During the winter, Northerners dream of summer breezes on powder sand beaches, where the azure sky kisses the coral sea. While many escape to a rental on a favorite island, there are other adventurous souls that choose to own a piece of paradise by purchasing a timeshare or home.
Those who look to the Caribbean [...]
Archive for February, 2006
Island Fever: Investing In The Caribbean
Published by February 27th, 2006 in Getaways, Vacation Properties and Residential Real Estate. CommentsWatching the Winter Olympics, I thought about the Jamaican bobsled team. In the 1988 games they were an amusing novelty. But they later gained respectability and inspired the successful film “Cool Runnings”. Noting their absence from the Torino games I wondered who could take their place.
Well maybe it will be the Dubai Ski Team. Now [...]
Can You Hear Me Now?
Published by February 25th, 2006 in Commercial Real Estate, Legal, NYC Real Estate and Residential Real Estate. CommentsIn a classic case of NIMBY (Not In My Backyard), parents, tenants and community boards nationwide are up in arms about the proliferation of Cell Phone towers and antennas on their buildings and schools. The concerns over the potential negative health effects of radiation and cancer is driving the debate.
In the Washington D.C school system, [...]
Dolly Lenz Quote: Manhattan Real Estate Heats Up
Published by February 25th, 2006 in Manhattan Real Estate Dolly Lenz. CommentsSuperstar NYC Real Estate Broker Dolly Lenz was quoted, “It’s already on fire, but it’s going to get hotter.”, in a recent article in the New York Daily News about how Wall Street Bonus money is being parlayed into High-End Manhattan apartments.
See the complete Daily News article written by Lore Croghan here.
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Sponit Spawns Group Blogging Addiction
Published by February 24th, 2006 in Cool New Products, Random Posts, Real Funny? and Technology. CommentsSponit.com allows you to contribute any content including photos to their worldwide group blog. Viewers may comment on and rate your posts. You can search by a specific “Tag” or just view the next random post (Spon).
While cruising the site, we came upon this random spon about square watermellons, created by some Japanese farmers.
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Google Page Creator
Published by February 23rd, 2006 in Cool New Products, Cool Tools, Random Posts and Technology. CommentsAre you looking to create a basic web page for free and have no coding skills?
Then check out a great post by Nik Cubrilovic of Techcrunch, who talks about one of Google’s latest applications, Google Page Creator.
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Governors Island sits serenely in New York harbor. Its aquatic calm and fantastic views of the city are enjoyed only by the animal kingdom and 50 or so preservation workers. This mysterious lady of the harbor is usually seen by tourists criss-crossing on the Staten Island Ferry (natives rarely raise their eyes from the local [...]
Adult Website Scores Perfect 10 Against Google In Copyright Suit
Published by February 23rd, 2006 in Hot News, Legal and Technology. CommentsIn a case likely to have repercussions for real estate search engines which display thumbnails and copyrighted material of other websites, a California Federal Court has ruled in favor of adult oriented website Perfect10.com in its lawsuit against Google for copyright infringement. The Court ruling supports Perfect 10’s argument that Google’s Image Index thumbnail [...]
Retail Goes Mobile
Published by February 17th, 2006 in Advertising and Branding/ Marketing. CommentsJoe and I saw this bus from two blocks away and had to check it out. We met with Lacey, who took us for a tour.
Hot British designer Luella Bartley hits the streets of New York City as part of Target’s GO international marketing initiative. Using a Routemaster double decker bus, Luella takes her traveling [...]
This carshare concept seems very cool.
For an annual fee, members can cruise around town in a classic or exotic car of their choice. This can be anything from a 2005 Lotus Elise to a 1969 Jaguar E-Type. Or how about a Bentley Continental GT? While some like Classic Car Club of Manhattan are based on [...]
