http://www.thelifeofluxury.com Live It - Indulge the Riches, Experience the Wealth ! Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:36:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en La Madeline au Truffe, created by Fritz Knipschildt (whose shop, Knipschildt Chocolatier, is in Norwalk, Connecticut), has a ganache (rich chocolate center) made of Valrhona dark chocolate. High-quality stuff yes, but is that a legitimate reason for a single chocolate truffle to launch into the triple digits? $250 to be exact. This ganache also ... http://www.thelifeofluxury.com/250-chocolate-truffle-la-madeline-au-truffe/ Trans-Siberian Orchestra is a rock orchestra founded by Paul O’Neill, Robert Kinkel, and Jon Oliva in 1996. O’Neill had managed and produced rock bands including Aerosmith, Humble Pie and Scorpions, later writing for and producing Savatage, where he began working with Kinkel and Oliva. The roots of TSO are found in ... http://www.thelifeofluxury.com/trans-siberian-orchestra/ Does our brain trick us when we have the choice between two wines - one more expensive than the other?  It seems that we tend to like the taste of the more expensive wine. A study from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the California Institute of Technology discovered that when people ... http://www.thelifeofluxury.com/do-expensive-wines-really-taste-better/ In my never ending efforts to find the right tools and aspects of technology that make my computing life easier to manage I happen to run across a new player in the managed server hosting space. Now, I don’t give recommendations lightly and I also don’t give them without an extensive ... http://www.thelifeofluxury.com/ironscale-managed-server-hosting/ The movie-star glamour and ladylike sophistication of the 1920s is being reinterpreted for fall 2008. Chris Benz, Donna Karan and Milly are just a few of the names returning to the nonchalant romanticism of the flapper era. Heidi Handler, designer for fashion line Lovenia, pays close attention to details such as ... http://www.thelifeofluxury.com/upcoming-fall-2008-fashion/ Misty May-Treanor and "Six Feet of Sunshine" Kerri Walsh, won their second consecutive gold medal in beach volleyball Thursday at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing China. Playing through a steady and sometimes driving rain, May and Walsh defeated China in straight sets and extended their amazing winning streak to 108 matches in ... http://www.thelifeofluxury.com/misty-may-treanor-kerri-walsh/ Varq, Delhi's newest fine dining Indian restaurant, opened August 1 at the Taj Mahal Hotel. Varq is a modern Indian gourmet dining experience with authentic, artistic dishes created by Taj Corporate Chef Hemant Oberoi and paired with teas to enhance enjoyment of the dishes' ingredients. Varq is part of Chef Oberoi's masala ... http://www.thelifeofluxury.com/varq-taj-mahal-hotel/ It looks like there's a changing of the guard in luxury car market.  The Bugatti Veyron is no longer the most expensive car in the world. The Veyron also lost its spot as the fastest car. That most expensive car title now goes to the One-77. It's a $2.3 million hand-made coupe ... http://www.thelifeofluxury.com/worlds-most-expensive-car-aston-martin/ People tend to purchase fractional properties in places they frequent for vacations. A fractional property is an alternative to a second home. Luxury fractional ownership properties appeal to those looking for amenities found in homes valued in excess of $3 million. Globetrotting interior designer Carl Ross knows what rich people want -- ... http://www.thelifeofluxury.com/fractional-vacation-ownership/ To commemorate its 150th anniversary, the fine jewelry house Boucheron teamed up with the renowned watch designer Richard Mille to create the RM 018 Tourbillon Wristwatch Hommage a Boucheron. The resulting timepiece is a never-before-seen design that uses stones hand-picked by the jewelry house that have been carved down to make ... http://www.thelifeofluxury.com/rm-018-tourbillon-wristwatch-hommage-a-boucheron/