Fine Living

I once had a friend who, at the mere mention of Stargate, would perk up like a child about to receive his long-awaited Christmas gift from Santa. Eventually I realized that his obsession wasn’t merely with the show and the Jaffa warrior known as Teal’c, but with “sphincters”, as he called them. He had grandiose plans to install a “sphincter” as an entrance to his bedroom, and though his plans for that long ago fell to the wayside, I think he would appreciate the design of this particular table.

The Capstan Table, designed by British furniture manufacturer DB Fletcher, is a table like nothing I’ve ever seen. For 10,000+ £, you too can own a table to put the Stargate to shame. Using “the latest mechanical design techniques“, DB Fletcher has created a table that expands with the press of a button, almost like magic! Even more impressive is that the table remains perfectly circular in the process, unlike those crappy Canadian tables that get all square-like.

I’ve spent a lot of time in hotels in my life, but all of them have been, well, built when I got there. With walls and bathroom fixtures and everything. So when I got the opportunity to visit the new Hilton Puerto Vallarta Resort to do some pre-urban exploration Mexico. Before it was finished, I decided it would be a perfect opportunity for a website with the word “unfinished” in the title,  but has a shortage of articles about unfinished things.

The Hilton Puerto Vallarta Resort is just five minutes south of Gustavo Diaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR) and a ten minute drive from Puerto Vallarta’s city center. It’s right in the middle of the city’s large hotel zone, so its close to all the malls, shopping, and dining in the area. Apparently it will have a buffet and a la carte gourmet dining, limitless beverages, 24-hour room service, daytime activities, recreational amenities, and live nightly entertainment. And this is all on the beach.