Trending on LLNYC: 21st-century butlers, the strangest and most expensive handcrafted luxury items on Etsy … & more

A hand-made wedding dress asking $250,000 and a stomach extending, multi-course meal
A hand-made wedding dress asking $250,000 and a stomach extending, multi-course meal

1. Seal fur blankets, gold absinthe spoons and a $250,000 wedding dress: Nine ridiculously expensive items you can buy right now on Etsy.

2. NYC’s top restaurants are now offering 20-plus course tasting menus that can last as long as six hours.

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3.  The discreet and efficient butler — handling everything from packing and car arrangements to food service and errands with both tact and aplomb — may seem a relic of the past. But they still exist. Here are some dos and don’ts for the modern-day butler.