Thought this was a pretty cool clock.
Instead of just giving you the time (here it is 20:52 or 8:52 pm), the numbers are made up of 3-7 little cars.
When a number changes, cars either drive on or off to form the new ones.
(The “whole” clock is greater than the sum of its cars, which are the “parts”.)
And then some of the drivers actually get out of the car to schmooze or maybe clean their car.
Very creative and it makes you think.
That’s a good thing. 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
This was very cool.
The first is a coffee table for the living room.
The second is half of a nice desk.
Both are made out of working Ferrari engines.
The coffee table goes for $50,000.
And the desk goes for $75,000.
I will told that this is a bargain based on what a working Ferrari engine goes for.
In a sense you can take your table for a spin around the block…LOL.
Truly the engine (and not just design of the car) is a work of art.
It merits being a centerpiece of your office or home. 😉
(Credit Photos: Andy Blumenthal)
Wow, this was some car that I saw in Florida.
Pimp my ride! LOL
Check out those awesome gold rims with this blue “oldies” car.
This was definitely a standout even down there where there are plenty of Bentleys and Lamborghinis driving around.
The owner of the car gave me a big thumbs up when I tool this photo.
Hope you enjoy and Shabbat Shalom!
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
I never knew about Cuban art until we visited Cernuda Arte gallery in Coral Gables, Florida.
They treated us like royalty and gave us a personal guided tour of two buildings filled with works by Cuban artists still at home in Cuba and here in exile.
This was better than many museums that I’ve been too.
I just want to thank the gallery owners and our guide for a wonderful showing and tell them how impressed we were with the art there.
Even while the Cuban people are repressed by their dictatorial leaders, there is so much of interest in Cuba: from their colorful colonial architecture to their cool “oldie cars”, renown cigar smokes, some pretty talented artists, and I’m sure much more.
Cuba is only 485 miles from the USA!
I pray for the freedom of the Cuban people. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Just a saying from Dr. Ferry Porsche (as in Porsche cars) that I liked:
“It has always been a principal of our company that function and beauty are inseparable.”
If you can make something useful and attractive–you have a real winner!
Companies like Porsche and Apple get it (many, many others are clueless).
Product development is both art and science and therein lay the foundations of their success or failure. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
So we stopped in this gallery in Palm Beach.
And there lay this piece of “art”.
Well, I’m not sure–is this really art?
The proprietor explained that this is made up of scrap pieces of metal from the garbage dump like from old discarded automobiles.
The artist welded the garbage together, painted it, and voila there it is–some very pricey art.
Who pricey you ask.
Take a guess.
No really.
No, you’re too low.
Try again.
No, you’re still too low.
Not even in the ballpark.
Okay, I’ll tell you, but only because you asked so nicely.
It starts with a 95.
No, not $9,500.
No, not $95,000 either.
That’s right $950,000!!!
All this “art” can be yours if the price is right.
Can anyone say “irrational exuberance” again? 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Wow, just loved this new Aston Martin called the Valkyrie!
If I had a spare $2.6 million laying around that no one needed, I’d definitely get one of these.
1,000 horsepower, V-12 engine, and they fit the car to you, literally!
“It’s a carbon fiber rocket” with an assisted electric motor for the environmentally conscious.
Here’s a link to some awesome images of this gorgeous “hypercar” (which reminds me of Elon Musk’s Hyperloop and it’s a thousand time better looking than the Tesla).
Fast, futuristic, performance, stylish, and sleek as can be.
I almost want to photoshop a picture of myself in the diver’s seat with a huge smile on my face as I wave and say see you later. 😉
(Source Photo: Aston Martin)
So we’re in the mall, and right when you walk through the doors is a car in the entrance hall.
This one is a lovely two-tone 2016 Rolls Royce.
At just a measly $384,025!
Honestly, the car looked awesome.
This was no Hyundai or Yugo.
The thing looked like a tank of art on wheels.
What is amazing is that such an expensive car is on display in the mall…I mean who is the demographic they are trying to appeal to for this?
Well maybe it’s not that bad, since another sign advertises a lease option for just $3,469 per month plus tax for 48 months with $30,000 due at signing…so that still runs you over $50K per year to drive this thing.
Well I guess if you earnings millions, what’s the big deal anyway!
And out of curiosity, as of 2009, almost a quarter million IRS filings (people and households) show earning of that much or more…nice for them, huh. 😉
(Source Photos: Andy Blumenthal)
Very cool solution to flash flooding called Topmix Permeable by Tarmac (a U.K. sustainable building materials company).
The concrete literally drinks up hundreds of gallons of water.
Where the heck does all the water go?
If you’re walking, no more soggy shoes and pant’s bottoms.
If your driving, even more important is the potential life-saving element for about 75 people that die in vehicles every year when they try get caught in the vehicles in flash flood conditions.
Also, many potential accidents, injuries, and deaths could be averted by people whose car’s go hydroplaning on wet road surfaces.
Finally, think how transportation would be faster and more efficient (with less traffic) from better road conditions with innovations like this.
With this new material on our roads and some added heat elements to prevent snow and ice, we got some darn good road-safety going on. 😉
Love this photo of the Orange Porsche epecially at this cool angle.
Ok, this is not a Mad Max black muscle car.
More like a Fast and Furious action racing vehicle.
When I saw this car in front of the new Pike and Rose in North Bethesda (gorgeous by the way), I thought this is becoming more like Miami than typical Washington, D.C.
Aside from the cars, the upscale dining, shopping, and iPic movie theatre (with luxurious reclining plush chairs and alcoholic drinks) has brought this area to a whole new level.
Mad Max eat your heart out or perhaps those of your post-apocalyptic adversaries. 😉
(Source Photo: Dannielle Blumenthal)
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