A private island off the Florida Keys, East Sister Rock Island, has just been put on the market for $12 million. The property includes a Bahamian 3 bedroom/2 bath home (2,500 square foot) with a veranda (2,000 square foot), a helicopter landing pad and a mooring space for your private
Italian fashion house Versace recently opened its first boutique in Milan dedicated to kids’ line Young Versace, geared toward boys and girls from 0 to 12 years old. Young Versace is located on the ground floor of the company’s headquarters on Via Borgospesso and is quite small at 538 square
China has outranked France in wine, says a jury of tasters. All the wines in the bind taste testing were produced in 2008 or 2009. The Chinese wines came from the northwestern region Ningxia and were priced between 200-400 yuan ($30-$60). The top performing wine was a 2009 cabernet sauvignon
The go-to reservation booking site OpenTable.com has announced the top 100 eats from 34 states in the United States for 2011. The restaurants were selected as the “Best Overall” by culling ten million restaurant reviews. California and North Carolina, tied for first place with ten ‘winning’ restaurants on the list
The Robb Report has released its annual 21 Ultimate Gifts list and while it is definitely for the person who has everything, most of the items require that the gift-giver also has everything and unlimited funds. Some highlights include “backyard aquatic complex by Okeanos, which puts swimmers face-to-face with a
According to Propgoluxury, One57, the 90 floor residential high-rise addition to the Park Hyatt currently being built is marketing 13 condos with asking prices of $42 million or more. Two high-floor duplexes are priced at $98.5 million making it both New York’s highest residential building in stature and price. “But
Moët & Chandon has just released eleven limited-edition coffrets of six bottles of Grand Vintage Collection 1911, accoridng to Luxuo. The century old collection will be displayed in a Harrods’ Christmas window. Harrods is the exclusive retailer and the six-bottles cost £65,000 ($100,000). The 1911 vintage is thought to be
People openly sell blood, hair, sperm, eggs, virginity and, on many black markets, organs. PopSci.com, a companion site to Popular Science, questioned numerous organ-trafficking researchers to determine the price for organs that a person could live without. Apparently most humans can live a full life without: a lung, all of
A rare 1938 Action Comics no.1 known for introducing the world to Superman was auctioned online for USD 2.16 million, a first for any comic. The Superman comic was owned by American actor Nicholas Cage and “assigned a grade of 9.0 by Certified Guaranty Company” accoridng to Luxury Insider. There
Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Twofer Tuesdays, Wacky Wednesdays and Thirsty Thursdays. What a bunch of nonsense! Things are in a sorry state when the lead story on the news is how much more crap was sold this year than last and how buying stuff is going to stave off the
Arms dealers have been known to flood the African market and now the Geneva-based mechanical luxury maker Roland Iten has reclaimed the killing machines to turn them into arm candy under the new brand Fonderie 47. A pair of the cufflinks costs nearly $33,000, possibly the most expenisve in the
Tomorrow the World Cheese Awards kick off at the BBC Good Food Show in London. Long Clawson, an award-winning British cheese maker, has created his self-proclaimed world’s most expensive cheese: White Stilton Gold, “a premium white Stilton made with edible gold leaf and gold-flecked cinnamon schnapps”, accodrding to the blog
Americans may have taken the first steps on the moon, but according to AFP an unnamed “Singaporean businessman, his wife and two children have paid USD one million to become the first Asian family to fly together on space-tourism airline Virgin Galactic.” Stephen Attenborough, the Virgin Galactic commercial director, noted,“I
Accoridng to Wired magazine, a vascular biologist at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands Mark Post is about to cconcoct the world’s first lab-burger. “The first one will be a proof of concept, just to show it’s possible”, Post told Reuters. “I believe I can do this in the
The daily blog PSFK hit up their “PurpleList” people, also known as global industry professionals, to find out what favorite travel apps are loaded in their smartphones and e-tablets. Here is what they found out: Airbnb Google maps voyage-SNCF (ticket booking, very efficient) British Airways AirFrance (mileage and services) AEROPORTS
Apartment 32 opened last night its SoHo flagship store on West Braodway. It’s flagship retail store is laid out to look like a swank apartment and the store’s employees are referred to as “residents” and shoppers as “house guests”. There is also a “house rule” where customers are asked to
This is exactly what Vegas has been missing a “high-end lounge” to enjoy “exotic firearms” paired with Louis Vuitton and Prada gun and ammo accessories. Alcohol will not flow but the mastermind behind Machine Guns Vegas is Genghis Cohen, a former Royal New Zealand Army officer “known for his background
Performance artist Christine Sun Kim focuses on what she calls “the physicality of sound”. The taste curators at Nowness posted cult filmmaker Todd Selby’s short showing how Kim works in NYC’s Chinatown as she picks up sounds from the streets and balloons to create “seismic calligraphy” with the help of
India was slower on the uptake in terms of luxe appeal compared to China but the nation is catching up in a big way with ATMs dispensing gold and jewels, luxury brand fever, and now Rs 25,000 or USD 500 lobster dipped in 24 carat edible gold sprinkles and sugar.
New York-based hedge fund manager Julie Macklowe has just launched “The It Kit” filled with her Vbeaute products. The tastemaker site AHAlife explains that Macklowe was en route to a European wedding last year when all of her over 100ml products were tossed in the trashed at JFK. Perhaps she
It appears urbanites can save the world by making at-home honey. Philips has designed the slickest, modern an at-home Urban Beehive, to harvest fresh honey directly from a window. Described to be dummy-proof and looks so good your coop shouldn’t balk. All you have to do is cut a small
Normally reserved for PSAs and mulit-national corporation ad campaigns – one man in Karachi, Pakistan was hoping to woo back his ‘Princess’ by apologizing with a billboard. Reportedly it reads: Hi Princess I know I Don’t have your attention these days… I know I have been, dirty, sneaky, immoral, poorly-endowed
According to the editors at Bon Appetit, Twitter is changing the relationship between diners and some of the world’s top chefs. “Fans are tweeting to chefs directly, with some soliciting chef secrets for the best marinara sauce, some taking their beefs online for the Twittersphere to see, and others still hoping
A tiny island only ten minutes by boat from San Marco Square in Venice, Italy is now on the market for EUR 28 million or USD 38.5 million. It has roughly 86,111 sq ft of both historical buildings and new construction space zoned for private residences as well as hotels and
The green luxury electric bike industry appears to be growing thanks to the brains and braun of Parker Brothers Custom Choppers. After the success of bring the famed Tron bike to life and the Green Machine, they have now created The Detonator. The e-bike features a 30″ front wheel and
Bang & Olufsen have just launched the ultimate in HD 3D plasma for your home entertainment experience with BeoVision 4. Known equally for their modern, clean design and cutting edge technology, B&O is offering full HD 3D plasma 8″” or 103″ screens that promises to never age, with Automatic Colour Management
First, I apologize for not writing over the last couple of weeks. I’ve been preoccupied with finishing the Second Edition of The Fundamentals of Hedge Fund Management. I handed in the book today, so now I have plenty of time to resume my blogging activities. Also, I apologize for the
Self-described on eBay as the “Best Halloween Costume Ever” and “most bizarre” the Human Slinky sells (no bids accepted) for one million dollars with $100,000 from each sale going to the American Cancer Society. The bright rainbow, silky voluminous design might look familiar to you. It has been featured on
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