What’s $100 Mill Buy Nowadays? If you guessed one used QE2, then you win the grand prize. Word on the street is that the booming lil’ Gulf Emirate of Dubai paid just that for one fabulous oceanliner, The Queen Elizabeth 2. Which just goes to show you that some things DO get better with age….
Last week at Valbella Restaurant in the too-cool-for-school Meatpacking District, I tasted some amazing vodkas. Of the dozens of world class vodkas presented, and many were very, very good, these were my favorites: • Hamptons Banana Vodka with its yummy, ripe banana nose and it’s long rich finish. It was a 2004 Gold Medal…
The landmark 80,000-square-foot flagship store, which opened the other week in London, England, is the first Whole Foods Market in Europe and marks a major step in expanding the company’s brand beyond North America. So don’t you think that means that their stock should start moving in the right bloody direction (which yes, I bought…