What is the most luxurious luxury you've ever treated yourself to?

[BurtWorm]

(Pardon the redundancy in the title. ;) ) I was thinking about this because yesterday, as part of my job, I was sent to check out Manhattan's newest luxury hotel, the Mandarin Oriental in the new Time-Warner building at Columbus Circle. The standard room is $595 a night. The 75-foot lap pool in the spa is in a glass room looking toward Central Park. I wouldn't treat myself to that--I couldn't afford to now--but my wife and I did treat ourselves to a night at the Royal Crescent, a Georgian hotel in Bath, England, a couple of years ago. If you go to Bath, you should go up to the Royal Crescent overlooking the city. It's a stunning half circle--literally a crescent--of houses above a sloping park. Our hotel was in the middle of the crescent, behind a courtyard where you could sit and have cocktails and drinks or play crocquet. The room (which cost £700!) wasn't all that spectacular, if truth be told, though the bed was magnificent. (I'll leave it to your imaginations. ;) Actually our daughter was with us, so don't get carried away with your imaginations!) The only reason we stayed there was because there were no other rooms in Bath, and we happened to have a little money to burn for once in our life. We didn't want to stay in a manger. (It was Easter weekend, anyway.)

How about you?

[grannylib]

1. Went out for crablegs and lobster once when I won a little $$ on a

scratchoff...
my idea of real luxury is taking the air mattress when going to the Boundary Waters instead of the foam mats *lol*

[ihaveaquestion]

2. $500 Diamond and Platinum Earings from Tiffany's

0r- the two weeks in Wyoming soaking up the mountain air - Luscious!

[dryan]

3. Tickets to see Pavorotti

I was out of work at the time but I really wanted to see Pavorotti when he came to Orlando. The tickets were $100.00. I bought myself one as a birthday/Christmas present. It recital sure lifted my spirits!

[TX-RAT]

4. Box of Partaga 150s

Still have a dozen left.

[northzax]

5. you chould check out the new Mandarin in DC

bad neighborhood, but by far the most expensive place in town, the Presidential suite is eight grand a night.

my best luxury? cashmere socks. everyone should have some.

[HEyHEY]

6. .hhm....tough call - excellent topic

I'd say, off the top of my head, when I was in Quebec city for one night, I stayed at a really nice hotel because I was too lazy to find another one. Can't remember the name though (was not the frontenac)

[radwriter0555]

7. A month's tour of Europe last summer for me and my daughter...

and remodeling the house I bought as well.

Luckily it was all paid for with profits from the last house I sold.

[cprise]

8. These loudspeakers

About $900 for the pair, and worth it if you like music.

[Dookus]

9. Staying at the Four Seasons-Maui

years ago.

They have "spritzer boys" by the pool. You lay there, and they come up and mist you with aerosol Evian water.

[AndyP]

11. now that would be a good job

going around spraying people with water, getting to mingle with the hunnies. I think I could handle it.

[LynzM]

10. A weekend in Greece

After finals were over, while studying in Germany. It had been grey and cold and rainy for months, and we figured, what the heck, when are we ever gonna be this close to Athens again, for this cheap? It was excellent!

[SmileyBoy]

12. Bought myself a $1,000 computer.

It's the one I currently have.

[ohiosmith]

13. New underwear for my 50th birthday.

[geniph]

14. Bought myself eyes that work for my 40th birthday

(LASIK surgery). Best thing I ever did for myself, by far.

[SiobhanClancy]

15. $20,000 per couple cruise on the Seabourn Legend

2+ weeks,from Amsterdam to the Channel Islands,Ireland,Scotland,ending in London. Absolute luxury and pampering...and a chocolate creme brulee that will forever live in my memory:)