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Finally, Ordering The Humble Pie At NYC's Standard Hotel Grill

Where: 848 Washington Street [map], New York, NY, United States, 10014

As you may have noticed over the last year, we've got a serious thing for the newly-opened Standard Hotel NYC. We've done everything from sleep there to party there, and even walk the High Line below it.

But it was last week that we finally got a taste of the Standard when we had lunch at the Standard Grill, which only began serving meals other than dinner back in late August.

Now that the cold air has settled into New York and kicked out the fair weather friends and put the staff through the paces, we decided it was time to go and see if the grill really lived up to all the hype.

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Katy Perry Takes Hong Kong...Or Just One Of The City's Newest Hotels

Where: 118 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Although hotel plans around the US keep getting cancelled, in Asia it's a veritable buffet of grand openings and ground-breakings. Nowhere is this more true than in good old Hong Kong, where not one but a few five-star properties are set to open this fall.

The first, the Mira Hong Kong, looks to be your typical chic and scene-y boutique hotel, with all-glass revealing bathrooms, Arne Jacobsen egg chairs in the rooms, and a confusing flash-heavy website. They are admittedly after the "design-driven and technology savvy," but their choice of performer for their opening party says something else.

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The Standard Grill Now Open For Breakfast, Celeb-Spotting

Where: 846 Washington Street [map], New York, NY, United States, 10014

It's barely been two weeks since hotspot The Standard Grill finally opened to the public for dinner. Or did they? Reading the NY gossip columns along with the Twitter of The Standard's personality, Stan D'Arde, it seems as though only A-listers and the editors who love them have been chowing down under the High Line.

Take, for instance, last night's list of celeb spottings: Beyonce and Jay-Z, Vogue editrix Anna Wintour and daughter Bee Schaffer, Project Runway winner Christian Siriano, and a "major American fashion designer based in Paris," which we're guessing is Rick Owens. The Stan D'Arde twitter is now basically a running list of "blind items," hinting at what famous faces are playing ping-pong outside The Standard Grill every evening. It's like an issue of The Fashion Week Daily up in there!

Although the guests are impressive, New Yorkers luckily understand that everybody has got to eat, and celebs can't sit inside their multi-million dollar condos every evening. Therefore, we have no doubt that The Standard Grill's illustrious guests are flowing well with the regular patrons; if you're looking for a paparazzi scene, you're out of luck.

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Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt's Advertising Debut?

Where: Jumeirah Beach Road, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

When we saw this ad from Jumeirah Hotels in the Sunday Times Travel mag, we just couldn't help ourselves.

We were semi-surprised that Jumeirah's hotel group extended far beyond the Burj, and includes the likes of the Essex House in New York. However, far more surprising was how Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt driven their current ad campaign was. What foresight.

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· Jumeirah Hotels [Official Site]
· Burj Al Arab reviews [TripAdvisor]
· Essex House reviews [TripAdvisor]