01
Portrait, $18,000
Could there be a better legacy to leave future generations than a commissioned portrait of yourself, scowling down from the study wall? Renowned artist William Quigley's wildly imagistic oil paintings are coveted by celebrities from Shaq to Woody Allen. He's also done striking studies of Ice Cube, Gandhi, and Lincoln. You can be next. (William Quigley, 917-449-4892, www.quigleyart.com)
02
Personal copywriter, $50,865
Advertising god Ron Lawner scrawled "Drivers Wanted"-one of the winningest campaigns ever-on a napkin. Imagine what he could do with your cover letters . . . and $865 worth of stationery. All you have to write is a check. (Arnold Worldwide, www.arn.com)
03
Vermont inn, $895,000
Itching to see the foliage this year? Thinking you might roll up to Vermont while the colors burn their brightest and find yourself a stately 14-room, nineteenth-century inn in which to spend the night? Sorry-that place has been booked for months. Better to, you know, just buy it. (Bed and Breakfast for Sale, 802-862-5286, www.bed andbreakfastforsale.com)
04
Airstream trailer, $30,000
Stylish trailer is no longer an oxymoron. Just consider the toaster-on-wheels Airstream, evocative of footloose 1950s sleepovers in Yellowstone. For the new Bambi model-out this month-a team of artists and architects completely reimagined the interior. The result? Definitely not your grandpa's RV. (Airstream, 937-596-6111, www.airstream.com)
05
Custom shirts, $800
Go from off-the-rack to made-to-measure. Egyptian cotton. Italian tailoring. Single-needle stitching. And hand-made to fit you like only a bespoke shirt can. They're two-hunny a pop, so treat you and your better half to two each. For starters. (Seize sur Vingt, 212-343-0476)
06
Ghost detector, $200
Not that you believe in spirits walking the night, but if there's one time of year for ghostbusting, Halloween is it. The TriField detects changes in electromagnetic fields supposedly wrought by paranormal activity. More fun than a Ouija board. (AlphaLab, Inc., 808-874-9126, www.trifieldmeter.com)
07
Cool blue lamp, $935
Nabokov wrote, "Our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness." It'd be a shame, then, to bathe your existence in cheap halogen. Try this stunning incandescent job, created by designer Ferruccio Laviani as if his life depended on it-which, come to think of it, it does. (Foscarini, 011-39-041-595-1199, www.foscarini.com)
08
Aprilia scooter, $4,200
Americans have adopted farfalle, organized crime, and espresso, but the motor scooter is one aspect of Italian cool that's never really caught on. The new Scarabeo 150 is looking to change that. It evokes the charm of cruising Rome's rain-blackened streets, scarf tails flying, cigarette dangling. But the technology is anything but retro: a superquiet engine that can hit 70, plus an ergonomic dual saddle. Bene, baby. (Aprilia, 877-277-4542, www.aprilia.com)
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