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Mark Etinger
The American Dream. It means different things to different people, but ultimately it can be boiled down to success. Usually this is monetary success, or at least it implies reasonable comforts like being able to live on your own and eat three square meals a day. But if you've really made it there are a few things you can't do without. Every American Dream kitchen has a few basic things. It starts out with Sub Zero appliances that are built into your cabinets. In here you store vegetable juice, organic meats and other gastronomical signs of success. Your countertops are granite or another precious stone and you have an island in the middle of the kitchen, which may or may not serve as a kitchenette complete with stools. You cook on Viking gas ranges or Wolf gas ranges and chances are you have at least one microwave, if you like to entertain. A wine cellar may be a lot to ask, but you at least have racks, and maybe even a wine refrigerator, filled with dozens of bottle of red and white, vintage Old World and New. This kitchen is one of great plenitude and all of your friends enjoy spending time here when you invite them over. Music filters from your home audio system and encourages the guests into your entertainment area where you have a huge television, or screen that descends from the ceiling on which you watch your many movies and celebrate the wins of your favorite sports teams. Nearby is a bar where you keep your bottles of Tanqueray and Ketel One, Glenmorangie and Maker's Mark. And when it's getting late and your colleagues, business and golf partners go home you walk upstairs to the bathroom to prepare for bed. The mirrors are high, and you're his and hers sinks and closets keep everything neatly organized. If the couple of Manhattans weren't enough, a relaxing Whirlpool bubble bath should be. And after you sprinkle the water with colored salts and light aromatic candles, you dry yourself with a plush terrycloth towel and walk across your stone-floored bathroom to your closet where you put on designer pajamas and crawl into your California King sized bed. These are aspects of the good life we can all envision. And while material success doesn't equal happiness, it is a lot easier to achieve when you're free to buy whatever you like.
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