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United States. 56 GOING BIG 32 TOPOLOBAMPO Meet a dynamic duo with Chicago’s humanitarian chef a passion for food. Ricky Bayless has achieved what only one other chef has done before. 34 SPARKLING ROSÉ: THE NEW TREND International Opulence’s newest master sommelier columnist Diego Meraviglia discusses the creation of rosé. 66 A VALIANT VERISMO’S IMPOSSIBLE DREAM 37 QUINTESS ENTIAL HOME A Haiti earthquake survivor is discovered in Miami COOKING IN PROVENCE as the next rising-star opera singer. 74 LIVING ON CLOUD 9 AT THE MONACO YACHT SHOW Custom-built superyacht CLOUD 9 steals 50 SU FILINDEU the show during the fall Monaco Yacht Show. 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All rights reserved. 1117-0748-01 JPMS Tiano Ad-r1.indd 1 12/7/2017 9:55:38 AM 112 115 ASHFORD CASTLE: THE features IRISH GETAWAY BEYOND COMPARE (continued) 118 LOVING LESVOS 90 OIL PAINTS, FAST CARS & A CELLO Sharing my family journey to my father’s Classically trained Duaiv paints his world-renown masterpieces. homeland on this charming Greek isle 122 JFK & CIA SPYMASTER JAMES 100 HOUDINI SÉANCE JESUS ANGLETON With JFK expert Jefferson Morley 124 ROSE HILL PLANTATION A look at the remarkable post Civil War restoration of this architectural masterpiece in Bluffton, South Carolina. 101 THE MECCA FOR MAGICIANS The mystical and tantalizing history of the Academy of Magical CIVIL WAR TOKENS Arts and its Victorian mansion venue in Hollywood, California. 129 Simple tokens that provided stability during unstable times THE AVIATOR LIVES ON EXCLUSIVE BESPOKE SOUTH 132 103 Howard Hughes’ famous “Spruce Goose” is alive and kicking AFRICA KALAHARI ADVENTURES 70 years after its inaugural (and only) flight. Discover the once-in-a-lifetime custom luxury safari at Tswalu Kalahari Private Game Reserve. 134 YACHTS, JEWELS, STOCKS, TRADE 108 TRAVELING IN THE PURSUIT Buying real estate with tangibles OF WELLNESS 111 WHEN YOU WISH UPON A LANTERN departments Sky lantern festivals around the world Editor’s Letter 14 Gadgets 16-17 112 LAPA’ LUXURY National Event Guide 18,20 Marvel in a visit to Lisbon’s Lapa Palace. Entertainment 21,23 Broadway Across America 22,24 Dining guide 25 Dishing With The James Beard Foundation President 26 Social Living 58 Fashion 59-62 What Women Want 63-64 Medical News 65 Gentlemen’s Corner 68-69 Art Worth Repeating 93 Antiquities Conservation 97 Business Profile 98 Real Estate 134-144 Condo Law 136 12 Opulence Winter 2017/18 Meticulous Architectural Scale Models Sales models depicting your project’s true-to-life colors, materials, textures, lighting and fiber optics, with fully detailed vehicles and people Sketch Scale 69 NW 9th Street, Suite 1 • Miami, Fl. 33136 (786) 449-2049 • e-mail: [email protected] www.sketchscale.com By appointment only editor’s letter HORIZON A HEARTFELT PUBLISHING EXECUTIVE PUBLISHER & OWNER David Hammond, CEO FAREWELL TO Jayne Hammond, President EDITOR IN CHIEF A PIONEER Robin Jay [email protected] SENIOR CREATIVE ART DIRECTOR Adriana Naylor e was known as a modern-day Renaissance [email protected] 954-331-3912 man. In 2010, Geoff Hammond (a Citadel MARKETING MANAGER scholar, engineer, songwriter, Air Force Top Melissa Bryant H [email protected] Gun pilot, author and businessman) listened intently as we presented the idea of launching 954-331-3390 South Florida Opulence magazine. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE Kim Golightly To many, the idea of starting a print magazine – one published on custom-milled stock [email protected] 954-999-9087 with unprecedented cover embellishments and intensely researched content – would have BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT sounded preposterous in an era in which paperless and postage-free digital media gained Michael Jay [email protected] market share at lightning speed. But not to Geoff. At the end of the presentation, the Chair- 954-593-5060 man and Co-Founder of CSI International (a firm providing facilities services to Fortune 500 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT Karen Talbot Evans headquarters, buildings, universities and at that time property management to luxury con- 954-663-1786 [email protected] dominiums), stood, raised his eyebrow and paused. The silence was deafening. But then, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS the tall, shrewd and dashing Hammond stood and said, ‘Yes! Let’s do this. Let’s publish a John D. Adams Alona Abbady Martinez magazine so thoughtful in design and rich in content that readers will savor and collect it.’ Stephanie Bowman Diego Meraviglia Jose Boza Jill Patterson Music to my ears. Melissa Bryant Ava Roosevelt Shannon Casey Todd R. Sciore Nearly eight years later, the publication has not only persevered, it has grown beyond the Ana Colmenares Alex Starace Jana Soeldner Danger Elliott Stares borders of South Florida, becoming International Opulence magazine, with direct-mail dis- Karen Evans Susan Ungaro tribution to high-net-worth homes in multi-markets across the country. Hope Gainer Carleton Varney Steven Joseph Kelly Villasuso Dale King & Julia Hebert Jenifer Mangione Vogt Then, this past summer the unthinkable happened. The call came in from Mr. Hammond’s Nicole Kurtz Alexandra Wensley wife Jayne, President of CSI, that Geoff had passed away suddenly and unexpectedly. No Marla Horn Lazarus Mary & Hugh Williamson Gordon A. Lewis Jr. words can adequately express our sadness and dismay.