UNIQUE EXPERIENCES PRICED BY SIDE TOUR
It is often said that people find greater fulfilment from the places they go and experiences had –opposed to things accumulated. A new service, Side Tour, is hoping to prove this with exclusive, intimate events around New York and Austin for SXSW. A quick glance at SideTour.com feels a bit like Groupon but as you dig deeper, you will find each “authentic” event follows a calendar with limited bookable places (normally under 10) to spend time with an expert/host. This month’s options range from “coaching from an Olympic medalist” down the Lake Placid luge track ($150) to a dinner with a “Banker-Turned-Monk” at an East Village monastery ($20) and a […]
A TREEHOUSE FOR GROWN-UPS
A UK-based company Blue Forest is making both children’s and adults’ wildest dreams come true with custom luxury treehouses. The blog Rich Times notes “that [the treehouses] would lure even Tinker Bell to move from Neverland.” However these luxury treehouses are a far cry from Neverland with features that include “biometric security systems, safe houses and CCTVs” –one can also order up “a kitchen, wet room , a large living area with a huge plasma TV equipped with a wide array of games.” Plus they are sustainable eco-buildings. The treehouses vary in price from $250,000-400,000. Take a look at the drawbridges, castles and interiors.