Altralto is about lifestyle. Your lifestyle. Jet setting lifestyle on lower middle class budgets, where rich come to skimper. The party always starts and ends here. More →
Hey folks, thanks for reading my little blog entry. It’s been awhile since I last posted – been busy. Anyway, when we bought this house, we knew that one of the first things that had to go was the kitchen. The cupboards were OK as they were new from Ikea. But [...]
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I was watching Mad Max the other night with my wife when, right at the beginning of the flick, there’s a playback of footage (probably representing his memory) of his wife being run over, when she said, “Hey, did you notice how his wife dies in this movie too?” The other movie I was [...]
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there readers! It’s been a while since I last posted. Had nothing good to post for with Super Bowl coming up and all that. Anyways, a real estate friend of mine sent me these photos of Tiger Woods’ home. Unfortunately, I don’t know how many homes he’s got, or where this one is. I’m just [...]
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I don’t think I’ll see any of these in Montreal anytime soon. I am used to seeing the occasional Lambo, Ferrari, and Bentley – but the Veyron? Here’s something we found this morning on Autoblog.
There are frightening bills, horrific bills, and Bugatti Veyron bills. The legendarily expensive to buy, it seems that the Veyron is equally [...]
Ahh! The joy of a cruise. If you’re an experienced cruise traveler you know what it means. If you’ve never been on a cruise, it is only a matter of taking your first one and you’ll be hooked for life.
No travel experience in the world offers the pleasures of a cruise. It’s the ultimate stress [...]
It’s sad when people fall out of love. But dissolving an unhealthy, unhappy marriage is a good thing, and it takes a lot of courage to stand up and say, “We deserve better.”
Divorce parties not only let us close the door on that misery, these rites of passage provide the ritual we need to help [...]
My wife and I have different opinions about the types of gifts should be given at birthdays and Christmas. I think that you should get someone “what they need” for their birthday and “what they want” for Christmas. I thinks it’s okay to give someone a 6-pack pair of socks for their birthday, [...]
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Folks, our friend Grasshopper James over at Guitabites.com sent us the top 10 weirdest guitars. Check it out. It really drives home the fact that some people have too much time on their hands. Especially the scooter butcher guy.
Check out the top 10 weird guitars on guitarbites
Ever been engaged in a conversation at a party when, all of a sudden, you find yourself knee-deep in a subject you know nothing about?
Or maybe you’re going full steam ahead when you abruptly blank and have no idea where to steer the conversation next. It happens to the best of us and it [...]
Is Karaoke passé? Apparently not in Asia. Don’t even think of organizing a karaoke party for a group under thirty here in the US or Canada. I don’t mean thirty people. I mean thirty year olds. Aim for the Karaoke crowd around fortyish.
Another good spin on a karaoke party – [...]
Following our Top 10 Background Music to Play at Every Party we received many additional comments for songs and artists that didn’t make the list. We also got requests from you suggesting things to play that would make the neighbors and in-laws leave.
Here’s when you know the party’s over and the host wants you out. [...]
