BREAKING! Rio Wins The 2016 Olympic Bid!
Here's what losing looks like....photo from an avid gofg reader at the Plaza de Oriente, Madrid.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will host the 2016 Summer Olympics. It is the first time South America will host an Olympic event. The city has budgeted $14.4 billion to the effort, the largest amount of any of the four finalist, including our President's hometown, Chicago. [via]
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Click below for a photo of the winner's reaction...
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Vassili Verrecchia Shows Off His Favorite Things In His Paris Home
While his brother, Timothee, runs the NYC office, Vassili takes on the Paris-based side of things. To gain some insight to what inspires such a creative and entrepreneurial spirit, we asked Vass to show off some of his favorite worldly and sentimental possessions in his Paris home. See where Vass's travels have taken him...
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chicagomadridriotokyo
October 3, 2009
3:36am
congrats rio..they had a very fair race..
Constant Gina
October 3, 2009
9:28pm
This is an obvious decision...who would choose Chicago over Rio De Janero?? wtf