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City Winery, New York's First Private Label Winery

Posted Jun 7th 2008 12:05PM by Rigel Gregg
Filed under: Wine

City Winery is scheduled to open this fall in an unlikely place: right in the middle of Soho, New York. It will not only be the first winery in New York City but it's the first in any major urban area. City Winery will be a combination members-only winery and public nightclub -- only members will have access to where and how the wine is made. Three membership options will be offered starting at $5,000 and going as high as $15,000 annually, with membership owners getting the title of "barrel owner" with their own 50 gallon American oak barrel, 4 classes each year with wine makers, and a special venue to swap their vintages with other members.

Gap Whitney Biennial T-Shirts

Posted May 22nd 2008 2:02PM by Rigel Gregg
Filed under: Apparel

The Gap is always a great place to find comfortable and breezy summer clothes, and this year is not only no different but it might actually be better. Gap has collaborated with a series of artists to come up with a line of limited edition t-shirts in celebration of the New York Whitney Museum of American Art's Biennial. The list of participating artists includes names like Glen Ligon, Barbara Kruger, Marilyn Minter, Kenny Scharff, and Kerry Marshall. You can buy them online or in a Gap store near you, $28.

Via Acquire

Gallery: Gap Whitney Biennial T-Shirts

Women's Marilyn Minter Whitney Biennial T

Women's Kerry Marshall Whitney Biennial T

Women's Kenny Scharff Whitney Biennial T

A $2 Million Home that Teaches You How to Cheat Death?

Posted Apr 13th 2008 8:00AM by Rigel Gregg
Filed under: Estates

Most expensive homes have extra built-in features that are meant to make the environment more comfortable, but not the $2 million Bioscleave House on Long Island. Husband and wife architectural design team Arakawa and Madeline Gins have made sure the "Lifespan Extending Villa" they created is specifically as uncomfortable and unsettling as possible. At the core of their campaign to defeat mortality is the idea that "comfort is the precursor to death." They believe that they have created an environment that keeps people constantly tentative, which in turns helps them stay young and cheat death.

So what makes it so uncomfortable? The floors are severely uneven and bumpy (you have to sign a waiver before you can enter and there are poles to grab onto in various places in case you lose your balance), all the light switches and electric sockets are placed at weird angles, and it's painted in an array of crazy colors (some walls include as many as 40 different shades).

Interestingly enough the couple doesn't seem interested in living in it themselves, as it's currently sitting empty waiting for occupants. That thing cost $2 million and now they aren't even going to live in it. What, they don't want to defy death after all?

Can't say I blame them. I hope to be nice and comfy in my old age, death precursor or not.

Via Engadget

Gallery: The Bioscleave House "Lifespan Extending Villa"

Bellevue Psych Hospital Remodeled as a Luxury Hotel?

Posted Apr 5th 2008 12:02PM by Rigel Gregg
Filed under: Journeys

It's true! Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital, previously home to famous names like Normal Mailer, Edie Sedgewick, and the guy who shot John Lennon (Mark David Chapman), is getting a remodel and soon will be a luxury hotel. Built in 1931 it's pretty perfect for the remake, with its location in Manhattan along the East River, its Italian Renaissance style, and even its "H" layout with hotel-sized rooms on long corridors.

Bellevue hasn't treated psych patients since 1984 when it was transformed into a homeless shelter, and now the plans for yet another renovation are well underway. No word yet on when they hope to have the hotel finished, but hopefully there's a developer locked in by the end of the year so renovations can get started by the middle of 2009.

Knowing all the history (and insanity) that happened in those walls, will you stay there?

Staten Island Wine

Posted Feb 25th 2008 12:02PM by Rigel Gregg
Filed under: Wine

When you think of Tuscan vineyards Staten Island is probably not first on the list of places that come to mind, or anywhere on the list of places that come to mind for that matter, but it may soon be. A large-scale educational vineyard is being planned for New York City in Staten Island, along with a signature wine called Super Staten Island Red.

The non-profit vineyard will be all of 2 acres, producing cabernet sauvignon, merlot and sangiovese varieties. It will be an educational effort in regards to how grapes are grown and how wine is made. Created with the assistance of its sister city in Italy, the Staten Island vineyard will take at least 4 years before it's expected to actually start producing grapes for wine.

$150,000 "Christmas Key to the City" Package

Posted Nov 30th 2007 8:02AM by Rigel Gregg
Filed under: Journeys, Services

Too many people out there dread the holidays in part because spending so much time with family is exhausting, but maybe you'd feel differently if you were enjoying the Buckingham Hotel's "Christmas Key to the City" package with your loved ones. A little luxury (or in this case a LOT of luxury) makes everything better, right? The package includes the following:

A gold and diamond Christmas key to New York City
Transportation to events in a private Christmas-themed Amtrak car and a white vintage Rolls-Royce
A penthouse suite at the Buckingham Hotel decked out in Christmas decor, including a Swarovski crystal star tree topper keepsake and cashmere pj's for everyone.
Individual green iPods loaded with classic Christmas tunes.

Continue reading $150,000 "Christmas Key to the City" Package

A Pricey Pad For The Jolie-Pitts

Posted Oct 11th 2007 7:02AM by Rigel Gregg
Filed under: Celebrity Shopping

When money is no object it's always interesting to see what people choose as far as living arrangements go, and obviously money is no object for Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. So what did they choose? According to The New York Post they've landed at The Waldorf Towers in New York City. The 6,000 sq ft luxury apartment includes 6 bedrooms, an enormous kitchen, multiple terraces with sweeping views of the city, room service, maid service, and a 24hr concierge.

And perhaps more valuable to the couple than anything is the fact that the new $100,000 per month pad is close to both the United Nations (where Jolie is a goodwill ambassador) and their son Maddox's private French school.

Via ParentDish

The $51 Margarita

Posted Aug 16th 2007 12:02PM by Rigel Gregg
Filed under: Dining, Spirits

When you think of environments where you might find an outrageously expensive drink a western theme with beef brisket and bull-riding probably doesn't come to mind. But then all kinds of strange things happen in New York, and the restaurant located in Rockefeller Center called Johnny Utah's is no exception. That expensive drink is a $51 margarita called the Vault, and it's made with Herradura Suprema tequila, grilled lime juice, and agave syrup. Seems pretty simple, but then usually simple is best.

Tom Ford's New York Store

Posted Apr 23rd 2007 12:03PM by Rigel Gregg
Filed under: Apparel

Earlier this month the Tom Ford New York store opened its doors for the first time, located on Madison Avenue. Tom Ford himself was present giving personal tours of the 1930's inspired shop full of not only the designer's menswear creations but also decor from his own collections, such as beaver-skin rugs and Lucio Fontana artwork. According to Tom the store's appeal will be based on "exceptional service and immaculate clothes." Other features available to you while you shop include the fact that everything is customizable (from clothes to fragrances), a wet bar, and if you get hungry during your appointment? Well there's lunch delivered by a maid or butler.

Sotheby's NY Building for Sale

Posted Feb 21st 2007 6:01PM by Nicole Weston

RFR Holding, the company that owns the building at 1334 York Avenue, has just put it up for sale. We wouldn't necessarily be that concerned with commercial real estate, but this particular building happens to be home to the New York headquarters of Sotheby's and is easily one of the most prestigious auction rooms in the world. The asking price is $500 million.

In 2000, the building was bought by Sotheby's, which spent approximately $140 million dollars above and beyond the $11 million purchase price to have Architects Kohn Pedersen Fox expand the building into a 10-floor, 470,000-sq. ft. "ethereal box," with glass facades in "various degrees of transparency." Sotheby's sold the building to RFR in 2002 for $175 million, retaining the option of a lease of the space for at least 40 years. The lease arrangement, presumably, will not change when the next owners come in.

I [heart] LA

Posted May 23rd 2006 4:06PM by Nicole Weston
Filed under: Jewelry

It seems like a lot of people, celebrities in particular, are very bi-coastal these days. We know that they must have more of an affinity for New York or LA. To let everyone know about your preference, check out these textured disc pendants by Zoe Chicco. They feature scripted "I [heart] NY" or "I [heart] LA" on sterling silver ($150), 10k gold ($330) or 14k gold ($420). All the discs are 1 1/2-inches in diameter and are suspended from 18-inch chains, in silver or 14K gold, as appropriate. A necklace like this would also make a beautiful graduation gift for a daughter/niece/etc who is going off to college in, or departing from, one of these cities.

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City Winery, New York's First Private Label Winery

Gap Whitney Biennial T-Shirts

A $2 Million Home that Teaches You How to Cheat Death?

Bellevue Psych Hospital Remodeled as a Luxury Hotel?

Staten Island Wine

$150,000 "Christmas Key to the City" Package

A Pricey Pad For The Jolie-Pitts

The $51 Margarita

Tom Ford's New York Store

Sotheby's NY Building for Sale

I [heart] LA

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