Google signed a contract to buy its New York office building at 111 Eighth Avenue for about $1.8 billion, according to a person with knowledge of the agreement.  However, none of the news reports I’ve read regarding this acquisition seem to realize quite how strategic a move it really may be for Google, despite the nearly $600/square foot price tag.  Google has already indicated its interest in advancing technology to deliver gigabit+ internet speeds to communities (and directly to homes) across America in Google’s “Fiber for Communities” program.

With this acquisition, Google would now control one of the most important high-tech facilities and Internet interconnection hubs in the world.  I found a link that describes this facility perfectly:

A Park Avenue Princess is sophisticated, sweet and sassy.  Think Sex and the City’s Charlotte York Goldenblatt. In this episode, you’ll learn how to make to make a posh Park Avenue Princess wine cocktail filled with refreshing ice, Grape Vodka, 7UP soda, fresh lemon juice & red wine. After a long and tedious day shopping along Madison Avenue, this chic drink will cool you off on a boiling hot July afternoon.  Kick off your Choos, relax on your chaise, sip this reservatrol friendly tipple and enjoy!

Sophisticates who “Love The City Life” won’t want to miss watching how to make a sexy and skinny Cosmopolitan.  If you like a sweet and playful tease then this bubbly Flirtini is for you!  Stay tuned for a Naughty Tipple I’ll be serving up soon.  The World’s Most Crude Cocktail – a BP Oil Spill!

You’re cordially invited to subscribe to the party here,  join Michelle Coudon on Facebook & follow on Twitter for more upcoming videos on the BEST hangover cures and of course Naughty Tipples.  To order a drink or to suggest a “beverage with benefits” just tweet @michelleCtv.

Music by Loveshadow “We R 1″ , FuriousStereo “Rainha do Sol Remix”, kcentric “Desaprendere” (featuring Silvia O. Silky Jazz Mix) and dabra “Madrugada” (Daniel_s_remix) via http://www.ccmixter.org.  For the original Skyy Vodka recipe visit: http://bit.ly/9LbZoA.

In this episode you’ll learn how-to make to make a sexy Cosmopolitan cocktail that’s so delicious it’ll even knock off Carrie Bradshaw’s panties…well, if she’s wearing any!  Like the ladies of Sex and the City, a Cosmo is perfect for those who Love The City Life (Lemon-flavored vodka, Triple Sec, Cranberry Juice and Lime Juice).

For you imbibers that like your Cosmo on the sweet side, you’ll also learn how to make a Skinny Cosmopolitan.  After all, stylish ladies (or some dudes) won’t be able to fit into their Choos or Manolos after drinking too many calories!  And for the fellows who might stumble across this how-to, you’ll learn how a Cosmopolitan cocktail can make you a chick magnet.  Gotta love beverages with benefits!

You’ll also learn that sipping Cosmopolitans may better your sexual health.  Cranberry juice is excellent at both treating and preventing a lower urinary tract infection.  And a busy city gal looking for love can’t be inconvenienced with a nasty UTI.  So, drink to your health!  Bottoms up, baby!

You’re cordially invited to subscribe to the party here or join Michelle on Facebook or follow @michelleCtv on Twitter for more upcoming videos on the BEST hangover cures and of course Naughty Tipples.

Music by Loveshadow “We R 1″ , FuriousStereo “Rainha do Sol Remix” and kcentric “Desaprendere” (featuring Silvia O. Silky Jazz Mix) via http://www.ccmixter.org .

Just about everyone knows that when the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve that the crystal ball drops in New York City’s Times Square. However, what New Yorkers know (that many watching cozily at home on the tube may not) is that at the same moment, a festive show of fireworks lights up the winter night sky over Central Park, ushering in a new year. And 2010‘s firework finale was an especially spectacular display!

Happy New Year! Live it to be your best yet!

Music by Loveshadow “Dreams” (The White Stilleto Mix) via CCmixter.org

Ruth Madoff is banking on your gullibility and victims' cash. Apparently, she's also plagued with man hands.

Quickie: ABC News released this news clip today (click here) of a hissy Ruth Madoff.

When asked for a response to her husband’s victims by a reporter, an emaciated Ruthie offered a curt “no response”.  Judging by the footage, it may be a tad bit old as I was under the impression that she had retreated to her cave down in the Sunshine State.  Or, she recently hopped back on her broomstick and headed north for Lower Manhattan, I dunno.

Although, I must say from the video, Ruthie’s blondie coif isn’t looking so chic.  Dirty, dishwater roots – yuck!  Guess this succubus has still been unable to find a stylist unafraid of her plotting Madoffian ways. Muah-ha-ha-ha!

Don’t you just love that warm and fuzzy feeling you get all over when you bag an amazing deal?  Okay, maybe you don’t but I sure DO! Ordinarily, I wouldn’t bother blogging about my boring buys but I found a real steal in a brick-and-mortar store in New York City (cheaper than a slice of freakin’ pizza) and had to pass on my savings!

I’m all “warm and fuzzy” over these booties that I bought at Laytner’s Linen & Home Store on Broadway for just TWO BUCKS a pair.  That’s the price of one swipe on your MetroCard and helluva lot cheaper than the “recession special” at Gray’s Papaya.  I have to say, these voluminous, fleece-lined, microfiber booties are only fashionable for the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man (as in GhostBusters fame) but keeping my tootsies cozy during the cold winter months (which seems like most of the year here in the Northeast) is a must.

It really does pay to be patient on purchases (however big or small) and late spring is a terrific time to find steals on items for next fall and winter.  My booties originally retailed for $24.99 and I bought three pairs at $2/each for a total savings of $68.97.  To top it off I snatched up an organic, cotton-sateen, 300 thread count Queen-sized sheet set for just $29.99 (originally marked $59).

Frugalistas and bargain hunters, what’s your latest score?  Please share in the comments section below!

Lady Libery Gives Air Force One the One Finger Salute. Photo art by Michelle.

Y’all remember September 11th, 2001, that now notorious day in world history when a Saudi thug by the name of Osama Bin Laden was credited for the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil ever? It’s been quite some time, so your memory might be a wee bit foggy. Especially for those of you who weren’t on the island of Manhattan, or a bridge or tunnel’s distance away that late summer morning.

Fast forward seven-and-half years later to present day. We have a new thug by the name of Obama in the White House. He’s a super cool cat, sensitive and congenial. He’s the people’s clear choice for HOPE and CHANGE and all that other really, really, good Socialist mumbo jumbo. So Mack Daddy Obama, why did this assholish event take place Monday, involving YOUR 747 jet diving through lower Manhattan?!!  Granted, it did say “Air Force One” on the side for anyone with Superman-esque laser vision to see.  Of course, assuming those same people weren’t also fleeing for their lives.  Mr. President, I’m sure you have a fascinating explanation.  Perhaps you just didn’t know what your incompetent employees were planning to do with tax payers’ loose CHANGE of $329,000 dollars, right G?

Well, it turns out Mr. Prez didn’t know diddly ’bout this shizzle and is pissed, fo real yo. Mr. Louis Caldera claims responsibility for the super duper idea to fly Air Force One over New York City and New Jersey.  The purpose?  It was for a “training flight” AND sexy mid-air flyover photo shoot, barely missing Lady Liberty’s left ear.  I wonder where he brewed such a fab plan to terrorize thousands of New Yorkers SHIrTLESS? Me thinks most likely while on the can – what better place to come up with crap (like me writing this blog)! This “hip” administration just couldn’t stand to have the same old passé photographs of Air Force One hanging over Mount Rushmore.  Ugh…that’s so “100 days” ago.  It would look tacky on the many coffee tabletops at the White House Crib.  Gotta impress the international homies, word.

During a press conference a pissed-off Mayor Mike Bloomberg politely stated that the photo shoot was “insensitive” and that he was “furious” that he wasn’t told about it.  Someone forgot to pass the Mayor of New York City a memo?! Oopsie…

For the $329,000 large the government wasted on some dope pics and a joyride, they could’ve purchased 465 licenses of Adobe Photoshop CS4 with a bonus of three blinged out camels, ten goats and 12 jackasses.  Well, maybe hold the jackasses – Obama’s already got those positions filled.

If a talentless half-wit like myself can hack together the above picture in Photoshop all by my lonesome, I’d place a Fifty Cent bet that a non-paid White House intern can too. They could save even more taxpayer money and download an illegal copy (no biggie by Washington’s standards)!  Surely Prez Obama’s peeps are familiar with Photoshop.  I mean, c’mon, isn’t that what they used to create his “legitimate” birth certificate that’s been circulating around the internet? And why do they need new pictures anyway?! Is the President planning to charter out Air Force One to rich Middle-Eastern oil or real estate magnates? I hear the Bin Laden family is filthy rich.

Answers damn it, New Yawkers want REAL ANSWERS!!! And possibly a few government goofballs’ cushy jobs WHACKED!

Camera crew filming in front of Bernie Madoff's former Manhattan residence.

The above picture was taken in front of our favorite yutzi shmeckle of Wall Street, Bernard Madoff’s former digs last week right before Passover.  Could an eager, bootstrappin’ documentary filmmaker be in the process of filming a Madoff movie? Time will only tell…

UPDATE:  The NYPost published this article on 4.20.09 that “Filmmaker Edmund Druilhet says he’s started work on a docudrama called, “Madoff: Made Off With America”.

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