Archive for August 2008
A Moveable Feast (Private Air: Aug/Sep 2008)
A Moveable Feast: Years of cooking on the go leads to a rare treat indeed.
For an admittedly nervous flyer, Laurent Tourondel sure knows his way around a galley. Maybe it’s the year the chef behind the popular Manhattan eatery BLT Steak spent cooking up cabbage and potatoes in the French Navy. Or his later tour of duty in the early ’90s as the chef aboard the Honey Fitz, the legendary private yacht that once belonged to the Kennedys. Or maybe it’s just in his genes (although a certified Xanax flier himself, his father was a private pilot).
The $1.3 Million Vacation (Private Air: Aug/Sep 2008)
The $1.3 Million Vacation: An Asian golf outing might set some sort of new record.
If you’re bored with the links at St. Andrews and Pebble is passé, one California-based company thinks it has the golf vacation for you. This past spring, food-and-wine events impresarios Angel’s Share began offering a private jet golf vacation through Asia that may just be the most luxe — and priciest — golf excursion of your life. How pricey, you ask? How’s an even $1.3 million sound? Read the rest of this entry »
