….I would do the following: well, I don’t know what I would do. If I leave it as is, I could live off of the interest. Or I could spend some and then use the remaining amount for steady interest income. The major dilemma is that a million dollars just does not go as far as it used to go and that if I were to live in the New York City area, that is doubly true. So, its almost impossible for me to day dream about winning a million dollars without being practical and thus ruining the day dream. However, if I won $100,000,000 within the first 180 days of my campaign as a plain old super filthy rich individual I would do the following:
Buy a Classic 8 apartment that is on 5th Avenue, in front of Central Park and near the Met.
Buy a duplex loft apartment in the West Village, East Village or SoHo (as of yet to be determined) so I can hang DT.
Buy a house somewhere cold so I can go skiing whenever I feel like it.
Buy a house somewhere warm so I can go to the beach whenever I feel like it.
Buy a Saab or Suburu sports wagon.
Buy a Cadillac V16.
Buy first editons of every Tolkien, Hemingway and King book published for my library (which will be housed uptown, by the museums naturally).
Create a tremendous music collection consisting of thousands of albums by hundreds of artists, digitize the entire thing and then keep it on a dedicated server so that my collection can be streamed into any apartment/house. This way, I can listen to my music whenever and wherever I so choose.
Ensure T1 connections for all of my residential properties.
Ensure every residence is as eco-friendly as possible. Use plenty of solar cells on every outside surface to create my own power. Plant grass on the roof to help reduce the CO2 in the atmosphere. Buy some books, read more about this subject and inact the smartest recommendations.
Buy a mint Don Mattingly rookie card from every manufacturer, buy a mint replica jersey, meet Mr. Mattingly, have a picture taken with him, have him autograph the picture and then frame all of these items together
Give Jessie enough money to open a restaurant, outfit every domicile with the latest and greatest kitchen equipment and hire a top ranked chef (like Jean-George) to give her cooking lessons whenever she feels like it. NOTE: Money given not to exceed $5,000,000.
Commision George DeStefano to paint, decorate and provide artwork for all of my residences.
Start a PAC that has Libertarian, Fiscally Responsible, Multilateral foreign policy and Tech savvy views that is focused on keeping America the most forward thinking nation on the planet. Hire Erik Neu to run it.
Start a hedge fund and install Eric Baum as its administrator. Hire Greg to the executive committee.
Somewhat relatedly, hire Eric Baum to manage all my personal assets. Hire Sara to prepare my taxes.
Hire Jason to write the screenplay, produce and direct the film adaptation of “A Semester In the Life of a Garbage Can.”
Buy Sara and Martin a dog kennel and install Patton as the company’s figurehead president.
Sponsor an eco-advernture racing team for Amos and Roseann.
Finance and produce (in part) a broadway play and hire Amy to design and create the set while also handling singing duty in the ensemble.
Do something extremely nice for every relative who has ever done something nice for me or Jessie (if talking about ‘Farb relatives) – no amount of “please, no, this is embarrassing” will prevent me from sparing no expense in giving these gifts. For example, despite all protests I will buy a horse racetrack for my grandfather.
Go to Toys-R-Us, have Jessie hold a stop watch, set it for 5 minutes and then run though the store, thowing everything that I could ever want into cart within the time allotted thus fulfilling on my lifelong dream do what all those who win the Nickelodeon Great Toy Grab contest get to do.
Get 4 tickets for every future Phish show. Give 2 to Michele and Keith. Keep 2 for me and Jessie. Give Jessie’s ticket to a friend if she doesn’t want to go.
Buy season tickets for the Jets and Yankees. Give all the tickets I do not want to use or will not use to high-school student achievers.
Have Mike become my personal shopper so that I can add tons of black Euro zipper shirts to my wardrobe.
Finally get a dog, specifically one that “is cool and does not suck.” Make sure that I walk him enough so that he likes me more than the dog walker.