If you can afford to pay over $2 million in taxes per year, you can probably afford to buy Donald Trump’s 8,000 sq. ft. Palm Beach property, Maison l’Amitie, with nearly 500 feet of oceanfront, for a mere $125 million. Or if you have more spare bucks in the change jar, you can spring for…
I wasn’t a slave to fashion. But I knew a good T-shirt when I saw one. Even though I wasn’t a Yankees fan per se, I appreciated the grace and style of their All-Star Shortstop Derek Jeter. You may have seen this shirt in newspapers from San Francisco’s hip and outspoken fashionista — Jewish Fashion…
I have a hard plastic case for my iPod. I’ve written about bejeweled cases. Now, there’s an iWood case from Miniot carved from one piece of hardwood and available with your monogram on the top. Choose from maple, walnut, mahogany, cherry or oak. Cost is 75 € and up. [Via www.goodgoodthings.com.]
My pal Kip registered on this Web site — www.klwines.com — joined their wine club, and experienced their great customer service. Snce 1976, K & L Wine Merchants have been assisting the world’s most passionate wine enthusiasts. Their mission is to provide you with unparalleled service, selection and pricing. In fact, they’ve been featured within…
A recent trend is growing. Carslberg, whose brewery I’ve visited in Denmark, is now producing a regional beer called Karmi in Poland. With a low alcohol content of 0.1%, this near-beer is targeted to women, much like light beers and wine coolers have been for years. Its packaging is feminine and clean, but what’s unusual…
I’ve always wanted to spend the night in a lighthouse. On my next trip north about 200 miles from the SF Bay Area, maybe I’ll stay at the Point Cabrillo Light Station in Mendocino, built in 1909. Its restored head keeper’s house is now called the Lighthouse Inn, which is one of only three lighthouses…
If there’s one city in the world where it’s fun to check out who’s wearin’ what, that would be Paris. I am by no means a fashionista, or even a semi-slave to fashion, but you can bet that after a week in Paris I never leave the house without being accompanied by a nice large…
It started as a wine appreciation club in Boston for and by African American women. Now they have their own wine, as the #1 hottest small brand –– the Mendocino Wine Company — has blended Divas Uncorked Chardonnay so sisters who sip can “uncork your inner diva.” It’s now on sale for $13/bottle and has…
This just in… Austria’s most important native grape and its own white variety –– Gruner Veltliner – is being harvested now in the Diamond Mountain District of Napa Valley. This experiment is courtesy of Herr Rudy Von Strasser, noted winemaker and relative of the notable Eric de Rothschild,. He’s going to try to cultivate about…
An ice hotel in Quebec. An underwater lodge in Florida. A treetops lodge in the Amazon Rainforest. A reproduction of Rick’s Place from Casablanca in Manhattan. Or a lux cave in Arkansas. These are just some of the World’s Weirdest Hotels from Forbes.com. Each page features an overview of the hotel, room rates and contact…
I ran into my friend George today at Jury Duty. He’s the proud owner of a unique service for wine aficionados: Napa Valley Wine Storage. Chosen by Napa Valley’s most discriminating wineries, restaurants, and wine collectors, it offers: • Vaults for 12, 18, 24 and 36 cases; • Pallet storage for commercial clients; • A…
$460 milion spent in retail development. Three years in the making. America’s second largest Nordstrom and Blooomingdale’s stores. 170 total stores, 21 restaurants, 9 movie threatres, and dozens of daily activities. That’s the story in today’s grand opening of the Westfield San Francisco Centre — the largest urban mall west of the Mississippi. The only…