The advent of 2024 is upon us. Let’s take a moment or three to look back on a banner year, the year that was 2023.
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Take a big, juicy bite out of your city, your world, your universe by reading Sophisticated Living. You can count on us to bring you something fresh in each and every issue. Whether it’s taking back the reigns of order as our new St, Louis Circuit Attorney is doing. Or foodies who have become key Insta influencers. Or the way the Contemporary Art Museum encapsulates the new, the now, the next of the world that is art. Or rediscovering the beauty and history that is Europe in the trip of a lifetime — all nuggets to unearth in our January/February 2024 issue. Read more here.
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Even though it’s just days before Christmas, the holidays are not over, and 2024 is roaring down the highway faster than a McLaren. And you can’t have a McLaren without the latest and greatest Bowers & Wilkins red-hot products — hotter than the red of Santa’s suit. Read on to learn how luxury automobile enthusiasts in every family can find something to make their holiday wishes come true.
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Many assume that the 12 days of Christmas are the days leading up to Christmas. Rather it is the opposite. The 12 days actually begin on Christmas Day and end at epiphany. While the popular Christmas Carol is about the gifts associated with the days, the 12 days are steeped in religious tradition. Read on to have Twelve Days of Christmas explained.
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For those who want to spoil the man or men in your life for the holidays, Pisterzi Italian Grooming Art is offering up nine different gift sets. The luxury men’s grooming products are made of the finest ingredients from Italy. Read more about how you can acquire the most sought-after brand in male skin care this season.
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Day by day, Christmas Day inches closer. Time to gather those gifts. Want one more gift to put under the tree? Then hop in your sleigh, rev up your reindeer and head on out to Ladue’s Hearth & Soul. They will jingle your bells all the way to December 25th with their BELIEVE Christmas Giveaway.
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Hanukkah is a Jewish Holiday which is celebrated over eight nights. In many Jewish families, each night comes with gifts and a special tradition along with lighting the Menorah. This year, the Festival of Lights is celebrated the evening of Thursday, December 7th through Friday December 15th. No matter your faith, you might want to learn more about the annual observance.
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Presented by the Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation, The 2024 St. Louis Teen Talent Competition’s workshops continue through Saturday, December 16, 2023. Auditions begin in January 2024. The adjudicated competition has become a platform for high school students to celebrate their passion, dedication, and love of the performing arts while competing for scholarships and cash prizes, and it will take center stage at The Finals in March 2024, at the Fabulous Fox Theatre. Read on for details.
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Pininfarina name has long been revered via its association with rock-star clientele, including Ferrari, Maserati, and Alfa Romeo, this past August, Automobili Pininfarina ushered in an exciting new chapter in its history at Monterey Car Week by introducing the world's first pure-electric, open-top hyper barchetta - the B95. Read on to learn more about this trend-setting addition to the universe of luxury motoring.
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Perched high above Gustavia Bay, Hôtel Barrière Le Carl Gustaf sits at the pinnacle of luxury on the French island of St. Barth. It is one of the preeminent resorts on the chic tropical island paradise. It stands alone on the aptly named Sunset Hill, offering a simultaneous feeling of being away from it all but close to everything while enjoying the upscale service and amenities indicative of the family-run Hôtel Barrière Group. Read on to learn of the lushness that awaits.
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Just in time for the holidays, Washington University alums Jessica Lanzberg and Olivia Putterman launch Wonder Togs Talking Tees, a new high-tech lifestyle brand that blends technology and fashion to bring a child’s wardrobe to life. Read on to learn how they worked with veteran creative marketers Norty Cohen and Brian Clever to make one little girl named Rosie’s favorite zoo animals come to life.
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Though Covid put the brakes on many a trip across the pond, travelers are making up for lost time. Read here how one European adventure included eighteen days, eight flights, one overnight train, one helicopter, a private boat, and more than a dozen taxis in three countries. Was it intrepid, exhilarating, chaotic or crazy? Yes. Yes. And, yes….but well worth it! Here’s why.
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This November, Cinema St. Louis (CSL) is thrilled to unveil the 32nd Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF), set to captivate audiences at the historic Hi-Pointe Theatre, CSL’s new forever home, as well as at multiple venues across the city including the Alamo Drafthouse, Webster University, Washington University and more. Read on for everything to know about the annual event.
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Overlooking the lush woods of Queeny Park sits a modern, sleek home which some refer to as “the magazine house,” and others simply use the adjectives “relaxing” and “cozy” to describe the homestead. Read on and decide for yourself whether this West St. Louis County home is indeed both.
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Just imagine racing down a track at 120mph with the wind at your back and adrenaline pumping through your veins. That’s what 20-year-old St. Louis native Spike Kohlbecker does with panache. He is a rising star in motor sports. He never shies away from boasting his local pride, with a “STLMade” sticker and the logos of several St. Louis-based sponsors adorning his car and gear. Read on to find out how this young man is taking the world by storm.
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St. Louis’ own award-winning and world renown photographer Michael Eastman has made his name known literally anywhere the art of capturing images on film is prized. His art hangs in the hallowed halls of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Chicago Art Institute and is sold across the globe. But he has never forgotten his St. Louis roots and our ever-evolving vibrant art scene. Read on for to learn things you may know or may not know about this prolific photographic artist.
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As I write this publisher’s letter for Sophisticated Living, a magazine which focuses on the art of living, I want to encourage each and every one of you to remember the treasured moments of life. Practice the art of living this holiday season. As we wrap up 2023, live a little, or a lot. Peace and prosperity to all.
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Thom, Jane, Lou, and now Liam are legends in the food business. As owners of Annie Gunn’s and the Smoke House, their consistently great restaurants keep getting better. Based on the lines out the door at Annie Gunns and hard-to-get reservations, it’s clear their clientele agrees. Read on to learn how together they built a business that is their “celebration of life.”
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Halloween season is here and of the 20 most popular costumes this year, Barbie reigns supreme. Not only did the summer blockbuster behemoth rake in 1.3 billion dollars, it now ranks as one of history’s top 20 films. Around town, Barbie jumped from the silver screen at the Chase, to a doll giveaway at Cardinal Glennon, to a Halloween costume party at Hotel St. Louis. Take a peek at the ongoing phenomenon that is Barbie.
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