To celebrate the opening, Vacheron is hosting a month-long American Heritage event at its new store, on Madison Avenue and 64th Street. (The store is the latest entry in what is becoming a veritable row-house of watchmaker shops along the avenue.) The Heritage event will put on public display notable historical watches and acquisition narratives from their owners.
Our attention was then drawn to the roof of the palace, where 80s British band Madness sang "Our House" as a light projection transformed the imposing royal residence into arowof typical British terraced houses.
The oddity is that the row comes at a time when French films, many of them more accessible than the art-house product that English-speakers tend to imagine are the French studios' only output, are standing their ground against the perceived invasion from Hollywood.
With less than three months to go before Americans take to the polls to decide whether or not to keep Barack Obama in the White House, PricewaterhouseCoopers released some disappointing survey data that shows just how hard ofarow the president has to plow.