Big Spender story gallery
A look at the big business of catering to those with cash to burn. Send ideas to bigspender@latimes.com.
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The kitchen remodel on your Bel-Air mansion isn’t quite finished.
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Next time you see an A-list celebrity sliding behind the wheel of an Aston Martin or Bentley, don’t be so sure it wasn’t rented for the night.
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Eat your heart out, Bobby Flay.
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Big Spender keeps her ear to the ground, and recently heard the sound of money emanating from a luxury home in the hills of Tarzana. Listen up, audiophiles.
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“A little madness in the spring is wholesome even for the king!”
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Beau Boeckmann of Galpin Auto Sports in Van Nuys knows a few things about tricking out cars, such as the Navigator at right that boasts a diamond clock.
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Some of us toss Fido some scraps off the dinner plate and call it a night.
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Put away the quarters and funnels and break out the crystal.
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Need a getaway? Never mind the packaged 10-day Caribbean cruise. Misty Ewing, right, of travel network Virtuoso says affluent vacationers are all about doing something different. (Think dinner on the Great Wall of China or after-hours tours of the Louvre.) Virtuoso’s travel agents plan trips for Fortune 500 CEOs. Here are Ewing’s suggestions for adventurers willing to flash the cash:
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The purse may be the consummate accessory in New York, but in Los Angeles, where Hollywood deals are sealed while navigating traffic on the Santa Monica Freeway, the cellphone is the ultimate status symbol. Here are some that really get the cash register ringing.
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Though some duffers are content to hit the public links in their golf shoes from Big 5, others make a sport out of gearing up for the game. Here’s how to turn the fairway into a runway.
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Money can’t buy love, but it can buy a really, really extravagant wedding. Say goodbye to the one-night shindig that has guests leaving before midnight after a champagne toast and a few spins across the dance floor. The trend today? Weddings with after-parties that greet the sunrise and lavish, four-day events that last longer than some Hollywood marriages.
