The ultimate in packaging wank comes to us from Australia (sort of). I think some Californians dreamed it up and are trying to deny they had anything to do with what went into it. Sure fooled me - I bought it but didn't get to drink it, or the gold leaf that was floating in it. If you like heavy metals in your wine though, this stuff is for you.
The Natural History Museum of New York is old skool in the most amazing ways. And about the only cultural indulgence I could get mum to spend quality time in. Hand painted backdrops for rooms full of stuffed animals stolen and hunted for the sole purpose of being stuffed and propped up in front of a Monet-esque renderings of their natural habitat. AWESOME. They also had a live butterfly exhibit - these are the dead versions of their twittery animated friends.
