For the many, many men out there who have long lusted after one of Hollywood’s greatest beauties, Jessica Alba, rejoice. The Italian-based alcohol conglomerate, Campari, has chosen Alba to be the face of its 2009 limited edition calendar. Each year, Campari chooses a raving beauty to grace the calendar, and Alba certainly measures up despite […]

The art of collecting has metamorphosed into a newfangled way to showcase ones affluence, and extends far beyond the realm of stamps. Currently, AbeBooks is the possessor of some of the globes most highly coveted collectibles, original Atlases. Their current offerings of historic map filled books include “An Atlas of England and Wales” buy Christopher […]

At a Tokyo fish auction on Monday, a delicious Japanese bluefin tuna fetched more than $100,000, the highest in nearly a decade (and several times the average price according to market official Takashi Yoshida). Caught off the northern coast of Oma, the 282 pounder went for 9.63 million yen ($104,700). It was the most expensive […]

  The luxury real estate market continues to breathe, so says Josh Barbanel of the New York time’s Big Deal blog. Barbanel points out that “someone still has money,” and as evidence cites to the (possibly) highest priced condo (per square foot) transaction to ever occur in New York City: a 15 CPW 38th floor […]

The full moon brings out people’s rowdy tendencies, so why not channel that energy into a fantastic evening with like-minded revelers? This Saturday marks the Ritz-Carlton South Beach’s inaugural Full Moon Party at DiLido Beach Club, the only ocean front lounge in South Beach.  For the occasion, the hotel will offer specially priced cocktails and […]

Cirrus Design Corp., maker of Cirrus SR20, SR22, the 22 turbo version, SRS, and the category killing Vision SJ50, began production Monday after a month-long winter timeout. 500 furloughed employees will gradually be recalled, meaning suppliers can get back in the game as well (they used the downturn to diversify, always a good thing). Cirrus is […]

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Famed watchmaker Cartier is releasing their latest model at this year’s Salon International De La Haute Horlogerie Genéve later this month. Entitled the Baignoire Grande Modele, the woman’s watch harks back to the early 20th century when Cartier released one if its most beautiful lines sharing the same name, as the shape of the watch […]

No one sets a trend like monarchs, and England’s royal family proves this fact with their latest green efforts. Prince Charles had his Aston Martin converted to run on bio-ethanol made from aged English wine, and his Audi, Jaguar, and Range Rover all run on old cooking fat. The Queen Mother has followed her son’s […]