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...seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder For over 20 years, the Cal-a-Vie spa was a celebrity favorite, luring the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Sharon Stone to its location in the hills north of San Diego. But while the spa's spare, utilitarian interiors may have been the height of fashion in the 1980s, they did not age well - especially in the face of the competition that emerged with the spa-building boom of the last few years. Enter investors John and Terri Havens. The New Orleans couple bought...
...wouldn't want to see J.P. Morgan's Cartier cologne holder, right, or William Randolph Hearst's buffalo-horn drinking cup, above? Come March, the bric-a-brac exhibit will shift from the first half of the 20th century to the latter, featuring, among other items, Elvis' most utilitarian bling--his gold Dunhill lighter...
...over 20 years, the Cal-a-Vie spa (cal-a-vie.com) was a celebrity favorite, luring the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Sharon Stone to its location in the hills north of San Diego. But while the spa's spare, utilitarian interiors may have been the height of fashion in the 1980s, they did not age well-especially in the face of the competition that emerged with the spa-building boom of the last few years. Enter investors John and Terri Havens. The New Orleans couple bought Cal-a-Vie in 2001 and embarked on a mission, Terri Havens says, "to bring...
Lawmakers have toyed with curbing the mortgage deduction for 30 years, both for utilitarian reasons (to boost tax revenue) and philosophical ones (to make the tax code less favorable to the wealthy). Yet each time the idea has surfaced it has been swatted away amid public outrage and the battle cries of every real estate lobbyist not sunning at his second home on Fiji. This time the outrage may be even more shrill, given the fears of a real estate bubble about to burst. "We are raising the loudest possible alarms," said Tom Stevens, president of the National Association...
...Saigon glitters these days as it never did in the '60s and '70s. One night, Nga and I jump into a white taxi and cruise in a sea of motor scooters through neighborhoods dotted with shops selling bright clothes, utilitarian furniture, the latest electronics. We join a friend and his wife for dinner at a charming restaurant tucked away on a quiet residential side street. It serves splendid food from central Vietnam, a new sophistication in itself. Ten years ago, our host could not find a job. His wife kept the family afloat by running a small day-care center...