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Czar Ice Bar

DELUX — Sun, 06 May 2012 05:17:43 PDT

You learned two things in Russia.

Never smile at a pet crocodile.

And trust can only be gained by an evening of shot-for-shot imbibing.

Side note: the shots have to be liquid-nitrogen-chilled vodka, or it doesn’t count…

Welcome to Czar Ice Bar, a stunning homage to infusing, chilling and vodka-inspired epiphanies, soft-opening tonight in Buckhead.

If you’ve ever found yourself daydreaming about quaffing smoked-salmon-flavored vodka at an ice bar, well, this place is all vodka, all day, with a Kindle menu full of 300 exotic bottles of the stuff from 23 countries.

It’s the kind of place you’ll go when you have an evening to kill. No, really: there are 330,791,175-some-odd liquid-nitro-chilled vodka flight possibilities, so you’ll want to stretch out on the blue-and-white couches with a fellow vodka aficionado (or five). From there, you can survey the chef-run sushi bar doling out nigiri with sweet-and-salty red caviar, the giant paintings of Russian czar types and the focal point: a 20-foot-long bar top made of solid ice.

There, you’ll pick a Slovakian or Armenian vodka (if it’s from the top shelf, a “vodka angel” will scale a ladder for it). And because you’re celebrating (your blimp jousting championship isn’t going to celebrate itself), there’s the Swarovski Czar Martini with 159-times-distilled vodka and caviar-stuffed olives in a crystal glass.

Distilling it 160 times would’ve been excessive.

LIVE LOVE FASHION AT THE FOURSEASONS | MAY 11 2012

DELUX — Sun, 06 May 2012 05:10:51 PDT

Delux Magazine presents a cutting edge fashion event planned for May
11th 2012 at the Four Seasons St. Louis. We’re anticipating attendance
of approximately 500 St. Louis and Atlanta trendsetters to
mingle and watch a phenomenal fashion show with a cohesive, yet diverse
line up of designers, including international designer MaggieJeans.com,
Ann Taylor, and national brands Mark Ecko and Apple Bottom. We also
have St. Louis’s own from Project Runway – Laura Kathleen and a select
few boutiques which feature couture pieces from timeless designers such
as Anna Sui, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Burberry, Versace, and more: top St. Louis boutiques including Byrd Style Lounge, Epiphany Boutique, and Oval Channel. Our designers will showcase this year’s Spring/Summer/Swimwear collections on St. Louis’ hottest runway at the elegant FOUR SEASONS Hotel.

Surrounded in St. Louis Luxury— The Four Seasons 999 N 2 nd St. Downtown St. Louis — this event will highlight spring and summer fashions on our massive runway, live music, light hors d’oeuvres, and tasty cocktails & libations Featuring: Avion Tequila, Coors, and Freaky Muscato. Fashionistas, Tastemakers, Trendsetters and Beautiful people from across the city will be treated to a complimentary tasty libation from Tequila Avion during our TEQUILA AVION SIGNATURE SIP LOUNGE beginning at 7pm, followed by the Spring/Summer Fashion shows at 8pm with discreet private after parties at the ever-electric Lumiere!