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The bottle of Glencadam single malt shown above has an interesting history. It hidden behind a trap door during the Prohibition era and then found in the 1950s during renovations of a home in Washington state. It was most recently in Sweden and will end up in Edinburgh on November 12 when it is auctioned off by Bonhams during their whisky sale. The bottle of Old Pot Still Scotch Viking (Glencadam) is estimated to sell for £3000 and £5000. Martin Green, Bonhams' Whisky Consultant, describes the bottle of Old Pot Still Scotch Viking (Glencadam) as "one of the rarest early 20th century malt whiskies to appear at auction in recent years." This is Bonhams first sale dedicated to just whisky and is one of four to be held in Edinburgh each year. Bonhams will hold four Whisky Sales per year in Edinburgh, beginning in November 2008. Other whiskies to be sold in the sale include a bottle of Balvenie 1937 (estimate £3,000-5,000), Macallan Select Reserve 1948 (estimate £2,000-2,500) and a 50-year-old bottle of Springbank (estimate £2,000-2,500).

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Tiger Woods has announced his latest golf project, Punta Brava, a private golf and ocean club community on the Baja Peninsula south of Ensenada, Mexico about 40 minutes south of San Diego. Punta Brava sits on the tip of a peninsula that extends seven miles into the Pacific Ocean making for beautiful views on the planned 18-hole par 70 oceanfront course. The project also includes 40 estates lots ranging from three-quarter to three acres and priced between $3 million and $12 million, 30 Individual-own villa residences of 4,500 to 7,000 square feet, 60 Partnership villas of 4,500 to 6,500 square feet and a 20-villa private hotel for residents and their guests. There will also be a private clubhouse, an ocean club, a wellness spa and multiple dining venues. Construction is set to begin early next year with completion by 2011. it's a gorgeous spot but the prices seem a bit ambitious for what used to be an area best known for spring break on the cheap for California college students. He's hardly alone though, Trump has a project nearby which has been selling well.

 

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Here we are again with another sports celebrity selling a home in the town they used to play for. You might think that former Green Bay Parker quarterback Brett Favre would have one of the most lavish homes in the Green Bay area. You would be wrong. The Real Estalker Mama led me to the listing for Favre's home in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin which reveals a simple ranch style home in a quiet neighborhood.

One of the Real Estalker's able commenters reports that Favre's main manse is in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and this is just the home he stayed in during the football season. He and his wife, Deanna bought the four-bedroom home in 2005 for $416,000 so it was likely just a temporary home in a town that he was planning not to stay in after he retired from football. This likely explains the decor which seems to have been shipped straight from the local furniture store. It is listed at just $475,000.


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This week's Look Book showed off everyone's unique sense of fashion. All of your styling techniques blew me away. Here are five fun looks. Congrats!

The looks this week range from lilac and lovely to paisley pretty to mod girl to patriot games to boot kickin' fun.

Congrats to jasmin_flower, dlmslp, my bare style, turquoisepassion, and jaimisthejam.

Talk about star power! This year's Heart Truth Red Dress runway show brought out the celebrities--onstage and off!

What is the Heart Truth Red Dress Show? The Heart Truth campaign is part of a national action plan to help raise the awareness of the toll of of heart disease on American women. Each year, to help raise the awareness, top designers (like Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, Narciso Rodriguez and more) create red dresses for celebrated women across all areas of life to wear in a runway show during Fashion Week.

This year, stars like Kelly Ripa, Katharine McPhee, Kim Cattrall, and Angela Bassett all walked the runway to thunderous applause. Below, see video and photos from the event!

Video From the Runway:

Kelly Ripa

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Photos From the Runway:

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All the Models!

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Backstage pics:

Betsey Johnson & Robert Verdi

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OMG! In case you didn't know, the John Bartlett show was chock full of HOTTIES! Models, I mean. One sexy guy after another strutted the runway, and they all looked like a modern day James Dean. From the high hair and full eyebrows, down to their strut and swagger, every single model had that signature übersexy James Dean look. Here's a shot of Kyle Wood (from Request Models) and Jameson (from IMG Models) ? my two picks for the most handsome John Bartlett catwalkers?

As for the clothes, Bartlett's take on fall fashion is all neutral. Although there was a splash of red here and there, everything else was ecru, camel, olive, chocolate, gunmetal, and of course, black! All the pieces were sleek and perfectly tailored; think American-preppy meets Italian-chic. His spin on the classic men's suit? A scarf casually swung over the right shoulder. Works for me!If you look closely, you can see the looks... these are shots of the models in their outfits...

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While the show wasn't celeb heavy, it was definitely fashion-insider heavy; Simon Doonan (creative director of Barneys New York) and Tim Gunn of Project Runway fame watched intently from the front row.

I had a chance to hang out backstage, and even briefly chat with the master menswear designer. Here's what he had to say: India-Jewel: Good morning! In less than an hour, this madness will all be over? John Bartlett: I'm so excited! I love showing first (at 10 am) because by 11 O'clock, I'm home walking my dog!

Hey, I said briefly. Anyway, here's my candid photo of John!

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Kiss Kiss! India-Jewel

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We were psyched to head over to Gotham Hall for the Rag & Bone show! Last season, front row royalty included hotshots Julianne Moore and Cameron Diaz. So we crossed our manicured fingers that this show would be just as fabulous and celeb-packed!

Our excitement turned to anxiety, when it suddenly started to rain. We were worried that the unpleasant weather would make this a ?celeb-less" occassion. Our fears were soon put to rest when a beautiful blonde brushed passed us. Could it be? Bloody hell, it is! Miss Sienna Miller and her ?mum!?

We pushed our way past the clump of photographers and made our way up to Sienna. That's right! Glam snagged an interview with the Factory Girl star! Stay tuned for Glam.com's exclusive Q&A with Sienna! (Not only is she beautiful and unbelievably stylish, she is insanely nice!)

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Finally, we made our way to our seats. (Guess who was sitting directly behind Sienna and staring at her the ENTIRE show?) I was so distracted by her adorable tattoo that I neglected to pay attention to the Rag & Bone collection! Whoops! I did manage to tear my eyes away from Sienna for a moment or two to get a couple of pictures of the show.

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Regent Jet has created a new jet card just for people who spend their winters traveling between New York and Florida. The Palms Jet Pass offers travel between New York and Florida. Passengers book their flights 24 hours ahead and can fly from several airports in the New York City area including Teterboro; Morristown; White Plains; Farmingdale; Islip and East Hampton to various South Florida locations such as West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and Naples. The Palms Jet Pass jet is The Hawker 400XP which has seven seats and can do a non-stop New York to Florida flight in about 2 hours, 30 minutes. Larger jets are also available. The Palms Jet Pass starts at $50,000 for five one-way flights between Metropolitan New York and South Florida on the Hawker 400XP.

 

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I'm noticing more and more small lodges and inns up for sale. Small family-owned properties are particularly vulnerable at a time when travel is dropping off. The latest is the Garlands Oak Creek Lodge in beautiful Sedona, Arizona. The property is ten acres surrounded by the beautiful red rocks of Sedona. It includes a main lodge built of hand-hewn timbers, 16 guest cabins, two year-round residences, employee quarters, a fast-drying clay tennis court and a creek side yoga and pilates pavilion. The property includes a restaurant and the owners have even authored a cookbook called "Sharing the Table at Garland's Lodge." Garland's Lodge is listed at $13 million.

 

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From the LA Times Hot Properties:
--Actor Christopher Lloyd has put his smaller house in Montecito, shown above, for sale for $3.6 million. The elegant home has two bedrooms, bamboo floors and a raised bamboo pergola overlooking the pool and spa. His other home in the area which was listed in 2007 for $11.27 million and was an estate of the day, has been taken off the market.
--Mark Wahlberg has listed his house in Beverly Hills at $15.9 million. The listing is here.
--Basketball player Elton Brand has sold his Hollywood Hills home for $4.55 million.
--Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon has listed his home in Brentwood. it's our estate of the day later today.
Another "Buffy" and "Angel" veteran, writer David Greenwalt, recently sold his house in the Pacific Palisades for $2.958 million.

From the NY Post's Gimme Shelter:
--The asking price for the triplex penthouse at artist Julian Schnabel's, pink Palazzo Chupi building in the West Village has been cut by $5.5 million to $24 million. It was our estate of the day earlier in the year.
--Quarterback Tom Brady has cut the price on his Time Warner Center apartment from $18.29 million to $17.75 million. We'll be checking this one tomorrow.
--Cosmetics mogul Adrien Arpel and her husband, Ronald Newman, have paid $5.9 million for a seven-room co-op at 900 Fifth Ave.
--One of the Hamptons' premier properties, Fordune, will be listed for rent next year. This may be the first time since Henry Ford II owned the 42-acre oceanfront Southampton property. it will rent for $600,000 to use it from August through Labor Day next year and has 12 bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, a game room, a library, a large formal dining room, staff rooms and a commercial kitchen.

From Berg Properties Big Time Listings:
--Cher has paid $1,400,000 to purchase a two-bedroom, 1,455-square-foot house in West Hollywood,California. It may be a house for her daughter, Chastity.
--Regis Philbin has put his Greenwich, Connecticut home on the market for $5.4 million. It was our estate of the day on Friday.
--Brad Garrett finally has sold his 10,223-square-foot mansion in Hidden Hills, California. The most recent listing price was $8.35 million.
--Little more than a year after he sold it for $2.9 million, the former house of fashion critic Steven Cojocaru in the Hollywood Hills is back on the market, for $3.695 million. The property website is here.

From the Wall Street Journal's Private Properties:
--The home used to film ABC's "Bachelor" shows is for sale and the price has been dropped to $8.75 million, down from just under $13 million. You can see listing pics from when the home was listed at $11.5 million here.
--Last month, philanthropist Carroll Petrie sold a Palm Beach, Fla., house for $3 million, $500,000 less than she paid less than a year earlier, to investor John D. Firestone, of the tire-manufacturing family. In May, she paid $7.45 million for a 6,700-square-foot, five-bedroom home about a mile farther south.

From Newsday's Real LI:
-- A 4.08-acre property on Meadow Lane in Southampton will be listed soon for $38 million. According to public records, the oceanfront mansion was owned by Virginia Salomon, who died last month. She was married to Citigroup's honorary chairman William R. Salomon (and former managing partner at Salomon Brothers, Inc.) for more than 70 years. The 6,000 square foot house, built in 1992, has six bedrooms and eight baths, with a gunite pool and is located just west of designer Calvin Klein's home.
--Hairspray actress Nikki Blonsky may or may not be leaving Great Neck. Her family's home was recently seen on the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island for $649,000.
--Hilary Duff's longtime boyfriend, New York Islanders center Mike Comrie has purchased a condo in Garden City.


From the Real Estalker:
--Former Green Bay Packer quarterback Brett Favre has listed his Wisconsin home for $475,000. It was our estate of the day on Saturday.
--Technology guru Halsey Minor is not only trying to sell his home in Bel Air, he is said to be spending $15 million to renovate Le Petit Trianon in San Francisco, which he bought in 2007. The home was on the market for a while (I first got wind of it in 2005) and is said to be in some disrepair.
--The listing for the $24 million Goldwyn mansion has been temporary pulled from the market so that it can be renovated.
--Baseball player Tom Glavine and his wife Christine have put their home in Alpharetta, Georgia on the market for $3.75 million. We'll be looking at this one as an estate of the day on Monday.
--Cameron Diaz is said to be house shopping in Beverly Hills.
--More Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner real estate rumors, this time it is said that they have put their home in Brentwood on the market for around $8 million.
--Tae-Bo king Billy Blanks is getting a divorce and has put his Hidden Hills home on the market for $11.5 million. The listing is here.

From The Sun:
--Robbie Williams has picked up a seven-bedroom mansion in the Beverly Park community in Los Angeles for over $20 million.

From ONTD:
--Lauren Conrad of The Hills has been spotted house shopping in her home town of Laguna Beach.

From the NY Observer's Manhattan Transfers:
-- Kurt A. Locher, formerly a Lehman Brothers managing director recently bought a $5.25 million apartment at 500 West End Avenue. His old place on Park Avenue is still on the market for $2.495 million. We discussed this one earlier this week.
--According to numbers prepared for The Observer by research site StreetEasy, the days of easy luxury apartment sales are over. As of Monday, Manhattan had 168 super-luxury listings asking at least $15 million each which is nearly twice the number from autumn 2006.
--Former investment banker Jack Grubman has put his New York City townhouse on the market for $32 million. It was our estate of the day on Thursday.
--Sarah Allentuch, a former assistant to Woody Allen, and her husband, Greg Mottola, who directed Superbad recently bought a $2.6 million apartment at the new One York condo.
----An East River mansion, 7 Sutton Square, has sold for $32.5 million, well above its $25 million asking price. The seller is William F. Reilly, a retired magazine mogul and the buyer is listed anonymously, though a billing address is given care of Wildenstein & Co., which suggests that the house now belongs to the art collector Guy Wildenstein.

 

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Dear Bagistas,

Fashion Week starts tomorrow ? actually today since it?s now 12:30am ? and I?m excited about what we?ll see for Spring/Summer 2009. I?m also thrilled that I?ll be a featured ?fashion insider? at the AMEX Skybox located inside the Tent and the Promenade, the two larger venues allocated for the best shows during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York. So what is this AMEX Skybox? Here?s the official PR shpeal:
American Express Skybox: American Express unveils a newly enhanced Skybox this season that provides premium access for American Express Gold Cardmembers, Platinum(R) Cardmembers and Centurion(R) members to experience the runway shows in a truly unique way. Overlooking both the Tent and Promenade but undetectable from the runway, the Skybox features a VIP lounge-style viewing room where Cardmembers can mix and mingle over great refreshments and premium beverages, and converse with influencers from the world of fashion. This season?s Skybox will be designed by American Express Cardmember Frank Carfaro, acclaimed founder and creative director of contemporary home furnishings company, DESIRON. Guests expected to attend include Phillip Lim, Philip Crangi, Joe Zee, Tory Burch, Linda Fargo, Julie Gilhart, Pamela Pekerman, Diane Von Furstenberg and Richard Chai, making the Skybox an experience not to be missed.
Yup, that?s yours truly right next to DVF. I?m delighted to be chosen along with great designers, trend spotters, and editors. We?ll be on hand to chat-up trends and scoop with Cardmembers as they get the VIP treatments. If you happen to be one of the lucky gals or guys, I look forward to meeting you. For everyone else, I finally found my FLIP Video so I?ll document the whole experience!!

Have a bag-a-licious day!
Pamela Pekerman
Dear Bagistas,

Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week SS09 just started and already I've brush elbows with Anna Wintoutr on her way into the BCBGmaxazria show. I struck up a lovely conversation with one of my favorite fashion personalities Robert Verdi and I'm making nice with the sweet pr gals over at the Office Max booth. The booth, new to the tents, is a refreshing white space with plenty of pens, paper, yummy cupcakes in the shape of notebooks and laptops. I imagine Ill be spending a lot of time in this area given that the people are pleasant and the space is useful. This is one advertiser I'm really liking - I'm not liking the Mercedes-Benz cars that yet again are occupying space that should be seating and accessory presentations. They are beautiful, but can we get them outsid or maybe just do one car?

I'll be back soon.

PS In one hour I head to the AMEX Skybox to chat up the Perry Ellis show. I promise to take pictures.

Have a bag-a-licious day!
Pamela Pekerman

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