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Vodka distilled from grain. 40% alc./vol. 12 Opulence Summer 2017 32 32 NOSHING WITH NOBU 56 2017 INTERNatIONAL Critically acclaimed across the globe, Chef Nobu has SPA GUIDE amassed a restaurant empire (along with business partner actor Robert De Niro). 35 Secret UNDERGROUND SECRET SUPPER CLUBS SUPPER CLUBS Experiences that offer mystery and UNDER exclusivity on the menu 48 DESIGN & CONQUER 63 P HOTOGraPHING GROUND Master Perla Lichi Conquers HAPPINESS IN THE LaND Space Problems. OF THUNDER DraGON Perla Lichi LUXURY Pennsylvania-based YOUR UNIQUE SPACES. YOUR UNIQUE HOME. photographer Frank T. Smith commemorates his intriguing PERLALICHI.COM travels to Bhutan. 68 LaVISH Pop-Up LODGING If you love the allure of pop-up restaurants, you’ll adore the exotic pop-up hotel concept. API TOURISM A KALEIDOSCOPE OF 72 52 The Bee’s Knees in Travel BEJEWELED EYE CANDY An Exclusive Interview with Australian Designer and Glass Artisan Colin Heaney 75 D OMINIca THE Nature ISLAND DESIGN | SPACE PLANNING | FURNISHINGS | INSTALLATION CONTEMPORARY Showroom 3304 North East 33rd Street Fort Lauderdale 33308 CORPORATE Headquarters 7381 W Sample Rd Coral Springs FL 33065 Tel 954-726-0899 FL ID #0001727 FL IB #26001492 14 Opulence Summer 2017 Perla-Lichi-Opulence-FP-Ad-2017-Summer.indd 1 5/18/2017 1:35:31 PM 86 DO YOU CRYO? Rejuvenation, Recovery and Weight Loss 105 UNO rtHODOX TAXIDERMY features OF DR. SEUSS (continued) 110 CELebratING 150 Years GustaVO NOVOA 82 OF CHautauQua JUNGLE OF MY OWN The Fanciful Wildlife Canvas Menageries of Gustavo Novoa 86 6 EXQUISITE TINY EURO TOWNS YOU DIDN’T KNOW EXISTED 113 LOVE Is … ALL AROUND 2017’s annual Celebrity Martini Glass Auction attendees show love with record-breaking donations. 116 A LIttLE TOWN CALLED Lake WOrtH WICKED GOOD ARCHItecture MEGA SWINGING THru FROMBERG 118 98 The Historic Homes of Salem, Massachusetts Skydivers Launch Off the World’s Longest Swing. departments Editor’s Letter 18 Gadgets 20 Broadway Across America 21 National Concert Guide 22,24 Entertainment 23 National Dining Guide 26-29 Dishing With The James Beard Foundation President 30 Social Living 42-43 100 FENCING LIKE THE GODfatHER The Physical Chess of Czech foil fencer Tourism Trends in 2017 60-61 Alexander Choupenitch U.S. Dept. Of State- Travel Safety 62 What Women Want 85 Gentlemen’s Corner 94-95 Industry Leader Profile Paolo Buonfante: A Visionary In Beauty 96-97 Business Profile The Collector’s Collector 103-104 Medical News 122-123 International Issues: War Crimes 124 Human Trafficking & Sex Slavery 126-127 www.cryoxtreme.com Condo Law 128 786.646.1234 Real Estate Guide 130-144 16 Opulence Summer 2017 editor’s letter HORIZON PUBLISHING EXECUTIVE PUBLISHER & OWNER Geoff Hammond, CEO s the Earth’s axial tilt causes sun rays to beam at a Jayne Hammond, President steeper angle, summertime in our Northern Hemi- ASSOCIate PUBLISHER sphere brings uncanny seasonal miracles. Fireflies David Hammond Asynchronize their flashing lights at dusk, twinkling star patterns ap- EDITOR IN CHIEF pear after a winter of concealment, flame-shaped rainbow clouds Robin Jay [email protected] emerge during daylight, while bluish night-shining clouds materi- SENIOR CREATIVE ART DIRECTOR alize after sundown. Whales perform aerial stunts as they feed on Adriana Naylor northern coastlines, salmon swim upriver to spawn in their birth- [email protected] place, and baby turtles hatch from their shells and scurry to the 954-331-3912 seashore. PRE-PRESS PRODUCTION ARTIST Crystal Baushke In 2017, a first-time miracle happened: Extremely premature lambs were born healthy thanks to advance medical technology that allowed them to develop in an artificial womb (see page 122). This medical in- MarketING & EVENts DIrectOR novation may one day prove especially inspiring for human babies given that, currently, premature birth Chantal Forster [email protected] in the U.S. remains the leading cause of infant mortality. 954-331-3390 News of this research reminded me of another summertime story I once heard. In the pre-dawn hours of BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT early July 1965, in a rural farmhouse in Raymore, Missouri, 22-year-old Mary Janice awoke in discomfort. Michael Jay [email protected] The 110-pound elementary school teacher made her way downstairs for a drink of water. By 7 a.m., the 954-593-5060 sun had risen to a beautiful dawn, but the young woman was doubled over in pain. Her mother-in-law CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: entered the kitchen to start breakfast, took one look at her, and said, “My goodness, you’re in labor!” John D. Adams Kristen Mager “What?” said the bewildered young woman who was barely showing a baby bump, “the baby isn’t due Carol Antman Alona Abbady Martinez Stephanie Bowman Jill Patterson for months.” Minutes later, she was helped into the couple’s car and they sped off to Research Hospital in Roberto C. Blanch Erick Rodriguez Kansas City, the longest 30-minute drive of their lives. Karen Christensen Ava Roosevelt Tarquin Cooper Todd R. Sciore An hour later, in the delivery room, Dr. Marian Lambert made the announcement, “It’s a girl!” She hid her Jana Soeldner Danger Alex Starace look of worry. The baby, weighing about 1100 grams (just over two pounds), was whisked away. Back Patrice Janel Susan Ungaro then, according to Centers for Disease Control statistics, only one in eight premature babies born at 1000 Steven Joseph Carleton Varney Sarah Kern Kelly Villasuso grams survived because their lungs weren’t fully developed. The young mother wouldn’t be allowed the Dale King & Julia Hebert Mary & Hugh Williamson first touch of her newborn for many weeks, if ever. And in the unlikely chance the baby did survive, she’d likely be retarded, have cerebral palsy or lead a sickly life.