~Desired Address: 885 Third Avenue AKA "The Lipstick Building"~

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“Before I put another notch in my lipstick case, you better make sure you put me in my place.”
-Pat Benatar

I was out and about in NYC the other day. Well... I was actually supposed to be working but told a little fib about needing something from Duane Reade to get outside into the sexy spring weather we have been enjoying on the East Coast...

Anyway...back to topic. I was out and about and was approached by a gentleman named...ummm...oops forgot his name. Not important. (Mean but true) So this fella starts talking to me and I'm doing the usual head nodding and eye rolling I do when utterly not interested. I did hear him say he was a real estate developer though... So when he asked "What does a guy have to do to take you out to dinner?" I responded by saying "Build me a building shaped like a lipstick tube and I'll go to dinner with you"
Him: "I would but it's been done"
Me: "Come again?! Huh?! Where?!"
Him: "53rd and 3rd. 885 Third Avenue to be exact. How have you never heard of it"
Me: "Good question!! Gotta go!!"
Him: "Wait!! Can I have your number?"
***Awkward silence***
Glamour Whore smiles and skips away....

He'll get over it. I had other things on my mind...like researching this mythical "Lipstick Building" he spoke of...



Sure enough...he was correct. And apparently I was the only one who had never heard of it. The building has it own Wikipedia page!! And it's fabulous... I mean, it doesn't look EXACTLY like a tube of lipstick but it's close enough for me to want to live there. Really really bad. If you ever find yourself outside of 53rd and 3rd be sure to wave to me because I'm sure I'll be there just wishin and hoping... I know...kinda sad but... c'mon!! It's the LIPSTICK BUILDING!!! If ever a place fit for a Glamour Whore...*sigh*



Kisses Bitches...
Glamour Whore...xoxo

Billion-Dollar Home

Billion-Dollar Home is the home of India's richest man Mukesh Ambani, whose net worth was estimated at US$43 billion in March by Forbes.

Mukesh Ambani's Billion-Dollar Home picture

The currently-constructing architect in downtown Mumbai will cost around $2 billion and be 550 feet high with 400,000 square feet of interior space when it is finished in January, 2009. The future 27-story Ambani home named Antilla will host nine elevators, six floors of parking, a four-story vertical garden, and three rooftop helicopter landing pads. Undeniably, it will be the world's largest and most expensive home on the planet. Link

Daniel Czapiewski's Upside-down House in Poland

Received from a circulated email:

A Polish businessman and philanthropist says he has built this upside down house to remind people of wrongdoings against humanity. The house has been attracting thousands of tourists. People visiting the house start to feel sea-sick once they are inside. "Mankind spoiling this world, and only mankind can fix it...", the owner of this new wonder said. The house took 5 times longer to build than a normal house.

It took 114 days to build the structure - a typical project made by Czapiewski's cooperation which specializes in wooden houses, would normally take 21 days to construct. He remembers that his workers had to take an hour's break every three hours while working inside the house because they were feeling disorientated and confused from the strange angles of the walls.

World Top Vertical Roller Coaster In China

The world top vertical roller coaster which loop reaches 80 meters high, almost as high as a 32 storied building, debuts in Chimelong Paradise amusement park in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China.

The facility will be put into use during the forthcoming Spring Festival in February 2008.

Source: CRI

Tags: vertical roller coaster, China