Gauri sounds good

Gauri Khan is on a roll Not only has she tied up with all manner of design and lifestyle mavens to position her design studio at Khar as a lifestyle hub in Mumbai but now word comes in that later his month when Scandinavian audio tech guru Peter Lyngdorf comes to India for the opening of the first Steinway Lyngdorf Flagship showroom in Delhi not only will it boast furniture from Ms Khans showroom but the Steinway Lyngdorf SndashSeries sound system said to be one of the worlds finest audio systems for music buffs will be installed in her design studio in BandraGauri KhanThe project has been tied together by Monica Sambharya and Harshul Parikh the people behind Delhis Trescent Lifestyles whose highend audio video solutions adorn homes such as those of Twinkle Khanna and Shahid Kapoor according to a spokespersonAnd this bit of news only confirms what weve suspected for a long time that Delhi is preferred over Mumbai as the capital of high end luxury goods and services and that Twinkle Khanna might have more star power now than Mr you know whoPopping the sceneOver the weekend Dino Morea and Vishal Shetty once again took over the Four Seasons hotel ballroom to host yet another installment of their invite only pop up nightclub concept called Playground And inspite the unexpected rain showers we hear the citys young and restless did show up to playMahesh Jethmalani and Arjun RampalAnd whereas DJ Clement played commercial tunes in the main room DJ group the usual suspects took over the smaller trance roomAlia Bhatt and Dino MoreaSpotted letting their hair down were Arjun Rampal Alia Bhatt Ayan Mukherjee Suraj Pancholi Mahesh Jethmalani Chunky and Bhavna Pandey Amrita Arora and Seema Khan And with timing regulations relaxed as it coincided with fashion week it is said the organizers went laughing all the way to the bankDeliciously dubious dinnersTo begin with theres the name Doobious Dinners Any one who can think up such a wry witty name must know their onionsGresham FernandesThen theres the description Think Mad Scientist Food Lab Community Dining Tables New Age Flavors and lastly theres the concept a sit down dinner held at a modest Bandra space where diners can experience pushing the envelope when it comes to food creating our own as well as rediscovering cuisines amp ingredientsRiyaz AmlaniOver the past few weeks we have been hearing whispers from foodie friends about this undercover joint in Bandra where they have been savoring what they say is the finest food to be had in the country You can only book the whole space for an evening to seat around 812 guests said a sourceIts around 2 k per head And dine on such mindblowing food as butter milk sorbet and aubergine miso he said And so with a little checking heres what we have learnt launched by the creators Riyaaz Amlani and Ayaz Basrai of Impressario and their Executive Chef Gresham Fernandes a few months back Doobious Dinners is the space where chef Fernandes prepares a 810 course meal and diners discover flavours and the craft of plating to heighten their sensibilities to fine foodsGrowing up in a Christian joint family in Bandra with his fathers four brothers and innumerable cousins and a matriarch with legendary culinary skills would give him the perfect headstart to a career that would see him cooking in far spread kitchens said a spokesperson for Doobious Dinners about Fernandes whose past experiences have seen him cook up a storm at the Leela Saltwater Grill and Aurus and apprentice at the world renowned NOMA And yes diners can take along their own alcoholImminent partnershipEven as art mavens assemble this evening to listen to one of the art worlds leading international voices the other news thats jangling the art grapevine is the possible coming on board with the Delhi Art Summit of a wellknown city art patroness One of the foreign partners is exiting said a sourceAnd the wife of a leading industrialist has been approached to pick his shares and lend her heft to the venture And of course if this does happen it could mean that Mumbai might also feature in this premier art movements plans As weve said beforewhy should Dilli have all the funThe art of investmentWhen you stand in front of a work of art in a museum or exhibition the first two questions you normally ask yourself are 1 Do I like it And 2 whos it by said a part of the invite from Sothebys sent by Robin Woodhead Chairman of Sothebys International and Edward Gibbs Chairman India Middle east and Africa for a talk by Philip Hook at a fivestar hotel in SoBoPhilip Hook PicsothebyscomHook a senior director at Sothebys best known for his witty and worldly books like Breakfast at Sothebys on the inflection point between art and finance will enlighten a slew of the citys finest on the ins and outs of investing in art In the room the bankers come and go talking of MichelangeloA Sufi in MumbaiWe had met the young Haji Syed Salman Chishty of the Ajmer Sharif Dargah last year at a new age spiritual festival in Goa and had been struck by his gentle and wise presence And so yesterday when he informed us that he was in town to speak at his alma mater the Wilson Colleges annual Festival Of Peace we were pleasedHaji Syed Salman ChistyHeld by the Chishty Foundation Ajmer Sharif archival collection the Building Bridges of Love A Photographic Journey will also be showcasing a soulful collection of photographs by Chisty It will feature portraits of whirling dervishes and the Ajmer dargah shrine Nice