In increasing numbers, men are embracing spas as places to relax, rejuvenate, and sometimes take in the game. Fingers drum, rub, and knead all over my body. Hands play a symphony from toes to cranium. Full article

It’s been almost 20 years since hitting golf balls into the ocean was banned. For golf junkies with the urge to play, it’s the next best thing. Using real balls and clubs, plastic grass, electronic sensors and a video screen, the simulators combine the feel of playing golf with the visuals of a live P.G.A. event. Full Article

Why pull up to your next business meeting in an economy 2-door manual drive rental car, when you can arrive with class.  How about making heads turn in a Lamborghini, or a Ferarri, or a Mercedes, or a Rolls Royce?  Join an automotive club and begin cruising in style. Dream Car Rentals. Full article

If the U.S. Air Force is ever ordered into a real cyberwar with a foreign country or computer-savvy terrorist group, the 100-plus citizen cybersoldiers at the Air National Guard’s 262nd Information Warfare Aggressor Squadron will boast an advantage other countries can’t match: Cyberwarriors personally built the very software and hardware they’re attacking. Full article

By now, everybody, I hope, knows what LOL stands for. Most people probably recognize IMHO, BRB, and AFK. Online shorthand like this arose, of course, because it’s so hard to type full English words on a cellphone’s number keypad. The problem with these online abbreviations, however, is that they’re absolutely ancient. Full article

This first hand account of delicious fresh lobster rolls made my mouth water as I surfed the internet for airfares to Boston’s Logan International Airport. The Maine coast is well known as the ultimate mecca of lobster fishing. There are many local haunts that makes Cape Cod and the beautiful, surrounding bays the top summer getaway for many East Coast families. When I return to The Cape, the very first words out of my mouth when being served fresh lobster is will it be, “mayo or butter?” Full article

What does a billionaire do when having a private jet becomes so affordable that mere millionaires can swing the cost? Obviously, he trades up.  Too many private jets to choose from. Maybe to a Boeing 747-8, or possibly  to a Airbus 380–costing $280 million and $300 million, respectively.

A recent interview with fashion legend Giorgio Armani didn’t take place in person. It happened in the virtual 3-D world of  “Second Life”. It’s an online emporium of the concept store on Milan’s Via Manzoni by Giorgio Armani.  Full article – Style.com

The waiting eyes of the aviation world was anxiously fixed on Boeing, in the emerald city of Seattle. The luxury jet Dreamliner is a savior.

When the U.S. aircraft giant unveiled its 787 Dreamliner – the “green” passenger jet it hopes will revolutionize air travel for years to come, and thwart its main competitors. Full article

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The merchandise is eye-popping, the prices astronomical and the clientele, not exactly old money. Millionaires are being created like no other time in history.

Now a growing number of self-made millionaires are changing the face of the luxury market, demanding the kind of lavish lifestyle that used to be reserved for royals. Full article

It’s about time… or is it? Cartier has come out with the Ballon Bleu, its first new design since the Roadster in 2001. The Cartier luxury watch is accompanied by a newspaper-sized comic book – yes thats’ right folks … a comic book. The pricey price tag for this comic book starts at $7,300 and they will throw in a really cool Cartier timepiece that will make heads turn. Full article