Category Archives: Luxury Indulgences

The Luxury of a $170.00 Sandwich

Years ago, Chef Madelyn in Big Bear Lake offered a $99 peanut butter and jelly sandwich picnic–paired with a bottle of Dom Perignon. It was a relative bargain, considering cost of the wine. It also caused more than a few … Continue reading

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How About a Free MIT Education?

by Roberta Murphy Sometimes we stumble across unexpected treasures, including articles written a couple of years ago. This one is too rich not to share again: A Free MIT Education. Thanks to a web-based electronic publishing initiative, this incredible opportunity … Continue reading

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A Temecula Wine Country Winner

by Eve Sieminski I’ve been visiting the Temecula Valley for wine tastings over the years–usually as a substitute for the richer (and more distant) wine experiences to be found along California’s Central Coast and the Napa/Sonoma wine countries. A couple … Continue reading

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Twittering a Really Twisted Wine

by Eve Sieminski When not engaged in San Diego real estate, cooking, travel and other ventures, you just might find me twittering on Twitter. In fact, by keeping my Mac PowerBook close at hand, I just might be reporting on … Continue reading

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Grant Street Zinfandel: So Lovely

by Eve Sieminski Most of our readers know that I tend to recommend wines under $20 per bottle, but Grant Street Vineyard’s 2005 Zinfandel justifiably pushes the pricing envelope at $25 for a surprising and beautiful wine. I received this … Continue reading

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Kirkland’s Merlot: From the Polish Contessa

by Roberta Murphy Eve Sieminski (aka the Polish Contessa) is our guiding light for fine wine–especially for those premium wines that fit within most budgets. And that may be one of the finest luxuries of all. Eve’s latest oenophilic enthusiasm … Continue reading

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The Luxury Home Library

by Roberta Murphy Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only the history of pinheads. –Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) A home library, more than any room in a home, has the potential to reflect … Continue reading

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The Luxury of Thunder

Will Verizon Thunder on i-Phone’s Parade? by Roberta Murphy Last month, I attended Inman Connect in San Francisco, where one of the speakers onstage at the Palace Hotel tried to pull something up on his new 3G Apple i-Phone, but … Continue reading

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The Luxury of Gnarly Head Zinfandel

by Eve Sieminski I am convinced California wines are a no-brainer. Recently, another wine blogger recommended we try a fantastic $8 French wine. This was in response to an earlier article where I recommended TBD Zinfandel, available at Trader Joe’s. … Continue reading

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The Luxury of Frugality

by Roberta Murphy Luxury real estate gossip the last few months has fluttered around topics like the sale of Donald Trump’s Palm Beach mansion at $100 million (when it had been listed for $125 million), the pending foreclosure of Ed … Continue reading

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