Boxing Day Social at The Spare Room

Spare Room Boxing Day Social 2011

On Monday, December 26th, Naomi Schimek is helping to spread some holiday cheer by hosting a special Boxing Day Social at The Spare Room in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. All proceeds from the event go to the Hospitality Kitchen (aka the “Hippie Kitchen”), a soup kitchen operated by Los Angeles Catholic Worker in Downtown LA’s Skid Row.

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The Macallan in Lalique: Cire Perdue Sold for World Record $460,000

Last night, The Macallan in Lalique: Cire Perdue sold for $460,000 to an unnamed buyer at Sotheby’s in New York City, setting a world record for a bottle of whisky sold at auction. The Cire Perdue decanter contains 1.5 liters of 64-year-old Macallan, the oldest and rarest Macallan ever bottled by the renowned Speyside distillery.…

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A Taste of The Macallan 64 Years Old Sells for $16,000 to Benefit charity: water

A remarkable crystal decanter, containing some of the rarest single malt Scotch whisky in the world, arrived in Los Angeles yesterday for the penultimate stop of its global fundraising journey. Earlier this year, The Macallan and Lalique partnered to produce the one-of-a-kind decanter, made using the ancient cire perdue (“lost wax”) method. Created in conjunction…

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The Macallan in Lalique: Cire Perdue Global Fundraising Exhibition

Building on previous successful collaborations, The Macallan and Lalique have partnered to produce a one-of-a-kind decanter, made using the ancient cire perdue (“lost wax”) method. Created in conjunction with the 150th anniversary of René Lalique’s birth, this decanter will hold the oldest and rarest Macallan ever bottled by the renowned distillery. The Macallan in Lalique:…

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