Cristiano Ronaldo Stars In New Jacob and Co.’s Campaign

Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo is the new face of the eminent watch and jewelry label Jacob & Co. Real Madrid star has been a long time client of the New York jewelry maker and therefor we had a chance to see him wearing his favorite "Ghost" watch, and the reason why he was chosen for this campaign were natural.

 “I’ve been a customer and fan of the brand for a long time so it is a natural fit. I always used Jacob watches, even before I knew Jacob,” said Ronaldo, referring to Jacob Arabo, the founder of Jacob & Co. “The brand absolutely stands for leadership in creativity. As a collector of the world’s finest watches, it’s obvious [to me] how much passion Jacob & Co. has for quality. On the set, I fell in love with the new Ghost watch. It’s a perfect fit for my lifestyle as I’m constantly traveling internationally”.

 Photos were taken in Madrid studio by photographer José Manuel Ferrate. Campaign features Ronaldo with Jacob & Co. new Ghost and SF 24 models, both of the models offer multi-time-zone and with the great design they provide impressive effect. 

These watches will have their debut in the Baselworld 2013 trade show at the end of the April.

 

Novak Djokovic – And the donkey cheese

Novak Djokovic, who until yesterday was known as the Serb who was ranked the number 1 professional tennis player for both 2011 and 2012 will henceforth be known as the guy who stole our cheese. Djokovic who is clearly at the peak of his career (you really cant go any higher than being #1) has decided on opening a chain of restaurants as his retirement policy. In order to set his restaurants apart,Novak purchased the entire years supply (2013) of the worlds most expensive cheese. So valued is this cheese that it would usually retail for 1020 Euro per 500gr ($585 per pound).

Made from Donkey’s milk , we have but Mr. Djokovics word that it is indeed delicious. This special cheese is made only at the Zasavica farm in Serbia and is the only one that is made from donkeys milk. The cheese which we are told has anti-allergen properties and is a white crumbly one has a distinctive taste due to the fact that the donkeys are raised in a special Serbian wildlife reserve.

 The cheese will be used in the chain of restaurants that Novak will shortly open. If you do want to try this one out then wait till 2014 or travel to Serbia for that is the only place where the restaurants shall initially open.

A Russian Billionaire Bought Aristotle Onassis’ Island

The daughter of Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev has bought the Greek resort island where shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis famously married Jacqueline Kennedy in the 1960s.

Greek media reports on Saturday placed the value of Skorpios island at over $100 million and said Ekaterina Rybolovleva, 24, wanted it not only for leisure but also business purposes.

She purchased Skorpios, in the Ionian Sea off western Greece, from Onassis’ 28-year-old granddaughter, Athena Onassis Roussel, the only surviving descendant of the shipping magnate.

Aristotle Onassis purchased Skorpios in 1963 and turned the barren island into a luxury resort by planting thousands of trees and importing sand. In 1968 he married Jacqueline Kennedy, widow of the assassinated U.S. president John F. Kennedy.

After Aristotle Onassis’s death in 1975, Skorpios passed to his daughter Christina, who died of a heart attack at 37 in the late 1980s after a history of drug abuse, weight issues and four failed marriages.

Onassis, his son Alexander, who was killed in an airplane crash aged 25, and Christina were buried on Skorpios. Athena Onassis Roussel was three when her mother died.

The island is covered with 200 species of trees, brought by Onassis to once deserted island. The island has several beaches, best known is East Beach, where Onassis brought sand from the island of Salamis.

Best bakeries for baguettes in Paris 2013

 

Headed to Paris anytime soon?

 Expect to throw any low-carb regimes to the wind and indulge in the best breads in the world.

For the city of light, that includes baker Ridha Khadher’s artisan bakery Paradis du Gourmand in the 14th arrondissement, which was crowned the best baguette marker in Paris Thursday.

A panel of judges made up of chefs, bakers, food writers and members of the public sampled 151 baton baguettes before narrowing down their choice to just one loaf.

If Paris figures in your holiday travel plans, here are the addresses of winners from years past that you may want to add to your itinerary. Note that five of the past six winners hail from the 18th arrondissement in the Montmartre area.

2012: Baker Sébastien Mauvieux of Mauvieux, 159 rue Ordener, 75018

2011: Pascal Barillon, of Au Levain d’Antan, 6 rue des Abbesses, 75018

2010: Djibril Bodian, Le Grenier à Pain Abbesses, 38 rue des Abbesses, 75018

2009: Franck Tombarel, of Le Grenier de Félix, 64 avenue Félix Faure, 75015

2008: Anis Bouabsa, of Au Duc de la Chapelle, 32 rue Tristan Tzara, 75018

2007: Arnaud Delmontel of Arnaud Delmontel bakery, 57 rue Damrémont, 75018

Prince Albert II Of Monaco Foundation, Making The World A Better Place

 The Prince Albert II Of Monaco Foundation was established with one of the very best purposes, protecting the environment. The aim is to encourage sustainable development, a challenge that is global and one which requires urgent action to three of the worlds major issues, the climate change, biodiversity and water. The Board of Directors works towards ensuring the goals of the excellent foundation are achieved and are entrusted with, among other things, enacting the principles and provisions for the activity of the foundation.

The foundation acts an accelerant of problems in the world and the solutions needed for the better of the environment. Ensuring sustainable management of the worlds natural resources is essential as is putting the individual right at the center of projects. The foundation encourages the use of innovative ethical solutions. In order for the foundation to be able to play a major role in the protection of the environment, on a scale that is global, the foundations mission is to set up and collaborate with a network of companies, researchers and individuals who all work as one towards reaching the common goal.

The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, one of the very best, is there it develop and support public and private organizations in fields such as technological innovation and making people socially aware. The excellent foundation is involved in stimulating and developing innovation at international levels, continually staying in tune with the challenges, problems and solutions within the environment.

The foundation is involved with numerous projects; these include the polar zones, Mediterranean region and some of the least developed countries in the world. Conservation of the primary luxury forest areas of Siberut is among the many projects. The conservation project on islands just off Sumatra in Indonesia consists of researching the biology of the primates and is associated with preservation, encouraging local villagers to protect the forests around them. The project consists of education, crafts, local transport and ecotourism.

Water management in the shoals of Reo is another project under the wings of the foundation. Reo were one of the largest market garden producers in Burkina until climate changes and deforestation saw water levels drop and continue to drop. Now production is failing and in some cases due to lack of water has come to a complete stop. The foundation is involved with creating anti-erosive stone barriers, along with water reserves and is involved with making the population more aware in anti-erosive techniques.

In the Fiokpo villages there are polluted rivers due to improper sanitary systems which lead to malaria and dysentery. The foundation is working to supply clean drinking water to the suburbs. The Prince Albert Foundation is also supporting improvements for access to water in underprivileged populations such as the dry tropics of Honduras.

In 2008 the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation signed an agreement in Quebec during the World Francophone Summit, the purpose of this being to set up Water Initiative.