'Lifestyle managers' take charge for busy Americans

0 Comments | AFP, December, 2007

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Too busy to take shirts to the cleaners or shop for Christmas presents, high-flying Americans have spawned an industry to absolve themselves of everyday chores. Enter the "lifestyle manager."

"In (Washington) DC people are extremely busy and they have no time for anything, so there was an obvious need for a service like this," said Ezra Glass, who three years ago, at age 25, founded his own lifestyle manager company, Serenity Now.

His staff of seven undertake everyday chores from walking the dog to hiring a private jet or selling a customer's car.

"The strangest thing I had to do once -- a client wanted her dog taken to some place in Colorado but she wanted the dog to be driven in only a certain type of car," said Glass. "I had to rent a...