New Design Launch
January 11, 2008
Finally the new design is now live after a few days of tweaking the design, configuring seo and installing the necessary plugins to get the site looking the way I want it to. I feel the new design has a much cleaner and crisper look to it and the logo is alright for now but there is a much better logo/header design in the works so this will have to do for the time being. There is still a lot of stuff I need to do to the site but it feels good to finally have it up and running. I’ll also be running a contest for free ad space on this blog starting next week so stay tuned. If there’s any bugs or errors in the new theme please let me know.
- Chris
A New Look
January 9, 2008
Sorry for the lack of posts lately, I have been having some problems with this site due to the integration of two different content management systems, Wordpress and Joomla. The Wordpress component I installed in Joomla is still in beta, doesn’t have friendly urls for seo and has been causing me a lot of problems with the site. I still think it’s a great component for a blog within a Joomla site but for a full-fledged blog I’ll have to wait until it’s completed. So for obvious reasons I will be switching platforms within the next few days from my hybrid Joomla/Wordpress CMS to a full-fledged Wordpress site complete with a spiffy new custom theme with a smoother look and feel . If you have any suggestions or comments feel free to let me know. -Chris
$1000 NYC Luxury Pizza
January 6, 2008
The New York restaurant business is a $10 billion dollar industry and Nino Selimaj, who runs six pizza restaurants in New York, is trying to take a piece of that pie by unveiling his 12 inch $1000 Luxury Pizza at his new pizzeria Nino’s Bellissima. The luxury pizza starts with a crust baked to a golden brown over a wood-chip grill and covered generously with creme fraiche. Next goes on four different types of high quality caviar, totaling 226 grams. Layer thinly sliced fresh lobster over that, garnish with red and green caviar and smoked salmon, and finish with a round of Wasabi sauce and chives.
Orders for the luxury pizza must be placed 24 hours in advance, but delivery is free. This sounds like a clever marketing gimmick for his newly opened restaurant, but New Yorker’s do love their pizza so I guess time will tell if there really is a demand for a $1000 luxury pizza.
Annie Duke’s Old House
January 3, 2008
Professional poker player and sister of “The Professor” Howard Lederer, Annie Duke sold this 3,528 square foot house for $2,840,000. This California Spanish style Hollywood Hills home features 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms with a large guest house and large backyard with waterfalls & fountains. Annie bought this house for $2,850,000 back in 2005 when the real estate market was booming and now she sells it for a big loss considering all the realtor fees and capital gains. Hrmmm can you say busto?
Calabasas Mansion
January 1, 2008
Bought for $10,000,000 by Travis Barker of Blink 182 fame, this Calabasas Mansion sits on 1.5 acres and has a living space of 10,000 square feet. The one story newly built mansion has 7 en-suite bedrooms, 7.5 baths, guest house, home theater, game room, refrigerated wine cellar, and an outdoor entertaining pavilion complete with barbecue center, adjoining pool, spa, and rolling lawns and fountains. Calabasas is where the then newlyweds Nick and Jessica lived and filmed their MTV reality show before the house was bought by teenage real estate tycoon and Malcom in the Middle star Justin Berfield.
