And you are here why?

Yes, its a " Water Cafe ", where you can "Blend your own water". God bless the 1%... (located at 295 East 10th Street) Update : They, sadly, no longer sell insanely expensive tap water - I guess even the 1% aren't that stupid.  Then again, they should probably move to Brooklyn?) Update2 : Aaaand, here we go.  The perfect parody - "Handcrafted Water" The Timmy Brothers – Water Makers from Paul Riccio on Vimeo .

Remember this ?  Bloomberg Pursuits - the magazine for the insanely wealthy?  As I'd said before And then you have Bloomberg's entry in this league - Bloomberg Pursuits . Its aimed at the discerning tastes of the top 375,000 of us, and in case you might have been concerned, they aren't " worried that the conspicuous consumption celebrated in the magazine might seem tone-deaf ". Speaking for myself, I say Bring it On! .  What this world needs is a couple more magazines celebrating conspicuous consumption - after all, one can never have enough stories about $32,000 birthday parties for kids! I may have been snarky back then, but it turns out the joke is on me.  Adweek reports that they are going to double the frequency of publishing The issue sold 30 pages including Brioni and Zegna—in the dead of January, no less. That convinced   Markets   publisher Michael Dukmejian that he should double the frequency of   Pursuits   to four issue...

I'm all for people making tons of money. Heck, I, personally, would love to have pots-o-moolah, and being a big believer in the Hope is a Strategy school of philosophy, religiously buy a lottery ticket every time I end up in a place that is selling lottery tickets (which translates to, oh, one a month or so). In fact, all things being equal, I'm even ok with you having gobs-o-cash, 'cos afterall, I'm a charitable guy :-) But come on people , if you are one of the 0.1% or better, please, please do not act holier than thou flaunt it act as if you had something to do with it (unless you are Steve Jobs or Warren Buffet) most importantly, pretend that you are actually doing some social good by being Mr. Moneybags.  This is doubly true if you are part of the Financial system Exhibit (A) is the puff-piece on Edward Conard in the NY Times Sunday Magazine , which has clearly replaces Sorkin with someone who is even better at fellating Wall-Street (Adam Davidson...