Expensive Places

3 months ago a $77,000 Cognac Bottle the a key ingredient for a drink aim to be the world’s most expensive cocktail, falling from a table. Now Salvatore Calabrese try again and this time breaks the Guiness World Record for the world’s most expensive cocktail with ‘Salvatore’s Legacy’.

In front of two witnesses and a crowd of leading bartenders, press and photographers, Salvatore open the 1788 Glos de Grifier Vieux Cognac, 1770 Kummel Liqueur and Dubb Orange Liqueur circa1860 and a small bottle of Angostura Bitters dating form the early 1900′s. He poured ingredients into his own mixing glass, added ice and stirred gently. He then poured the cocktail into an old cocktail glass from the mid 1800′s and presented ‘Salvatore’s Legacy’ valued at $8881 a glass combination of 730 years worth of liquid history.
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As you know London is one of the most expensive cities in the world.

www.telegraph.co.uk just publish an article about how expensive are full English breakfasts in five-star hotels in London.

The price of a full English breakfast in London’s five-star hotels has reached an average of £27

The hotels that serve the ten most expensive full English breakfasts in London (including service charge) are:

Jumeirah Carlton Hotel £39
The Dorchester £36
The Ritz £35
The Berkeley £34
Mandarin Oriental £32
Claridge’s £31.50
Corinthia Hotel London £31
The Connaught £31
The Savoy £31
The Langham £30

According to listings in The AA Best Hotel Guide, there are just four five-star hotels offering the national dish for less than £20.

If you are planning to take a holiday, ensuring that the spot where you are visiting is affordable is an extremely essential requirement. This can be a listing of probably the most costly cities around the globe. So prior to you heading for any tour of any of the following locations, you should definitely are able to afford.

Paris: Paris is once again a single spot that will surely strain you wallets. The costs for remaining here understanding that with the food are extremely high. If you decide to travel inside the city utilizing metros, transport cost won’t be an issue. Costs of travel and leisure in Paris can’t be anticipated to reduce the in the future.

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Tripadvisor just publish a study about cost comparison of accommodations and an evening out on the town for two people in popular tourist cities across the United States and throughout the world. The most expensive international city to travel in two is London, UK with a total cost of $518.01. In US the most expensive city is New York City with a total cost of $456.50 (hotel: $341.63, taxi: $15.00, Cocktails for two: $32.00 and diner $67.87).

Most Expensive International Cities:

Less expensive international city to travel is Hanoi, Vietnam with total cost of $141.12. Less expensive international city to travel in Europe is Budapest, Hungary with total cost of $193.78.

You can read the full report here

According to CNN an anonymous bidder is paying a record $3,456,789 to have lunch with Warren Buffett into the auction on eBay closed at 10:30 p.m. ET Friday. There were 10 active bidders among the more than 110 inquires into the auction.

“We are shouting, dancing, rejoicing and celebrating. It’s quite an experience,” said Glide (the San Francisco Bay anti-poverty organization) founder, the Rev. Cecil Williams, in a statement. “We have made history, thanks to Warren Buffett.”

Estimated to cost USD 1.3 Billion for a month, a billboard features a Jet Pack flyer in Dubai is the world’s most expensive billboard according to Skydive Dubai. But do not rush to be surprised! No one paid this amount or even close. The Skydive Dubai calculate like below:

The seconds of flight time for the billboard in Downtown Dubai would cost a minimum of USD 500 per second. If the number of seconds in a month (60 seconds x 60 minutes x 24hours x 30 days = 2,592,000 seconds) is multiplied by USD 500, the total amounts to approximately USD 1.3 Billion for the month long fly time for the billboard.

Nice PR and catchy title, right?

The billboard involved a man with a Jet Pack, initially hidden within the billboard, who emerged from the billboard and flew around it for approximately 20-30 seconds, before landing back on the billboard. If the Jet Pack act for the billboard were to have continued for a month, it would have cost approximately USD 1.3 Billion.

The billboard was strategically positioned at the entrance of the stunning Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building. Located in one of the most premier destinations in the world, Downtown Dubai, billed as ‘The Centre of Now,’ the Go Fast billboard by Skydive Dubai created a new landmark for Dubai.

After $295 world’s most expensive burger from New York’s Serendipity and $1501 the world’s most expensive hot dog now it is desserts time…

Gottlieb’s San Francisco ice creamery introduce on the menu a banana split made with syrups from three rare dessert wines (a 1960s vintage port, a Chateau d’Yquem and a German Trockenbeerenauslese). The price? $3,333.33.

Via San Francisco Chronicle

9,998 bidders for Malaysia WWW 1 license plate and the winner was Ibrahim Ismail of Johor with $165,068 (520,000 Malaysian ringgits) winning bid.

Why this crazy auction? Because in Malaysia you cannot buy personalized plate for your car, you must wait until the number of cars registered reached that sequence and this can take months or even years.

The bidding for the WWW 1 plate and other car plates with the prefix WWW, which stands for World Wide Web, started in April 30 and ended on May 14.
Via asiaone

But the world’s most expensive license plates was Abu Dhabi “1″. Saeed Abdul Ghafour Khouri was willing to pay $14.3 million for it at an auction at the 7-star Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi (Feb. 16, 2008).

The closing price more than doubled the prior world record of $6.8 million, set by Khouri's cousin a year earlier.

You just find job of your dreams but it is in another city? Don’t say yes until you calculate how big are relocation expenses.

According to the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) this is the list of most expensive 10 American cities:

1. Manhattan, N.Y. (relocation expense: from $1,410 to $2,800)
2. Brooklyn, N.Y. (relocation expense: $2,480)
3. Honolulu.
4. San Francisco
5. Queens, N.Y.
6. San Jose, California
7. Stamford, Conn.
8. Truckee/Truckee-Nevada County, California
9. Washington, D.C.
10. Newport Beach/Orange County, California

Manhattan: The cost of living for a couple with two children between the ages of 6 and 17 totaled $14,041 per month

Via US News

According to the Guinness Book of World Records New York’s Serendipity 3 restaurant just unveiled the world’s most expensive burger: Le Burger sells for $295.00 (£186.52).

The most expensive hamburger is Le Burger Extravagant

Le Burger Extravagant is made from white truffle butter-infused Japanese Wagyu beef and topped with James Montgomery cheddar cheese, black truffles and a fried quail egg. It is served on a gold-dusted campagna roll spread with white truffle butter. The roll is topped with a blini, creme fraiche and caviar.

Serendipity will donating all profits to the Bowery Mission.

Source: Guinness Book of World Records