Champagne is usually drunk as part of celebration, and when celebration is at the Ritz Carlton Moscow it has to be affluence and magnificent. To grace such occasions Ritz is selling 80 years old champagne bottle for $300,000. Two hundred such bottles of champagne matured by the ocean tides and the waves in the dark are being sold at the Ritz. It is known that this 1907 vintage bubbly had been sent to the Russian Royal Family in 1916...

Recently I've taken an interest in home interiors. Not that I'm buying a new house or looking to refurnish this old one. It's just it is always good to know what is in the market, because you never know when you will have that accidental meet with Mr. Right who also happens to have a big house and a bigger bank balance. I'm sure all the feminists are going to throw bricks at me for saying that! Anyway back...

The French are believed to be some of the most romantic people in the world. Take Paris for example, if you find a city more suited to romance and 'cheesiness' and 'corniness'; I'll eat my words. But in all fairness, the French are known for their exquisite wining and dining. We'll concentrate on something that will tantalize your taste buds for now. Before you think naughty, let me tell you I'm only talking about French chocolate. In a world...

On the streets of Bangkok you often encounter massage parlors that promise you an indulgent session, where you get spa-like treatments dirt-cheap, Now I cant afford to go to Thailand ever so often, so the OSIM uSpace should suffice. Before you get weird ideas, I must tell you that the genuine Thai massages are one of the best in world, and is a must-try if you ever get the opportunity. Moving on, the OSIM uSpace has a cocoon like...

Having loved Barbie all my life I was not only intrigued about knowing what the new Barbie looked like but the fact that she is touted as the most expensive in the world surely had me glued on. The most expensive Barbie doll in the world was introduced in the wonderful Mexico City. It is valued at one million Mexican pesos around $94,800 and includes 318 real diamonds in its design. Barbie dazzles like never before with diamonds all...

In 1991, CEC introduced the TL1, the first product to use a belt drive CD mechanism. All over the world, audiophiles and music lovers took note and gave the product an enthusiastic reception. Never before had such a wealth of detailed musical information been extracted from compact disc. And now, CEC presents the TL1N with a latest DA converter, incorporating sophisticated belt-drive technologies. In order to faithfully read the music signal recorded on disc, an extremely quiet drive mechanism,...

It is known that a good bath can not only refresh you but also rejuvenate your senses. And if the dip is in Morphosis Gamma Whirlpool Bath then, it is an instant pure seduction and sensory bliss that one has never experienced before. Pininfarina, best known for designing cars at Ferrari is the company behind the making of the Morphosis Gamma range, which includes Alpha and Sigma models. These eye catching designs are created by Doug Black. The Gamma's...

We've read about several rocking or massage chairs, but not one that amalgamates both these motion features. The Gentle Wave Lounge chair provides a rocking motion that stimulates the feeling of floating in a lake, gently floating or pitching across three axes to relieve your stress and encourage optimal relation. Even the rocking motion of the chair is unique as it's not just back and forth; but also side-to-side. The chair works out a supine posture in which your...

The ritual of bathing has been reaching new levels recently. It isn't merely an act of cleanliness anymore. Relaxation and bathing go hand in hand now and everyone wants to cash in on this. The recent find is Kohler Fountainhead VibrAcoustic Bath. Sounds pretty futuristic don't it? The Kohler Fountainhead VibrAcoustic Bath works on sound waves (vibrating through the water) along with choreographed music and LED lighting, and of course, has perfect-temperature water. Apparently this is all that you...

Recently people have started pimping up their contact lenses. It makes no sense to me, at least leave your eyes alone. The Swarovski 'Sparkle' product looked okay, but I thought it was a one off. Boy, was I wrong. Here we are with The Eye Jewellery Project made by artist Eric Klarenbeek. Just looking at this contact lenses jewelry gives me shudders. Passing some medical wire through some crystals and attaching it to your contact lenses have created the...

Falling in love time and again isn’t easy but Cartier has sworn against that fact. This time I fall in love for the 78th time with the latest iteration of Cartier’s iconic Roadster watch. One of the key reasons behind my falling could well be the fact that this is the first Cartier watch to incorporate wood into the design. The dial of the Cartier Walnut Roadster is made of a highly polished piece of burr walnut wood alike...

Designer Cavalli is brimming with pride and understandably so. He has been immortalised in the form of Cavalli Club built inside the Fairmont Hotel on Sheikh Zaved Road where you will see glam fashion types and dazzling models paying homage. Offering Dubai-dwellers a complete Cavalli lifestyle experience, the 25,000-square-foot club will comprise two floors dripping with Swarovski crystals and featuring stunning black quartz floors. Like everything else in Dubai this space too will be a shopper’s paradise as the...

Jimi Hendrix is to rock as oxygen is to breathing. The American guitarist, singer and songwriter torched the Fender Stratocaster at the end of a London gig in 1967. It has now gone under the hammer for a whopping $495,000. The scorched original was kept by Hendrix’s press officer, whose nephew found it last year. It was bought by music collector Daniel Boucher, 51, who travelled to the auction in Shoreditch, East London, from Boylston, Massachusetts, US. Boucher sure...

Tabbert Paganini is a caravan that has elegance, class, luxury and also the bedroom, kitchen, bathroom soaking in lavishness. The interior is gracefully detailed and takes your breathe a away the minute you cross the threshold and look around but somehow I do not seem to like the exterior especially the front. But since it’s in the interior where you have to live that’s all you should be bothered about. The mahogany wood is highly polished, the ambient lighting...

Yes, it's here the Meridiist by TAGHeuer has just been officially unveiled and just as we had covered earlier this new GSM phone is made up of high quality rubber, leather and alligator back plates and enclosed in a 316L steel case. With hand brushed and polished finishing, a backlit mechanical stainless steel keypad making the phone weigh in at 155g. The phone boasts of a 28 day stand-by and 7 hours talk time. Along with 2-megapixel high-quality camera...