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The Life Of Luxury

It is always nice to see how the other half
lives,  take  for  instance  there  is  theAccording to the Federal Reserve, the net
wealth of American households hit a high at
Life  of  Luxury:  the  George  Hamilton way.the end of last year, increasing from $46.59
trillion in the third quarter of 2004 to
This is a TV show which looks at the lives of$48.53  trillion  in  the  fourth  quarter.
the Super Rich in which the first episode
looks at the PlayBoy Mansion, a collection ofRising real estate and stock prices helped
multi-million dollar homes, hip-hoppush the country's household net worth up 4%
half-billion dollar empires and some queensbetween the third and fourth quarters. You
of  shopping.can now buy a $67,000 hand-crafted bathtub;
Luxury is no longer confined to the affluent.
Tom Delay's Life of Luxury over the last six
years:To enhance people's lives they are willing to
pay more for luxury items like expensive
Public documents reviewed by The Associatedperfumes and designer handbags. Sometimes
Press document his 48 visits to golf clubsit's hard to justify spending much more on an
and resorts; 100 flights aboard privateitem when something considerably less
company planes; 200 stays at hotels, manyexpensive  offers  the  same  functionality.
world-class; and 500 meals at restaurants,
some averaging nearly $200 for a dinner forYou can, for instance, buy a watch for $10
two.  Not  all  paid  for  by  Tom  Delay.and you can buy a watch for $20,000 that
offers the exact same functionality so where
ARCHESTRATUS:  THE  LIFE  OF  LUXURYis the rationale for buying the expensive
watch? Still, the expensive watches get sold
ARCHESTRATUS was a Sicilian Greek who wrote aand  people  are  proud  to  own  them.
poem that was an actual cookbook describing
styles of Greek food in antiquity InThe exclusive maker of mattresses for the
travelling throughout the Greek world -British royal family will reject a container
Greece, Southern Italy and Sicily, the coastof cashmere if it is deemed to be clumpy or
of Asia Minor, the Black Sea - Archestratusdefective in any way, says the director for
shows us how the ancient Greeks werethe  American  division.
extremely  cosmopolitan.
For each bed, workers cover thousands of
His influences - ingredients, combinations ofsprings in calico cotton; the damask cases
flavours, techniques - are drawn from a wideare hand-woven in Belgium If you have to ask
Mediterranean background, taking in ahow much these mattresses cost you can't
diversity of ideas unrestricted by theafford  them.
topography  of  the  Greek  mainland.
Life of Luxury: living on your own Cruise
The Life of Luxury: Check out the RobbShip
Report:  Luxury  Homes
The World is the only private luxury
The Robb Report features this Beverly Hillscommunity at sea. It is a Cruise Ship built
house. The owners, a retired industrialistwith apartments and studios for long term
and his wife, who is a trustee of Losresidency  rather  than  vacation  cruises.
Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art, wanted
the architect to maintain a simple paletteFor sale originally were 106 apartments, 19
that would not compete with their artstudio apartments and 40 studios, with square
collection, which includes a beautifulfootage starting at 675 for studios and
collection  of  contemporary  art.maxing out at 3,242 for a three bedroom
apartment with optional jet pool. With the
The Life of Luxury's Most Expensive ZIP Codesexception of studios, which have more limited
amenities, The World's residential
From Beverly Hills to TriBeCa, from notoriousaccommodations include fully-equipped
enclaves of mansions and lush lawns tokitchens, living room, veranda and all
little-known niches of wealth, this is wherefurniture  and  audio/video  equipment.
the most expensive real estate in the country
can  be  found.Studios and Apartments can be had from 1.4
million to 4.8 million dollars and annual
Many of these neighborhoods are rarifiedmaintenance  costs  start  at  $100,000.
places, of course. They are close to beaches
and golf courses and prime yacht moorings--orThis is a 40,000-ton ship which could easily
at least within spitting distance of thecarry 1,500 passengers but the World
power centers that are the sources of greatResidensea carries an average of 285 guests
wealth. they have high tax bases, expensiveplus  a  crew  of  252.
private schools, exclusive restaurants and
they are not all located close to RodeoThe passenger distribution is about 40%
Drive.Americans, 40% Europeans and 20% from other
nations. The price of a "home" on board the
The Life of Luxury; Some Expensive Must-Haveship includes furniture, appliances, carpet,
Itemsdraperies, linen, china, cutlery and crystal.
Maintenance charges will cover daily
We must be getting richer. Designer items arehousekeeping service, repairs and replacement
becoming more and more popular, we are noof appliances, fixtures and fittings supplied
longer happy with a cheap watch but want anby the builder.
Omega  or  a  Tag  Heuer.



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