must be nice to be a celeb and have all this $$$
I saw this on people.com
Most vacationers in search of an island getaway know they'll be sharing public space with other visitors. But not Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke: Last year, the duo bought their own island off Nova Scotia. The isle, in Tracadie Harbor, is only a few acres in size, holds two cottages and is accessible by a bridge that connects it with the town of Antigonish. How much did this extremely private getaway cost? A cool $2 million, InStyle reported in December 2002.
Being a pop princess certainly has its stresses! Perhaps that's why Britney Spears invested $240 in a ritualistic 'Javanese lulur' bath while vacationing at the star-studded Parrot Cay resort in the British West Indies, as USA Today reported in January 2002. The bath is an Indonesian wedding custom that includes several hours of soaking in water studded with fresh flowers and a vigorous exfoliating scrub of ginger, sandalwood and turmeric, followed by a generous slathering of yogurt.
Why sip sugary tropical drinks while vacationing in Hawaii when you can treat your taste buds to a bottle of fine wine? That was Tyra Banks's and Sacramento Kings forward Chris Webber's thinking during an August 2002 trip to Maui, PEOPLE reported that month. While dining at Sarento's on the Beach in the town of Kahei, the pair shared a $450 bottle of 1978 Chateau Margaux while dining on snapper and osso buco. Yum!
In spite of her personal and career ups and downs, Mariah Carey is not afraid to live like a diva! In January 2002, Carey rented a home in Barbados for a whopping $50,000 per week, and between dining and water-skiing, relaxed aboard Vahine, a catamaran that reportedly cost more than $4,000 per day to rent, London's Daily Mail reported that month.
After their June 2002 wedding, Heather Mills and Paul McCartney escaped to the Banyan Tree resort on the island of Mahe in the Seychelles. The newlyweds stayed at the resort's Presidential Villa, which runs up to $3,580 per night, InStyle reported in March, and features a private, free-form infinity swimming pool, a sunken tub with deluxe shower, a large sundeck, a steam room and guest accommodations. Now that's living it up!
Her name means 'delicate' and 'sensitive' in Arabic, so it's only fitting that Queen Latifah pampers herself with the very best. To that end, when the Oscar nominee (for her role as Matron 'Mama' Morton in Chicago) gets away from it all, she sometimes chooses the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas, where she pays up to $2,380 a night to rest her weary — and very busy — bod.
Most vacationers in search of an island getaway know they'll be sharing public space with other visitors. But not Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke: Last year, the duo bought their own island off Nova Scotia. The isle, in Tracadie Harbor, is only a few acres in size, holds two cottages and is accessible by a bridge that connects it with the town of Antigonish. How much did this extremely private getaway cost? A cool $2 million, InStyle reported in December 2002.
Being a pop princess certainly has its stresses! Perhaps that's why Britney Spears invested $240 in a ritualistic 'Javanese lulur' bath while vacationing at the star-studded Parrot Cay resort in the British West Indies, as USA Today reported in January 2002. The bath is an Indonesian wedding custom that includes several hours of soaking in water studded with fresh flowers and a vigorous exfoliating scrub of ginger, sandalwood and turmeric, followed by a generous slathering of yogurt.
Why sip sugary tropical drinks while vacationing in Hawaii when you can treat your taste buds to a bottle of fine wine? That was Tyra Banks's and Sacramento Kings forward Chris Webber's thinking during an August 2002 trip to Maui, PEOPLE reported that month. While dining at Sarento's on the Beach in the town of Kahei, the pair shared a $450 bottle of 1978 Chateau Margaux while dining on snapper and osso buco. Yum!
In spite of her personal and career ups and downs, Mariah Carey is not afraid to live like a diva! In January 2002, Carey rented a home in Barbados for a whopping $50,000 per week, and between dining and water-skiing, relaxed aboard Vahine, a catamaran that reportedly cost more than $4,000 per day to rent, London's Daily Mail reported that month.
After their June 2002 wedding, Heather Mills and Paul McCartney escaped to the Banyan Tree resort on the island of Mahe in the Seychelles. The newlyweds stayed at the resort's Presidential Villa, which runs up to $3,580 per night, InStyle reported in March, and features a private, free-form infinity swimming pool, a sunken tub with deluxe shower, a large sundeck, a steam room and guest accommodations. Now that's living it up!
Her name means 'delicate' and 'sensitive' in Arabic, so it's only fitting that Queen Latifah pampers herself with the very best. To that end, when the Oscar nominee (for her role as Matron 'Mama' Morton in Chicago) gets away from it all, she sometimes chooses the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas, where she pays up to $2,380 a night to rest her weary — and very busy — bod.
