A blog for the finer things in life
A new web site offers suggestions on luxury lifestyle choices of all kinds.
By Les Christie, CNNMoney.com staff writer

NEW YORK -- Want to follow the latest in luxury trends? Try a new blog page from Luxury Portfolio.

Paul Boomsma, the executive vice president of The Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection, a network of luxury real estate brokers, says the origins of the blog began in the company's regular Web site.

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"We had clients who wanted to contribute to the LuxeTrends," a page that reports on hot high-end products and services, said Boomsma.

Although the blog concentrates on home-related products, it does expand into a whole luxury lifestyle arena, with ideas for travel, automobiles and grand entertaining.

The young blog - it launched in late September - has already publicized some unusual finds, including a fountain pen costing $150,000, shoes made of mouse fur, chocolates adorned with edible gold leaf, and pimped golf carts to name a few.

But the core product on the blog is fabulous luxury properties. This month those included a Lake Tahoe residential compound of eight buildings on 210 acres that includes a par-three golf course, basketball court, cigar lounge, theater, 3,200-bottle wine cellar, and 16 garages. It sells for $100 million.

There's also a 13th century castle in France, a Frank Lloyd Wright home in Illinois and a palace in Dallas.

Readers can contribute suggestions to the site as well as comment on the selections of the good life already published.

It's a must read for those who want to keep up with the Trumps.

See six picks from the blog.

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