Luxury Clues

Funny Pumpkin Ideas for Halloween

If you're up for some holiday fun, there's nothing quite like Halloween. If you're staying at home sharing candy with the kids, here are some great ways to enhance your front door step with some unique pumpkins. 

Also, you might want to search your local dentists to see if any of them are giving cash who turn in their candy. It's an option to post on your blog that a lot of your clients may appreciate. 

Pumpkins that need no carving and never go out of style. 

The balance of the photos below are from ExtremePumpkins.com. This site has more weird pumpkins than anywhere else on the web. If you need creative ideas,  ExtremePumpkins.com is the place to go.

Garlic forms the teeth--legs are composed of carrots and potatoes or peppers

 

A different scream              
 Fire breathing dragon?

Apparently soaking a roll of toilet paper over night in kerosene and then lighting it gives off a 3-foot flame that burns for 30-45 minutes. (This can be dangerous--keep your fire extinguisher nearby and don't leave the flame unattended. If it's windy or very dry, don't even think about doing this.) 

Happy Halloween!

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The Million Dollar Christmas Tree & the $130,000 Christmas Bauble

At holiday time, it's always fun to look at some of the most unusual as well as extravagant decorations a in the world.

This year we begin with a million dollar Christmas tree designed by Singapore jeweler Soo Kee. It has 21,798 diamonds totaling 913 carats, 3,762 crystal beads and 456 lights. The tree is almost 20 foot tall and weighs over 7,000 pounds – Price – $1,005,000

Or perhaps your taste is for expensive Christmas ornaments. How does a white mink trimmed Santa with crystals sound? It's only $300. Or perhaps you would prefer the the 12 piece Nativity set--that's a great deal at $2,000.

If you're feeling really extravagant,Hallmark Jewelers does not disappoint. Their "Christmas bauble" retails for $130,000 and is covered in diamonds set in gold. 

Happy decorating!

Posted by Bernice Ross. Wishing you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving

 

 

 

 

Millionaire and Their Shoes--Who's the Most Frugal of Them All?

The books The Millionaire Next Door and Richistan describe two different styles of being wealthy. Richistanis are those who flaunt their wealth. They have multiple multi-million dollar residences, they drive Ferraris, and compete with each other in terms of who has the biggest and the best of everything. 

In contrast, there are many "millionaire's next door," who have relatively quiet life styles. You wouldn't know that they are loaded with cash. They will buy a nice car and drive it 10-15 years. They buy good shoes and then have them repaired so they can keep wearing them. 

One of the five individuals below owns only two pairs of work shoes that he has been wearing for the last ten years. 

Gotta wonder what they smell like--can you identify the person who is the most frugal of them all? 

1.  Michael Bloomberg

2.  Warren Buffet

3.  Bill Gates

4.  Steve Jobs

5.  Donald Trump

Click here for the answer

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Hollywood's Next Cool New Luxury Hotel?

 If you have every been to Los Angeles, one of the most distinctive landmarks is the Hollywood sign that sits just below Mulholland Drive facing the Los Angeles basin. On a clear day, it's visible from a large part of the city. 

The sign was originally erected in 1923 to advertise a new housing development above the Hollywood district of Los Angeles. The development was called "Hollywoodland" and the original sign consisted of 13 letters spelling out the name of the subdivision. Each letter is 50 feet high and 30 feet wide. The original sign was lit with 4,000 light bulbs. 

The sign has had an interesting history. The caretaker for the sign drove his Model A into the "H" (he was drunk), eventually causing the letter to deteriorate. A woman committed suicide by jumping from the sign as well.

The sign continued to deteriorate and eventually the "land" was removed entirely. Recently, there was an effort by a development group to acquire the land and tear down the sign. Hugh Hefner and group of other investors recently provided the funding to prevent that from happening. 

The evolution of the Hollywood sign may take an entirely new path if a Danish Architect has his way. Christian Bay-Jorgenson has proposed a whole new luxury hotel complex built around the sign. He envisions it as a place for Hollywood's brightest lights to meet. Check out the post from the Luxury Insider. If this Dane has his way, the fashionable Bel Air and Beverly Hills Hotels may have some serious competition for the hip place for Hollywood's elite to hang out.

Posted By Bernice Ross. 

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A Look at the Future for Luxury Real Estate: 3-D Cell Phones

Three-D holographic images have been around since the 1970's. One of the earliest examples was at the Walt Disney Haunted House ride. While the technology is not new, being able to get it on to your handheld device is another story completely. 

Mac Funamizu is the creator of the new Cobalto concept phone, a completely new way to imagine how the phones of the future will work. Using the ideas from the movie Minority Report, Funamizu has created a stunning looking phone that will display your caller or whatever they choose to send you in 3-D. 

Check out the images to see what you might be calling on in the very near future. 

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A Whole New Twist on Honeymoons, Champagne, and Spas

 Weddings and champagne go hand-in-hand. So do hot tubs and private spas at honeymoon time. If you want to see a "champagne spa," the folks at TrendHunter shared these great photos of a spa at Caesar's Pocono Resort. This is unlike any spa you have ever seen before. The question is whether it is filled with champagne? Check out the spa itself as well as a photo of the suite.

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You've Never Seen a Flash Drive Like This!

The people who run Pricy-Spicy catalogue a wealth of high-priced luxury products. For those of us who travel frequently or who never seem to have a flash drive when they need it, there's a new product that is priced between $22.00-$35.00 (depending on how many gigs on the flash drive) that also does double duty as a fashion accessory. It looks pricy, but it's not. This is the first flash drive I've ever seen that I would actually consider wearing. (It's a lot more attractive than the one in this blog photo!)

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New Japanese Device Translates Your Dog's Emotions into Words

The Japanese have taken the lead in the area of robotics, but they are also leading the way in other creative inventions as well. Anyone who has been in the real estate industry knows that sometimes people's pets are more important than their human friends and family. 

For those dog owners who want to stay in tune with their pooch's every emotion, there's a new device called the Bowlingual Voice that transforms barks and woofs into words telling you the emotions your pet is experiencing. The gadget retails for 129 pounds or about $215.00 U.S. It can also monitor your dog's emotion while you are away from home.

What's next--woof messages on your cell?

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A Sure Fire Sign the Market is about to Get Better

For years, people have  noted the correlation between the length of women's skirts and the stock market. The shorter the skirts, the bigger the boom. Long skirts signal a depression. At the fashion show previewing the new Armani fall collection the skirts were not just short, they were minis. Let's hope that this is one time the correlation holds true. Mini skirts = great stock market and hopefully an even better real estate market.

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Would You Pay $10K for a Pair of Jeans? How about $250K?

Here are photos of two of the most expensive pairs of jeans in the world. One sells for $10,000 and the other one sells for a whopping $250,000. To learn which is which, visit expensive jeans-1 to see which ones cost $10,000 and expensive jeans-2 to see which pair costs $250,000. 

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