger for size, and McClean delivers a stealth blockbuster, appearing to effortlessly circumvent such rules. My next stop with McClean is a secluded stretch known as Billionaire’s Row, in the hillside Beverly Hills micro-neighborhood of Trousdale. Here, one is as likely to see a vintage Thunderbird or a house with a crest—or, for that matter, a McClean—as a human being. But homeowners in exclusive enclaves like these don’t like change, especially 30,000 square feet of it. A rare look at the entrance of the $120 million Bel-Air home purchased by Jay-Z and Beyoncé, which boasts bulletproof windows and a helipad. The estate's record-breaking price tag is attributed in part to its high-pedigree design and extensive array of amenities.
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With a keen eye for art, Beyoncé and Jay-Z have filled their Bel Air residence with celebrated pieces. According to Artspace, Beyoncé enjoys the work of Ethiopian-American contemporary artist Awol Erizku (who also shot Beyoncé’s pregnancy announcement photos), Kerry James Marshall and Kara Walker. She and Jay-Z are known to also own works by David Hammons, Richard Prince and Laurie Simmons, among many others. Commissioned by soap opera legends William and Maria Bell in 1999, the structure was designed by the Japanese architect Tadao Ando. The Bell House, as it is known by the contractors who constructed it, took 15 years to build. Malibu has its latest set of superstar residents after Beyoncé and Jay-Z spent $200 million on a massive mansion just steps from the Pacific ocean.
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The penthouse at 220 Central Park South cost Kenneth Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel, $238 million in 2019. There is a really, really good Italian ice vendor just steps away from Griffin’s pad. Though its ultra-modern minimalist design divides opinions, it is hard to deny this structure is one of the world's best homes. For example, in this case, the architect has created floor-to-ceiling windows that overlook the Pacific. The seller is renowned art collector William Bell, son of the creator of American soap operas The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful. Bell, who bought the property in 2003 at $14.5 million, spent over 15 years completing the 30,000 square feet compound–designed to showcase his legendary art collection.
McLean set out to build the house as if it was floating on water, which is part of his signature strategy to soften the often sharp lines and rectangular structures with a touch of nature. Given that the Knowles-Carter couple amassed their fortune in no small part through Jay-Z’s investment in blue-chip artists like Warhol and Basquiat, the property offers ample room to let their own collection shine. It was featured in the 1998 cult-classic The Big Lebowski as Jeffery Lebowski’s mansion.
Our source also says $10 million of what they'll pay will include purchasing the furniture and staging the entire space. News obtained exclusive images of the property, which was in its final stages of a four-year construction project at the time they were taken. The Carter-Knowles' brood can look forward to kicking back in one of four pools, eight bedrooms, 11 bathrooms as well as an expansive kitchen and living area with custom-made fixtures from Italy. Music's most powerful couple is currently in escrow on a stunning mega-mansion nestled in the exclusive Los Angeles neighborhood of Bel Air, a source tells E!
Images of the new home can be found on many pages dedicated to Ando’s work, if you use the keywords Bell and Malibu. Be sure you are looking at the right one, because Ando built another beachside Malibu home for financier Richard Sachs in 2013, which was purchased in 2021 by Kanye West for $57.3 million. (Peanuts compared to what Beyoncé and Jay-Z paid.) The 4,000-square-foot home is reportedly in a state of disrepair right now, with unfinished remodeling projects dragging on. The ultramodern 34,000-square-foot estate has eight bedrooms, 20 bathrooms, and a 90-foot infinity pool, according to its Zillow listing. Located at 81 Briar Patch Road, the 12,000-square-foot mansion with seven bedrooms, seven bathrooms, and a separate cottage was designed by architect Stanford White, whose work includes the arch in Washington Square Park. Beyoncé seems to be updating the Beyhive constantly, and this post from back in 2016 shares a rare glimpse of her rooftop pool with fans.
The 13,300-square-foot, three-story property, made up of a main residence and three separate apartments, has a total of seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, and a rooftop garden. In 2023, they picked up a 42,000-square-foot Malibu estate with a minimalist concrete aesthetic designed by famed Japanese architect Tadao Ando. The home holds architectural significance as one of only a few private residences designed by Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Tadao Ando in the United States. His non-residential work in the U.S. includes the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in Missouri and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. In May 2023, Beyoncé and husband Jay-Z purchased a $200 million dollar Malibu home overlooking the Pacific Ocean, inking the most expensive real estate deal in California history, according to TMZ.
The native New Yorker, who was about 34 at the time, spent $6.85 million on a penthouse at 195 Hudson Street in the downtown Manhattan neighborhood of Tribeca. The couple, which Forbes reports is worth a combined $3 billion, are linked to many multimillion-dollar homes across the United States. Supplanting their new neighbor, the Knowles-Carters’ nine-figure closing now takes the cake as the second-most expensive home purchase in American history (the top being $238 million for an NYC apartment). Ando is also the architect behind Kanye West’s $57.3 Malibu home, which he purchased in 2021 amid his divorce proceedings with billionaire ex-wife, Kim Kardashian.
In 2015, multiple news outlets reported that the couple purchased a Spanish Baroque-style mansion in New Orleans' Garden District. The house on Harmony Street, locally known as La Casa de Castille, was listed for $2.6 million at the time of its purchase, but the exact sales purchase price remains a mystery due to Louisiana's non-disclosure policy. The median price for a single-family home in the city has more than doubled since 2016, to nearly $7m.
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Those who have lighter skin tones might notice their dark circles looking green or blue, like the color of veins. To help counteract that, Bobbi Brown created her fan-favorite Under Eye Corrector, which is available in pink- or peach-based shades. The water-, sweat-, and humidity-resistant formula is designed to be layered underneath concealer and foundation for hours of wear. According to our tester, the color payoff is excellent, and she didn’t have a hard time finding a “perfect match.” Just be sure to wear a moisturizer or eye cream before applying; she noticed the product settling into lines after a few hours. Green color correctors are known for their magic ability to neutralize redness related to acne and rosacea.
Alternatively, you can choose a concealer that has a built-in color corrector, like Kulfi Main Match Crease-Proof Concealer and Makeup by Mario Surrealskin Awakening Concealer. According to Dr. Idriss, some formulas containing skincare ingredients can help target overall pigmentation. “Ingredients like vitamin C and licorice root are great for brightening the under-eye area while vitamin E helps condition and hydrate,” she explains.
As the name suggests, this color-correcting formula from Charlotte Tilbury is pure sorcery. Each of the four shades—pink, peach, orange, and red—looks intimidating at first (understandably so) but actually transforms the look of under eyes after a few pats of a makeup sponge. The warm colors work to even out dull, purplish skin, thus, covering up dark circles.
Believe it or not, green can also be really helpful in covering darkness around the eyes, too. This ultra-pigmented, long-wearing color corrector from Lancôme seamlessly camouflages redness in seconds, laying the groundwork for concealers to follow. Our tester was pleased with how well the formula neutralized the appearance of her dark circles—specifically their natural dark red, purplish tone—before adding any concealer on top. Though it blends into the skin nicely, too much pigment can leave skin looking green, so be careful to use just a dot at a time.
Our tester was really happy with the results, sharing that the formula provided the perfect amount of coverage to her under-eye area. Along with shades for brightening and concealing, you'll find a few made specifically for color correcting peppered in. The brand notes its shade Deep can be used to color correct with its red undertones, and Deep Tan has peach undertones. However, you won't find extensive options beyond those two shades, like a green shade for canceling out redness or lavender to brighten skin. Most of the other 18 shades contain warm, cool, or neutral undertones like most traditional concealers.
If you wear foundation, apply concealer on top of it to help reduce the appearance of blemishes, redness and pigmentation. As for finishes, “If you have normal to dry skin, a radiant finish concealer is a great option for keeping the under-eye area hydrated, preventing the formula from settling into fine lines. For oily or blemish-prone skin, I like a mattifying formula with full coverage and long wearability to keep excess shine at bay.
Because the home was listed privately, it’s not known how many bedrooms and bathrooms are inside or the types of amenities—but we can only imagine the home’s features are fit for the couple’s extravagant tastes. The calming retreat is both simple and tranquil—surely a respite from both of the musician’s busy lifestyle. Knowles is currently in Europe on her Renaissance World Tour, which is estimated to rake in nearly $2 billion. Just this year, she claimed the title for the most Grammy wins of all time.
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In 2023, Beyoncé and Jay-Z purchased a 40,000-square-foot mansion in Malibu's exclusive Paradise Cove neighborhood, which some have dubbed "Billionaires' Beach," for a staggering $190 million. In 2021, a fire affected the property, and it was listed for sale shortly after at $3.5 million, later increased to $4.45 million, TMZ reported. However, it was later taken off the market, according to Architectural Digest. In 2008, he and Beyoncé held an intimate wedding ceremony at the penthouse, with only 40 people in attendance. Architectural Digest reported in 2024 that the couple is believed to still own the home.
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The vacation home was outfitted with all the necessities of a perfect summer getaway. In addition to a two-lane bowling alley, the home also offered a rock climbing wall, a skateboard half-pipe, a full bar, a pool, a tennis court, and an outdoor kitchen. The house is a minimalist masterpiece, a modern concoction of concrete and glass envisioned by art collector William Bell, who bought the property for $14.5 million in 2003. For the design, he brought in Japanese architect Tadao Ando, a Pritzker Prize winner responsible for impressive concrete structures across Asia, Europe and North America. The indulgent, Italian-style home features Murano glass fixtures, Venetian plastered walls, and Bourgogne and Italian stone floors.
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They usually have the same proportions of a ruler, with an infinity runoff. And nearby is “the obligatory movie theater,” McClean says as we enter the plush room. Beyoncé and Jay-Z have just bought a new home, according to TMZ and Architectural Digest. The digs, boasting 30,000 square feet along the Pacific Ocean in Malibu, cost the couple $200 million. This makes it the most expensive purchase for a private residence in California. According to the old Zillow listing, it still has 16-foot ceilings and stained-glass windows.
It also marks another feather in the cap for the affluent enclave of Paradise Cove, which has emerged as one of the most valuable stretches of land in the entire country. Rumors about the property have swirled for years, with several Reddit users likening the monolithic design to a supervillain’s lair. Instead, it was quietly offered at $295 million as a pocket listing, which means it was shown only to a select group of qualified buyers. The most expensive home is a $238 million Central Park penthouse owned by Billionaire hedge-fund manager Ken Griffin. Ando is currently designing a home with Kanye West, The Daily Mail reported, though the project has stalled and fallen into disrepair.
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2414 Rosedale Street has three bedrooms and three bathrooms over 8,640 square feet, according to the listing from 2019. Beyoncé and Jay Z’s private collection is extensive, including works from Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Mark Rothko, and a Tiffany-blue Basquiat. The pair also famously rented a home in nearby Wainscott, located just off Georgica Pond, with friend and Roc-A-Fella Records CEO Damon Dash for two weekends that July. “I felt like a little kid in a big haunted house there,” Jay-Z told New York magazine at the time.
The ultramodern spot featured floor-to-ceiling windows and 11-foot ceilings, with high-end interior finishes selected by Paris designer Jacques Grange. Beyoncé reportedly used the three-bedroom condo primarily as a spot for friends and family to stay while they were in town. The singer sold the 44th-floor corner unit for $9.95 million in 2017 after less than a month on the market. Her mother, Tina Knowles, also previously owned a residence in the same building but sold it in 2011. In 2017, they shelled out $88 million for an impressive Bel-Air pad, and they also own homes in New York City and the Hamptons.
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The place made headlines again in 2021 when a fire broke out at the property; several months later, TMZ reported that the couple was listing it for $3.5 million and then a more ambitious $4.45 million. The compound is made up of six structures with approximately 30,000 square feet of interior space. A sprawling outdoor area adds another 10,000 square feet, according to the Los Angeles Times. Spa and wellness facilities, bulletproof windows and four swimming pools are just a few of the amenities said to come with their pricey pad, which reportedly carried an asking price of $135 million.
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His first Bird Streets home, on Blue Jay Way, was purchased by Aviici in 2014. A view of McClean’s first Bird Streets mansion, which sold for $10 million in 2009. Architect Paul McClean is designing the new lifestyles of the ultrarich and superfamous. Beyoncé is currently on the first leg of her Renaissance World Tour, which kicked off in Stockholm, Sweden less than two weeks ago. After five nights in London at the end of May and early June, she hits France, Holland, and Germany before coming to North America. The first gig on this side of the Atlantic is July 8 in Toronto, and everything wraps up on September 27 in New Orleans.
Formerly owned by ex-Los Angeles Dodgers owner Jamie McCourt, the Carters paid a reported $150,000 per month for this swanky Beverly Hills mansion. Some other features that make the mega-mansion so special are the 2-story hand-carved limestone entry and the 24-seat dining room (with a marble-topped table and cabinetry). All this space and opulence is exactly why the home is currently on the market for $54,500,000. McClean’s homes come with fantastic views, and, like the classic midcentury L.A. The owners of these homes can certainly see you, though you can’t see them. A McClean could easily appear in leveled celebrity enclaves like barren Calabasas or the flats of Beverly Hills, but that’s not where you will find them.
The location of the dining room also makes this house a really unique experience for anyone who visits. “[It] came on the market right around the same time that Lehmann Brothers crashed, and it sold for a lot of money,” McClean says. The address sold in 2005 for $2.6 million; in 2009, after McClean’s work, it went for $10 million. “That made people take notice of the house.” A slew of requests for projects in the area began, and they’ve never really stopped. His office of no more than a dozen people is still based in Orange County, in the retro downtown of the city of Orange, and now designs around a dozen homes a year.
Originally listed for $100 million, “Opus,” a Trousdale mansion developed by Niami and designed by McClean, is now $85 million. “Opus,” a Trousdale mansion originally listed for $100 million and developed by Niami and designed by McLean, is now $85 million. Has passed several anti-“mansionization” ordinances, some which restrict a home’s size based on the percentage of its lot it occupies. Residents of Bel Air even formed a homeowners alliance to dissuade the development of mega-properties such as “The One,” which is three times the size of the Taj Mahal. And naturally, local realtors and architects have resorted to name-calling, many referring to McClean as the dreaded developer-architect.
Although Beyoncé is currently on the first leg of her widely popular Renaissance World Tour, it didn’t stop her from selecting her newest home. The power couple snagged the record from their new neighbor, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, who bought his home next door for a staggering $177 million in 2021. The Knowles-Carter estate in Malibu was designed by the self-taught Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Tadao Ando, best known in the U.S. for building the Fort Worth Modern Art Museum.
In July 2017, word got out that a power couple was interested in a brand new development in Bel Air. Media outlets began reporting that Beyoncé and Jay Z made an astronomical offer on the hillside mansion at the end of a secluded street in Bel Air. The Los Angeles Times Hot Property section confirmed this news on August 18th of 2017. Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s $88 million offer was accepted and the purchase was official. Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s 30,000-square-foot compound also features a minimal design and multiple pools. The pair began building their joint real estate empire in 2008, when they were married.
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‘If she really knew how beautiful she was, she would hardly have met up with him, so it was best not to tell her.’Fiction by Lukas Maisel, translated by Ruth Martin. ‘From a dish washer to an author who writes about washing dishes.’Memoir by Ilija Matusko, translated by Jen Calleja.
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Any doctor or provider who claims their profile by verifying themselves can update their information and provide additional data on their specialties, education, accepted insurances, conditions they treat, and procedures they perform. It is easy to be put off by the hype surrounding this novel. The author, Charlotte Roche, is a television personality in Germany, host of an MTV-type show.
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The presence of the parents provokes corny psychology lessons on dysfunctional families, and Helen's originality and ingenuity seem less remarkable when attributed to family trauma. Why doesn't Roche bravely proclaim her heroine's outlook NORMAL? Let Helen be promiscuous, impetuous and insubordinate because she wants to be, not because there's anything wrong with her or her childhood. Her previous hospital stays include a bout of appendicitis she faked in order to postpone a French exam, and a sterilisation her mother knows nothing about. She's pretty angry at her mother, not just about the divorce, but about other crimes too, from mild maternal interference to suicide attempts.
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Where Musil had a Man Without Qualities, Roche brings us a Woman without Pants. Roche left home in 1993, still aged 17, and formed the garage rock group The Dubinskis with three female friends. The band never released an album, nor recorded any material, nor notably performed anywhere. There followed a period where she undertook anything that would shock and offend people—self-mutilation to paint with blood, drug experiments, or shaving her head. After successfully auditioning for the German music channel VIVA, she worked there for several years as a video jockey and presenter, as well on the sister channel Viva Zwei, where she presented her show Fast Forward.
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I wanted to find my own style – and that involved annoying a lot of people at first. While I couldn’t stand literature at school, I was very much into drama and made sure that I always got the best roles in my school plays. I could never remember the right facts for my exams, but I always knew my lines for the school play.
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She has no qualms about public bathrooms, the toilet seats or even the floors, and she is proud that she rarely bathes. “Obviously that means I never wash my face either. I think it’s overrated anyway.” Everything she does is a test to see whether the old wives’ tales are true and if bacterium is really such a terrible thing.
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Wetlands, Roche says, had originally been intended as a serious polemic against the tyranny of female sexual hygiene. Unsurprisingly, Helen’s obsessions turn out to be a reaction to her parents’ divorce, and to her parents themselves. Her mother is so averse to bodily function that she claims not to have bowel movements, while her father is unashamed to give her a get-well “hemorrhoid pillow.” Neither talks about her mother’s attempt to kill herself and Helen’s brother when Helen was a child.
Charlotte Roche was born in High Wycombe and brought up in Germany. She grew up to become a cool young television presenter who is usually photographed peeping demurely from beneath a fringe, a German Amélie. Seconds later, though, Roche switches from psychotherapeutic solemnity to hilarity when I suggest that she probably didn't want her father to read Helen's fantasies about sleeping with her dad either. Roche has a daughter, Polly, born in 2002, whose father Eric Pfeil [de] was the producer and writer of Roche's program Fast Forward and Der Kindergeburtstag ist vorbei! ("The children's birthday-party is over"). Since 2007, Roche has been married to Martin Keß, co-founder of Brainpool, a media-company in Cologne.
Charlotte Roche has written an uncomfortable, blunt treatise on a young woman’s remarkable exploration of her body and its juices. It is a slimy swim, but one worth taking. First, you have to dive into that filthy concoction. The 18-year-old narrator, Helen Memel, is in the hospital recuperating from an operation to remove an anal lesion. We get the play-by-play for her poor little posterior, both the events leading up to the lesion and every moment after the operation including the male nurse agreeing to take digital photos of the result and the doctor bringing in a plastic baggy of the detritus he removed.
Feuchtgebiete, which translates roughly as ‘wetlands’ or ‘moist patches’, was published by Cologne’s Dumont Verlag earlier this year. It is narrated by eighteen-year-old Helen Memel, an outspoken teenager whose childlike stubbornness is paired with a premature sense of sexual confidence. After a failed attempt to shave her intimate parts, Helen ends up in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Maria Hilf Hospital. She doesn’t leave the ward for the rest of the novel.
Most patients would subside into misery and humiliation afterwards, desperately awaiting release - either from "the ass ward" or from life itself. But Helen, despite a fear of never having a working sphincter again, embarks on an amorous pursuit of one of the nurses, and a campaign to spread her blood, germs and pee throughout the hospital. In drips and oozes, her real story emerges. She is the completely neglected child of two repressed and depressed people. She doesn’t know what her father does for work. She has memories she does not trust and a recurring vision of an event that could not have occurred.
When she uses public toilets, she likes to rub her vagina around the lavatory seat, and she has experimented with "long periods of not washing my pussy", to investigate its erotic impact - dabbing her own personal pubic perfume behind her earlobes. "It works wonders from the moment you greet someone with a kiss on each cheek." There is a lot of talk about this novel being a manifesto on the female body and sexuality, an updated and 21st century “Fear of Flying.” Helen is open and adventurous and willing to explore any new avenue -- so to speak -- and she revels in her desire and need for gratification. Certainly, she has no fear of discussing her body and asking for what she wants. There is nothing coy or cute about her, not with the men and women she hooks up with, or the doctors and nurses she deals with during her hospital stay.
Surrounded by surgical instruments and humming X-ray machines, she reflects in ever more uncomfortable detail on the eccentric wonders of the female body. It’s an explicit novel, often shockingly so, but also a surprisingly accomplished literary work, which evokes the voice of J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, the perversion of J.G. Ballard’s Crash and the feminist agenda of Germaine Greer’s The Female Eunuch.
After 26 years in Europe, Viking knows the most enjoyable aspects of its popular destinations, from major cities to the countryside. Every itinerary has been honed to explore the most beautiful landscapes, stunning landmarks, and unusual customs and cuisines unique to each port of call. Also included in your cruise rate is the use of the fitness center, which offers excellent views and plenty of brand-new machines and weights. For an additional cost ($10), you can sign up for group classes like Pilates. For gratuities, Viking automatically adds a discretionary hotel and dining charge of $15 per guest per day to your shipboard account, which appears on your final invoice at the end of your cruise.
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The Palace is the seat of the Danish Parliament and houses the Queen’s Royal Reception Rooms. While this park is very pretty and there are some small gardens, it is mainly just an amusement park. Included with museum admission is a tour of the Tall Ship Pommern, located just outside of the museum building.
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We easily found our way through the town, with its quaint narrow streets and many markets and cafes. We also visited University Square, including the terra-cotta Hauptgebäude, which is the university’s main building. The centerpiece of the square is the Brunnen der Lebensfreude, which is also known as the Fountain of Happiness. Rostock is much larger than Warnemünde, but still a relatively small and very nice town. Although Viking had arranged tours, Rostock was easy for us to navigate on our own.
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The Viking Jupiter has a resident pianist, guitarist, violinist, and cellist that play throughout the day. There is also a band that plays in cast performances as well as nightly at the Torshavn lounge. There’s an onboard cast that puts on shows ranging from Broadway-style musical performances like “Decades” to cabaret. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram for travel tips, destination ideas, and off the beaten path spots. Expert travel tips, dream destination inspiration, and timely travel news delivered to your inbox daily.
After interning at SmarterTravel, Ashley joined the team full time in 2015. She's lived on three continents, but still never knows where her next adventure will take her. She's always searching for upcoming destination hotspots, secluded retreats, and hidden gems to share with the world. Contact Viking Cruises for a comprehensive list of both ocean and river itineraries. There’s no better way to get a taste of local life than a food festival. While the ship docked overnight in Stockholm, sadly the following morning was departure day.
Viking's Scandinavia and Northern Europe trips range widely in length from just seven nights to a whopping 28 nights. It's unlikely St. Petersburg will return to the itinerary until the war in Ukraine is resolved. Here are the five best Viking cruise destinations where the line can truly offer you a memorable vacation. The street was named in honor of King Charles III John, who was king of Sweden from 1818 until 1844. The breakfast at the hotel was excellent and we were ready to start our day. For lunch, we sat in a large Viking hall to enjoy a traditional Viking banquet with locally sourced foods.
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You will find both traditional and contemporary architectural works to view. Or relax at a cafe for a well-deserved fika break…a baked treat with coffee or tea. Next, take a ferry to the Old Town, Gamla Stan, a well-preserved and beautiful medieval center.
The next biggest player in Europe river cruises for North Americans, AmaWaterways, is less than half the size. The trips include voyages focused specifically on the Western Mediterranean or Eastern Mediterranean and some that include stops across both areas. We enjoyed a wonderful stroll and there were many restaurants and cafes along the way to stop for coffee or a snack.
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For more fun on your one day in Copenhagen, you can stroll Strøget, with its multitude of stores, or take a tour of the magnificent interiors of the Christiansborg Palace. If you like amusement parks, Tivoli Gardens, considered the inspiration for Disneyland, is worth visiting, but to do it justice, you will need to devote quite a bit of your day to the park. If you are on the right side of the train going up, you should be able to take a photo of tiny Flåm falling away behind you. But really, it’s a pretty shaky ride, so you are better off just being in the moment and enjoying the ride for the most part. All along the way, expect to be treated to one magnificent vista after another. Tall snow-capped mountains, jewel-green hillsides, plunging waterfalls, meandering rivers, and pretty little houses all combine to make the ride overwhelmingly beautiful.
Home to one of the best-preserved old towns in Europe, Tallinn is dotted with beautiful architecture, charming cafés, and unique craft and food shops. Wander through the historic city center, visiting striking attractions like the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and the Kadriorg Palace on the way. The cruise starts in the archipelago of Stockholm, encompassing fourteen islands in Lake Mälaren. Explore the 13th-century Gamla Stan, the Old Town in English, with its magnificent architecture, palaces and museums. Experience Stockholm in greater detail on a boat tour or go for a walk on Djurgården Island, home to a great open-air museum.
During summers, in particular, Viking devotes an unusually large number of its ships to itineraries around Scandinavia, the Baltic Sea and other Northern Europe destinations such as Iceland. Many, notably, use the relatively small but famously scenic Norwegian city of Bergen (population 286,000) as a gateway, something no other line is doing. That allows for unusual variations on the typical Baltic Sea or Norwegian fjords cruise.
So if you are looking for a cruise where you will see and do a lot, you will love the Viking Homelands itinerary. Sail the North Sea, central to Europe’s history, from Viking voyages to oil drilling. Enjoy a panoramic tour of Berlin, lunch atop the Reichstag and a private organ concert in a cathedral.
The sail into Bergen was quite scenic, and our ship docked right in town, making it convenient to walk to everything. Upon arriving at the train station, we were directed to our local guide for the tour in Berlin. The Åland Maritime Museum has an impressive collection of ship models, most of them sailing ships. Some are hobby works made by sailors onboard, others are made by professional model builders. Mariehamn is the capitol of Åland, an autonomous territory under Finnish sovereignty. The island is small, although there are some 6,700 islands that make up its archipelago.
Our World Fresh Marketplace menu is offered in Horizon Court. Enjoy an endless selection that changes throughout the day to satisfy the most discriminating palate. Indulge in a delightful array of worldwide cuisine, freshly baked breads and regional comfort foods, in a casual setting at breakfast, lunch or dinner. Enjoy fresh fruits, signature pastas and desserts galore along with your favorite beverages and customizable features like create-your-own salads and sandwiches.
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Stroll down the shady, tree-lined Ramblas between street musicians and elegant bistros. Then perhaps visit the venerable Gothic cathedral, Picasso Museum or enjoy the architectural genius of Antonio Gaudi's Church of the Holy Family. This charming, picturesque resort where Antony and Cleopatra used to vacation is best known as the port for the ancients ruins of Ephesus - one of the world's most wondrous archaeological sites...
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Sri Lanka lies fifty-five miles north of the equator, just off the southern tip of India... Malaysia's capital rises like a vision from the deep jungles. Its fascinating array of architectural styles includes Malay stilt villages... Its fascinating array of architectural styles includes Malay stilt villages, Islamic minarets, Hindu temples, Chinese shop houses and the indescribable opulence of the Royal Palace. In the background rise the world's tallest buildings, the Petronas Twin Towers completed in 1996. It contains some of New Zealand's best known tramping tracks, including...
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From gaming lessons to the latest slot machines to prize tournaments, our Casinos offer fun and excitement. If you enjoy blackjack, or “21,” and Texas Hold 'Em, our tables play by Vegas rules and if you relish the challenge of roulette, we offer the American version. We’re bringing back the Crab Shack, a unique pop-up dining experience with everything from clam chowder and popcorn shrimp to a steamer pot (crab legs, shrimp, clams!). Look for this lunchtime sensation in the World Fresh Marketplace.
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Yorktown community remains divided on its future as cruise stop.
It has a late-15th-century cathedral and a convent church containing the tomb of Jose Goncalves Zarco, who founded the city in 1421. Piraeus is the seaport for Athens, the capital of western civilization, which boasts a fantastic mix of classical ruins and vivacious modern life. The attractive, historic town and modern container port of Port Chalmers, on a tiny peninsula 12km from Dunedin, is worth a half-day trip for its magnificent harbour views offset by bush-covered hills... The Island Princess was built in 2003 and is amoung Princess's 17 ships in it's fleet. The Island Princess is included in the cruise line's Coral Class.
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In the National Park of Timanfaya, weird formations of cooled lava thrust cave-pocked formations into the sky like pieces of Swiss cheese. Right on the steep sided crater, circles of volcanic rock enclose vineyards producing the island's distinctive Malvasia wine. In contrast are the inviting, gently sloping beaches of the South side of the island. Across the river from the gleaming new town of Agadir is ancient Taroudant, where you can meander within old city walls and see merchants selling handicrafts, fashioned by centuries-old methods... Barcelona is the cultural heartland of Spain, yet its first language is Catalan, the native tongue of the proudly independent Catalonia region.
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Freo, as the city is known to the locals, is a great place for food lovers, with its many restaurants, cafes, and al fresco dining opportunities. Watch the sidewalk entertainment on South Terrace, a street known as Cappucino Strip. A vast remote wilderness, with snow capped mountains, glacial lakes and valleys, fiords, islands, waterfalls and dense forest. It contains some of New Zealand's best known tramping tracks, including the Milford, Kepler, Dusky, Routeburn and Hollyford. Fishing, hunting, guided walks, cruises on lakes and fiords, scenic flights, penguins, seals, dolphins and spectacular coastal features await you.
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Dubai is a popular destination for a relaxing beach holiday, an adventurous desert experience, wild nightlife or a weekend away to shop in the electronics and gold markets. Dubai has beautiful white beaches, clear blue seas, first class international hotels, and fine restaurants. In fact, Dubai has everything you could wish for to have a memorable getaway. Cruise Critic is not a booking agent and does not charge any service fees to users of our site. Rates are in USD and valid for US and Canadian residents only. When you book with one of our partners, please be sure to check their site for a full disclosure of all applicable fees as required by the U.S.
Spend your evenings watching a movie, dancing under the stars or at an exciting live theater production. Fabulous glamorous shows are featured nightly at the Princess Theater, plus there are lounge performances as well. Enjoy nightclub-style performances at the exciting Explorers Lounge.
Explore Princess Cruises' premium staterooms, including suite, balcony, oceanview and inside staterooms. Princess Cruises' family- and mini-suites give you room to spread out. Princess Cruises has one of the most extensive set of sailings. Their ships travel the world embarking from popular ports like New York City, Vancouver, Venice and Los Angeles. They also have cruises that sail from smaller, more exotic ports like Kobe in Japan and Valparaiso in Chile.
With signature beverages, light meals, and al fresco massages, Serenity Stewards attend to your every need, whether it’s to be on hand to provide chilled face towels or Evian water atomizers. Good Spirits takes viewers around the globe in search of extraordinary everyday people, sharing stories of spirits and collecting farm-fresh, local ingredients to inspire one-of-a-kind cocktail creations. Immerse yourself in the region as skilled bartenders lead you through an immersive cocktail experience.
The site was chosen in 1844 as the port to serve the proposed Scottish settlement of New Edinburgh, later called Dunedin. The first settlers arrived on the John Wickliffe in March 1848 and named the port after the Reverend Dr Thomas Chalmers. New Plymouth, while primarily known for its agricultural and dairy farms, also offers the visitor a rich history, great walks in both the parks and on the nearby coastline, and a range of neat architecture. The town is full of interesting historic places and you can view these by taking the New Plymouth Heritage Walkway This walkway guides you through 30 historic sites in and around the city.
Satisfy your hunger for the unique and intriguing, whether it’s a rarely seen whale or a quirky new sport, with an Australia and New Zealand cruise. Prices started from US$20540 per person with double occupancy. The voyage can be booked as a roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale Florida (departing on January 5th) or a roundtrip from Los Angeles California (departing on January 20th). The vessel (STX France/Chantiers de l’Atlantique yard/hull number D32) has volume GT-tons, DWT-deadweight tonnage 8015 tons, max draught 8,3 m. The powerplant is based on 2x Wartisla marine diesel engines (model 16V46C) plus a gas turbine (model General Electric LM2500) with combined output 62,7 MW (84055 hp).
