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Perfect Mid-day Heist in Milan, Italy

» 26 October 2008 » In Crime, money, Style, Travel » No Comments

Perfect Mid-day Heist in Milan, Italy

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Police in Milan are investigating an unusual $1m (£628,420) robbery in the heart of the Italian fashion capital.

It was, said the victim, “a masterpiece of its kind”. It was certainly daring – in broad daylight and on one of Milan’s swankiest shopping streets.

Staff at Pederzani’s, one of the city’s exclusive jewellers, thought nothing amiss when a window cleaner went to work on the plate glass display.

Dressed in regulation overalls, he propped his ladder against the window.

But then, instead of using the bucket and squeegee to clean it, he calmly unscrewed it before scooping an estimated $1m-worth of jewels into his bucket and walking off into the Friday shopping crowd.

This is not the first audacious crime to hit Milan’s fashion district this year.

In February robbers tunneled their way into another top jeweler’s – escaping with almost $24m-worth of gems while its owners were away entertaining Hollywood stars at the Oscars.

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Thanks to The Dinnertime Bandit for sending me this.

Another example of Criminality in The Luxury Sector.

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Del Mar Fairgrounds has banned cigarette smoking

» 15 October 2008 » In Style, Travel » 3 Comments

Del Mar Fairgrounds has banned cigarette smoking

In response to complaints about marijuana use at summer concerts, the Del Mar Fairgrounds has banned cigarette smoking at the annual county fair and approved a policy allowing pat-down searches at reggae concerts.

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The new rules will not apply to the dozens of other concerts and events – including the summer horse races – held at the fairgrounds and racetrack throughout the year.

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Now I love The Del Mar Racetrack, and my family has gone here for years. But these people are killing it. This ban is just the first step in a total smoking ban. Bing Crosby is rolling over in his grave. And if they do a full smoking ban at The Del Mar Racetrack, I will just spend my summers in Monte Carlo.

They claim that “on-track season attendance dropped by 4.3 percent, to 688,097 (16,002 per day). Total handle slipped 7 percent, to $559,076,029 – the track’s lowest figure since 2002.” I was there all summer (more or less). Attendance was down at minimum 30%.

Now they are making the track more restrictive. When the only people that want to visit San Diego are broke families from Arizona and other hick bible belt spots and San Diego has no tourism dollars they will realize the stupidity of this.

Question: Where is a rich European or South American cat NOT going to go to spend $15,000 over a weekend for vacation?

A. Las Vegas
B. Miami Beach
C. San Diego

(Answer “C”)

Where is an overweight family of 5 with shorts and visors from Flagstaff or Oklahoma city or some shithole going to “splurge” $1100 for a 2 week vacation?

A. Las Vegas
B. Miami Beach
C. San Diego

(Answer “C)

More importantly:

Where is a beautiful 20 year old Estonian Model girl NOT going to go with two of her model girlfriends for a weekend of dancing, smoking cigarettes and drinking without being ID’d past 1:29am?

A. Las Vegas
B. Miami Beach
C. San Diego

(Answer “C”)

Where is a weesh middle American 25 year old girl that can’t dance and wears jeans, flip-flops and tight tops going to go to party with her equally weesh girlfriends?

A. Las Vegas
B. Miami Beach
C. San Diego

(Answer “C)

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Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown put out to Stud

» 13 October 2008 » In money, Style, Travel » 2 Comments

Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown put out to Stud

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Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown’s racing career is over after injuring his right front foot during a workout at Aqueduct on Monday.

Trainer Rick Dutrow said the 3-year-old colt, who was preparing for the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Oct. 25, appeared to kick himself while working on the turf course at Aqueduct with stablemate Kip Deville. Big Brown was able to complete the six-furlong work when Dutrow noticed blood coming out of the foot.

Though the extent of the injury is unknown, Michael Iavarone of IEAH Stables, co-owners of Big Brown, said the horse who captivated the racing world during his Triple Crown bid will not race again.

“It’s in the best interest of the horse to let him recover and move on to his breeding career,” Iavarone said.

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Too bad, I won some dough with this horse.

Big Brown, had a great career and won seven times in eight starts including dominant runs in the Derby and the Preakness.

This means the anticipated showdown with Curlin at the BC Classic will not happen.

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Miguel Caballero – Bulletproof Clothes

» 06 October 2008 » In Crime, Style » 2 Comments

Miguel Caballero – Bulletproof Clothes

I wrote before about Bulletproof jacket is High Fashion in Mexico.

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DevX sent me another great article:

Exclusive clothing boutiques line Avenida Presidente Masarik here. A Burberry coat? A Corneliani suit? A Gucci scarf? Have enough pesos, and they are yours.

But tucked on a leafy side street in the Polanco neighborhood is a shop unlike the others, one whose bustling business says much about the dire state of security in this country. At Miguel Caballero, named after its Colombian owner, all the garments are bulletproof.

There are bulletproof leather jackets and bulletproof polo shirts. Armored guayabera shirts hang next to protective windbreakers, parkas and even white ruffled tuxedo shirts. Every member of the sales staff has had to take a turn being shot while wearing one of the products, which range from a few hundred dollars to as much as $7,000, so they can attest to the efficacy of the secret fabric.

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Miguel Caballero – Bulletproof Clothes

I think I am going to pick up some Bulletproof guayabera shirts for Miami Beach and Dominican Republic this winter.

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Bulletproof jacket is High Fashion in Mexico

» 23 September 2008 » In Crime, Style » 2 Comments

Bulletproof jacket is High Fashion in Mexico

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Shopping for designer clothes in Mexico City isn’t the same as it is in other world capitals.

In the tiny Miguel Caballero boutique on a leafy side street in the Polanco district, the jackets and shirts are not stacked according to size; they are stacked according to how well they will stop a bullet from piercing your chest.

“Low” means it can protect you against a .38 Special; “medium” will allow you to survive an assault from a sub-machinegun; and “high” will give you the chance to brag about the time someone tried to take you out at point-blank range with a .44 Magnum.

Welcome to the world of high-security fashion — a lucrative market in a country where there have been almost 3,000 murders this year, along with two or three kidnappings every day.

Miguel Caballero — named after the company’s Colombian founder — sells everything from trenchcoats to dress shirts (to be worn under your dinner jacket) and leather motorcycle jackets. Customers include President Chávez of Venezuela.

The most expensive line, labelled Black, features removable bulletproof panels that are so light and flexible that you can screw them up in your hand like paper. They are also thermo-regulating, meaning that they keep your body temperature between 13C (55F) and 17C. The only downside is the expense: $7,000 (£4,000) for a single jacket with the highest level of protection.

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I need to get a few of these custom made. Things are getting dicey in this Down Economy.

Just to think, I have been cruising around Tijuana swooping girls in $7,000 non-bullet proof suits…

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