March 20, 2008
The idea here is pretty simple really, but I'd love to see a video of how they actually pull it off. Technology Pools has designed a movable pool floor that you can adjust to any depth. Here's the explanation from their site:
Movable swimming pool floors have made it possible to maximise the use of your swimming pool with variable depth and also use the space taken up by the swimming pool for other purposes. Imagine. With the touch of a button, an entire pool floor is fully adjusted to any water depth or becomes level to pool surround thus serving as a dry deck or dance floor. It's no longer an imagination but a reality. We can provide movable swimming pool floors that have multiple programming capabilities and can offer multiple uses of the same space. For example, a typical basement poolroom can double up as party hall.
Based on your requirements, Technology Pools can engineer a movable swimming pool floor system for a new pool project or retrofit an existing facility. That will give you the ability to turn your indoor pool into a dance floor, a pool hall into an entertainment or reception area, or an outdoor pool into a parking space all at the press of a button.
You can check out the Technology Pool site HERE.
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March 14, 2008
If you have $250 million laying around, and are looking for some land to buy, this would be a good purchase.
The property's most impressive stat is that it has around 1.25 miles of direct beachfront along the Atlantic Ocean. If that wasn't enough, the overall size of the property is 825 acres, and is located in Loiza, Puerto Rico, West of Metropolitan San Juan, and just 5-10 Minutes From The Luiz Munoz Marin Airport. The property is zoned Recreational, Touristic and Commercial so it's ready for a hotel, casino, golf course, or anything else you might dream of.
You can see more pictures of the site at the Luxury Real Estate site HERE.
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October 24, 2007
National Geographic has an adventure travel section for those that want something outdoors. They've put together their top 25 trips for you to look through. Here's their take on them:
Travel that will set your heart pounding, open your eyes, and force you to look again at what surrounds you. Because, in the end, a trip of a lifetime isn't about thread counts, umbrella cocktails, or bragging rights. It's about discovering that there's more to the world—and yourself—than you knew.
The trips aren't laid out in any special order, and are located all over the world. You can read a little but about each trip, and if you find something you're interested in, there's links for each to take you to the website to book it. You can read the whole list on their website HERE.
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October 15, 2007
Owning your own island is pretty much only for the seriously rich, and Ronde Island in Grenada might be only for the top of that group. The island is over 2,000 acres in size, and will be the largest private island located in an area of the Caribbean that's growinging in popularity. It's completely undeveloped, which will allow it's future owner to step in and do whatever they would like with it. It does also have some charm that would make it a nice vacationing spot, such as sea-bottom drop-offs over ‘bottomless’ vertical walls, coral-encrusted canyons and even a swim-through cave which opens to an underground cavern decorated with stalactites and quartz crystals.
The location is currently listed by Private Islands Inc. for $100 million dollars, which is the highest price tag of any island on the international real estate market. You can head over to their site HERE for more information on Ronde Island and other sites.
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October 12, 2007
Most of us just have a standard grill, with a few built in one here and there. The Island grill comes with everything you need to set up a full outdoor kitchen.
Made by A & B Accessories, it comes with a LG24I Firstone Natural Gas Grill with Redwood Grill Cabinet with black granite, sink cabinet, stainless steel sink, faucet, shelf unit with door and three pull-out shelves, trash unit, cart with Wheels, server and a stainless steel bucket. You can then add to that with things such as matching bar stools and 2.5 cu. ft. refrigerator. The cabinet base is made of cellular PVC which is a very durable material that requires zero maintenance, so this can be placed just about anywhere. The cabinets also come in two colors, gray and redwood.
The whole system costs around $10,000, which actually isn't bad for all that your getting. You can purchase one, and get other information, over at the Gas Grills Now site HERE.
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September 18, 2007
This trailer, that you can still fit in a normal garage, comes with everything you might need to throw a great tailgate party. The trailer includes a 27″ LCD TV to watch the pre-game, a satellite dish for reception, CD/DVD player, a 1000 watt electric generator, a propane grill, electrical outlets, a sink with running water, beer on tap and even a toilet. Not enough? Well, you can also upgrade the generator to 2000 watts, get an automatic satellite dish, a keg refrigerator to keep the beer cold (probably a must have), a microwave, and various styles of barbecues.
Getting one of these trailers will set you back around $14,000, and of course go up from there depending on what options you add on. You can read more about the trailers at the Gameday Customs site HERE.
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September 6, 2007
The Qube is basically another room of the house that you put in the backyard. It can be used as a garden office, garden studio, TV room, kids room, garden gym, outdoor party area or just a place to get away for a while.
The outside is made of Western Red Cedar and the inside is built with structural insulated panels then plaster boarded and skimmed, ready to be painted. The front doors on the Qube are bi-fold aluminum that can be fully opened, and the floors can have a laminate flooring, solid oak or carpeted finish
The company that makes these will create them in just about any size you want, and there are a number of options. You can add a kitchenett, a second story, or a rooftop deck just to name a few. They can also be connected to your electricity, gas, or water allowing you to make it a comfortable as you want it to be.
The Qubes are made in the U.K., and at the moment are only available there. I'm sure they would give you a quote though to ship one out to where ever you are. You can hit their main site HERE to look around.
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September 5, 2007
Talk about the perfect idea if you're having a pool party. The Aquapub is an unsinkable table made of a new material that's as rigid as wood, but as light and upkeep free as plastic. It has six seats which are connected to the table, six cup holders, two removable containers in the middle and topped off with a removable sun shade. The Aquapub also does double duty since it can be used as just a regular table outside the water.
The Aquapub needs only 30 inches of water to float in, and can support 250 lbs. per seat, and a total of 1500 lbs.. The table is about seven feet in diameter and can be used in pretty much any body of water. You can head over to the main Aquapub site HERE to get all of the details.
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September 3, 2007
John McAfee, the man behind McAfee anti-virus software, has found a passion for flying. The idea of Aerotrekking is to follow the terrain, often just a few feet above the ground, to visit places that could never be reached on foot or by car.
The low-altitude flight in aerotrekking is made possible thanks to the Air Creation, four-stroke kite-wing planes. The planes are powered by a rear propeller and guided by a steering bar at the pilot's fingertips. The planes have a range of 300 miles, can reach up to 115 mph or glide just above the landscape at a minimum speed of 25 mph.
McAfee, a Tucson resident, has spent nearly $12 million so far developing a network of eight aerotrekking bases in isolated parts of Arizona and New Mexico for his exclusive club, The Sky Gypsies, that has about 150 enthusiasts. The bases are part of a 1,100-mile circuit that run from Truth or Consequences, N.M., to Rimrock near Flagstaff.
Membership in the club can run from $1,000 to $200,000 depending on the membership package, and the planes themselves run from $30,000 to $120,000, depending on model and quality. You can read more about the Sky Gypsies at their site HERE, more about McAfee's passion HERE, or look into buying your own Air Creation ultralight HERE.
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July 23, 2007
If you're looking for patio furniture, and want something a little more stylish, the Palm Coast Outdoor Furniture would be worth a look. Each piece is crafted from roto-molded polyethylene compounded with UV inhibitors, to give the chairs a long life. The best part of the furniture is that they're made to be modular, so you can mix and match pieces, and put them in any configuration that best suits you patio. The collection also comes with different armrest styles and a unique illuminated armrest that you can also use to connect the pieces.
You can see and read a little more about the furniture, at the Allegro Classics site HERE.
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