Luxe Moments

Luxe Moments

May 30, 2007

The Aesthetics of Style and Taste ... how do the best luxury brands incorporate and manipulate style and taste to position and market themselves? A panel of designers, creative specialists and taste arbiters meet with Council members and guests to tell what it is, how it's done and who does it best.

1. Style and Taste experts, Rob Goldberg, President, Moana Hotel & Restaurant Group, Sandra Jordan, Founder, Sandra Jordan Collection, and Stan Musilek, Commercial Photographer, World’s Leading Luxury Brands 2. (left) Kyle Dailey O’Hara, Maintain Youth with Dave Millar, Diablo Publications and guest
3. Diablo Publication team members show off their front covers 4. (right to left) Michelle Noble, Forever Green Unltd and Richard Habib, Alexander’s Fine Rugs with guest
5. Maggy Howe, M Howe and Al Spectar, Marin Sailing enjoy a pre-event cocktail 6. Guests peruse the luxurious fabric collection of Barbara Beckman (left)
7. Laura Wegner, Lily Creative Group and Vic Bourassa, Bourassa Vineyards with guest 8. (left to right) Alfredo Zaparolli, Techlinea with Kristina Moore-Yaki and Barbara Beckman, Beckman Moore-Yaki and Alf Nucifora, The Luxury Marketing Council of San Francisco
9. Richard Habib (left), Alexander’s Decorative Rugs with Doug Searson, Gaul Searson 10. Rob Goldgerg (left), Moana Hotel & Restaurant Group with Vic Bourassa, Bourassa Vineyards
11. Vic Bourassa, Bourassa Vineyards demonstrates how a true wine connoisseur must indulge 12. Deborah Allyce-Miller, Allyce Fine Art

June 27, 2007

Council members and guests gathered to take an in-depth look on the subject of “how-to-give” and “how-to-receive” in the demanding field of not-for-profit fund-raising and cause marketing, and learn how both the affluent individual and the corporation are wooed by the best fund-raisers in the business. Panelists included Chip Conley, Founder and CEO, Joie de Vivre Hospitality; Marianne G. Briscoe, Ph.D., President and Managing Director Brakeley Briscoe Inc.; Thomas Peters, Ph.D., Marin Community Foundation and Amory Sharpe, Deputy Director of Development and Director of Institutional Partnerships, Asian Art Museum.

13. Council members and guests prepare for the evening’s business meeting

14. (middle) Joel Goldrich, Tri Coldwell Banker and Sophie Azouaou, SophiSticate Interiors with guests

15. Gary Geiger, The Owner Lodges at Calistoga Ranch with Gail Swedberg, G. Design & Company

16. Jennifer Davis (left) and Toni Thomas, McGuire Real Estate

17. (left to right) Ralph Hyman, Benefit Magazine, Sophie Azouaou, SophiSticate Interiors and Michael Earls, Benefit Magazine

18. (left to right) Maggy Howe, M Howe with Richard Habib, Alexander’s Decorative Rugs and Liana Bender, Sonoma Film Festival

Photography by Jay Cellini (acephoton@juno.com)