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Inside The Great Frog, Jeweler to Harry Potter and Aerosmith

Filed under: Jewelry, Luxury Travel & Hotels

The Great Frog has been making jewelry in London's ever-chic Carnaby area since 1972. They are probably best known for their immaculately gothic, daring bespoke pieces for the fashion and music industry -- as well as creating all the jewelry for the Harry Potter movies. I was lucky enough to visit their legendary Ganton Street location and get a peek into the magic lair where the sometimes sweet, sometimes scary pieces are created (aka the basement).

The Great Frog's showroom is designed to look like a French funeral parlor, a darkly appropriate choice for the originators of The Skull Ring. The workshop, however, is appropriately non-designed, with graffiti on the walls and ceiling, an enormous music closet, and cluttered work desks which look like they belong in the props trailer for the Puppet Master series. We're talking creepy dolls and skulls in beer cases.

It's fun to imagine the legends that have browsed in the shop and dictated their jewelry desires to talented, biker-chic staff. Get a look at the charmingly grungy room where the magic happens below, and check out more of their client list, including Harry Potter, Aerosmith, Metallica and Iron Maiden, (and do a little online shopping) here.

Gallery: Peek Inside The Great Frog

This trip was paid for by VisitBritain, but the ideas and opinions expressed in the article above are 100% my own.

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Aerosmith By The Shore, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

The band Aerosmith is much beloved in Boston and over the years the band has bought some great real estate in Massachusetts. The Wall Street Journal's Private Properties column reported Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer has put his beautiful waterview home in Marshfield Hills on the market. Marshfield Hills is located on the South Shore and Kramer has himself an expansive 17-acre spread that includes views of the Atlantic Ocean and over 300 feet of frontage on the North River. The grounds include a pool and spa, guest house, , three detached garage buildings (Kramer is a partner in a specialty car dealership), a small fish pond, and open manicured lawns with views and access to the water.

The four-bedroom main house was built in 2003, has over 6,300 square feet of living area. It includes a gym, sauna, three-season porch, and a recording studio and features intricate wood carvings on the doors and mantelpieces. It is listed at $4.99 million.

For more prime properties and lush locations, see Luxury Homes and Mansions.

Gallery: Kramer's Beach Beauty

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Steven Tyler's Red Wing Motorcycles

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Celebrity Shopping

Like many celebrities, Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler, has a love of motorcycles. Tyler has decided to turn his love into a business by launching Red Wing Motorcycles, a new collaboration with Mark Dirico and AC Custom Motorcycles. Each motorcycle has a Harley Davidson engine and is hand signed by Tyler. He describes the bikes as " sick, rugged, and just damn cool." Tyler seems to be doing more than just lending his name to the project, he even blogs on the Red Wing Motorcycles Web site.

The custom cycles have a vintage feel. Each bike is hand built by the team at AC Custom Motorcycles. The bikes can be seen at Manchester and Nashua, N.H. Harley Davidson dealerships and a national roll out is planned for 2008.

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