Archive for March, 2009

If you have some vintage coins lying around, for heaven sakes grab them up and stash them somewhere secure!  You certainly don’t want them to wind up in a CoinStar machine or being cashed in at their face value to pay for groceries? Think I jest?  You won’t after reading this tale of woe: A [...]

Icho Cashmere is from the heart of Tokyo and their outerwear is handmade using traditional kimono techniques, where single fibers are used like thread, binding one piece of wool to another. Granted it can take up to two months and you will invest up to $2,000 for your jacket so you can imagine how disheartened [...]

There are shoes, and there are It shoes.   But even as It shoes go, these Louis Vuitton’s are in a crazy, feathery super-league of their own. These babies have gone global so without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, meet Spicy. At the recent Paris fashion shows, where the fashion paparazzi greet interesting accessories with the [...]

The days of being able to hang with fellow bicyclists on your sporting Huffy or Schwinn are long gone.  Now, it’s all about carbon fiber, titanium and aerodynamics — and these guys aren’t going for the  Tour de France, they are merely weekend warriors. So how do you hang with the best?   Get yourself a [...]

With the economy being how it is, you might not see many of these cars outside a showroom or car event, but they are still beautiful to look at, and many are interesting pieces of modern engineering. Though no matter how beautiful, these cars have sticker prices that will shock you. Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 [...]

As the glories of spring are upon us, the air is filled with the vibrations of V-twin motors  taking to the streets.  Alas, you’ve procrastinated on signing up for your weekend class to learn how to ride a motorcycle so you are on the sidelines looking for that strapping man with hot metal between his [...]

Every stylish man and woman runs around sporting the latest shades by the likes of Gucci, Ray-Ban or Chanel.   But the reality, is that there is one brand of shades that separates the wannabe’s from the true players — and those shades are Oliver Goldsmith. Never heard of Oliver Goldsmith?   Well, now you have and [...]

Contrary to popular belief, exquisite footware does not soley belong in the realm of women.  Men also enjoy fine shoes – they like having an outline of their foot done, choosing the types of soles, leather and lacings and wait with baited anticipation for that call a few weeks later from the cobbler to let [...]

In a world where the is always room for “over the top” accessories in one’s life, it’s a necessity to be sporting the right type of water. It’s tres gauche to be carrying around your own non-descript water bottle or, heaven forbid a “budget” water like Ozarka.  That will never do! In order to really [...]


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