Candy Spelling, late TV producer Aaron Spelling’s widow, has put their 56,500-square-foot French chateau-style mansion named “The Manor” on the market for a jaw-dropping $150 million. The Los Angeles home located in the Holmby Hills neighborhood is now the most expensive home for sale in the U.S. Haute Living recently featured her and her luxurious home in our November/December edition.

Forget real estate and private jets, it looks like true luxury is all in the pocket watches. And if reports of a bad economy are keeping some buyers at bay, other folk are ready to dish out the cash on some pretty interesting toys. The Patek Philippe Yellow Gold Calibre 89 pocket watch has set a new world record.

Lincoln Center has recently begun several face-lift procedures, and a new and extremely improved State Theater was recently presented by a gala performance in the auditorium, and a dinner and dance. The changes in Alice Tulley Hall were immediately obvious

With all the great real estate out there the most expensive homes couldn’t be shrunk to just ten, so here are twelve of the priciest homes. The 4.7-acre estate in Holmby Hills boasts a grand staircase, fountain in the center of the circular driveway, and excellent views of the property’s gardens and landscape. Price: $150 million

Tour operator Cox & Kings announces a private travel journey like no other-“Nepal: A Golfer’s High.” This Nepal tour brings golfing enthusiasts by helicopter to play two holes of golf at 14,500 feet in the Everest region, with Mt. Everest serving as a backdrop. The return helicopter trip flies over Gokyo Lake, Everest and Amadablan base camps, with a short stop at Lukla.

When they say the quill is mightier than the sword, they must have been referring to this opulent pen. The new eBay for the wealthy, BillonaireExchange.com, has been listing a diamond-studded 50ct Black Spirit pen since November 12, 2009. This ergonomically designed jewel needs an owner with a lifestyle just as majestic as the pen in his front breast pocket or in her purse.

There have been some changes happening at The Restaurant at Meadowood. Mathew Tinder has recently joined Chef Christopher Kostow’s team, as pastry chef. Tinder’s resume includes noteworthy locales like Campton and Brick. He was also Boris Portnoy’s second-in-command, not too shabby.

Celebrate Thanksgiving, a family Christmas or New Year’s Eve with a magical only-in-New York experience. The Pierre, New York’s newest AAA 5-Diamond hotel on Central Park at Fifth Avenue and 61st Street that is the US flagship for Taj Hotels, has introduced new holiday packages for 2009. Now, you can enjoy the hotel’s elegant new guestrooms, new restaurant and new destination bar and lounge that are fresh from a $100 million renovations.

Alphonse Berber Gallery is bringing “New Images of Man and Woman,” a group exhibition of three iconic Bay Area figurative artists, Nathan Oliveira, Stephen de Staebler and William Theophilus Brown as well as five younger artists, featuring Ursula O’Farrell, Frances Lerner, Ryoko Tajiri, Marianne Kolb and Michael Ryan Noble.