Luxury comes at a dreadful cost, and... the edges of a gold card can be very sharp.

[In any case, she leaves the biggest question unanswered. Hugh Hefner moves through the book in a bubble of graciousness, the perennial gentleman at the continual orgy.] He's the one person who never wronged me, never hurt me, and never treated me with anything less than absolute care, ... He allowed me to be a child in his midst.

[So begins] Playground: A Childhood Lost Inside the Playboy Mansion, ... John Belushi screwing one of the Playmates.

Create a bedroom just like a luxury hotel that costs $600 a night. A great bed, wonderful linens, a chocolate on the pillow. Light candles and dim the lights. Male or female, anyone would love a room that has that feel.

The physician market is really where they are seeing most of their growth.

Based on the overwhelming array of luxury products manufacturers have recently introduced, homeowners want anything that makes their lives more comfortable at home. Whether it involves heating/warming accessories or spa-like home environments, it's part of the 'cocooning' phenomena that has resurfaced. People are spending more time at home and they want to be comfortable. They want to use their home to its full potential, not just as a place to eat and sleep between workdays.