Spelling Manor Location: Los Angeles, CA Current owner Candy Spelling (widow to late TV producer Aaron Spelling and mother to actress-turned-reality TV star Tori Spelling) purchased the property from legendary entertainer Bing Crosby. The French-chateau-style estate sits on 4.7 acres and illuminates luxury at every turn. Unique features of the […]
The Guinness world record for the most expensive tuna fish was set by a single blue-fin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), weighing 342 kg (754 lb), which was sold at an auction in the Tsukji fish market in Tokyo, Japan, on 5 January 2011, where it raised 34.49 million Yen ($420,000). Guinness […]
The most expensive cup of joe, in the minds of many coffee drinkers, is a $4 coffee at Starbucks. Perhaps a half-caf soy almond latte prepared by a favorite barista.But for serious coffee connoisseurs, people who are looking for a world-class drink rather than a “gourmet” cup, the top fare is […]
Abu Dhabi Christmas tree : Emirates Palace hotel, the luxury Abu Dhabi hotel, has unveiled what is thought to be the world’s most expensive Christmas tree, valued at more than $11m. The 13-metre fake evergreen tree is located in the hotel’s lobby, and is decorated with silver and gold bows, […]
Dragon chair The world’s most expensive chair was actually made between 1917 and 1919. Called the “Dragons Chair”, it is one of the masterpieces of Irish designer Eileen Gray and it has a rather fascinating history. The sculpted wood frame that surrounds the brown leather depicts the intertwined bodies of […]
Caviar is processed, salted, non-fertilized sturgeon roe marketed as a luxury food. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, caviar is a product made from salt-cured fish-eggs of the Acipenseridae family. The roe can be “fresh” (non-pasteurized) or pasteurized, with pasteurization reducing its culinary and economic value. Traditionally the term caviar refers only to roe from wild sturgeon […]
A good bed can be priceless for how much it improves your lifestyle. But how about a great bed? One with all the trimmings, and luxuries that you perhaps never associated with beds. In addition to the fundamentals like, say, ultra-comfortable space-age foam mattresses and whatnot, these 10 beds have the […]