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Brooke Astor's Butler Reveals How The Late Socialite Lost A Chunk Of Her Finger
The New York Post's Page Six Magazine has a great feature on the butlers and nannies who work for New York City millionaires.There are several horrifying anecdotes about financier and celebrity...
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The 10 Best Bars In Los Angeles
Nightlife in L.A. is about more than just celebrities stumbling home at 4 am. The city has everything from gay bars and dance clubs to tiki rooms and dives.And though there's always some new hotspot...
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eBay Has Turned Into A 'Fast Fashion Graveyard'
It was once nearly impossible for the average person to buy an item from a designer's special collection for Target or H&M.Ambitious eBay merchants camped out for days and bought up everything they...
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YACHT OF THE WEEK: Cruise The Caribbean On The $3.95 Million Shalimar
"Shalimar" comes from the Persian term for "garden of beauty," so it is an appropriate name for this 118-foot yacht.Designed by Disdale and built by Benetti Shipyard, it has room for ten guests on...
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The Coolest Kindergarten Ever Is Made From An Old Airplane
A man has created a top flight playschool in Rustavi, Georgia out of a retired Yakovlev 42 plane.Headmaster Gari Chapidze brought the old plane from Tbilisi airport for an unspecified sum and arranged...
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Your Guide To Tipping In 5 Holiday Vacation Destinations
You’ve planned your trip within an inch of its life, from the location of your seat on the plane to the perfect dinner reservations at that place so-and-so recommended.Your flight goes fine, you land...
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SPOTTED: A Truck Full Of Ferraris In China
Seeing a Ferrari as powerful as the F12berlinetta or 458 Italia is always a pleasure. Seeing five of them in one spot is something else altogether. Rarely is the theft of a truck this...
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Upper East Side Financier's Wife Has A Horrifying Request For The Nanny
The nanny business in New York City can be a lucrative one; some nannies for the city's super rich are earning upwards of $180,000 a year.But the high pay doesn't always justify the occasional...
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The Latest Trend In Yachts Is A 'Support Yacht' To Carry All Your Toys
The arms race in mega-yachts has reached a new level, with the launch of the "mega support-yacht."Support yachts are for people who have outgrown their mega-yachts and need more space for their...
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A Blackstone Exec Is Buying This Amazing 6-Story Upper East Side Townhouse...
Yeah, 6 stories. Luckily there's also an elevator.Blackstone's global head of private equity, Joseph Baratta is in contract to pick up a sweet 6-story townhouse from music mogul Lyor Cohen (he's Tory...
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British Explorers Embark On 'Coldest Journey' — A Winter Trek Across Antarctica
Visitors arrived on the SA Agulhas stamping their boots and rubbing their hands: it was -1C at the Thames, there was still frost on the gangplank, and mugs of steaming coffee were stone cold in...
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10 American Pizza Joints Worth A Road Trip
Everyone has their favorite local pizza joint, but is yours one of the best in America?Some pizza places serve pies that are so delicious that people trek hundreds, and even thousands, of miles to eat...
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The 12 Hottest Housing Markets In The World
In the absence of effective stimulus global mainstream property prices are flagging, according to Knight Frank's latest global house price index.The index rose just 1 percent year-over-year in the...
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The Most Extraordinary Feat Of British Scholarship Ever
Professor Richard Sorabji, of King's College London, has just completed the Herculean task of editing, translating and overseeing 100 volumes of translations of ancient commentaries on Aristotle,...
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Goldman Sachs CEO Bought This Massive Bridgehampton Estate For $32.5 Million
Ladies and Gentlemen, we are not this lucky every day.The NY Post reports that Lloyd Blankfein just bought a sprawling new 7.5 acre Bridgehampton estate for $35.5 million. He hasn't sold his old...
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A Billionaire Heir To Aldi Supermarkets Has Died
Berthold Albrecht, the billionaire heir of the cut-price supermarket chain Aldi and one of Germany's richest men, has died at the age of 58, his family announced on Friday.Albrecht was buried last...
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LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE: Old Photos Of Macau From Decades Before The...
If you've seen the new James Bond movie, you know the opulence found in Macau today is without parallel.The tiny region, comprising a peninsula jutting out from the mainland and a nearby island, is...
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Ivy League Cracks Down On Out-Of-Control Student Behavior
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Harvard and Cornell universities have joined Yale University and Dartmouth College in cracking down on out-of-control behavior such as drinking, hazing, and sexual harassment,...
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10 Gifts That Seem Pricier Than They Actually Are
During the holidays, it's natural to want to give the world to those we love.After all, nothing is too good for our parents, siblings, spouses, and dear friends. But a smart shopper never financially...
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14 Places To Hide Out During The Apocalypse
Well, the 5125-year Mayan calendar comes to an end on December 21, 2012, and no one knows what will happen next.True believers suppose we might see cataclysmic solar flares or an incident involving a...
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