Simona Rabinovitch

When I was 12, I lived for a year on an Israeli kibbutz with an onsite slaughterhouse. I'll spare you the gory details, but suffice it to say that the farm's lambs and piglets were my best friends. One fine afternoon, the cafeteria served lamb and pig sausages. And I...

It's those little surprises that make it all worthwhile, and I'm speaking of both parties and real life. For me, those welcome moments summed up my experience navigating New York Fashion Week's party scene this season. One brilliant surprise was Gary Clark Jr. During his bluesy set opening for hip-hop...

This summer, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts pays tribute to an iconic haute couture designer of our time: the incomparable Jean Paul Gaultier.

In the 1980s, he sent men in skirts down the down the runway. In the '90s, he put Madonna on stage in the infamous cone...

Who among us doesn't long for adventure, fortune and glory? When I first heard about the Indiana Jones archaeological museum exhibit debuting in Montreal on April 28, I realized we all relate to the epic quests of legendary truth-seeker Indiana Jones. Played by the ever-dashing Harrison Ford in movies released...

If you're a fan of the yoga and of the music, check out Wanderlust at The Standard Spa, Miami Beach from March 17 through 20. Founded in California and with stops in various U.S. cities coming up this year, Wanderlust is a very cool festival featuring some of...

Feeling like Alice in Wonderland falling down the rabbit hole, I walked into Mister H, the marvelous new lounge at the Mondrian SoHo hotel in Manhattan. Run by Armin Amiri (who owned Socialista and manned the door of Bungalow 8, two infamous New York nightspots) this magical little joint at...

Let me start by saying I didn't go to everything. (Parties I missed: Ms. Lauryn Hill's performance at Alexander Wang's store, the Purple magazine event at the Top of the Standard, the Scissor Sisters at The Box.) This is due, mostly, to not being invited to everything. And to having...

When crisis hits, I'm a big fan of letting go of the familiar, jumping on a plane, and embracing the unknown. Certainly, this self-discovery strategy is so effective it's become cliché, but hot damn, is it ever true! Time and again, I'm reminded that if we open ourselves to its...

I rode a teenage elephant through the Thai jungle, partied till dawn from Ibiza to Reykjavik, and joined a Buddhist monk meditation ceremony as thousands of lanterns were released into the sky. I've hung out at a vegan Rastafarian farm in St-Martin and shacked up at the world's finest hotels....

Fear is an interesting animal. It sneaks up on you when you least expect it and takes on a life of its own, a fun fact of which I was reminded in Thailand last year. The morning after an incredible day of elephant riding in the jungle ('cause that's how...