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What luxuries (as defined by the western world) have you experienced?
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I've eaten at 2 of the best restaurants in the world and they were definitely both worth it. I'll never forget the meals and the entire experience of going to both of them. If I had the money, that is what I would spend my time doing, going around the world, trying all kinds of great and interesting restaurants.
KT
KT
Private plane: Flown on four times - very convenient, but my time isn't worth it to justify the huge increase in cost (even compared with first class)..I'll take coach or whatever is cheapest, thanks
Hotel Rooms: last month stayed at $800 hotel room in Grand Cayman (Ritz Carlton)..slept the same as I did 1 week later in Costa Rica for $20. I think the $120 room I had in LV at the Hilton Grand Vacations on the Strip was nicer (1 bedroom suite with attached living room)
Lexus: Pretty much awesomeness.
Hotel Rooms: last month stayed at $800 hotel room in Grand Cayman (Ritz Carlton)..slept the same as I did 1 week later in Costa Rica for $20. I think the $120 room I had in LV at the Hilton Grand Vacations on the Strip was nicer (1 bedroom suite with attached living room)
Lexus: Pretty much awesomeness.
AreaCode707
Lifer
Curious; what two restaurants were they? How do you rank best in the world? Easy to rank best in a given city, or even state, but harder to do by country and I can't imagine world...
Restaurant Magazine is the authority based on a poll of respected people. I was at El Bulli in 2007 and The French Laundry in 2004. Both were phenomenal, but in different ways.
KT
meltdown75
Lifer
"luxury" is quite subjective, don't you think? what you might consider a luxury, i might consider outlandish or wasteful.
getting drunk on cheap beer after 18 holes of golf with my friends. that's luxury to me.
health, security, a home, family, friends..... all of the little luxuries we take for granted > *
getting drunk on cheap beer after 18 holes of golf with my friends. that's luxury to me.
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health, security, a home, family, friends..... all of the little luxuries we take for granted > *
I'm partial to the "every day luxury" that people have posted.
I'll add to that list: Education. We take it for granted, but my folks moved here from Italy and barely made it out of high school, and scraped to give us a chance at better. I got to go away to college, and at my parents' insistence, not work while in school. Now I'm finishing up law school (on my own dime). These opportunities just aren't available anywhere else in the world, not like they are here, and I know I'm very lucky to have my parents make the choices they did to get us here.
As for other luxuries, I still tend to stay on the pragmatic side. I own a house in a very desirable part of town outside of DC, but it's small and basically the only one we could afford -- but it's a solid investment, even now. Being safe at night, not having my savings dissipate via depreciation, walking to work/the metro. Those are luxuries to me.
And then, as Descartes already put better than I can, there's the food. My fiancee and I love to eat, so we don't buy a lot of "things" as much as we do experiences. It's a luxury to be able to try something new, and not necessarily expensive, but just something new or different.
Free time. That's a luxury too. Nice to have a weekend to get a few cases of cheap beer and get drunk with your friends.
I dunno, I'm often pretty happy with the little things. We both do pretty well at work, but there's no BMW in the driveway, because the freedom to spend on free time and experiences is the ultimate luxury in my mind. I'd rather have memories than objects to show for it.
I'll add to that list: Education. We take it for granted, but my folks moved here from Italy and barely made it out of high school, and scraped to give us a chance at better. I got to go away to college, and at my parents' insistence, not work while in school. Now I'm finishing up law school (on my own dime). These opportunities just aren't available anywhere else in the world, not like they are here, and I know I'm very lucky to have my parents make the choices they did to get us here.
As for other luxuries, I still tend to stay on the pragmatic side. I own a house in a very desirable part of town outside of DC, but it's small and basically the only one we could afford -- but it's a solid investment, even now. Being safe at night, not having my savings dissipate via depreciation, walking to work/the metro. Those are luxuries to me.
And then, as Descartes already put better than I can, there's the food. My fiancee and I love to eat, so we don't buy a lot of "things" as much as we do experiences. It's a luxury to be able to try something new, and not necessarily expensive, but just something new or different.
Free time. That's a luxury too. Nice to have a weekend to get a few cases of cheap beer and get drunk with your friends.
I dunno, I'm often pretty happy with the little things. We both do pretty well at work, but there's no BMW in the driveway, because the freedom to spend on free time and experiences is the ultimate luxury in my mind. I'd rather have memories than objects to show for it.
ViviTheMage
Lifer
flew in a few private jets...not mine, works of course.
traveling across the pond to other countries is very fun.
and of course the little dailies, electricity, heat/AC in some cases, fresh food (wish open markets were more common in the US), cars, good streets, decent health care, etc...the list goes on when comparing to a third world country, or second world sometimes.
traveling across the pond to other countries is very fun.
and of course the little dailies, electricity, heat/AC in some cases, fresh food (wish open markets were more common in the US), cars, good streets, decent health care, etc...the list goes on when comparing to a third world country, or second world sometimes.
IceBergSLiM
Lifer
Flew to dallas, had a meeting and flew back in about 7 hours on a private jet. With door to door limo service from plane to meeting and back in between.
AreaCode707
Lifer
It's why I said, "as defined by the western world". I'm just curious about the crazy-stupid stuff. 🙂
bobdole369
Diamond Member
Went to Thailand - stayed in a 5 star resort while working on a 150ft megayacht. Every penny paid for.
meltdown75
Lifer
i see. i guess i've never really splurged on anything that can be defined as a luxury. pretty soon, i'll have some debt paid off and some other things paid off, and i'll have enough money to upgrade my PC and maybe get an XBox 360 or PS3. mortgage, bills, car payments, all that stuff gets in the way 😛 when i retire, i hope to travel and golf a lot!
hanoverphist
Diamond Member
LOL that made me laff. i was thinking along the same lines tho. many of the people in here have exactly what is stated in there, they are specifically listing what they deem as luxuries, as the thread asked for.
i tried dom, wasnt really impressed. but im not impressed by any wine/ champagne anyway, so i dont usually drink it. i have friends that hold things like that in high regard, and they like to share the experience. ive driven a lambo, the car of a friends father back in high school. was a great ride. im still ok with my dodge ram truck. tried truffles, twas good. i could probably think of a lot more, but i never really thought of them as luxuries, just different experiences. i will say that seeing britney spears change out for a concert was a luxury, that happened back in the late 90s at desert sky pavilions during her show that was simulcast on VH-1. i also got to see most of the spice girls topless at the same venue when they did a song topless hidden by chair backs facing the audience. the backstage crews could pretty much see everything. i really do miss that job.
AreaCode707
Lifer
Maybe it wasn't a blue then. I'm repeating what was told me by the folks on the boat. We were off the coast of Mendocino county. It was between 5 and 6 ft, I do know that.
IceBergSLiM
Lifer
why was it pink?
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