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  • Citizen Bruno, Unbound

    21 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The federal trial of the former State Senate leader Joseph L. Bruno has put a new light on the way he ran legislative affairs in Albany for 14 years.

  • Let’s Take It Outside

    21 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Unlike rival small-claims shows, “Street Court” goes right to the dispute’s heart, bathroom or front lawn.

  • Getting Into Shakespeare, No Memorizing Required

    21 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Teaching artists from the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival go to schools to share their expertise and make students think about how to portray characters.

  • Holiday Meals, Ghostwritten

    21 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Christina’s Epicure will assemble your entire holiday feast for you, or, if you prefer, just portions of it.

  • Studio in Stony Brook, Heart in the Desert

    21 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The Staller Center honors Mel Pekarsky, a retired professor who has specialized in the dry beauty of the American Southwest.
 
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  • Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacks

    ASSOCIATED PRESS
    21 Nov 2009 | 3:17 am
    ROME — Italian police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani father and son accused of helping fund and providing logistical support for last year’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, authorities said. The two were arrested in an early morning raid in Br...

  • 42 dead, 66 trapped in Chinese mine explosion

    ASSOCIATED PRESS
    21 Nov 2009 | 3:15 am
    BEIJING — A gas explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 42 people and leaving 66 others trapped underground as rescuers worked hastily to save them. China’s mines are the world’s deadliest, and the blast s...

  • Bishops raising holy hell on abortion

    By CARL CAMPANILE
    21 Nov 2009 | 3:10 am
    President Obama’s effort to reform the health-care system could blow up in a holy war with the nation’s Catholic bishops over the historically hot-button issue of abortion. The Catholic Church claims the Senate bill introduced by Majority Leader Har...

  • Albany threatened with credit crunch

    By FREDRIC U. DICKER
    21 Nov 2009 | 3:08 am
    ALBANY — Moody’s Investors Service warned yesterday that New York will likely see its bond rating cut and its “stable outlook” downgraded if it doesn’t get behind Gov. Paterson’s effort to cut state spending. The credit-rating agency, in a statement...

  • Wrong-guy 'killer' freed

    21 Nov 2009 | 3:03 am
    Calling his hard-won freedom “more surreal than Salvador Dali,” a man declared innocent after nearly 20 years behind bars for a Manhattan murder was released yesterday, at least for now. Fernando Bermudez might still have to serve time for an unrela...
 
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  • 'Project Runway' taps native New Yorker as winner - Chicago Tribune

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:01 am
    Us Magazine'Project Runway' taps native New Yorker as winnerChicago TribuneThe three had shown their collections back in February during fashion week in New York's Bryant Park. In the end, the wait was worth it for New York New York designer wins Project RunwayThe Associated Press"Project Runway" Season Finale Airs After Legal DisputeABC NewsProject Runway Winner Irina Shabayeva: "I Can't Believe I Won"Us Magazineall 339 news articles »

  • Glen Andresen's Five Takeaways vs. New York - NHL.com

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:34 pm
    The Associated PressGlen Andresen's Five Takeaways vs. New YorkNHL.comTonight, he looks back at a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders. Owen Nolan scored a highlight reel goal last week in Tampa Bay by doing some dancing and Wild 3, New York Islanders 2; 'Cowboy' scores twoMinneapolis Star TribuneMinnesota Wild vs. New York Islanders: Game RecapHockey and Wilderness (blog)New York Islanders (8-6-7) at Minnesota Wild (7-12-2), 8 pmMiamiHerald.comMVN.com -CBSSports.comall 210 news articles »

  • In Defense of New York - New York Times

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:01 pm
    New York TimesIn Defense of New YorkNew York TimesMonday, he took a swipe at Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City for saying that the city could handle the security for the trial of 9/11 mastermind Michael Winship: New York's Tough Enough for Terrorist TrialsBuzzFlashall 7 news articles »

  • About New York - New York Times

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:18 pm
    New York Daily NewsAbout New YorkNew York TimesAs a legislator, Mr. Bruno led a party that is in the minority in New York State but was in the majority in the State Senate, weaving the protective web of Defense Rests in Bruno Corruption TrialWNYCBruno Defense Rests, Jury Could Begin Deliberations MondayWXXIMeeting Mr. Trump, and Paying the PriceNew York Times (blog)all 49 news articles »

  • Sheikh Mohammed Trial in New York: Real Trial or Show? - Washington Informer

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    MiamiHerald.comSheikh Mohammed Trial in New York: Real Trial or Show?Washington InformerNEW YORK (NNPA) - US Attorney General Eric Holder announced on November 13 that the trial of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Rome v. New YorktheTrumpet.comThe absurdity of trying 9/11 terrorists in New York CityThe Hill9/11 trial a death penalty test for NYC juriesThe Associated PressHouma Courier -Las Vegas Sun -NPRall 1,917 news articles »
 
 
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  • Citizen Bruno, Unbound

    21 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The federal trial of the former State Senate leader Joseph L. Bruno has put a new light on the way he ran legislative affairs in Albany for 14 years.

  • Let’s Take It Outside

    21 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Unlike rival small-claims shows, “Street Court” goes right to the dispute’s heart, bathroom or front lawn.

  • Getting Into Shakespeare, No Memorizing Required

    21 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Teaching artists from the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival go to schools to share their expertise and make students think about how to portray characters.

  • Holiday Meals, Ghostwritten

    21 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Christina’s Epicure will assemble your entire holiday feast for you, or, if you prefer, just portions of it.

  • Studio in Stony Brook, Heart in the Desert

    21 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The Staller Center honors Mel Pekarsky, a retired professor who has specialized in the dry beauty of the American Southwest.
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  • Business Associate: NY's Bruno Hired For Contacts

    21 Nov 2009 | 5:25 am
    Prosecutors ended their case against former state Senate leader Joseph Bruno with testimony from a friend and business associate who said he hired the longtime Republican lawmaker as a consultant for his contacts and the credibility he lent. Bruno faces eight fraud counts in a trial that has lasted three weeks and is expected to reach the jury Monday. He's accused of using his state influence to enrich himself and deny New Yorkers his honest services. Technology investor Jared Abbruzzese, testifying with immunity from prosecution except perjury, said Bruno first approached him about…

  • Not All Docs Agree With Pap Smear Recommendations

    21 Nov 2009 | 5:11 am
    Two days after a controversial change in mammogram guidelines, there's another suggestion for women to reduce cancer screenings. This time, it's pap smears, which detect cervical cancers. It's part of a yearly exam with a gynecologist, and it detects infections, abnormal cervical cells, and even cervical dangers. Now new guidelines advise that women can delay having their first pap test and many more can wait longer to go back for follow-up screenings.

  • NYC Judge Allows New 'Green' Taxi Lease Rates

    21 Nov 2009 | 4:58 am
    A judge has ruled that the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission has the authority to use taxicab lease rates to encourage the purchase of hybrid and clean diesel taxis. State Court Justice Jane Solomon also ruled that the TLC can set lease rates based on policy considerations. A group of taxi fleet owners had challenged the new lease rules, saying it did not take into consideration taxi owner costs.

  • Police Arrest Suspect In Fatal Stabbing On Subway

    21 Nov 2009 | 4:51 am
    One man is dead after a fight on a subway car Saturday morning. Police said two men got into an argument on the D train when one of them pulled a knife. The victim was stabbed several times in the face and neck. The suspect was arrested at the station at 53rd and 7th avenue. Investigators said it appeared the two men did not know each other. They have not released the names of the people involved.

  • NY Police Arrest Man In Deaths Of Mother, Daughter

    21 Nov 2009 | 4:37 am
    Police in New York have arrested a man in connection with the stabbing deaths of a woman and her 12-year-old daughter in their home in Geneva. Geneva Police officials said John Edward Brown, of Palmyra, was arrested on charges of murder and parole violation. Police say the bodies of 34-year-old Helen Buchel and her daughter, Brittany Passalacqua, were found dead of knife wounds.
 
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    Curbed NY

  • CurbedWire: Harlem's Vicious Circle, Williamsburg's Anticipated Sequel

    Joey
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:40 pm
    HARLEM—Now that Frederick Douglass Boulevard has been dubbed Harlem's Gold Coast, it's time for folks to lodge their complaints! Writes one reader about the long-in-the-works Frederick Douglass Circle street project at the NW corner of Central Park that occasionally almost wraps up: "It's been 6 years and I'd like to know what they accomplished in those 6 years. As for me, in those 6 years, I bought 2 condo units, got married, traveled across Russia, got a dog and cat, completed a few work related projects in Africa, had a baby, and got a masters degree and PhD. I also saw at least 10…

  • Linkage: A New Park for Park Slope, Riverdale Condos Going On The Block

    Sara
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:30 pm
    [Photo by Will Femia] · Somebody's getting the paper delivered at E2E4 [EVG] · Park Slope's J.J. Byrne Park revealed! [Brownstoner] · Still board to death: model's husband says building staffers are just jealous [NYDN] · Columnist: "wholesale gentrification deadens" [NYT] · Units at Riverdale's Solaria to hit the block Sunday [WSJ] · What it's like to meet with Donald Trump [NYT] · Greenpoint's Viridian is two-thirds rented [Brownstoner] · New York City's $2 million "ghetto" apartments [BU]

  • Comment of the Day: "I do not throw compliments around...

    Joey
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:13 pm
    "I do not throw compliments around often regarding home interiors but damn, this spot is stunning. Those floors, that light, the space. Drool worthy indeed. To the new owner, if you happen to be a single female in search of an exceptional single man, do say hello. xoxo"—royal.77 [Bond Street Beauty Adds Pool to Penthouse]

  • Eater Tastings: Where To Go For Thanksgiving Dinner, Threats to the New York Slice

    Sara
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:46 pm
    This week's top dish from Eater, Curbed's restaurant, bar, and nightlife blog... [Crosby Connection's new t-shirt design, via Eater] 1) New York City: A week in advance, Eater files a list of 20 places with reservations still available for Thanksgiving dinner. 2) MePa: The Department of Health may be out to get the New York slice. The owner of Gaslight Pizzeria received a warning not to serve reheated pizza slices from the display case, but only a few pizzerias are popular enough to avoid having to do so. Is DOH out to thin the pizzeria ranks? 3) Hell's Kitchen: Two Red Mango, one in Hell's…

  • Lawsuits: $100M Rector Square Lawsuit Names Developer, Manager, Shvo

    Joey
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:16 pm
    The poor unfortunate souls who bought into Battery Park City's Rector Square are mad as hell, and they're not going to take it anymore! Well, everyone except Augusten Burroughs, that is. He's still cool with the place. A group of 45 unit buyers have filed a $100 million lawsuit against the parties involved in the failed/abandoned/foreclosed/auctioned condo conversion, our sixth most frightening building in NYC. The Real Deal has the details, and they're fairly epic. Here's who the Battery Park City Hell Building buyers are going after, and why: 1) Yair Levy: The bucket-swinging developer is…
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    nymag.com: Real Estate

  • Fame Slept Here

    8 Nov 2009 | 7:04 pm
    A look inside the Lindbergh's Connecticut cottage.

  • Playing to the House

    8 Nov 2009 | 7:04 pm
    Theater fans, this is your week for real-estate shopping.

  • Fake Buyers Are Back!

    8 Nov 2009 | 7:04 pm
    At open houses, at least the perpetual shoppers are returning.

  • The Open-House Log

    1 Nov 2009 | 6:30 pm
    Q&A with browsers at an Upper West Side open house.

  • The Real Park Slope Co-op

    1 Nov 2009 | 6:29 pm
    Do you like your neighbors? Do you wish you knew their names? Would you want to make dinners with them, live with your door open, and vote on every group decision using a system of color-coded cards? These friendly people are building New York’s first co-housing community. Care to join them?
 
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  • Lower Prices and Buyer Demand

    12 Nov 2009 | 5:34 pm
    The Corcoran Report Manhattan Market Snapshot (survey of Corcoran's own signed contracts)Manhattan listed available inventory has decreased 24% since its peak in March 2009 and is now just above 9,300 units. Available inventory is at its lowest level in almost two years. This number does not include “shadow”, or unlisted and unsold, new development units.Prices are down sharply versus the peak about a year and a half ago. The median price of all properties (condos and co-ops) has decreased 22% from its peak in April 2008, falling from $972,500 to $755,000.Median price per square foot…

  • Tax Credit Extended To Include More Home Buyers

    7 Nov 2009 | 10:32 am
    President Obama signed an extension for first time buyers and a new bill. The new bill includes an incentive for current home owners as well. The government will offer those buyers a credit of up to $6,500 as long as they've lived in their home for five of the past eight years.The credit can only be claimed on primary residences purchased for less than $800,000 as long as they use the property as their primary residence for three or more years after the purchase. Buyers don't have to pay it back. Buyers can claim the credit on their 2009 taxes, even if the purchase was made in 2010 by filing…

  • Loan Limit and Home Buyer Tax Credit Extended

    2 Nov 2009 | 8:32 am
    The House and Senate approved a continuing resolution including a provision to extend current FHA loan limits through next year.The Senate announced they have agreed to an extension of the $8000 first-time home buyer tax credit through April 30, 2010. The tax credit was set to expire November 30, 2010.The provision would keep in place current conforming loan limits of $625,000 ($729,750 in Manhattan and designated high-cost areas). Without approval from the Senate, those limits will expire December 31.Manhattan Real Estate - nyc BLOG estate http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

  • $8,000 Homebuyer Tax Credit May Be Extended

    21 Oct 2009 | 8:43 am
    Bloomberg News reports that Senate Banking Committe Chairman Christopher Dodd is pushing to extend and expand the $8000 home buyer tax credit that is scheduled to expire next month.Senator Dodd from Connecticut and Senator Isakson from Georgia are urging colleagues to extend the credit through next June and expand it to all couples earning $300,000 or less.The Mortgage Bankers, National Association of REALTORS and National Association of Homebuilders are all backing the extension.Manhattan Real Estate - nyc BLOG estate http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

  • 30-Year Fixed Rate Still Below 5 Percent

    19 Oct 2009 | 12:58 pm
    In its Primary Mortgage Market Survey for the week ending October 15, 2009, Freddie Mac reported that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 4.92 percent with an average 0.7 point, up from last week when it averaged 4.87 percent. In the Northeast, the 30-year FRM averaged 4.92 percent.To read the entire Freddie Mac press release, click here.Manhattan Real Estate - nyc BLOG estate http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
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  • NY designers look to LA - Los Angeles Times

    21 Nov 2009 | 2:58 am
    Los Angeles TimesNY designers look to LALos Angeles TimesMore New York City designers are drawn to Los Angeles for the creativity and freedom the city offers. By Nora Zelevansky >>> In Henri Bendel's new accessory and more »

  • In Defense of New York - New York Times

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:01 pm
    New York TimesIn Defense of New YorkNew York TimesBut questioning whether New York City can handle the trial is an insult. (By the way, what's with this business of the mayor's daughter being kidnapped? and more »

  • NFL | Neck injury sidelines Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce - Seattle Times

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:51 pm
    New York Daily NewsNFL | Neck injury sidelines Giants linebacker Antonio PierceSeattle TimesLinebacker Antonio Pierce, who is the defensive captain of the New York Giants, is out indefinitely after an MRI exam Friday revealed a bulging disk in his Giants Linebacker Antonio Pierce Sidelined With Neck InjuryBloombergGiants LB Pierce out indefinitely with neck injuryForbesall 271 news articles »

  • Treasury Two-Year Note Yields Drop to Year Low on Risk Reversal - Bloomberg

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:26 pm
    Treasury Two-Year Note Yields Drop to Year Low on Risk ReversalBloomberg“Investors are trying to lock in a good year and are reversing risk positions,” said Michael Pond, an interest-rate strategist in New York at Barclays Plc, Sellers Scuttle Treasury Rally Before $118 Bln SupplyWall Street JournalTreasury prices drop, yields inch off lowsForbesShort-Term Treasurys Hang On; Market Eyeing AuctionsWall Street JournalWall Street Journal -Wall Street Journal -Wall Street Journalall 171 news articles »

  • Business Briefs - Charleston Post Courier

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:22 pm
    Boston GlobeBusiness BriefsCharleston Post CourierNEW YORK -- The stock market ended a down week with light selling as investors grew uneasy about a rising dollar and spiking demand for the safest US Stocks Remain Lower As Dell, Trichet Prompt Move To SafetyWall Street JournalUS STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St dips as semiconductors weighForbesWall Street closes lower as investors lose risk appetiteNational Business ReviewWall Street Journal -Wall Street Journal -Wall Street Journalall 3,333 news articles »
 
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  • 9/11 "circus trials" in NY: $100 million for what purpose? - Examiner.com

    21 Nov 2009 | 2:13 am
    MiamiHerald.com9/11 "circus trials" in NY: $100 million for what purpose?Examiner.com try five of the 9/11 terrorists in New York City. Put aside reason like partisan politics, possible revenge on the Bush/Cheney Administration, whatever. Exclusive: Oval Office Watch – Saturday, November 21Family Security MattersRome v. New YorktheTrumpet.comObama's vendettaToledo BladeCBS News -FOXNews -Agoravox (blog)all 1,917 news articles »

  • A look at politics in 23rd district - Albany Times Union

    21 Nov 2009 | 2:02 am
    The Moderate VoiceA look at politics in 23rd districtAlbany Times UnionThe concept in this election is what the voters in the 23rd Congressional District feel, not what New York state voters feel. I guarantee that the political Commentary: Conservatives more concerned with winning than helpingNevada Appealall 77 news articles »

  • Catholic Church pushes, and some push back - Boston Globe

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:09 pm
    Catholic Church pushes, and some push backBoston GlobeSo the New York Democrat was stunned recently to receive, for the first time, a letter from a Catholic diocese in western New York, demanding that she and more »

  • Letters: Sarah Palin's new book - Houston Chronicle

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:25 pm
    ABC NewsLetters: Sarah Palin's new bookHouston ChronicleAccording to the article, Palin and her daughter spent four nights in New York at a $700 per night hotel on a trip that cost a total of $3000, including air Politics Today: Sarah Palin Book Tour Set to BeginCBS NewsGOP watch: Don't call it a comeback?msnbc.comPalin's payback to mccain campaignInland Empire NewsRushLimbaugh.com (subscription) -Huffington Post (blog) -Huffington Post (blog)all 5,535 news articles »

  • Paterson threatens big budget cuts - 7Online.com

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:43 pm
    New York Daily NewsPaterson threatens big budget cuts7Online.comNew York -- Governor Paterson is threatening another round of grim budget cuts to help eliminate the state's $3 billion deficit. New York state legislators must make lasting budget cuts nowThe Post-Standard - Syracuse.comPaterson, Lazio in NY-Gov Race. Cuomo, Giuliani WaitHuman Events (blog)Paterson To Media: Stop Coming Between Me And Obama »New York Daily NewsRushLimbaugh.com (subscription) -RealClearPolitics (blog) -Huffington Post (blog)all 532 news articles »
 
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  • At Last!!! Good News For the North Country!!!

    larryk12309
    21 Nov 2009 | 12:35 am
    Image via Wikipedia It’s always a pleasure to share some good news when there’s progress on a story I’ve been following. At long last the powers that be have pulled their heads out of the sand to do something significant regarding the closure of the Champlain bridge. For a while it just seemed like everything was going downhill fast.  They said they were going to fix the old bridge.  Then it turned out those repairs would only be good for five years.  So they decided they’d have to replace the old bridge at a cost of 67 million and take two years to do it.  (Sorry…

  • Bloomberg wins with the fewest votes since 1917

    shannong11
    5 Nov 2009 | 7:39 am
    Another lukewarm election just like the primary earlier this fall. What does it mean for an elected official who wins with such a small percentage of the population voting? And even more, what does it mean for the candidate that loses…

  • Another World, Another Location

    larryk12309
    4 Nov 2009 | 3:16 pm
    Image via Wikipedia Yesterday was a day filled with some good news, some bad news, and some really good news.  First the bad news.  My one horse in yesterdays race lost by over fifteen hundred votes.  -From The Daily Gazette “Dominic Dagostino, a Conservative running with the Democratic backing, captured the position of Schenectady County sheriff Tuesday night by more than 1,000 votes in unofficial results. Dagostino, 43, defeated Joseph Lazzari, a member of the Independence Party running on the Republican line. The sheriff’s race was the only contested countywide race.” Now…

  • The View From Below the 23rd and Real Change

    larryk12309
    3 Nov 2009 | 3:11 am
    Schenectady NY where I live is about 100 miles to the south of the infamous NY-23rd Congressional district.  My TV market barely reaches it via cable and arrays that look like cell phone towers next to people’s houses. But that’s enough to make it all the buzz around here.  In a way though it’s almost surreal with all the national attention this race is getting.  We’re talking about a part of New York that if it weren’t for the mountains to the south and the international boundary to the north you might think you were in Nebraska.  That’s how remote…

  • The Brooklyn What Runs for Brooklyn Borough President

    delarue
    2 Nov 2009 | 9:59 am
    With election day 2009 approaching, and no viable option on the ballot for those who are dissatisfied with Marty Markowitz, The Brooklyn What wishes to make formal its write-in campaign for the office of Borough President of Brooklyn, NY. The local, Brooklyn raised punk rock band has been running informally since summer 2007, when lead singer Jamie Frey and guitarist Evan O’Donnell encountered current Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz at a concert in Coney Island, and informed him that they were not interested in the planned Nets arena in Prospect Heights. “Marty took one look at…
 
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  • Trying Question

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:56 pm
    Why putting Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on trial downtown is the right thing for the U.S.—and the city. (And if Rudy were still U.S. prosecutor, he’d agree.)

  • The Obama Diaspora

    15 Nov 2009 | 7:31 pm
    When Barack Obama’s half-brother George releases his autobiography early next year, he may transition from Kenyan bad boy to best-selling author. How are the fellow members of the far-flung First Family adjusting to their sudden associative celebrity?

  • Bloomberg’s Yankees

    9 Nov 2009 | 1:47 pm
    The happy price of victory.

  • Sucking Sound

    8 Nov 2009 | 7:04 pm
    Tuesday’s groundswells were less about a GOP renaissance than the return of the Perotistas.

  • Rockwell Republicanism

    8 Nov 2009 | 7:04 pm
    Huckabee’s buzz.
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    Village Voice: Runnin Scared

  • Nuthin' But a G Thang: A Dispatch from the First, and Best, Miss G Train Pageant

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:20 pm
    The City Reliquary is a small, unassuming Williamsburg storefront with a strand of carnival lights across the awning. The museum space itself is about the size of a LES bedroom, and is ...

  • Jockbeat: Giants at a Crucial Juncture

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:03 pm
    As the Giants get ready for a crucial four games that will probably seal their fate for the 2009 season -- the Falcons this Sunday in the Meadowlands, the Broncos at Denver, then the Cowboy...

  • Suspicious Package at Penn Station; False Alarm

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:57 pm
    Twitpic via commutershow. Suspicious package (blue dot above) at Penn Station. Seventh Avenue passageway shut down, east side of station closed. Dogs brought in. False alarm. Everyone ba...

  • Cheek, In Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:31 am
    Kristen Stewart, New Moon premiere. Twitpic via KriisStewart_. Our Man of the Week is Rudolph Giuliani. He started off with confused but belligerent comments about the KSM trial, making ...

  • Au Revoir Oprah

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:48 am
    One of the benefits of this gig is, we can avoid direct contact with traumatic events like the emotional announcement by Oprah Winfrey that she is ending her show this season, and instead ...
 
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  • Remembering The Jim McGreevey Experience

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:30 pm
    There were so many deliciously squalid layers to the 2004 Jim McGreevey scandal, from the sexual harassment threats to the TGIF three-ways, and I think it was downright heroic of me to sum...

  • See Madonna's Boy Toy In Person!

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am
    Jesus Luz, the comely young Brazilian whom Madonna has taken under her wondrous wing, is going places. To the Maritime Hotel's Hiro ballroom, to be precise. ...

  • Which Movies Are Terribly Underrated?

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:30 am
    I'll tell you some I feel deserve better reps. *The Sound of Music Yes, I know the 1965 musical won Oscars and made shitloads of money, but some critics (and costar Christopher Plummer) lo...

  • Out Magazine Responds To Adam Lambert's Response!

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:24 am
    Let's recap: Out magazine blew the whistle on Adam Lambert's handlers for various demands they made so that he wouldn't come across "too gay" in the magazine. Lambert fired back with remar...

  • Songs That Evoke Places in Your Life

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:00 am
    Ever hear an old song and get instantly transported to a particular place in the cobwebs of your mind, whether it be your first bar or the restaurant your boyfriend dumped you at between co...
 
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  • Yanks prospect moved to 40-man roster

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:05 pm
    Outfielder and top Yankee prospect Austin Jackson was one of seven players added to the 40-man roster Friday, protecting them from being selected in next month's Rule5 Draft.

  • Losing Matsui is risky business for Yanks

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:05 pm
    Hideki Matsui is a free agent and wants to return, but do the Yankees risk losing more than just a slugger if they do not re-sign him? Is possibly keeping him purely about baseball or is it a decision that strays into the Yankees' global business interests, too?

  • Contract showdown looms for Yanks, Jeter

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:18 pm
    If Brian Cashman thinks he's got his hands full figuring out what to do with free-agent fan favorites Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui and Andy Pettitte, imagine what he'll face next year when Derek Jeter's contract expires.

  • Agent: Japan isn't option for Matsui

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:14 pm
    Hideki Matsui may or may not return to the Yankees next season, but according to his agent, the World Series MVP won't be heading back to his native Japan to play in 2010.

  • Boras sees Damon as one for ages

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:14 pm
    Although Johnny Damon has told friends that he would take a shorter deal to remain in pinstripes, agent Scott Boras didn't sound intent on settling for a one- or two-year contract.
 
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  • Yanks prospect moved to 40-man roster

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:05 pm
    Outfielder and top Yankee prospect Austin Jackson was one of seven players added to the 40-man roster Friday, protecting them from being selected in next month's Rule5 Draft.

  • Losing Matsui is risky business for Yanks

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:05 pm
    Hideki Matsui is a free agent and wants to return, but do the Yankees risk losing more than just a slugger if they do not re-sign him? Is possibly keeping him purely about baseball or is it a decision that strays into the Yankees' global business interests, too?

  • Contract showdown looms for Yanks, Jeter

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:18 pm
    If Brian Cashman thinks he's got his hands full figuring out what to do with free-agent fan favorites Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui and Andy Pettitte, imagine what he'll face next year when Derek Jeter's contract expires.

  • Agent: Japan isn't option for Matsui

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:14 pm
    Hideki Matsui may or may not return to the Yankees next season, but according to his agent, the World Series MVP won't be heading back to his native Japan to play in 2010.

  • Boras sees Damon as one for ages

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:14 pm
    Although Johnny Damon has told friends that he would take a shorter deal to remain in pinstripes, agent Scott Boras didn't sound intent on settling for a one- or two-year contract.
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  • Castillo's fate key to moves

    19 Nov 2009 | 7:10 pm
    On the shopping list for the Mets: a catcher to replace Brian Schneider; a power upgrade in left field; a second baseman if Luis Castillo can be traded; rotation help; an eighth-inning reliever, and a second lefthander in the bullpen.

  • Harper: Wally may manage to motivate Manuel

    17 Nov 2009 | 10:02 pm
    The Mets did the right thing in bringing Wally Backman back to the organization after all these years. And Jerry Manuel will have much more to worry about when he goes into the 2010 season on a short leash.

  • Wally takes over Cyclones as rumors follow

    17 Nov 2009 | 9:52 pm
    Wally Backman, who was introduced Tuesday as manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones, allegedly angled to replace Manuel while the Mets skipper held the same position with the White Sox six years ago. Backman vehemently denied the charge.

  • Pro-Arab group rips Citi Field fete

    16 Nov 2009 | 10:12 pm
    The bloody struggle between the Jews and Palestinians has moved to a local battleground - Citi Field.

  • Mets' eyes on durable hurler Pineiro

    16 Nov 2009 | 7:00 pm
    The Mets, in search of an innings-eater to stabilize their rotation, are particularly intrigued by free-agent Joel Pineiro, according to a team insider. Pineiro had 15 wins with the Cardinals in 2009, one shy of the career high.
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  • Inside the pinstripes: Part four

    Bryan Hoch
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:34 pm
    Jogging out for the final inning of our eight-game Fantasy Camp schedule, I checked in with our center fielder, Peter Tsebeilis, and we both agreed. Neither of us could believe that the finish line was already here.

  • Yankees finalize 40-man roster

    Anthony DiComo
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:45 pm
    Moving to protect their Minor Leaguers from the upcoming Rule 5 Draft, the Yankees shifted seven players onto their 40-man roster late Friday afternoon.

  • Fall Classic memorabilia at Hall of Fame

    Alden Gonzalez
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:10 am
    Artifacts from baseball's most memorable moments from this past postseason -- one that saw the Yankees notch their 27th World Series championship -- have been put on display at the Autumn Glory exhibit at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y.

  • Dunn, Kennedy shine in AFL stint

    Anthony DiComo
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:50 am
    The Arizona Fall League, if nothing else, opens eyes. Strong performances in the desert can lead to big reputations -- just ask Tommy Hanson of the Braves -- and big opportunities.

  • Inside the pinstripes: Part three

    Bryan Hoch
    19 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Yankees beat writer Bryan Hoch checks in from Yankees Fantasy Camp, where he is donning the pinstripes this November.
 
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  • Mets have history of hauling in hardware

    Marty Noble
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:55 pm
    With acknowledgment of and apologies to Cleon Jones, Rusty Staub, Darryl Strawberry, Mike Piazza and David Wright, the Mets usually have made their bones on the mound. Once the franchise established itself, pitching became the most prominent and critical component, and it has remained in the forefront despite challenges from the guys in the batter's box.

  • Mets have room to work on 40-man roster

    Marty Noble
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:18 pm
    With the Mets not expected to add any more players to their 40-man roster before the midnight deadline, they have 36 players on it, which leaves room to add some players if need be.

  • Inbox: What's the best way to improve?

    Mary Noble
    19 Nov 2009 | 4:19 pm
    Should the Mets try to sign a slugger or focus on improving their team team defense? Should the Mets have Daniel Murphy play second base? Beat reporter Marty Noble answers Mets fans' questions in the Inbox.

  • Mets ready to shop, spend on open market

    Marty Noble
    18 Nov 2009 | 8:00 pm
    When the free-agent filing period ends at midnight ET Friday, the Mets and 29 other Holliday shoppers will be free to launch their pursuit of Matt Holliday, Jason Bay, John Lackey and any other of the more than 300 free agents.

  • Havens heats up as AFL winds down

    Robert Emrich
    18 Nov 2009 | 3:15 pm
    Mets prospect Reese Havens fell a homer short of the cycle and scored three times Wednesday, leading Surprise to an 11-9 victory over the Saguaros.
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  • Ross hints at safety dance

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:21 pm
    Aaron Ross would do just about anything to get into a game with the Giants this season, and that includes switching positions.

  • Strahan delivers a Giant pep talk

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Michael Strahan's last pep talk to the Giants came on the sidelines during Super Bowl XLII, just before their championship-winning drive. The Giants (5-4) can only hope the little speech he gave Friday will have a similar effect.

  • Rhodes defends self, off-field pursuits

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Kerry Rhodes is supposed to be the Jets' ball-hawking version of Ed Reed in Rex Ryan's defense but he hasn't been making plays. So that surely means he has been too preoccupied doing photo shoots, commercials and appearing in music videos, right?

  • Giants could lose Pierce

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:25 pm
    Hours after finally being able to practice with all 53 players on their active roster for a second striaght day, the Giants were dealt a devastating blow Friday night when they learned they could lose Antonio Pierce, for most of the rest of the season.

  • Fantasy Football Friday: Who to start and who to avoid in NFL's Week 11

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:21 pm
    We always knew Rex Ryan was a "baller" with his trash-talking skills but we never knew he was a "bawler." Clearly, the Jets head coach has never played fantasy football, a sport that can reduce grown men to tears weekly.
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  • LB Pierce out indefinitely with injury

    LB Pierce out indefinitely with injury By Michael Eisen, Giants.com NOVEMBER 20, 2009 EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - Giants middle linebacker Antonio Pierce was diagnosed with a bulging disc in his neck this afternoon and will be...

  • Getting Back on Track

    Getting Back on Track By Michael Eisen, Giants.com NOVEMBER 20, 2009 EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - Early in the season, when the Giants played struggling or rebuilding teams like Tampa Bay, Kansas City and Oakland,...

  • Coughlin's Corner

    Coughlin's Corner With Michael Eisen, Giants.com NOVEMBER 20, 2009 EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - The Coughlin Corner, Giants.coms exclusive weekly interview with head coach Tom Coughlin: Q: The players ...

  • Second Half Expectations

    Second Half Expectations By Michael Eisen, Giants.com NOVEMBER 19, 2009 EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - Brandon Jacobs is certain the best is yet to come for the Giants, the teams rushing attack and his personal...

  • Falcons Scouting Report

    Falcons Scouting Report By Michael Eisen, Giants.com NOVEMBER 19, 2009 EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ -The Giants will look to break their four-game losing streak and earn a rare home victory over Atlanta when they host the Falcons...
 
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  • High school basketball stars have harsh words for losing Knicks, Nets players

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:08 pm
    Think the Knicks and Nets, with just two wins in 23 games combined, couldn't beat a high school team? New York's top school players wouldn't go that far - but they had plenty of advice for the pros Friday.

  • Nets get Harris back, eye victory

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:55 pm
    Devin Harris has been about as useful to the Nets over the last 10 games as the fans scattered throughout the Meadowlands stands. And like those fans, Harris is tired of watching the Nets lose.

  • Lupica: Knicks' Answer to fans is 'We don't care'

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:12 pm
    It doesn't matter in the end whether it was James L. Dolan who didn't want Allen Iverson, or Donnie Walsh, or Mike D'Antoni. Knicks fans wanted Iverson. But they don't matter and haven't for a long time.

  • Fans cry foul as Knicks pass on Iverson

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:40 pm
    No one in their wildest dreams thought Allen Iverson could have transformed the Knicks into a championship-caliber team, but fans were dealt another disappointing blow Friday afternoon when the struggling franchise passed on the former MVP.

  • NBA Power Rankings: Knicks, Nets battle for Big Apple basement

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:24 pm
    The Lakers exposed the Suns' new and supposedly improved defense, which was overhyped from the start. But they're still No. 1 out West. Meanwhile, the Knicks are coming to the Meadowlands in a battle for the Big Apple basement.
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  • N.H.L. ROUNDUP; Islanders Let Lead Slip Away, but Win in Overtime

    13 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Kyle Okposo scored with 14.4 seconds left in overtime on Friday night, and the rookie John Tavares had his first two-goal game to help the visiting Islanders defeat the Carolina Hurricanes, 4-3. Carolina is winless in 14 games. The Islanders are 6-2-3 in their last 11.

  • N.H.L. ROUNDUP; Islanders Not Slowed by Injuries

    7 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Despite news that two more players were out with injuries, the Islanders ended a two-game losing streak with a 6-3 victory over the visiting Atlanta Thrashers on Saturday. Sean Bergenheim, Jack Hillen and Blake Comeau each scored for the first time this season. Comeau's goal 22 seconds into the second period gave the Islanders a 4-1 lead. Andy Sutton, Matt Moulson and Josh Bailey also scored, and the rookie John Tavares and Nate Thompson had two assists apiece.

  • Islanders Are Ones With the Smiles

    28 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Kyle Okposo’s power-play goal from a rebound of a Jack Hillen shot broke a tie, and John Tavares added the insurance goal five minutes from the end.

  • N.H.L. ROUNDUP; Islanders Win Shootout to Avoid Franchise's Worst Start

    21 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    John Tavares scored in the shootout Wednesday night to give the Islanders their first victory of the season, 4-3 over the visiting Carolina Hurricanes. Jeff Tambellini and Frans Nielsen also scored in the shootout to help the Islanders (1-3-3) avoid their worst start in franchise history. Andy Sutton, Tim Jackman and Matt Moulson scored in regulation for the Islanders.

  • Islanders Foe Or Prudent Politician?

    21 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Depending on whom you speak to, Kate Murray is either a hard-headed obstructionist willing to drive the Islanders from Long Island, a principled public servant protecting taxpayers or a Republican veteran holding out for a political ransom. Murray has been tagged with these and other less flattering labels because as supervisor of the Town of Hempstead, she and the Town Board have the power to block, delay or approve the zoning for the Lighthouse Project, a $3.8 billion plan to refurbish Nassau...
 
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  • Drury moves closer to return

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:50 pm
    Chris Drury, out since suffering a concussion two weeks ago, moved a significant step closer to returning to the Rangers' lineup Friday, going through a 20-minute off-ice workout one day after being cleared by a neurologist to resume physical activity.

  • Rangers power down with man advantage

    19 Nov 2009 | 9:41 pm
    Now that this year's Ranger power play has eased back to Earth following a blistering start to the season, John Tortorella believes one of the answers to its struggles may lie in 19-year-old rookie Michael Del Zotto.

  • Predators beat Devils in shootout

    19 Nov 2009 | 9:31 pm
    Mike Santorelli and Martin Erat scored shootout goals, and Jason Arnott had two goals in regulation in the Nashville Predators' 3-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night.

  • Streak ends, but Devils still NHL's best

    18 Nov 2009 | 2:35 pm
    So long eight-game win streak, so long perfect road record, and so what writes NHL writer Michael Obernauer? The Devils could be saying hello again to injured Johnny Oduya and Rob Niedermayer and you can't quibble with how they've left the gates.

  • Rangers can't outgun Capitals

    17 Nov 2009 | 8:51 pm
    Marian Gaborik scored twice for the Rangers - including the game-tying goal with 11:37 to play in regulation - but Matt Bradley delivered the dagger 4:51 from the end, scoring a breakaway goal to send the Blueshirts to a 4-2 loss.
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  • Shanahan retires after 21-year NHL career

    17 Nov 2009 | 12:21 pm
    One of the National Hockey League’s all-time greatest snipers and one of its fiercest competitors, Brendan Shanahan, announced his retirement today, bringing an end to his 21-year career. “I would like to thank my family and all of...

  • Parenteau recalled from Wolf Pack

    13 Nov 2009 | 8:00 am
    New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that forward P.A. Parenteau has been recalled from the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL), and forward Dane Byers has been assigned to Hartford. ...

  • Rangers won't let injuries throw them

    10 Nov 2009 | 8:39 pm
    By Jim Cerny, newyorkrangers.com Last season, the Rangers had tremendous luck when it came to injuries, losing a remarkably low 31 manpower games to injury or illness. However, just six weeks into the 2009-10 campaign the Rangers have seen that...

  • Humble Leetch enters hallowed Hall

    9 Nov 2009 | 7:18 pm
    Rangers great Brian Leetch is given a Hockey Hall of Fame ring by fellow Hall of Famer Jim Gregory, the co-chair of the Hall's Selection Committee. ...

  • Leetch arrives at his date with destiny

    9 Nov 2009 | 6:06 am
    RANGERS ON DEMAND Rangers Players, Tortorella on Leetch's Legacy Watch • Leetch Tribute Section By Jim Cerny, newyorkran...
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  • Orange peels away Heels

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:20 pm
    The Orange capped an overpowering two days at the Garden Friday night by dominating No. 6 North Carolina, 87-71, before 15,552 in the championship game of the tournament to benefit Coaches vs. Cancer.

  • Storm traps Bears to improve to 3-0

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:20 pm
    After escaping with a one-point win over St. Bonaventure four days ago, St. John's pulled off a heart-pounding, 79-76 victory at Carnesecca Arena over Brown Friday night, improving to 3-0.

  • Ex-Iona coach Ruland tells Knicks, Nets to stay positive

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:32 pm
    Take it from Jeff Ruland, a guy who coached a college basketball team that lost 22 games in a row: "Brighter days are ahead" for the hapless Knicks and Nets.

  • SJU lands Bayonne's Roberts

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am
    St. John's got a signed national letter of intent Thursday from Ron Roberts, a 6-7 senior from Bayonne, N.J., now enrolled at St. Peter's Prep in Jersey City.

  • Tar Heels hold on

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am
    Larry Drew missed three straight free throws inside the final minute before he nailed a pair with 11.3 seconds to play as Carolina held on for a 77-73 victory over the upset-minded Buckeyes before 15,635 at the Garden.
 
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  • Francis Lewis and Cardozo head to finals

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:49 pm
    Francis Lewis and Cardozo will meet in the PSAL 'A' volleyball finals for the second time in three years on Tuesday at Hunter College after winning their semifinal matches in vastly different fashions on Friday night.

  • SJU lands Bayonne's Roberts

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am
    St. John's got a signed national letter of intent Thursday from Ron Roberts, a 6-7 senior from Bayonne, N.J., now enrolled at St. Peter's Prep in Jersey City.

  • Tobias Harris signs letter of intent with Vols

    19 Nov 2009 | 6:12 pm
    Tobias Harris, the 6-8 forward from Half Hallow Hills West (L.I.) HS, signed a letter of intent to play for Tennessee next season, a decision which he made public at the ESPN Zone in Manhattan on Thursday.

  • Falcons fly back into volleyball semis

    18 Nov 2009 | 9:29 pm
    Wagner rallied from a 22-14 deficit to take a 23-22 lead in that first game, riding junior Esther Jang, who won 8th straight service points as part of a 9-0 Wagner run. Wagner pulled out a 25-23, 25-19 win over 7th-seeded Kennedy.

  • Pearl tells News he's leaving Jefferson

    18 Nov 2009 | 3:08 pm
    Jefferson HS doesn't have a girls basketball coach. Once again. Dwayne (Pearl) Washington told the Daily News that he has resigned from his position as girls head coach at the Brooklyn high school.
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  • Blogger Nine Innings: Paul Sporer

    19 Nov 2009 | 4:30 am
    A six-time All-Star, Alan Trammell was MVP of the World Series in 1984, and truly one of baseball's exciting stars of the 1980s. Even though he lives in Austin, Tex., and works for Dell Computers, Paul Sporer's heart remains in Detroit, where he grew up in the suburbs, rooting for the Tigers and Alan Trammell was his favorite player. Today, he concentrates his baseball energy on fantasy, writing on his own blog, Baseball by Paul, as well as for OwnersEdge.com. And today, he's the latest Blogger Nine Innings interviewee... 1. What makes your blog different from the other baseball blogs out…

  • Blogger Nine Innings: Gloria Gonzalez

    18 Nov 2009 | 10:43 am
    Gloria Gonzalez lives in Ridgewood, Queens, and edits magazines about serious things like climate change for a living. But her passion is the Yankees, and she uses her own words online, where she is the author of Rebel Yankee Chick. Today, she's the latest interviewee for Blogger Nine Innings... 1. You write that your blog is for "female Yankee fans." Why make the distinction, and how does that factor into the way that you write? Gloria Gonzalez: My blog looks at baseball from a female fan's point of view. The vast majority of Yankee blogs are written by men. But if you go to any Yankee game,…

  • Free Agent Arbitration Analysis: Closers

    16 Nov 2009 | 2:42 pm
    We close the discussion of Type A and B free agents, and whether they should be offered arbitration, with the closers on this year’s market. How appropriate. And I should say, in wrapping this up, that these entries wouldn’t be possible without information from Baseball-Reference and FanGraphs. I'll be on vacation until Thanksgiving, but stay tuned for all kinds of hot stove stuff after that -- and keep an eye out for a couple of updates during my time off, because it's going to be a stay-cation, and I'll probably get bored at some point. If you don't feel like clicking over here…

  • Nice Game, Loser

    16 Nov 2009 | 7:28 am
    Tom Brady stares at defeat despite huge numbers. Most of the talk in the sports world this morning centers around Bill Belichick's decision to go for it on fourth down against the Colts, a decision that backfired as the Patriots got only one yard on the fourth-and-2 play, and went on to lose, 35-34. It's even on the front page of today's Daily News. While Belichick's call has its supporters as well as detractors (and even though the numbers say it was the right move, I think a 40% chance of giving the Colts the ball 29 yards from the end zone is too much -- there was never a doubt that they'd…

  • Blogger Nine Innings: Gary Marchese

    16 Nov 2009 | 6:19 am
    Gary Marchese, a social worker from Wayne, N.J., is the author of Yanks and More, a blog about the Yankees... and more, as you might guess. He’s a self-described “lifelong Yankees fan,” and is the subject of today’s Blogger Nine Innings...B A Yankee blog delving into basketball might have something to say about LeBron James after discussing Alex Rodriguez. 1. How is your blog different from the other Yankees blogs out there? Gary Marchese: My blog is different then other Yankee blogs out there by — well, the name says it all: Yanks and More. I am heavily into the…
 
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  • Mighty Quinn

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:08 pm
    Mighty hit with Boise State (-23) Friday night. Today in college football it's Missouri and Nebraska. The surplus is 750 sirignanos.

  • Mike Lupica

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:12 pm
    It doesn't matter in the end whether it was James L. Dolan who didn't want Allen Iverson, or Donnie Walsh, or Mike D'Antoni. Knicks fans wanted Iverson. But they don't matter and haven't for a long time.

  • Hank Gola

    19 Nov 2009 | 9:27 pm
    It's that time of the week again and our experts try to break down all the odds for your Sunday spreads and odds. Check out Hank Gola's guide to get you through the weekend a winner.

  • Gary Myers

    19 Nov 2009 | 9:11 pm
    Tom Coughlin had a great feel for his team during the Giants' unexpected Super Bowl run two years ago. But as the Giants have lost four straight, it doesn't look like Coughlin knows how to shock them out of their slump.

  • Tim Smith

    19 Nov 2009 | 6:25 pm
    The Jets are a joke right now, and the only way they can stop being the laughingstock of the NFL is for the defense to stand up and fight back. When the Patriots hit the Jets, the Jets need to hit them back.
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  • David Hinckley

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:50 pm
    You don't exactly get the "softer" side of prison life in MSNBC's "Lockup" series. But the opener of the new season tonight still catches the human side.

  • Elizabeth Weitzman

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:48 am
    Chris Weitz, who directs the second chapter in Stephenie Meyer?s adored young adult series, knows exactly who matters in this particular club: Bella, Edward, and the girls who love them.

  • Richard Huff

    19 Nov 2009 | 3:25 pm
    SINCE 1996, Tappy Phillips has made people squirm when she showed up, camera in tow, to right a wrongdoing on WABC/Ch. 7's "7 on Your Side" segments.

  • Cristina Kinon

    19 Nov 2009 | 3:20 pm
    It's down to the final three on "Dancing With the Stars." While I think Mya is the best dancer, technically, she doesn't have that fanatic Osmond fan base.

  • Joe Dziemianowicz

    19 Nov 2009 | 2:59 pm
    Plug in, turn on, aaaahhhh, take a nap. That's the curiously addictive effect a newfangled contraption has on a high-strung wife in Sarah Ruhl's frisky featherweight comedy "In the Next Room or the vibrator play."
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  • Skelos to Paterson: Give us ‘a bill we can act on’

    Casey Seiler
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:09 am
    Here’s Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos’ response to the governor’s statements this morning: I agree with Governor Paterson’s statement today that the Legislature should be acting on a deficit reduction plan today, instead of waiting until Monday. The only problem is he has not submitted a bill we can act on, as Senate Republicans called on him to do Thursday. [I put this suggestion to the governor at the presser. His response, in toto: "I have — it's right there. They can come in and pass it or vote it down if they like." Back to Skelos:] Senate Republicans unveiled…

  • Paterson: Moody’s has sent a warning

    Casey Seiler
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:31 am
    Speaking to reporters after speaking to Americorps volunteers, Gov. David Paterson said that legislative leaders still failed to grasp the consequences of failing to address the deficit now. Paterson said Moody’s Investors Service has released a report noting that the state is in peril of seeing its current Aa3 credit rating downgraded as cash reserves run low in the weeks and months ahead. That possibility hinges not only on the immediate shortfall, but also on New York’s ability to realize recurring savings from spending cuts. “The way in which we reduce the deficit has to…

  • Friday Open Thread

    Casey Seiler
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:25 am
    Go to it — but let’s start with a question: What realistic ideas haven’t yet been seriously floated to trim the state budget? Be nice!

  • A.M. Roundup

    Casey Seiler
    20 Nov 2009 | 7:23 am
    Good morning. Sorry for the delay, but here’s the news: The Legislature has left the building — although work on the deficit package continues. (TU) Maybe things will be better on Monday.(DN) The state has extended the deadline for the state worker buyout package. (TU) Jared Abruzzesse, businessman and horseman, takes the stand at the Bruno trial. (TU) The trial has been eye-opening in terms of what passes for normal legislative behavior. (NYT) A stunning revelation from the trial: Member items are partially allocated according to political needs. (TU) The state announces funds to…

  • 23rd CD race belongs to the ages now

    Casey Seiler
    19 Nov 2009 | 3:34 pm
    The Watertown Daily Times says so. Doug Hoffman will have to re-concede, or un-un-concede — unless he decides to challenge the voting machines.
 
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  • Islanders Tamed by Wild

    Tom Boorstein
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:08 pm
    For the first time in six games, the Islanders fell in regulation in a 3-2 loss to Minnesota on Friday. They allowed the Owen Nolan game-winner with 67 seconds remaining. Jon Sim had a goal and an asssist. Despite trailing by one goal after the first period, the Islanders rallied to take a 2-1 lead entering the final session. But the Wild tied the game 6:58 into that one and then won it late. Martin Biron had 26 saves in the loss.

  • Extra, Extra

    Jen Chung
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:48 pm
    Photograph, taken outside the Today Show studios, by by jglsongs on Flickr From the Gothamist Newsmap: A suspicious package at 7th Ave And W 32 St in Manhattan, a missing elderly patient from Kings County Hosp in Brooklyn and a shooting on Rockaway Beach Blvd in Queens. A Gallup poll puts President Obama's approval ratings at 49%. Jayson Williams' plea deal was put on hold because he didn't show up in court; he's in South Carolina, after his father's recent death. If the new operators of Tavern on the Green can't use that name, the Central Park restaurant will be known as Tavern in the Park.

  • Harlem Grandma Caught in Crossfire Has Advice for Bloomberg

    John Del Signore
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:00 pm
    Reclining her hospital bed yesterday, the 66-year-old Harlem woman who took a stray bullet in the leg in Harlem Wednesday sent a strong message to Mayor Bloomberg about what Harlem needs: "Bloomberg's getting in there and making the place look fancy and all of that, but it's not safe and people won't want to come here," Virginia Valree told the Daily News. "If he could purify the city instead of beautifying it, that's what's needed. People are running away from New York now. Something needs to be done." She also revealed to the Post that in the days before she was shot, she had been praying…

  • Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Takes Over The Armory

    Jen Chung
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:55 pm
                  Ladies in over-the-top lingerie get-ups stomped down the runway at the Lexington Avenue Armory for Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. According to Newsday, "Some 2,000 showgoers including Jay-Z, Michelle Trachtenberg and Virgin Atlantic's Richard Branson (a 'fashion show virgin,' he said) were treated to the extravaganza of bra-and-panty clad Victoria's Secret angels - much more modest than in years past - strutting down a runway with adjacent mosh-pits, wearing massive wings, lunar sculptures, branches and…

  • Dominic Carter Found Guilty Of Misdemeanor Assault

    Robert Horan
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:36 pm
    Former NY1 senior political reporter Dominic Carter was found guilty of misdemeanor assault after several accusations of "punching, choking, and kicking" his wife Marilyn Carter in their Rockland County home. (His wife claims a day laborer assaulted her.) Carter, 45, could face three months in jail in addition to crippling his chances of returning to his position at NY1.
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  • The Ethicist: What to Do With the Boat

    By RANDY COHEN
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:47 pm
    The drifting obligation of an abandoned boat; the hazards of hands-free communication.

  • Who Fears a Free Mikhail Khodorkovsky?

    By ANDREW MEIER
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:08 am
    How did Russia’s richest oligarch become the last best hope of its human rights campaigners?

  • Questions for Joseph Cao: House Call

    By DEBORAH SOLOMON
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:59 am
    The Republican from New Orleans talks about why he voted for health care reform.

  • Who Knew I Was Not the Father?

    By RUTH PADAWER
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:45 am
    DNA testing has led more men to discover that their children are not biologically theirs. Families are upended, and so is the law.

  • Phys Ed: Why Exercise Makes You Less Anxious

    By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:09 am
    Thanks to improved research techniques and a growing understanding of the biochemistry and the genetics of thought itself, scientists are beginning to tease out how exercise remodels the brain, making it more stress-resistant.
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  • The Baffler

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:21 am
    Willem Dafoe returns to the stage in Idiot Savant—and it’s a blast. (So what if it doesn’t make sense?)

  • The Story of Oh!

    19 Nov 2009 | 7:00 pm
    In the Next Room or the vibrator play is pure pleasure. Plus: The strains of Ragtime.

  • Magical Realist

    16 Nov 2009 | 4:57 pm
    Kate Baldwin on the improbable return of Finian’s Rainbow.

  • The Kindness of Strangers

    15 Nov 2009 | 7:30 pm
    Liv Ullmann and Cate Blanchett reinvent Blanche Dubois.

  • Victorian Secret

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:26 am
    You think your grandparents were inhibited? Lynn Redgrave's were worse.
 
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  • A "New" Velasquez

    17 Nov 2009 | 3:25 pm
    How often does the Metropolitan Museum of Art have on display "rediscovered" works by titans of Western European Art? Right now there are two -- a portrait by the great 17th century Spanish artist Diego Velasquez and the statue of a young archer by Michelangelo unveiled a few weeks ago. When I asked Keith Christiansen, the John Pope-Hennessey Chairman of European Paintings at the Met, that question he was careful to make a distinction. The Velasquez has met with unhesitating approval from art historians on both sides of the Atlantic. The Michelangelo, Christiansen said, was "a proposal." Its…

  • The Sound of Music

    16 Nov 2009 | 8:54 pm
    In the spring of 1961, when I was a freshman at Columbia, the theater group invited our illustrious alumnus Richard Rodgers to speak. He had written several Varsity Shows 40 years earlier -- it amuses me to think more time has gone between then and now than between the 1920 "Fly With Me" and his appearance before us. You would imagine he would have received a hero's welcome. Doubtless that was what he expected. Alas, I'm afraid we were a bunch of snotnose kids. In our questions we kept holding up the mixed and negative reviews he had received a year and a half earlier for his final…

  • A Great Day

    14 Nov 2009 | 1:07 pm
    Many years ago I applied and was interviewed for a job that would have made me leave New York. At the time I realized that however much I would have missed the city's rich cultural life I would have been more upset to risk losing touch with the wonderful friends New York has given me. Happily my life took a different turn. I did not have to make that choice. Yeserday brought home that my friends are New York's most precious cultural treasure. It began with a funeral and ended with a birthday party. Sometimes, I'm afraid, life does resemble a Well-Made Play. The funeral was for my friend and…

  • From the House of the Dead

    12 Nov 2009 | 9:30 pm
    You don't even have to wait a second to understand that Patrice Chereau's production of Leos Janacek's "From the House of the Dead" is going to be a startling evening. Chereau dispenses with the ritual of the entrance of the conductor and the receptive applause. The house lights black out. Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen is already at the podium and we immediately hear musical figures that are unmistakably Janacek, abrasive and beautiful at the same time. The lights have come up instantly on the stage, which is all in greys and blacks. We see prisoners in some unidentified place and time being…

  • Like A Virgin

    12 Nov 2009 | 8:03 am
    I have spent most of my adult life (should I put "adult" in square quotes?) going to the theater three or four times a week, during Tony season sometimes more. For much of the time I felt this was a stimulating way to spend my evenings, but I must admit I enjoy going to the theater more when it's a matter of choice rather than duty. During those many years I was forced to forego many of New York City's other cultural treasures, particularly symphonic concerts. As a result much of the symphonic repertory I know largely through recordings rather than live performances. Some of the most basic…
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    NewYorkology

  • New York City webcam gallery

    15 Nov 2009 | 4:41 am
    NewYorkology will be on vacation this week. In our absence, keep an eye on the city with these webcams: Click on each link for the live view. Statue of Liberty webcam, from Red Hook Brooklyn Bryant Park webcam at 42nd Street and 6th Avenue Wired New York’s Midtown skyline/Hudson River seen from Hoboken, N.J. Times Square Dept. of Transportation’s Brooklyn Bridge at Centre Street Southern view from the 55th floor of the Empire State Building Eastern view from the 55th floor of the Empire State Building Christopher Street webcam at Village Cigars The Standard hotel, High Line and…

  • 2010 Winter Restaurant Week set for Jan. 25 to Feb. 7

    13 Nov 2009 | 8:30 am
    NYC Winter Restaurant Week will return Jan. 25 through Feb. 7 with prices frozen at the same rate as in recent years: $24.07 for three-course prix-fixe lunches and $35 for three-course prix-fixe dinners. The deal does not include beverages, tax or tip. It’s suspended on Saturdays and only some restaurants partake on Sundays. The dates were announced today by NYC & Co. the city’s official tourism marketing group, but participating restaurants have not yet been named. Earlier: Restaurant Week deals extended through Labor Day

  • City pays $96 mln for Coney land, plans new rides in '10

    13 Nov 2009 | 5:57 am
    The City of New York inked a $95.6-million deal to buy 6.9-acres of Coney Island property along the boardwalk to create a massive year-round 27-acre amusement and entertainment district, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday. The city has been in tumultous negotiatons with developer Joe Sitt of Thor Equities who bought much of the property in recent years and kicked out many tenants, including Astroland. Sitt — who said at the Thursday press conference that his high school nickname was “Joey Coney Island” for playing hookey at the beach — will retain ownership of…

  • Empire State opens annual Valentine wedding contest

    12 Nov 2009 | 6:41 am
    When the Empire State Building puts out a request for proposals, qualified applicants must be willing to say “I do.” The city’s tallest skyscraper allows weddings only once a year - at Valentine’s Day. Fourteen couples will be chosen to marry, renew their vows or affirm their commitment to each other in ceremonies atop the Empire State Building on Valentine’s Day weekend, 2010. Each couple will get a free, private 30-minute ceremony with up to 20 of their guests. “From big-screen movie love scenes to sky-high proposals, this destination has always been a symbol…

  • Video: USS New York departing New York City

    12 Nov 2009 | 5:58 am
    The newly commissioned USS New York departed New York City this morning. The warship, made with seven and a half tons of steel recovered from the World Trade Center towers, officially joined the US Navy fleet Nov. 7. Video credit: Amy Langfield/NewYorkology. Earlier: USS New York arrives in NYC for commissioning
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    Gawker

  • The Levi Johnston Playgirl Photos Are Out [Levi's Johnston Watch]

    Brian Moylan
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:06 pm
    Here's your first peek at the Levi Johnston photo spread that just went up on Playgirl.com [NSFW]. There's 20 photos in all and, as we said none show the whole package, so to speak. One more picture inside. This is the first set of photos that the magazine is releasing on their website. All but six are in black and white and several show his bare bum, but none show what is in front, though he is posed in a shower obscuring his famous baby maker with a towel. It's all very classic beefcake, with a handful of shots on a Manhattan rooftop, and the rest in all wet and wild in the shower. He looks…

  • The Week We Went Rogue [Week In Review]

    Pareene
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:30 pm
    This week, everyone was naked and fighting in public and also there was a book no one read but everyone kept talking about. A pornography company offered a famous beauty contest loser lots of money to distribute video tapes they already possess of her masturbating. Google has scooters. And hellishly lengthy weddings. Adam Lambert wants to lick your gross vagina. He will turn back into a pumpkin if he appears too gay, obv. Ivanka Trump does not like it when you point out that she and her husband are terrible businesspeople. Goin' Rogue is a wonderful read, as long as you don't actually read…

  • Just Shoe It [Pic Of The Day]

    Brian Moylan
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:28 pm
    [Parisian women give their feet a real workout today while competing in a "Race on Heels" where they must run around a 50-meter track in high heels. Image via Getty]

  • Kreepie Kats in: "*NO ONE* in Twilight _EVER_ has sex with ~Anyone~! It's like Behrle's Collyer Brothers' Homage/Apartment Every Night Since Last June!" [Kreepie Kats]

    behrle
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:15 pm
    Jim Berhle's cartoon kitties face a bleak Oprah-less future where the only thing left on TV is European soccer and trailers for sexless vampire movies.

  • Hidden Forces Baffle the Twitterati [Twitterati]

    Ryan Tate
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:04 pm
    Neel Shah got his scandal-phone returned; Kevin Marks got retweeted by ghosts and Al Yankovic was surrounded by nobodies. The Twitterati were haunted, in a good way. Neel Shah, Page Six gossip and former Gawker and Radar-ite, was glad his phone didn't end up with the likes of his present or past employers. (He should be.) Tech pundit and Berkeleyite Andrew Keen articulated an ideology of what might be called, if you're avoiding Rush Limbuagh-isms, "femifascism." British Telecom's Kevin Marks hopes that's an iPhone you're discreetly working in your pocket. Singer Weird Al Yankovic does this…
 
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    ArtsJournal: Daily Arts News

  • Crowdsourced Animation Through Facebook

    ArtsJournal
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:14 am
    With dozens of animators pitching in through a specially built Facebook application, the slick clip from the crowdsourcing specialists at Mass Animation is a rare "art by committee" success story. Wired 11/20/09

  • How Downloading Is Changing Music

    ArtsJournal
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:08 am
    "Digital downloading and distribution, illegally or otherwise, has had a greater effect on the recording industry than anything in its history. As the legal variety grows rapidly, driven most significantly by iTunes, so those old-school players are having to adopt radical new business plans to compete in the brave new world of music." The Australian 11/20/09

  • Art Basel Miami Faces Chanes

    ArtsJournal
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:04 am
    Some "60 exhibitors from last year's Art Basel Miami Beach are not returning, including Berlin's Arndt & Partner, London galleries Waddington and Maureen Paley, and New York's Per Skarstedt. Fair organiser have added 65 new exhibitors, including some who had previously been turned away. The 2009 edition now boasts 266 dealers from 33 countries. Another big change is the fair's physical appearance..." The Art Newspaper 11/19/09

  • Has Paris Nightlife Gone To Sleep?

    ArtsJournal
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:01 am
    "According to an online petition entitled "When the Night Quietly Dies," which was organized by a group from the techno and electronic music scene, the City of Lights is in danger of becoming the "European Capital of Sleep." Among the complaints listed in the petition are the closure of leading bars, strict rules on noise and smoking regulations." Der Spiegel 11/20/09

  • Hollywood's Ten Most Overpaid Actors

    ArtsJournal
    20 Nov 2009 | 7:36 am
    Forbes has made a list based on studios' return on investment. Forbes 11/19/09
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    Eater NY

  • Mason's Version of Brooklyn Bowl; Pump Shutters on 38th

    Amanda
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:52 pm
    Kinds gross, Campbell's MASONWIRE— Chef/TV star Sam Mason goes on the record about what went wrong at Tailor and what he's planning next: "The problem as he sees it was 'overzealousness,' from Tailor’s large serving staff to its exorbitant SoHo rent...he shared his intention of opening a smaller restaurant in Brooklyn. Thinking out loud, he said, 'Maybe it’ll be a place with a stage, where bands can play.'" How about that plus bowling and a bar? [NYT] WILLIAMSBURG— Today Fork in the Road runs a listicle of their top ten favorite restaurants in Williamsburg (with some…

  • Kurvetastic: Ending Charade, Kurve Officially Rebrands itself Rhong Tiam

    Amanda
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:37 pm
    And so begins a new chapter at the psychedelic Thai restaurant Kurve. For the better part of a year, Andy Yang's ever exciting but poorly received 2nd Avenue spot has been slowly transforming into a second branch of his Michelin-starred Greenwich Village hit Rhong Tiam. First he started cooking Rhong Tiam's food in Kurve's kitchen for delivery orders, calling it Rhong Tiam East. Then came the Rhong Tiam Remixed nights, where RT's food was served alongside Kurve's in the dining room. Then Yang actually added Rhong Tiam signage to the door (along with a lunch buffet), slowly removing the Kurve…

  • Paradou, Take 4: In what is probably not the...

    Amanda
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:57 pm
    In what is probably not the final chapter in the Paradou saga, Gawker records their phone call between writer Gabriel Snyder and the Vadim Ponorovsky, the owner of the Meatpacking District restaurant who made the blogs today after a hostile email sent to him employees went public. Sadly, it does not include the part where he compares Snyder to Hitler. [Gawker; previously]

  • KamaliWire: Word comes across the wire this...

    Amanda
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:34 pm
    Word comes across the wire this afternoon that congratulations are in order for restaurant consultant, real estate expert, and friend of Eater Steven Kamali on his recent engagement. Another one off the market, ladies. [EaterWire]

  • Board Wrap: Creating a Midtown Soup Cart Map

    Amanda
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:17 pm
    · Anal Cook Will Prob Freak out New Neighbors with Autumnal Welcome Treats [SE] · Someone Needs to Tell Top Chef How to Pronounce Ballotine [SE] · Can Someone Help My Boss Get Resys at Tom Tuesday Dinner? [CH] · ISO Something Like Balthazar and Fancier Than Pastis [Yelp] · Mapping Out all the Soup Carts in Midtown [ML]
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    Racked NY

  • Week in Review: Miss Lonelyhearts Opens on the LES; Rebecca Minkoff Sale Chaos; And Much More

    Izzy Grinspan
    21 Nov 2009 | 5:20 am
    Click the image above to view the full photogallery. In case you missed them, here are the top stores from the week in Racked: Now Open: Miss Lonelyhearts Won't Be Lonely Long, Collabs: Vivienne Westwood Makes Even Wellies Cool, Above the Fray: A Sea Of Bags At Rebecca Minkoff, Above the Fray: Womenswear Overload at Steven Alan, In the Window: A Very Merry Marc-mas, and In the Window: Bloomingdale's Ruins Christmas

  • Friday PM Clickage

    Izzy Grinspan
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:07 pm
    Click the image above to view the full photogallery. As the weekend begins, please enjoy some shirt porn from the Pop-Up Flea Local · More details on the goods at Housing Works' Fashion for Action sale [Cheap JAP] · Pop-up shops are beginning to go permanent [Crain's] National · Why Apple is the new Nordstrom [Slashgear] · Scandal! Elle Photoshops itself onto Lucky cover [FWD] · Miley Cyrus thinks she invented plaid shirts [Seventeen]

  • RackedWire: DailyCandy's Swirl Fails to Impress; Dangerous Mathematicians Says Goodbye to the LES

    Racked Staff
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:55 pm
    Swirl screengrab via The Doree Chronicles THE INTERNET—In all the Steven Alan chaos yesterday, we neglected to mention the first sale on Swirl, DailyCandy's new sample sale site. Like Lucky's new e-boutique, the shop takes a lot of pride in its curated nature, but it launched with a surprisingly under-the-radar brand. Writer Doree Shafrir blogged, "I gotta say, I wasn’t super impressed by the debut: a designer I’d never heard of selling overpriced cashmere. DC’s gonna have to step up their game if they want to compete with the gajillion other sample sale sites out…

  • Above the Fray: Isabella Fiore's Bags Star at Soho Sale

    Bonnie Datt
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:42 pm
    Click the image above to view the full photogallery. In a week of overcrowded and overpriced sample sales, Savvy & Co's Isabella Fiore and Mara Hoffman sale seems like a hidden treasure. Located in Savvy's new SoHo space on Greene Street, the sale is not overly-crowded, the staff is friendly and genuinely helpful, and the prices are very reasonable. While Mara Hoffman's print dresses are gorgeous and sexy, the real stars of the sale are the Isabella Fiore bags. The usually-pricey leather purses stand out, without being garish. This West Coast brand is not known for having New York sample…

  • DEALFEED: Ricky's

    Izzy Grinspan
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:20 pm
    Label: Ricky's Deal: 20% off all appliances and professional hair care, plus 1989 prices on select items for this 20th anniversary sale When/Where: Through Monday, November 30. Consult website for locations, store hours, and phone numbers.
 
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    The Cut

  • Oscar Short List Picks Vanity Fair Over Vogue

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:15 pm
    So the Oscar short list for documentaries was announced this week, and on the rather long list (fifteen films!) was Valentino The Last Emperor. Cheers for a fashion flick and VaVa's five pugs! But whither The September Issue? Surely one of the most engrossing films of the year is worthy of a nod? The Vogue flick has earned, so far, $3,747,341 in theaters, and is still playing. Valentino made roughly half that, with just $1,755,134. It stands to reason that more people saw Anna's movie. Populism, we all know, is rarely a reason to win an Oscar. But! Is this a case of Vanity Fair triumphing…

  • The Twi Style Evolution: Taylor Lautner

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:00 pm
    In our final and third installment in this week’s New Moon fashion tribute, we take a look back at 17-year-old Taylor Lautner, who plays a werewolf. This kid’s suits are blowing our minds — so polished and impeccably tailored week after week. And he doesn’t pair sneakers with his eveningwear like some of his other Twilight cohorts. Take a look back in the slideshow. Related:The Twi Style Evolution: Robert Pattinson The Twi Style Evolution: Kristen Stewart Read more posts by Amy OdellFiled Under: twi-hards, new moon, slideshow, taylor lautner, twilight

  • Japan Goes Mad for 13-Year-Old Fashion Blogger Tavi

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:45 pm
    Tavi Gevinson is getting more famous by the day. She was all over New York Fashion Week — on many a front row, at that — and “defines Rodarte for Target,” the Mulleavy sisters told Teen Vogue. (Teen Vogue adds the designers have been fans of her “cutting fashion commentary” since they first read her blog StyleRookie, and even sent her a custom pair of hand-knit fall-2008 tights.) Anyway, the Japanese are the latest to catch Tavi fever. She will be the guest of honor at Comme des Garçons’s holiday party on Friday, November 27 in Tokyo. WWD reports…

  • Agyness Deyn Went to the New Moon Premiere Dressed Like Little Bo Peep Gone Goth

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:25 pm
    Agyness Deyn wore a froufrou blue-and-black skirt and black-lace top to the New Moon premiere in New York last night. All her outfit seemed to be missing was a small heard of vampire sheep! Given the occasion, what do you think of her choice of outfit? Read more posts by Amy OdellFiled Under: look of the day, agyness deyn, models, new moon

  • Prices Drop at Save Fashion Pop-up Sale

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:05 pm
    Save Fashion, the pop-up store at Inven.Tory (237 Lafayette Street, near Spring Street), is knocking up to 30 percent off already-reduced prices. Thakoon dresses, Kimberly Ovitz jackets, and Samantha Pleet shorts are all included, and that's just a sample of what's in stock. The sale ends Sunday, so have a bargain-filled weekend. [Racked] Earlier: Preview the Stock at Save Fashion Read more posts by Sharon ClottFiled Under: going saling, sales, save fashion
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    Streetsblog New York City

  • PSAs Rock! Watch the Winners of TA’s “Biking Rules” Video Contest

    Elizabeth Press
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:11 pm
    To view this video, please visit the non-mobile site with a Flash-enabled browser. As you may know, Transportation Alternatives put on a red carpet premiere Tuesday night for the "Biking Rules" PSA competition at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The contest pitted video entries against each other in two main categories: "Why Biking Rules" and "Street Code."   Videos in the "Street Code" category encourage people to use lights, bells, stop at red lights, ride with traffic and generally ride safely and courteously. "Why Biking Rules" is…

  • Sunday and Monday: Bike Rack Roundup and CB Jammy Jam

    Lily Bernheimer
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:42 pm
    Don't miss back-to-back opportunities to get involved in changing your city over the next few days. On Sunday, compete to find bike parking spots in the FixCity Bike Rack Roundup, a contest to push through the FixCity project's pilot campaign for 300 new racks in Williamsburg and Greenpoint. Even if you don't live in north Brooklyn, you can help get this experiment in participatory transportation planning off the ground and win nifty prizes like a B's Bikes gift basket (pictured) or an NY Transit Museum multi-tool. If you're coming from south Brooklyn or Queens, you can travel with TA's…

  • The Weekly Carnage

    Brad Aaron
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
    The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle mayhem across the metro region. For more on the origins and purpose of this column, please read About the Weekly Carnage. The teen driver of this Saturn rear-ended another car, which lurched into 17-year-old Janine Brawer of Staten Island, pinning her beneath. She died from her injuries. Brawer was one of seven city pedestrians killed in the past week. Of the 10 motorists involved, four fled. No charges were reported against those who remained at the scene, while one of the hit-and-run drivers escaped criminal charges for killing an…

  • In Progress: A More Walkable, Bikeable, Trottable Park Circle

    Ben Fried
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:04 am
    A protected bike path will soon wrap around the circumference of Park Circle. Some segments are bi-directional.There's a very nice set of livable streets improvements underway at Park Circle, where Brooklynites heading to and from Prospect Park mix it up with traffic heading to and from the Prospect Expressway, Ocean Parkway, and the Fort Hamilton Parkway. Construction was still in progress when I took these pictures a few days ago, but it's already making a big difference for pedestrians and cyclists. (And, I assume, the equestrians coming from Kensington Stables, although I didn't see…

  • It’s Official: Chicago Parking Privatization a Massive Rip-Off

    John Kaehny
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:34 am
    City parking meters are a gold mine, and in Chicago, Morgan Stanley is rolling in parking riches. Secret company documents leaked to reporters show the company will rake in a 70 percent profit margin this year from its $1.15 billion, 75-year lease of Chicago's parking meters. This profit is on top of the millions Morgan paid to buy new, high-tech meters. The good times will keep on rolling for investors: In 2010, after another meter price hike, Morgan expects to make monthly profits of $4.8 million, roughly 55 percent higher than in 2009. Graphic: New York Times/Chicago News Cooperative.Last…
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    Midtown Lunch

  • Midtown Links (The “Cookie Argument Rages On” Edition)

    Zach Brooks
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:00 pm
    This stupid cookie episode has proven one thing- everybody likes a different kind of chocolate chip cookie. (Photo courtesy of Food in Mouth) Danny questions the validity of Pret’s chocolate chip cookie victory [Food in Mouth] Le Pain Quotidien makes a great Belgian brownie [Dessert Buzz] Magnolia Bakery is now serving Rockette Red Velvet Cupcakes [Cupcakes Take the [...]

  • Midtown Happy Hour: Chasing Away the Monday Blues at Margarita Murphy’s

    Zach Brooks
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
    If you like to eat, chances are you like to drink (read: a lot of you are freakin’ lushes), so I thought maybe it was time to introduce a happy hour column to the site. Every week, our Happy Hour Correspondent “Mamacita” posts about a different bar in Midtown that fits the Midtown Lunch mentality: [...]

  • There is a Downside to Massive Cupcake Expansion

    Zach Brooks
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:30 am
    You know, aside from drawing the ire of Anthony Bourdain (and those of us who agree with Anthony Bourdain.) Cupcakes Take the Cake is reporting that Crumbs is now posting calorie counts for all their cupcakes (required by law for any food place with more than 15 locations.) Haha… good luck with that!

  • At Lunch Now: OBAO is Open and Here’s the Lunch Menu

    Zach Brooks
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:28 am
    As reported earlier OBAO is in fact open for lunch, and is already slammed. There’s eat in and take out (although there have been reports of 45 minute wait times) and a lunch menu that is slightly different than the dinner menu. Not everything is being offered at lunch, but the 3 meat dishes, 3 [...]

  • Black Shack is Not a Destination Burger, But Will Work Out Just Fine For the Area

    Zach Brooks
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:55 am
    Considering how burger obsessed NYC is, it still amazing to me that Black Shack (the new burger spot on Lexington btw. 37+38th) managed to fly under the radar all this time. Fork in the Road broke the news on Wednesday, and yesterday I headed over to check the place out. The whole thing is less [...]
 
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  • NEW LOST CITY WALKING TOURS ANNOUNCED: COBBLE HILL AND CARROLL GARDENS PROPER

    Brooks of Sheffield
    21 Nov 2009 | 1:34 am
    On Sunday, Dec. 13, at 11 AM, I'll be conducting my first ever walking tour of Cobble Hill. The tour will roughly cover the area from Hicks Street to the west to Smith Street at the east point, and Altantic Avenue to the north to Degraw to the south. Again, I will not be relating the history you find in books (well, maybe a little), but leaning toward hidden history, forgotten incidents, eccentric facts, as well as focusing on elements of the living past as much as possible. On Sunday, Dec. 20, at 11 AM, meanwhile, I'll be doing a tour of Carroll Gardens proper. By "proper," I mean all the…

  • Lost City Asks "Who Goes to Fortune House?"

    Brooks of Sheffield
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:00 pm
    Dining at Fortune House in Brooklyn Heights, for my latest Eater "Who Goes There?" column, reminded me of the long gone Jade Mountain in the East Village. How I miss that place. Who Goes There? Fortune HouseChinese restaurants that hold their ground while garnering little notice outside the immediate area are hardly unusual. You'll find plenty in Chinatown, and every neighborhood has its stubbornly tenacious take-out joint. What makes Fortune House a noteworthy case is, while is does a steady take-away business, it also fills a great many of its tables every night. Plus, for 26 years it has…

  • Merry Expensive Christmas

    Brooks of Sheffield
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:21 pm
    The annual Christmas Bazaar at Manhattan Swedish Seamans Church, on 48th Street near Fifth, will take place today, tomorrow and Sunday. If you need Swedish licorice, St. Lucia dolls, straw reindeers, brightly colored wooden candle holders or tickets to the Dec. 13 St. Lucia service and concert, here's the place to go. I paid a quick visit this afternoon. I used to attend this event every year when I worked in the area. It was an enjoyably ethnic holiday tradition (most people there speak Swedish) that reminded my of my Midwestern upbringing. I particularly liked the homemade Swedish meatball…

  • I Ask You?

    Brooks of Sheffield
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:18 pm
    Do you want your plumber to be called Vigilante?

  • Heilbut and Kleefeld!

    Brooks of Sheffield
    19 Nov 2009 | 5:26 pm
    It is accomplished, Ladies and Gentleman.On Thursday afternoon, there was a lunchtime summit at Brooks 1890 Restaurant to determine if the research efforts of Lost City reader Ian Schoenherr had indeed uncovered the true origins of the old building the eatery has long called home. In attendance were myself, Schoenherr, and artist Sharon Florin, a local artist who has painted the restaurant building, as well as many other Long Island City landmarks. Much had been pretty solidly confirmed by articles Ian had dug up in the archives of the New York Times, the Brooklyn Eagle, and other newspapers.
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    nymag.com: Nightlife

  • Foodievents

    12 Nov 2009 | 9:58 am
    Five culinary events to whet your appetite this week.

  • The Week in Rock

    9 Nov 2009 | 10:20 am
    Five events to rock out to, from concerts to museum exhibitions to variety shows.

  • Canada Attacks

    4 Nov 2009 | 2:49 pm
    Six great bands from the Great White North play New York this week.

  • Funny Ha-Ha

    3 Nov 2009 | 4:20 pm
    Here are the big-name acts to catch this week at the New York Comedy Festival, November 4–8.

  • Your New Favorite Bar

    28 Oct 2009 | 4:19 pm
    Six notable nightlife openings.
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    nymag.com: People

  • Blood Brothers

    15 Nov 2009 | 7:31 pm
    Robert Sanchez and Felix Aponte had a lot in common, including Sing Sing and bad luck. So when Robert needed a kidney, it seemed like a chance to save both their lives. Until bad luck struck again.

  • The Neighborhood News

    15 Nov 2009 | 7:31 pm
    Our roundup of news from around the city.

  • I Dream of Diane

    15 Nov 2009 | 7:31 pm
    What do you do with the grief and guilt when your wife drives the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway with a van full of kids and a body full of alcohol, and ends up in a crash that kills eight? You put her in a shrine.

  • Getting Levi Johnston Naked

    9 Nov 2009 | 10:55 am
    How Playgirl got Levi Johnston to agree to a photo shoot.

  • Dossier: Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld, 24

    8 Nov 2009 | 7:04 pm
    What you should know about art curator and dealer Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld.
 
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    Brownstoner

  • Closing Bell: Last Outdoor Flea of the Season!

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:00 pm
    This is it, folks! We've arrived at the final weekend of the outdoor flea season and luckily it looks like the weather is going to cooperate both days. And for those of you who like to plan ahead, remember that the Gifted holiday market launches the day after Thanksgiving in the old Tower Records space on Lafayette and East 4th in Manhattan. The Brooklyn Flea is held on Saturdays from 10 to 5 at the Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Fort Greene (176 Lafayette Avenue between Clermont and Vanderbilt Avenues; take the C or G trains to Clinton-Washington) and on Sundays from 11-6 in Dumbo…

  • Development Watch: 575 5th Avenue Coming Along

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:30 am
    All the construction netting on the Fifth Avenue Committee's supportive housing project on 5th Avenue and 16th street has come down, and it's now possible to see progress on the corner of the structure. The rendering above shows how it's supposed to turn out. Development Watch: 575 5th Avenue Gets Its Brick On [Brownstoner] Development Watch: 575 5th Avenue [Brownstoner] Development Watch: 575 5th Avenue [Brownstoner] 575 Fifth on a Roll [Brownstoner] GMAP P*SharkDOB DOB Green-Lights 575 5th Avenue [Brownstoner] City Planning Approves FAC Project at 575 5th Ave [Brownstoner] Marty DK's Fifth…

  • StreetLevel: South, New 5th Avenue Bar, Opens

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:00 am
    South, the new bar in the former Vin Rouge space on 5th Avenue between 17th and 18th streets, has opened. According to BlackBook, South is run by the same people who own the Brooklyn Ice House in Red Hook and has half a dozen beers on tap. StreetLevel: New South Slope Bar on Tap [Brownstoner] GMAP

  • Open House Picks

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:04 am
    Park Slope 289 Garfield Place Corcoran Sunday 2-3 $1,950,000 GMAP P*Shark Ditmas Park 664 Westminster Road Douglas Elliman Sunday 2:30-4:30 $800,000 (was $995,000) GMAP P*Shark Greenwood Heights 323 21st Street Brown Harris Stevens Sunday 1-3 $749,000 GMAP P*Shark Bedford Stuyvesant 509 Decatur Street Fenwick Keats Sunday 12-1:30 $525,000 GMAP P*Shark

  • Open House Picks: Six Months Later

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:40 am
    Six months ago it was Memorial Day weekend and there were not enough open houses to make doing an Open House Picks post worth. Therefore, there's no Six Months Later post to run today! Previous Six Months Later Posts [Brownstoner]
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  • Commenting For The Win

    Paolo Mastrangelo
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:25 am
    Your readers are more likely to have seen this month's issue of 'Gourmet' than 'Playboy'.—Cornholio via Fimoculous - The Return of Sasha Grey

  • Talking With Todd Patterson And His Search For A Vegan Drummer

    Paolo Mastrangelo
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:00 am
    Someone in the East Village is in need of a vegan drummer. "Must like sad music. Imagination and personality valued more than technical skill." Upon spying the flyer seen here, NYC The Blog grabbed a pen and pencil, and set out to find more about the band.  Thumbing through a phone book, Drummer, Vegan, was listed there; right before Drummer, Vera. When that turned out to be the wrong number, we tried the email listed on the flyer: "How is your search for a vegan drummer going?" we inquired. Todd Patterson graciously responded, responding that the band, The Mercy Word, are currently…

  • Battling For Your Religious And Spiritual Beliefs

    Paolo Mastrangelo
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    This summer, an Atheist Bus Campaign was spearheaded by New York City Atheist, followed this fall by subway ads sponsored by The Big Apple Coalition of Reason, as seen in this photo here. Now the Marble Collegiate Church is striking back, with a lone ad (at top) spied on the D train. What they lack in quantity and coverage, they make up for with smart, relevant statements that clearly identify the players in this game. Google, or God. Make the right choice. (disclaimer: We live a blessed life, and am not entirely sure who is responsible, though our friends and family sure deserve a lot of…

  • Getting From Here To There In Harlem

    Paolo Mastrangelo
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:00 am
    Seen in Harlem yesterday: "These two youngsters thought it might be cool to hitch a ride on the back of a delivery truck before NYPD got on the loud speaker and told them to get off the truck before they got hurt. Naturally the boys decided to go back to plan A."Photo used with permission, courtesy Dee Bell of Uptown Flavor.

  • When Communities Get Serious About Bike Parking

    Paolo Mastrangelo
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:00 am
    Seen in Burlington VT. Though Washington DC has just done the whole nation one better with their new Bike Transit Center. Related: The NYC DOT CityRacks program: ...provides FREE sidewalk bicycle parking racks throughout New York City to encourage cycling for commuting, short trips and errands. CityRacks are not intended to be used for long-term parking. Due to high volumes of requests for CityRacks, NYCDOT will be prioritizing installation in areas that would benefit from clusters of bicycle parking such as transit stops, commercial corridors and other neighborhood destinations. Racks can be…
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  • Photos: Yankees 2009 Championship Parade

    pkatcher
    6 Nov 2009 | 5:17 pm
    These are't the greatest pics I've ever taken, but here's my gallery of photos from the Yankees championship parade held Friday at the Canyon of Heroes. I was shooting from inside an office building, so the glass between me and the street, as well as being anchored to one spot, hindered me a bit. But, a HUGE thanks to my friend John for inviting me to his company's gathering. The people, food and beers were all awesome. Much appreciated.

  • This One's For the Longtime PK.com Readers

    pkatcher
    5 Nov 2009 | 8:22 am
    Back in the middle of this decade, when I was writing this site with gusto and entertaining 6,000 visitors a day, Yankees fans took a lot of shit. And for good reason. We had the highest payroll but couldn't produce a championship. We blew a 3-0 ALCS lead. We saw A-Rod try to slap his way on base, sun shirtless in Central Park, kiss himself in the mirror, conspicuously escort a stripper into a Toronto elevator, get reduced to a No. 8 hitter by Joe Torre. From 2005-07, ALDS sounded more like a disease than a speed-bump to the World Series. And all that coincided with the Red Sux cheating their…

  • Fantasy Fest 2009 Photos and Review

    pkatcher
    3 Nov 2009 | 11:33 am
    Another year of Fantasy Fest — Key West's week-long, debaucherous celebration of pretty much everything — is in the books. For those of you who missed out, I posted a huge gallery of Fantasy Fest 2009 photos. I reviewed and posted photos from the event in 2006, 2007 and 2008, and I don't have too much to add to those thoughts. It continues to be a great party, and I continute to encourage as much participation as possible. It was great to meet a ton of people who recognized me from this site. If you saw me and didn't say hello, don't be shy in 2010. I tried to continue my practice…

  • Photos: National Go Topless Day in NYC

    pkatcher
    26 Aug 2009 | 10:46 pm
    Last weekend in New York, the people behind GoTopless.org staged a "protest" to fight for the "constitutional equality between men and women on being topless in public." Sounded like a fun time and a good photo opportunity, and here is my gallery from Go Topless Day in Central Park. Part serious and part goofy, the funky music and dance mixed with weighty speeches left me confused about the overall message, and I was even more puzzled when I read that "GoTopless was founded by the Raelian Movement, which recognizes that life on Earth was created by advanced extraterrestrial scientists." This…

  • Photos: Pin-Up Meetup — American Airpower Museum

    pkatcher
    18 Aug 2009 | 5:54 pm
    Last weekend, I braved LIE traffic to join the New York Pin-Up Photography Meetup Group at the American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale, Long Island. The museum hosts a squadron of operational World War II aircrafts, serving as the perfect locale at which to make some retro pictures. Here is a gallery of my best photos, and here's the group pool, where other photogs are sharing their select shots.
 
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  • Tip Us [Reminders]

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:59 pm
    Have some info you'd like to share? Email us at tips@cityfile.com.

  • [Roundup: Eating & Drinking]

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:45 pm
    • The Guggenheim is planning to open a restaurant named The Wright inside the museum. [NYT]• Le Cirque is now morphing into a club on Friday nights. Just don't actually call it a club, though. [GS]• Former Tailor chef Sam Mason has a new cooking show on Independent Film Channel and reports he may open something new in Brooklyn. [NYT]• Má Pêche (aka Momofuku Midtown) is serving cocktails. [F&W]• Is the Department of Health waging a war on pizza? It seems so. [Slice, GS]• Starbucks is rolling out more of its brand-less coffeehouses. [NYT]•…

  • [Roundup: Media & Entertainment]

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:50 pm
    • Oprah got all teary today when she announced she'll end her talk show two years from now. Meanwhile her upstart cable network announced it'll launch in January 2011, eight months before her talk show goes off the air. [EW, THR]• Oprah isn't the only one planning her goodbyes. Bill Moyers announced today that he's retiring and will wrap up his weekly PBS show in April 2010. [NYT]• Former NY1 anchor Dominic Carter was found guilty of misdemeanor attempted assault today for roughing up his wife last year. [NYDN]• Last night's season finale of Project…

  • The Demi Moore Challenge [Magazines]

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:05 pm
    It didn't very long for people to notice that the photo of Demi Moore on the cover of the December issue of W had been photoshopped. Half of her hip was missing! The magazine didn't even try to deny that the photo had been retouched. (A W spokesperson said the mag "did not do anything unusual or out of the ordinary," but since fixing up a cover photo is standard stuff, that didn't mean very much.) Nevertheless, Moore has been absolutely adamant that the photo is 100 percent legit and has been lashing out—via Twitter, naturally—at any suggestion she's…

  • So Long, Swine Flu [Epidemics]

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:57 pm
    Swine flu has "peaked" and is now on the decline, reports the CDC, so you can probably stop buying Purell by the gallon now. [NYT]
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  • Cold Storage deconstructed

    Amy
    14 Nov 2009 | 8:08 pm
    The first of the old "Cold Storage" buildings on Furman near the Brooklyn Bridge are coming down to make way for more new park. Here's how it used to look, via Google Street View.

  • New York Dock buildings: new paint, and vacate

    Amy
    31 Aug 2009 | 5:44 am
    Way back in June Crain's and Brownstoner reported that Christie's auction house signed a deal for warehouse space in one of the New York Dock Co. buildings in Red Hook.It now looks like they're doing paint tests on the buidling's exterior - different shades of grey and goldenrod maybe.Also interesting is the big new VACATE notice posted Wednesday on the matching building next door. "The

  • B61 bus riders approve of Matt Damon

    Amy
    29 Aug 2009 | 8:54 am
    I was on the B61 yesterday afternoon and had a look out the window to see a film crew on Van Brunt. "Hey, isn't that Matt Damon?" I ask the guy next to me."Why, yes, I think that is Matt Damon." And then he and the rest of the bus start Matt Damon conversations along the lines of: You know, I don't know the guy, but he just seems like he'd be a really nice guy who you'd want to hang out with.I've

  • Revere's last red brick building entirely demolished

    Amy
    26 Aug 2009 | 7:55 am
    August 4, 2009August 25, 2009Here's how it looked Monday morning (August 24) with one floor still standing.

  • Salted caramels

    Amy
    19 Aug 2009 | 7:20 pm
    We're in Portland staying at the Heathman, and I just popped into the little chocolate shop next to the lobby to buy a few chocolates for, uh research.As it turns out, Fran's Smoked Salt Caramels are to die for.So I go online to see what's up with them. And oh, it's just the Obama family favorite.
 
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  • Taxi television fail

    Kathleen
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:13 pm
    I am not a fan of the touch-screen televisions present in NYC taxis. They’ve been there for a couple of years now, and fortunately have an “off” button so you don’t have to listen to the incessant yammering of people trying to get you to watch their shows or buy their crap (I get enough of that if I turn on the tv in my own home, thankyouverymuch). However, occasionally I have had the misfortune to get into a taxi in which the off button does not work. Since the button is on a touchscreen, I don’t know if it’s that so many people have touched the off button…

  • Don’t forget to vote!

    Kathleen
    2 Nov 2009 | 7:06 am
    In case you have been lucky enough to avoid the seemingly incessant local political ads that seem to be everywhere right now, tomorrow, November 3rd, is Election Day. If you want to make sure you’re informed about your local candidates, you can start here to view the list of candidates. Of course, the biggest kerfuffle has been around Mayor Bloomberg and his decision to seek a third term. He got the city law changed so that he could run for a third term, which had previously been disallowed. His challenger, City Comptroller Bill Thompson, graciously neglected to mention that whole thing…

  • Lacto Ovo

    atom
    14 Oct 2009 | 11:01 pm
    I am a vegetarian. I have been for at least the last 7 years. I have often said that I would eat meat if I were the one to hunt and kill an animal with the purpose of eating it and using its parts. I wont get into my political reasons too deeply in this post, but I am more against the meat industry than meat itself. Living in a city like New York has taught me that there are a diverse amount of eating preferences. I have met fat heavily tattooed raw vegans, skinny baconholics, and friendly pescatarians. Unfortunately living in this city gives little opportunity to hunt. I’m sure pigeon…

  • I don’t live here anymore

    dhaval mehta
    24 Sep 2009 | 8:17 am
    I left NYC on August 25th. I don’t intend to come back. 18 years of my life were spent here. The 18 that counted the most in forming who I am today. The decision came not because of the economy (I was employed) or anything else but my decision to follow my heart and the one I truly LOVE to India. My journey is not the first of its kind. I’ve found that New York City provides an excellent ground for seekers of the spiritual variety. It is the only place on the planet where acceptance is not just a concept but a daily practice. I’m sure a lot of shady things happen in the…

  • What’s on your plate Mr. Mayor ?

    arZan
    22 Sep 2009 | 6:54 pm
    Bloomberg tucking into a slice of pizza. Image copyrights Mary DiBiase Blaich for The New York Times The NYTimes has a front page (web) article on the eating habits of Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Now this would be a waste of valuable e-newsprint, one may say. However the article brings into sharp contrast the positive motions the Mayor brings into the realm of public health, while at the same time having a completely different set of personal standards. The article talks about the Mayor’s affinity for (of all things) salt. Mr. Bloomberg, 67, likes his popcorn so salty that it burns…
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  • Mix It Up: Blood & Sand at Highlands

    Laren Spirer
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:00 pm
    [Photos: Highlands; Laren Spirer] In my mid-20's, I used to think all Scotch was the same. It was something that old men drank, and something that my male friends were "learning to drink." Every time I tasted it, all I got was heavy peat and smoke, so I assumed that's what Scotch was all about. Flash forward to the present. Not only have I matured greatly since then (or so I'd like to think), but during the course of my spirits education—both formal and informal—I have learned just how wrong I was back then. Highlands, New York's West Village Scottish bar, is a perfect place to…

  • Rooting Against My Home Team with Go Sushi's Yankee Roll

    Joe DiStefano
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:30 am
    [Photos: Joe DiStefano] With the notable exception of Go Go Curry there is probably no Japanese restaurant in Manhattan more obsessed with New York Yankees left-fielder Hideki "Godzilla" Matsui than Go Sushi. Sports pages featuring Matsui are pasted above the sushi bar at this Saint Mark's izakaya, whose name means "five" in Japanese. To honor the newly minted MVP who has worn the number 55 since his days at the Yomiuri Giants, and in recognition of the Yanks World Series win, Go introduced the Yankee Roll. My team loyalties—such as they are—lie with the Mets, but only because I…

  • Sugar Rush: Zapallos en Almibar at Industria Argentina

    Kathy YL Chan
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:30 am
    The menu description doesn't do this dessert justice: "acorn squash slowly cooked in syrup served with vanilla scented whipped cream." The dessert is by Natalia Machado, the pastry chef at Tribeca's Industria Argentina, and it's named Zapallos en Almibar ($9), an Argentinian classic with a rich history, not often served outside the home. Acorn squash is cubed, soaked in pickling lime, then cooked for hours in syrup. The result? Glossy, almost translucent cuts of squash, with an crackle crisp exterior and innards, a soft and creamy affair. The contrast of two textures in a single bite is…

  • Robert LaValva on the New Amsterdam Market

    Carey Jones
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:30 am
    "We're already looking towards next year. After all, Borough Market quickly became a weekly event..." Photos: Erin Zimmer When I first visited the New Amsterdam Market on a brutally cold, ice-whipped December day back in 2007, Robert LaValva and Cerise Mayo had assembled a single long row of vendors for their first-ever "Wintermarket" at the South Street Seaport. Photograph by Robin Riley In fairness, it was an incredible row of vendors: Anne Saxelby grilling cheese sandwiches, Mario Batali (in shorts!) slicing porchetta, The Bent Spoon serving ice cream that sold out despite the nastiest…

  • The Brunch Dish: Corned Beef Hash at 10 Downing

    Nikki Goldstein
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 am
    "It's a great hangover brunch dish, and there's something to be said for that on a Sunday morning in the West Village." [Photo: Nikki Goldstein] With all the natural light that pours into the space, 10 Downing is a beautiful place to wake up. The one thing that nobody likes in the morning, though, is a broken promise: The website had given me hopes of a delicious-sounding sunny side up duck egg atop duck ham with stewed figs and onions, which my menu and waiter promptly and unapologetically informed me was no longer available. Thankfully, there was redemption, which took the form of two slow…
 
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  • And Definitely Not Enough Sex for You.

    21 Nov 2009 | 3:00 am
    Mom, reading magazine: You heard of Twilight? Is it good?Kid: Dunno. I don't think you'd like it. It's got kissing. And vampires.--Barnes & Noble, TribecaOverheard by: Quack Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2009-11-21

  • No -- The Bong.

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Girl #1: So I like, panicked, and I ate it.Girl #2: You ate the weed?--Park SlopeOverheard by: E Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2009-11-21

  • Esteban Has Pole Vaulted Into Our Hearts

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Girl #1: Oh my god! It was so big I could feel it in my throat!Girl #2: I know, I call it his third leg.--JFK Airport Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2009-11-21

  • Only in the Star Trek Sense

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:00 pm
    Dude #1, while crossing Yankee stadium: Dude, are we in Staten Island yet?Dude #2: Are you retarded?--4 Train Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2009-11-20

  • All My Cowfriends Have It

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:00 pm
    Girl #1: It's called "foot and mouth disease," isn't that gross? I so don't want to get that!Girl #2: Ewww! What is it?Girl #1: I don't know, but it sounds disgusting!--M TrainOverheard by: Dara Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2009-11-20
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  • Protecting Business

    Fred
    21 Nov 2009 | 5:38 am
    Protecting Business I went down to city hall yesterday to participate in a hearing on net neutrality. I realize the NYC city council has no oversight on this issue but the lobbyists were coming out in force so I figured I might as well show up too. They were streaming the event so I am sure my testimony is online somewhere. I'll find it and link to it. But this post is not about net neutrality. It's about an issue that came up during the questioning. A councilmember mentioned the idea that we should help infrastructure providers protect their businesses. I am all in favor of the survival…

  • The Story Of My Avatar

    Fred
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:39 am
     I saw this tweet when I got up this morning:hey @fredwilson - whats the story behind ur avatar? While longtime readers know it, I figure many of you don't. So here it goes. Starting about four years ago, Howard Lindzon started commenting actively on this blog. He was funny, he was smart, and I enjoyed our banter in the comments. One march vacation, our family made a short stop in Phoenix, where Howard used to live. He emailed me and offered my son and me two tickets to the Suns game. We took him up on that and that's how we met for the first time. It turned out Howard was hatching an idea…

  • Anatomy Of A Big Day On AVC

    Fred
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:30 am
    I generally take a quick run through audience stats every morning. I saw this chart and thought "hmm, big day yesterday, why is that?" So I went to google analytics, which confirmed the big day.And then I went to the makeup of the traffic:Like most big days on AVC, it was referring traffic that caused the bump. Search and direct traffic are very consistent at about 2,500 visits per day. But referring traffic can be as little as 1,000 visits on a slow day or as much as 5,000 visits or more on a big day. Yesterday was such a day.Here's where it came from yesterday: The twitter traffic is…

  • Ten Meetings Per Day

    Fred
    18 Nov 2009 | 3:45 am
    I was explaining how I go about finding deals yesterday to a friend of mine and I thought I ought to explain it to everyone.I write this blog. It's like a broadcast channel of "what is interesting to me." I market it every way I know how and I get somewhere between 70k to 100k unique readers of it every month between web, rss, and mobile.As a result, I figure entrepreneurs and others have a pretty good idea of what I want to see and what I don't. And I believe they can self select. And for the most part, they do a great job of that.Given that dynamic, I take meetings, as many as I can. I went…

  • APIs In The Late Afternoon

    Fred
    17 Nov 2009 | 3:06 am
    After our weekly team meeting yesterday afternoon, I hopped into a cab to the far west side of manhattan to attend the Business of APIs conference. In the cab, I opened socialscope on my blackberry to check into twitter and saw this tweet from my partner Albert:Love APIs -- so excited about @foursquare's announcement http://bit.ly/1Zswju As I sat down with Quentin Hardy to talk about APIs, I wasn't sure where the conversation would go. Fortunately Quentin is a good interviewer and we had a great chat. We talked a bit about the foursquare api, and I mentioned that I am most excited about cool…
 
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  • Stay tuned...

    Janine
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:22 am
    This evening LWF&D will embark upon a very special two-day experience. Courtesy of some very kind people, AV and I will be taking a whirlwind tour of the Allentown-area Pennsylvania Wine Trails, visiting various wineries and exploring the scenery to see what the area has to offer. At this time when things are crazy with work and the holidays, a break from everything is sorely needed, and break we shall. Stay tuned for our full report and perhaps a preview of your next local vacation...

  • Weirder and weirder at Room Service

    Janine
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:37 am
    On Sunday evening, after getting back to the city from Princeton, AV and I headed to Room Service for some Thai food. I've been there twice before, for some reason, despite the fact that it wasn't great either time around. But hey, we had a yen, so we made our way there.Room Service is still one of the more bizarro restaurants around. The giant chandeliers, the crazy metal chairs, the techno music... it's like being in some tripped out club, only it's 7PM. We took our customary 1.5 seconds to figure out what we wanted to order, and soon our waiter sidled up and took our order with about as…

  • A Princeton review... backwards

    Janine
    19 Nov 2009 | 3:45 am
    This past weekend, AV and I headed back to his hometown of Princeton to lend a hand at his mom's jewelry show on Sunday. I'd been back to Princeton once before but hadn't thoroughly checked out all the edibles the town had to offer. For the past few weeks, I'd been looking forward to checking out the Bent Spoon, Princeton's famed artisanal ice cream shop, as an after-dinner treat, wherever dinner may be. But as Saturday night neared and dinner hour came and went, AV and I were simply not that hungry. But we wanted ice cream. So we decided to skip dinner entirely and head straight to the good…

  • Course upon course at Corsino

    Janine
    18 Nov 2009 | 3:52 am
    When Corsino opened a few weeks ago, I asked AV if we could go. "Of course," he replied, and promptly booked us a reservation for their first Saturday night open. Unfortunately, I had already planned a girls' night for that very same evening-- and so the reservation was cancelled. But suffice it to say that Corsino, owned by the same small-plates-Italian maestros behind 'ino and the 'inotecas, has been on my radar ever since.Well, this past Friday, we finally made it there, convening in the drizzly night for a couples double date with my friend SW and her fiance BC. We arrived around 8:30 to…

  • Back to basics at Amy's Bread

    Janine
    17 Nov 2009 | 3:19 am
    It's been a tough few weeks for the cupcake eater in me. First I tried to squelch the craving with a non-cupcake pastry from Andre's. Then I gave in to the siren song that is Crumbs. Where's a Billy's red velvet or banana cupcake when you need one? Down in Chelsea and Tribeca, sadly. So when the craving returned last week, once again I turned to a local option: Amy's Bread.Now, while my heart certainly lies with Billy's, I won't pretend I was unhappy "settling" for Amy's. I wrote about the black and white cupcake at Amy's a while back, and when I get a local craving for a chocolate cupcake…
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  • Soldier Mama

    Kathie H.
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:28 am
    Did you ever have a weird new mom dream working out the fears and disbelief that there was actually a baby in your life? Maybe you dreamed you went to your old job and were going out with friends after work completely forgetting that you had a baby...  In mine, I thought I was babysitting, and waited in vain for the baby's parents to come back so I could leave.  Just dreams, strange dreams, not particularly bad, not even nightmares.   What if you thought that if you showed up at your job with your baby, he would be pulled out of your arms and placed in foster care? What if you were a…

  • They're filming on our street again

    Kathie H.
    19 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    They're filming on our street again.  It happens all the time.   We live in a part of Brooklyn that looks and feels like Sesame Street, or the opening shot of The Cosby Show. My Kid won't even bother to cross the street to check out a film shoot.  In our part of the world, signs taped to lamp posts with arrows that point to "EXTRAS HOLDING" or  "TO SET" are as ordinary as fliers about lost cats and dogs.  I remember when she was still in a stroller she was attracted to the tent over the craft services table set up a couple blocks from our apartment.  She wanted…

  • Breastfeeding Helps You Get Back Into Shape!

    Dagmar Bleasdale
    18 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    This Tursday was a great day for breastfeeding advocates like me. The New York Times ran an article called “Breast-Feed the Baby, Skip the Dieting?” Catherine Saint Louis wrote about what has been my experience as well: breastfeeding helps moms melt those extra pounds after pregnancy — and if you are lucky, even more. I was a size 8 when I met my husband, I gained about 38 pounds while pregnant, and I have been a size 6 — or a size 4 on a very good day — since my son was about 10 months old. He just turned 3 and I am still breastfeeding him on demand. Being able to eat what I want…

  • Reliving the Baby Days

    Jess C
    17 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    I gave my boy a bath on Saturday; ran the warm water, squirted bubbles under the tap, and washed his long, thin boy self from head to toe.  Doesn't seem such a huge thing but he's eight now and even he knew it was a blast from the past.  "This is like the old days," he said.  I smiled and tried not to think about how my husband accuses me of coddling him.  After all, the boy was tired from soccer and coming down with some exhausting upper respiratory bug - so, why not?  It made me feel like I was helping fight a virus I am otherwise useless against and well, when did it ever hurt to baby…

  • Uncertainty over the H1N1 Vaccine

    Kelcey Kintner
    16 Nov 2009 | 2:33 am
    I've been asking all the mothers I know. So are you vaccinating your kids against H1N1? Some are. Some aren't. Some mothers lower their voices as if they are discussing a taboo topic like abortion. They are afraid of being judged for their decision.Mostly I hear a lot of uncertainty.As for myself, I'm pretty pro-vaccine. Or at least I was a few weeks ago. I was all set to vaccinate my kids against H1N1. I was just waiting for the vaccine to arrive. But then my pediatrician said something that stunned me. She doesn't recommend it. "Too new," she said stoking every fear inside me about this…
 
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  • Skame

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:43 am
    If you want to work in a clandestine manner, don't hire the CIA - hire an underground graffiti artist. I am astounded at how long some of these individuals have kept their identities secret, even after working decades, interviews with the New York Times or having been arrested, as Revs was in 2000. These men are not hiding in the hills of Afghanistan, they are living in the most populous city in the United States and tagging prominent public spaces in high traffic neighborhoods.In the 1980s and 90s, Revs teamed up with artist Cost and became two of the most well known graffiti artists in New…

  • What numba Kissena?

    19 Nov 2009 | 6:58 am
    I have previously written here of my experience as a New York City taxi driver when I was a university student. Nothing beats cab driving for a crash course in New York City and learning about its geography, boroughs and people. There are many taxi cab stories I have exchanged with others - in the course of driving nights, inevitably a driver will run across some outrageous situations. This has been the subject of the film documentary Night on Earth and the TV series Taxicab Confessions. I was introduced to driving by a college friend, an interloper into our university lives who was a native…

  • The Last Taboo

    18 Nov 2009 | 6:57 am
    In New York City, I have been privy to many conversations on a subject that is quite taboo - childlessness i.e. the adult or couple who, for one reason or another, chooses not to become a parent. At best, one hopes for at least civil tolerance between parents and nonparents regarding the subject. But discussions can become quite hostile, quickly escalating to character assassinations.Many are driven to the city to pursue careers and take advantage of an environment where the American Dream looms large. Child rearing is often put on the back burner until later in life. Often, couples leave the…

  • White by Design

    17 Nov 2009 | 7:14 am
    In the beginning, I would take the conversations seriously. By seriously, I mean attentively, with a reasonable expectation that I would get different responses regarding suggestions for color. Soon, however, I realized my best friend's answers would be presented and argued differently, but the preferred color in almost any situation was the same - white. It became a private joke between this long time friend and other close friends. Her design choice appeared to always be white. Drapes, wall color, clothing - anything that was available in white was usually chosen or recommended. With…

  • No Lipitor

    16 Nov 2009 | 6:14 am
    If you live in New York City, sooner or later, you are most likely going to end up enjoying a ride on the Long Island Expressway (aka the L.I.E.) and learn why this roadway has become known as the world's largest parking lot. Many also feel the acronym LIE is appropriate for a thoroughfare that represents itself as an expressway. The photo was taken during my recent journey to visit a friend in Roslyn, Long Island, a distance of under 20 miles from Manhattan. What could, under ideal conditions, have been a 30 minute ride, turned out to be a painful 90 minute crawl.This highway is the major…
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    Holla Back New York City - If You Can't Slap 'Em, Snap 'Em!

  • The METRO talks about the newest version of Hollaback!

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:02 am
    Amy Zimmer, a member of our HOLLAfame, wrote an article yesterday in the Metro about our new IPhone app!Here's the story:"NEW YORK. HollabackNYC, the Web site that encourages people to upload pictures of their harassers, is developing an iPhone app. They hope to use GPS mapping, to tag people’s pictures and reports, to an online map. E-mail alerts will be sent out in real-time. The data would be compiled in an annual report sent to police, public officials and the media."RightRides has generously offered to incubate this initiative, but we need help. Hollaback has been running with zero…

  • "Sexual Harassment Is ‘No. 1 Quality of Life Offense’ on Subways"

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am
    Yesterday there was a public hearing on harassment and assault in the subways. There, the police called sexual harassment "No. 1 Quality of Life Offense." Hey NYPD, people talking loudly on their cell phones is a quality of life offense. Harassment and assault is violence.Still, we are glad the NYPD has taken notice and grateful for all the press on the issue:"Subway Perv Reports Going Up" Metro International. (Check out the sidebar on the next generation of Hollaback!)"Sexual Harassment Is ‘No. 1 Quality of Life Offense’ on Subways, Police Say" New York Times. (Check out the mention of…

  • On the bridle path in Forest Park, Queens

    19 Nov 2009 | 8:08 am
    This little man apparently wanted to have a measuring contest with my horse. He lost.Submitted by Kit

  • Men Who Harass Me: One Woman's Partial Collection

    18 Nov 2009 | 11:10 am
    This is the 37th in the series.Submitted by Sally N.

  • "show us your titties, cigarette girl"

    18 Nov 2009 | 6:08 am
    i was parking in the parking structure at work at university of Michigan hospital. as i turned around the corner i saw 3 men walking up the ramp towards the door of the hospital. as i drove by one of them yelled something about showing him my titties. i stopped my car and yelled "are you talking to me?" and he says "show us your titties, cigarette girl." i told them to go fuck themselves and then i went inside and told security. they sent an officer out to talk to them and also kicked them out as they didn't have any reason to be there. the officer asked if i wanted to press charges but i…
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    SuperVegan: Vegan Blog and New York City Restaurant Guide

  • Where to Eat Vegan for Thanksgiving 2009 in New York City

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:47 pm
    [SuperVegan's Patrick Kwan is a Tofurky fan.]Thanksgiving is a devastating time of year for vegans, when we cry into our bland veggie soup while meat eaters feast around us, knowing deep down in our souls that we're missing out on one of life's great pleasures... Oh, wait, no. That's just the lie that meat eaters tell themselves to justify their refusal to take responsibility for their own destructive choices. In fact, with its wide array of freshly harvested delights, Thanksgiving is a cornucopia for vegans. Even the New York Times is getting in on the act, blogging about Going Vegetarian…

  • Adopt-A-Turkey at the Next Vegan Drinks NYC on Thursday, November 19

    18 Nov 2009 | 11:00 am
    Since we are forced to hold Vegan Drinks one week early because of the Thanksgiving holiday, we hope that you will join us this Thursday, November 19, at Angels & Kings bar for some drinking and turkey adopting. David from Farm Sanctuary will begin accepting your Adopt-A-Turkey sponsorships ($25 cash or check only) at 7:30pm. DJ Lil Ray will be there to help us get rid of our tired iPod playlist. As always, the drinks are cheap ($3 domestics, $4 imports and $1 off well drinks) and the crowd is rad. Plus, we will give away some items of nominal value. Just in time for the…

  • L.I. Food Not Bombs Gets SuperSized with 2,000 lbs. of Vegan Whipped Cream

    17 Nov 2009 | 8:06 pm
    [Food Not Bombs shares meals in over 1,000 cities world wide every week.]The Long Island Food Not Bombs (L.I. F.N.B.) chapter gets sh*t done. They coordinate three food shares (Hempstead, Huntington and Farmingville) each week; redistribute clothes, toys and books; and many L.I. F.N.B. activists also carve out time in their busy schedules to volunteer with the Food Not Bombs chapters (Bed-Stuy, Bushwick and Manhattan) in New York City. Naturally, L.I. F.N.B. did not balk at the prospect of redistributing a 2,000 pound donation from Soyatoo. So, if you want to see what 2,000 pounds of vegan…

  • Veggie Conquest III: Yes We Cran!

    17 Nov 2009 | 8:59 am
    The third installment of Veggie Conquest took place this past weekend and it was another smashing success. In case you missed the introductory blog post, Veggie Conquest is an amateur cooking competition similar to Top Chef... except that it's not televised. Oh yeah, and it's ENTIRELY VEGAN! The event is held monthly, and you can buy a chef ticket in order to be part of the competition or a taster ticket for an excuse to stuff your face. There are generally about six chefs participating and sixty-five tasters in attendance. One week prior all ticket holders are notified of the "secret…

  • SV Interview: The Dudes of Daiya - Andre Kroecher and Greg Blake

    7 Nov 2009 | 8:47 am
    [Got Pizza? We do now! (Photo: courtesy of Daiya)]As most vegans know, the biggest thing to hit our culinary universe this year is Daiya. It's a totally yummy vegan cheese that melts and shreds just like dairy cheese. (Check out SuperVegan's love-letter, er, review.) We thought we'd take a look behind the curtain and find out more about the wizards behind this new Canada-based cheesy phenomenon. Here they are, the Daiya Dudes. Andre Kroecher is the mad-scientist inventor of Daiya, and co-founder of the company with business-savvy Greg Blake. SuperVegan: Why did you set out to create vegan…
 
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  • My favorite NYC food/wine spots: wine bars!!!!

    foodwinecello
    21 Nov 2009 | 5:20 am
    Jason, Aubyn, and my wonderful in-laws, George & Eileen at 8th Street Wine Cellar People are always quick to say that New York City has amazing food available at every turn.  Part of me agrees, and part of me feels that you really do have to know where to go.  Like any city, NYC certainly has its share of mediocre restaurants/bars/cafes, etc.  So I think trial-and-error, being somewhat adventurous, and (this is the most important thing, I think) get recommendations from people who also love food/wine/beer and read reviews!  I don’t know what I would do without yelp.com! Hands…

  • Sounds from a Town I Love

    visualingual
    21 Nov 2009 | 5:03 am
    “It was a themed Bar Mitzvah, Deep Throat.”

  • The Louisiana Purchase, Part II

    weltanschauung
    21 Nov 2009 | 2:05 am
    Harry Reid has bought the state of Louisiana from their Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu for $100,000,000. Reid needs every vote he can get to keep his health care reform bill alive and Landrieu was unconvinced. It is against the law to buy votes anywhere else, but apparently not in the Senate. What can I get for Kentucky Comrade Harry? Oh, I’m not a member of the Senate. That’s too bad. You could have had my share of Kentucky for considerably less than you offered for Louisiana. Harry’s health care bill will strip 500 billion from the elderly in Medicare cuts, it will increase taxes…

  • A New Art Show on the Upper West Side

    migrantblogger
    21 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    Need an alternative to the traditional gallery scene? Check out the new art exhibition on the Upper

  • Brooklyn / NYC September 09

    katherinebrundage
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:49 pm
    Ben and I spent a short week in Brooklyn this past September, seeing friends and getting a mini-vacation in before everything started up again.  Here are a few photos from our trip to that lovely, lovely borough…these were all taken with an iPhone camera, so some are better than others, but I think that lil’ camera did a pretty good job overall! We spent a (rainy) day in the Met, and you really can’t see it all in one day, but here are a few highlights: I think I could have stared at this for hours: And I loved the juxtaposition of this image: the vacant eyes against a rich…
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  • My favorite NYC food/wine spots: wine bars!!!!

    foodwinecello
    21 Nov 2009 | 5:20 am
    Jason, Aubyn, and my wonderful in-laws, George & Eileen at 8th Street Wine Cellar People are always quick to say that New York City has amazing food available at every turn.  Part of me agrees, and part of me feels that you really do have to know where to go.  Like any city, NYC certainly has its share of mediocre restaurants/bars/cafes, etc.  So I think trial-and-error, being somewhat adventurous, and (this is the most important thing, I think) get recommendations from people who also love food/wine/beer and read reviews!  I don’t know what I would do without yelp.com! Hands…

  • Sounds from a Town I Love

    visualingual
    21 Nov 2009 | 5:03 am
    “It was a themed Bar Mitzvah, Deep Throat.”

  • The Louisiana Purchase, Part II

    weltanschauung
    21 Nov 2009 | 2:05 am
    Harry Reid has bought the state of Louisiana from their Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu for $100,000,000. Reid needs every vote he can get to keep his health care reform bill alive and Landrieu was unconvinced. It is against the law to buy votes anywhere else, but apparently not in the Senate. What can I get for Kentucky Comrade Harry? Oh, I’m not a member of the Senate. That’s too bad. You could have had my share of Kentucky for considerably less than you offered for Louisiana. Harry’s health care bill will strip 500 billion from the elderly in Medicare cuts, it will increase taxes…

  • A New Art Show on the Upper West Side

    migrantblogger
    21 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    Need an alternative to the traditional gallery scene? Check out the new art exhibition on the Upper

  • Brooklyn / NYC September 09

    katherinebrundage
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:49 pm
    Ben and I spent a short week in Brooklyn this past September, seeing friends and getting a mini-vacation in before everything started up again.  Here are a few photos from our trip to that lovely, lovely borough…these were all taken with an iPhone camera, so some are better than others, but I think that lil’ camera did a pretty good job overall! We spent a (rainy) day in the Met, and you really can’t see it all in one day, but here are a few highlights: I think I could have stared at this for hours: And I loved the juxtaposition of this image: the vacant eyes against a rich…
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  • Orchid Hypothesis (The Brian Lehrer Show: Monday, 23 November 2009)

    WNYC, New York Public Radio
    22 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    People get passionate about their handheld devices. WNYC staffers Jim Colgan, a producer for The Takeaway, and Mark Phillips, a producer with On the Media, debate the virtues of their machines. Atlantic Magazine contributor David Dobbs talks about the orchid hypothesis and why genetic vulnerabilities might actually be genetic benefits with the right kind of nurturing. Plus a call-in for everyone making the Hajj.

  • Fund Set Up for Survivor of Crown Heights Fire

    WNYC, New York Public Radio
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:38 pm
    Elected officials and community leaders in Brooklyn are rallying around the family of three victims in Wednesday's Crown Heights fire. Rose Etienne Jean was working when the fire claimed the lives of....

  • Moody's: Failure to Cut Deficit Could Hurt New York's Credit Rating

    WNYC, New York Public Radio
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:02 pm
    The credit rating agency Moody's says New York's credit rating could be hurt if Governor Paterson and lawmakers don't reach an agreement on cutting spending and closing the state's $3.2 billion defic....

  • Atlantic Yards Faces Another Lawsuit

    WNYC, New York Public Radio
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:36 am
    A coalition of Brooklyn officials and community groups has filed the latest in a series of lawsuits against the Atlantic Yards project. This one focusing on revisions the state approved in September.....

  • NY Court: Married Gay Couples Entitled to Benefits

    WNYC, New York Public Radio
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:11 am
    New York's top court has okayed the state's recognition of out-of-state same-sex marriages. The Court of Appeals ruled public officials have the authority to extend health insurance and other benefi....
 
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  • Sustaining Copenhagen

    30 Oct 2009 | 2:22 pm
    All eyes are on Copenhagen, where the world's climate community will meet in December to seek a post-Kyoto accord destined to shape outlines in international business and politics for years to come.  Whether or not anything will be agreed is anybody's guess, but it does mean Copenhagen is the flavour du jour.

  • Festival Annual '09 Brings Back Summer 2009 to the UK

    26 Oct 2009 | 8:36 am
    ... because you already miss the mud and the smashing times!‘Festival Annual 09’ is a world first. This innovative user generated project was created over 96 days at 21 festivals, through the sun, the sunburn, the rain and mud, and with the help of over 15,000 British festival lovers. You own the band's CDs, but nowhere else can you get to see what its like to really be there!See Hub Culture’s top 5 winning photo picks and be one of the first to buy the coffee table book.

  • Cleanliness is Next to Godliness in Salt Lake City

    15 Sep 2009 | 11:35 pm
    Feel like a clean-living adventure? Sick of the rat race, but still in need of civilized creature comforts? Go Utah!

  • WSJ.com: The Coming Currency Revolution

    9 Sep 2009 | 4:20 pm
    Catch WSJ video and story on the coming currency revolution: Ven.  Why not email Andy Jordan to tell him what you think?

  • Go and see... DISTRICT 9

    3 Sep 2009 | 4:24 am
    District 9 is a 2009 South African science fiction film directed by Neill Blomkamp, written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, and produced by Peter Jackson. The film stars Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, and Robert Hobbs. Copley plays the role of Wikus van de Merwe, a bureaucrat assigned to relocate a stranded alien species from a refugee camp in Johannesburg, South Africa to a new one outside the city. After his exposure to a substance that alters his DNA, Wikus must help the aliens escape the planet so they can return him to normal.- source Wikipedia
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  • Taxi driver who was beaten by thugs dressed as Super Mario Brothers speaks out on ordeal

    Brooklyn Mark
    16 Nov 2009 | 7:40 pm
    The cabbie beat up by thugs dressed as Super Mario Brothers spoke out about his ordeal Sunday and demanded tougher laws against assaults on taxi drivers. “I was really scared….At the time, I really think I’m going to die,” said Ndiaye Serigne, 48, of Harlem, who was robbed and pummeled by four men dressed as Mario, Luigi and other characters at a gas station. “We want more protection.” Serigne said he picked up the group in Gramercy around 3:30 a.m. on Halloween night. Trouble started soon after he crossed the Verrazano Bridge. “Now it’s a free…

  • Mike whacks hack

    Brooklyn Mark
    10 Nov 2009 | 10:28 pm
    Whether you’re gay, straight or anything else, you have the right to ride in a cab, an angry Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday in response to the hack who booted a same-sex couple from his taxi because they were hugging. “I thought the taxi driver’s behavior — if it is as reported — was a disgrace,” Bloomberg said. “Somebody’s orientation has absolutely nothing to do with whether they can ride a taxi. That kind of attitude doesn’t fit with what this city’s become,” Bloomberg scolded. Medhat Mohamed kicked Paul Bruno and…

  • New York’s Cabbies Like Credit Cards

    Brooklyn Mark
    8 Nov 2009 | 7:56 pm
    Like a growing number of city taxi riders, Susan Barnett used a credit card on Tuesday when she paid her driver, Janusz Kuznia. New York’s cabbies howled when the city began forcing them to take credit cards. Some even went on strike, calling the requirements a kowtow to tourists and a burden on drivers. But two years later, the back-of-the-cab swipe has emerged as an unlikely savior for New York’s taxi industry, even as other cities’ fleets struggle to find fares in a deep recession. Overall ridership and revenue have increased. More and more fares are being paid with credit cards,…

  • Diary of a Cabbie by John McDonagh

    Brooklyn Mark
    2 Nov 2009 | 8:47 pm

  • Taxi Top Ads

    Brooklyn Mark
    1 Nov 2009 | 11:04 am
    Lookout for the new YellowCabNYC.com Taxi Top Ad on the streets!
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  • Jeanne-Claude, Christo’s Collaborator on Environmental Canvas, Is Dead at 74 by staff

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:48 am
    “Jeanne-Claude, who collaborated with her husband, Christo, on dozens of environmental art projects, notably the wrapping of the Pont Neuf in Paris and the Reichstag in Berlin and the installation of 7,503 vinyl gates with saffron-colored nylon panels in Central Park, died Wednesday in Manhattan, where she lived. She was 74. A statement on the couple’s Web site, christojeanneclaude.net, said the cause was complications of a brain aneurysm.” ... Contributed by Danielle Mund

  • Transit Officials Decide to Put ‘Optimism’ on MetroCards by staff

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:40 am
    ”’The Waterfalls’ flowed in the East River. ‘The Gates’ snaked through Central Park. Now New York’s latest large-scale public art project is being exhibited in an even unlikelier space: your wallet. On the back of seven million MetroCards distributed this fall is a single printed word: ‘optimism.’ Composed in clean, bold, sans-serif letters, it floats in a sea of white just beneath the boilerplate fine print. Another seven million are on the way early next year.” ... Contributed by Danielle Mund

  • A Celebration in Honor of Yeondoo Jung,Cinemagician

    19 Nov 2009 | 8:14 am
    Picked for: 2009-11-21Check out this open bar celebration/party of Yeondoo Jung, Cinemagician, who premiered his new theater piece, Cinemagician, which aims to recreate the tensions between the magician and audience that arise from watching the unfolding of an unknown event or trick at Performa 09.

  • Spanish queen duped Pope with dud Murillo by staff

    19 Nov 2009 | 7:33 am
    “New research reveals that Queen Isabella II of Spain (1830-1904) knowingly gave Pope Pius IX a fake painting of a 16th-century original in her collection. It has also emerged that ten years after her “generous” gift, the Spanish queen gave the original work by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo to King Luis of Portugal. The deceit was uncovered by independent Portuguese scholar Hugo Xavier, who recently found an old album of photographs of paintings in the Ajuda Palace, a former royal residence in Lisbon. One of these photos, depicting Murillo’s The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine,…

  • How Do You Conserve Robert Smithson’s ‘Spiral Jetty’? by staff

    19 Nov 2009 | 7:12 am
    “In 1972, a year before his death in a plane crash at 35, the artist Robert Smithson wrote, “I am for an art that takes into account the direct effect of the elements as they exist from day to day.” And with the creation of his greatest work — “Spiral Jetty,” the huge counterclockwise curlicue of black basalt rock that juts into the Great Salt Lake in rural Utah — he certainly put that conviction to the test. After the piece was constructed in 1970, it spent decades underwater as the lake rose. It has re-emerged in the last few years because of drought, but its appearance…
 
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  • The Opening of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

    Michelle and James Nevius
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:02 am
    Saturday, November 21, marks the 45th anniversary of the opening of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, which was at the time the longest suspension bridge in the world.The bridge was the brainchild of Robert Moses, who had more influence on New York City that perhaps any other individual in its history. The bridge, connecting Staten Island to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, was the last major arterial road in Moses's grand plan to connect all of New York by automobile. (Among Moses's many other projects included the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Robert F. Kennedy (nee Triborough)…

  • The Manhattan Company vs. the Chrysler Building

    Michelle and James Nevius
    12 Nov 2009 | 7:29 am
    The Bank of the Manhattan Company by CR on flickrA couple of weeks ago, there were a number of commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the Great Crash of 1929 which led to the Great Depression. As the stock market was plummeting, however, buildings in the Financial District were still soaring to new heights, including the Bank of the Manhattan Company at 40 Wall Street, which was racing against the Chrysler Building on 42nd Street to be the tallest building in the world.Eighty years ago today--on November 12, 1929--the Manhattan Company finally topped out at 925 feet. As far as anyone knew…

  • The History of Yankee Ticker Tape Parades

    Michelle and James Nevius
    5 Nov 2009 | 3:14 am
    photo of the 1996 ticker tape parade for the Yankees by Ruby Washington / New York TimesAnyone who’s read our book or this blog knows we have a thing for ticker tape parades. So, of course we are excited for tomorrow’s parade honoring the New York Yankees 27th world championship. It will be a record-setting ninth parade for the Bronx Bombers. However, while many people associate ticker tape parades with winning sports franchises, honoring the local teams is a relatively modern development; the Yankees didn’t get their first parade until 1961. The first ticker tape parade was held in…

  • William Jay Gaynor: The Assassinated Mayor

    Michelle and James Nevius
    3 Nov 2009 | 9:39 am
    As we wait for the results of today's mayoral election (or Mike Bloomberg's next tweet), we thought we'd take a look back at what was happening in New York a hundred years ago today, when William Jay Gaynor was elected mayor.Gaynor, a native of the village of Oriskany in Oneida County, was best known as a jurist, having been appointed to State's Supreme Court in 1893 and the Appellate Division in 1905. Tammany Hall Democrats, disappointed by their two-term standard bearer, George B. "Max" McClellan, picked Gaynor to run in 1909. Gaynor handily defeated the Republic/Fusion candidate, Otto T.

  • Washington Square Tombstone Unearthed -- Part 2

    Michelle and James Nevius
    28 Oct 2009 | 10:05 am
    photo courtesy of the New York City Parks Department.Following up on our post yesterday, the Parks Department has revealed the tombstone that was recently uncovered in Washington Square Park. It reads:Here lies the body of James Jackson, who departed this life the 22nd day of September 1799 aged 28 years native of the county of Kildare Ireland."You can read more about the discovery in Gothamist and the New York Times.(And, of course, you can read more about Washington Square Park its role as a city cemetery in Inside the Apple.)To get RSS feeds from this blog, point your reader to this…
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  • Today in NYC: Monday, November 16

    16 Nov 2009 | 5:33 am
    There is a lot going on for a Monday night. Usually, Monday's are a slow night, with not much more than Monday Night football to coax people off the couch. But tonight, a benefit event tonight at Blvd. featuring Laura Cantrell will raise funds for the Appalachian Community Fund...The Simon Cancer Foundation hosts Cocktails for a Cause at Vintage Irving...There is a new trivia night in town, as Trinity Pub kicks off their first pub quiz tonight...Latin speed dating tonight at The Watering Hole offers $5 off with the code "MurphGuide"...wine lovers in NYC can meet at HDL Enhancement's tasting…

  • Hell's Kitchen Pub Crawl

    14 Nov 2009 | 6:25 am
    Our friend (& MurphGuide reader) Steve invites you to his 9th annual Hell's Kitchen Pub Crawl, which raises funds forSteve did such a good job with the write-up for the crawl, that I am just going to post it here in its entirely:The 2009 Crawl will be making 10 stops throughout the Kitchen. And if the turnout is similar to the last eight years, it should be a large crowd. As always, there is at least one new spot (apparently the recession is hitting the Westside as there weren’t too many new places to choose from). But I think you’re going to like the new place. Once again, this…

  • Today in NYC: Saturday, November 14

    14 Nov 2009 | 5:54 am
    Lots of fun stuff going on today. But then, you already new that, because you read MurphGuide.com, right?Hell's Kitchen Pub Crawl • Return of Rococo at TenEleven • Boris The 3-Way Party at Pacha • Booga Sugar at Ulysses' • Firefighter Auction at Turtle Bay • Free Chelsea Brewery Tour • ModErin: Darrah Carr Dance at Irish Arts Center • Stand Up Comedy at Comic Strip Live • Four Nations Rugby League Final at The Australian • Boxing:Manny Pacquiao v Miguel Cotto at Third & Long • Pacquiao vs. Cotto at Rogue • 27 West at Smith's Bar • Marc S. Zeplin Foundation Benefit…

  • CD Release of Hurley/McCann's "The House that Horse Built"

    13 Nov 2009 | 7:25 am
    Our friend Joe Hurley (Rogue's March) has a new CD out, a collaboration with novelist Colum McCann...Friday, November 13CD Release of Hurley/McCann's "The House that Horse Built"A very special semi-acoustic appearance by NYC songwriter Joe Hurley & Friendsfeaturing special guest, the best-selling author Colum McCann.The Hurley/McCann CD, "The House That Horse Built", inspired by McCann's novel "Let the Great World Spin", and previously only available in Europe, will be released this evening.It will be performed by many of the musicians on the recording (see CD's European press release)…

  • Fundraising Benefit for Kayla Rose Hannon

    8 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am
    The Irish community in the New York tri-state area are well known for organizing to help one of their own in times of need. The latest example of these grassroots fundraising efforts takes place today at Rory Dolan's in Yonkers to help defray medical costs of area college student Kayla Rose Hannon...Sunday, November 8Fundraising Benefit for Kayla Rose Hannonfeaturing entertainment byDermot Henry - 2pmShilelagh Law - 3pmCeltic Cross - 4pmJameson’s Revenge - 5pmGirsa - 6pmCeltic Justice - 7pmPeter McKiernan - 8pm2U - 9pmat:Rory Dolan's890 McLean AvenueYonkers, NY(914) 776-2946)RoryDolans.com
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  • Blazetrak: New Site Allows Users to Submit Demos and Get Video Feedback from a Professional

    Termeh Mazhari
    19 Nov 2009 | 11:34 am
    Since I joined AMP3 PR I’ve probably spoken with over a hundred different companies, often start-ups, calling our office looking to get PR, representation or brand management. Out of those 100 calls, only a small fraction typically convey a well thought-out business model, or give off an impression of – what I like to call – “knowing  one’s sh*t”. And out of that small fraction, an even smaller fraction of companies actually delivers the goods and effectively executes that original business plan. Blazetrak is one such company. Founded by Nate Casey, Corey Stanford, McKinley…

  • Interview with One Tough Cookie’s Gail Dosik

    Termeh Mazhari
    13 Nov 2009 | 2:47 pm
    If you’re following me on Twitter, then you already know that I’ve got a major sweet tooth. If I could bring three things with me on a desert island, LaDuree macaroons would probably be one of them. I met pastry artist Gail Dosik through Twitter, where she tweets under the handle THEToughCookie, a reference to her New York City based business One Tough Cookie, where she designs and bakes custom-made cookies, cakes and other pastries. I couldn’t pass up on the opportunity to interview this former fashion industry executive turned pastry artist. Termeh Mazhari: Was there an A-HA moment…

  • Interview with Singer Songwriter Colin McShane

    Termeh Mazhari
    23 Oct 2009 | 2:02 pm
    As a publicist who has often worked with musicians, I have a soft spot for indie bands. Truly one of the toughest businesses to break into, indie musicians – especially rock bands – who’ve received even a glimmer of success deserve serious kudos. One such musician contacted me recently, an indie New York City based singer/songwriter named Colin McShane, who told me he got some of his music placed in the popular soap TV series Guiding Light. You may be thinking: he must be childhood BFFs with the show’s producer or something. Turns out that Colin landed the placement through good…

  • Green Scout Report offers everyday green living tips and rates businesses on their sustainability practices

    Termeh Mazhari
    6 Oct 2009 | 9:06 am
    GreenScoutReport.com is a newly launched online resource that provides weekly profiles of eco-friendly companies and sustainable businesses, as well as new green fashion or product releases. Think: Daily Candy meets Al Gore. Founded by Justine Suh (image below), GreenScoutReport.com went live over the summer of 2009. Suh, a former luxury merchandising and product development executive for global Fortune 500 companies, is now a certified green business consultant, as well as a member of the Green Business League, and the U.S. Green Building Council. As a sustainable business expert, Suh…

  • Breast Cancer Prevention in Puerto Rico with Doral’s Ruta Pink Program

    Termeh Mazhari
    7 Sep 2009 | 9:16 am
    Launched last summer, as a collaboration between Doral Bank and Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Ruta Pink is an innovative breast cancer prevention program that is making big waves in Puerto Rico. Doral Bank decided to take the lead in the campaign against breast cancer and educate the Puerto Rican population on the island’s second leading cause of death in women. Ruta Pink (meaning Pink Route) is the route traveled by the pink mammogram bus that makes stops through towns across the island offering free mammograms, biopsies and referrals to both women and men, with or without health insurance.
 
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    Mommy Poppins

  • Gingerbread Houses and Holiday Cooking Classes for NYC Kids

    Deanna
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:44 am
    Family holiday traditions often seem to revolve around food: cooking special meals, baking holiday cookies and creating gingerbread houses. These family moments create those warm memories that children will look back on with nostalgia. But if your inner Martha is on vacation, consider taking your kids to a holiday cooking class instead. Several kids' cooking clubs are offering holiday-themed classes in November and December, teaching staples like fresh cranberry sauce and gingerbread house construction. Classes for toddlers through tweens could whet your child's appetite for culinary…

  • New York City Kids Weekend Events for November 21-22: Free & Cheap Art Events, Icky Festival, Scarecrow Contest & More

    charlotte
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:21 pm
    I’ve always found the weekend before Thanksgiving to be exciting, since the whole family is starting to get in the holiday spirit and kids know vacations (and presents, of course) are coming. But before you start thinking about gifts or prepping food before the big cook-off, take some time to enjoy the pre-Rockefeller Tree-d city—it won’t look like this again until mid-January. This weekend there’s an incredible array of free and cheap art events, live music and food at El Museo del Barrio, a scarecrow making contest, circus fun, a gross (but awesome) icky festival and…

  • Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and Balloon Inflation Viewer's Guide

    mommy
    18 Nov 2009 | 5:20 pm
    One of the things on our list of 100 things to do with your kids in NY before they grow up is to watch them inflate the giant balloons for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. If you want to go this year, here's some tips for seeing the balloons, plus the best place to find a spot for the actual parade and news about the new parade route: read more

  • Vintage Shopping with Tweens in New York City

    Leni
    18 Nov 2009 | 2:48 am
    Dressing with style in one of the most fashionable cities in the world is a tough thing to do especially when you are a tween. I have allowed my daughter some freedom when it comes to clothing, letting her choose her clothes and then put them together into outfits good or bad. What we have discovered is that she consistently wants all new trendy clothing to impress her friends. There is no need to spend a fortune on trendy items that are going to be ruined or out of style in less than a year. Kicks, rocker tees, patterned scarves, funky bags. All of these items are in high demand and…

  • Family Friendly Restaurants Near Rockefeller Center

    mommy
    17 Nov 2009 | 10:55 pm
    Wanda contacted me via twitter looking for recommendations of where to eat before going to see the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular with her family. Since I've been meaning to write about family friendly restaurants in Midtown for ages I figured I'd just answer her here. For over a decade I worked right across the street from Rockefeller Center and, like anyone who works near there knows, the food choices can be down-right depressing. (Oh, wait, maybe that was just my job.) But there are some good choices if you know where to look for them, from special occasion restaurants to…
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    UPTOWNflavor

  • Celebrate 95 Golden Years!

    uptownflavor
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:10 pm
    Posted in Celebrity, Entertainment, Events, Theater

  • West Harlem Community Forum: From Trash to Treasure

    uptownflavor
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:05 pm
    Posted in Activism

  • Narmer’s Newsstand

    narmer
    20 Nov 2009 | 7:20 am
    Ringgold looks to give back to Harlem through art [CS] Harlem grandmother wounded by stray bullet has message for Mayor Bloomberg: Clean up my neighborhood [DN] Plan for share-a-ride reduced cab fares moves ahead, TLC says [DN] In Obama’s footsteps: Struggling actor offers tour of Barack’s New York ‘lost years’ [PHILLY] A Flood of Applicants to a Shrinking Police Dept. [NYT] Schools’ Grades Reflect Persistent Disparity [NYT] New York Is Set for Strict Stand on D.W.I. Cases [NYT] NY passes new foreclosure protections [CRAINS] South Africa Is Divided on Gesture by…

  • DreamGirls Community Performances

    uptownflavor
    20 Nov 2009 | 4:50 am
    Posted in Community, Entertainment

  • Health Department Announces Launch of NYC FluLine

    narmer
    20 Nov 2009 | 4:41 am
    Starting Thursday, New Yorkers with symptoms of influenza can consult a nurse by calling 311 As part of a continued effort to prepare for the peak of influenza season, the city will launch the NYC FluLine on Thursday, November 19. Through this service, 311 operators will provide concerned New Yorkers with information on what to do if they or a family member feels sick with flu-like illness (fever with cough or sore throat). Callers with symptoms of influenza will be connected to registered nurses, who will provide information and advice on whether to seek care. For concerned patients who…
 
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    The Gotham Palate

  • “Taking it to the Stalls” – Review of Otafuku

    admin
    13 Nov 2009 | 9:39 am
    “Taking it to the Stalls” – Review of Otafuku BY SARAH IP Otafuku 236 E 9th St (between 2nd Ave & Stuyvesant St) East Village 212-353-8503 Otafuku. Photo by Sarah Ip. Tokyo, here I come!  Well, almost.  At least for twenty minutes I can pretend while chomping on my okonomiyaki (Japanese grilled pancake), brimming over with beef, shredded cabbage, katsuoboshi, special sauce, mayonnaise and aonori (seaweed powder), along with six creamy, fried takoyaki(octopus) balls.  For a mere $9, Otafuku brings it hard. Occasion: Post-wedding.  My friends were wed on Halloween.  As to the…

  • Craftsteak Hosting Open Casting Call for Top Chef Season 7: Sunday, Nov. 8th

    admin
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:37 pm
    “Top Chef Season Seven’s Open Casting Call and Talking to Top Chef Casting Top Dog” BY ELENA MANCINI The Emmy and James Beard award winning chef competition series, Top Chef Los Angeles ,will be hosting an open casting session for Season 7 at Craftsteak in New York City, this Sunday, November 8th. Ever ask yourself what the casters of  this high voltage food competition show look for in a contestant?  I recently had the opportunity to gain some insights by speaking to Nick Gilhool, the Head of Casting for Magical Elves in Los Angeles and the guy in charge of casting Top…

  • The right way to eat sushi

    admin
    2 Nov 2009 | 4:48 am
    Whether it be a power luncheon or a first date, sushi restaurants are an ever popular destination of choice. Whether you’re a seasoned sushi-diner or are barely beyond the initiate stage, snippets.com offers some solid advice to help you avoid embarrassing table gaffes. Click on the image below for a free lesson in sushi-eating etiquette. Courtesy of snippets.com

  • A grown-up ghoulish Halloween treat – Eyeball Caprese Salad

    admin
    30 Oct 2009 | 12:36 pm
    Candy corn and Kit Kat bars are great, but for dental health’s sake, let’s keep in mind that there are other ways to embrace the spooky spirits that won’t line the dental industry’s coffers and are a little more gourmet-tasting as well: Whether you’re hosting Halloween dinner or just want to have healthy, bite-size alternative available for the sugar-frenzied hoards of Trick-or-Treaters flocking to your doorstep, this Eye-Ball Caprese-saladfrom EvilMadScientist.com is a fun and easy gourmet treat. Click on the image below for the recipe. Image and Recipe from…

  • Where Ramen Reigns Supreme – Review of Ippudo

    admin
    29 Oct 2009 | 6:51 am
    “Where Ramen Reigns Supreme” – Review of Ippudo BY SARAH IP Ippudo 65 4th Ave (between 9th St & 10th Streets) East Village, NY 10003 (212) 388-0088 / ippudo.com/ny Ippudo. Photo by Sarah Ip. College students, take note: Ippudo is not your MSG-laden instant ramen packet.  In fact, it’s a far cry from the run-of-the-mill supermarket variety, taking ramen to another level. My friend and I were in the area for a Susie SuhBig Phony show later that night at Joe’s Pub.  It was a teaser of a fall to come: Brisk, chilly and decidedly ramen-worthy weather.  What better way to warm up…
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    NYConvergence

  • Condé Nast Digital to Build Wired Prototype with Air

    NYConvergence
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:41 pm
    The Wired prototype, which we mentioned earlier, will be built using Adobe's AIR, a free cross-platform runtime—a piece of foundation software that can run different programs on top of it—launched in 2008 that currently targets Mac, Windows and Linux computers.FolioPrevious: > Condé Nast Developing Digital Version of Wired

  • 1020 Placecast Raises $5 Million

    NYConvergence
    20 Nov 2009 | 7:15 am
    1020 Placecast, a location-based ad network and platform, has raised $5 million in a second round of funding.  New investor Quatrex Capital joined for this round, with participation from previous backers Onset Ventures and Voyager Capital.  1020 will use the money to continue building out its location-based ad targeting technology.paidContent

  • Condé Nast Developing Digital Version of Wired

    NYConvergence
    20 Nov 2009 | 7:00 am
    Magazine publisher Condé Nast is partnering with Adobe to build a digital version of the company's tech magazine Wired for electronic reading devices. The application will be available by the middle of 2010, and will be the first of several digital applications they are planning for their stable of magazines,  including Vogue, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.The Wall Street JournalPrevious:> Conde Nast iPhone App Coming for December Issues

  • Fox Business To Reach 3 Million Add'l NY-Area Homes

    NYConvergence
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:45 am
    Beginning November 19, Fox Business News will be available to Cablevision subscribers in suburban New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut on channel 106, expanding the network's subscriber base by 3 million homes in the New York Metropolitan Area.Broadcasting & CablePrevious:> Cablevision Proft Triples in 3Q, Plans Rate Hike

  • 'Business Insider' Publishes Who's Who at Google NY

    NYConvergence
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:30 am
    Following its tour of Google's office earlier this week, the online general-business publication put together a list of which of the 2,000 employees at Google's headquarters in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood "matter" based on conversations with Googlers, ex-Googlers, and Google PR.The full list is available online here.Business InsiderPrevious:> Google's New York Funhouse HQ
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    A Passion for Food

  • Sugar Rush'ed...

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:28 am
    Spot: Yuzu Eskimo, Oreo, Strawberry, and Passionfruit...for the week at Serious Eats New York. Plus, a peek into Pichet Ong's brand new 'Spot', a breakdown of strawberry shortcakes in the East Village, and a collaboration with Nikki on Pure Dark, as well as the usual "Lunch for One" at Ground Support ^_^Spot: Ovaltine Ice Cream with Thai JewelsThe Dessert Files: A First Look at Pichet Ong's 'Spot'Spot: White Miso Semifreddo, Raspberries, and Olive Oil...just gotta show you a few more photos from this place...I focused mainly on the plated desserts for this first visit...Spot: Persimmon,…

  • Wednesday...

    19 Nov 2009 | 11:45 am
    Rice Noodles, Pork Ragout, Saw Leaf Herb...lunch with Zubair at Má Pêche. Yesterday was crazy. I managed to go from East Village to Midtown to Tribeca to the Lower East Side, then the Upper West Side and finally East Village and Midtown (again) and back to the East Village before tucking into bed a quarter before three. Praise the unlimited Metro card. Three Terrine Sandwich, Daikon, and CilantroI'm lucky that both my real estate work and food work is extremely flexible. I could never do this on an accountant's schedule. Between lunch at Má Pêche, early dinner at Spot and later dinner at…

  • Catching Up With...

    18 Nov 2009 | 10:08 pm
    The Bobcat - Bill’s classic with new mexico green chiles, jack cheese, and special sauce....old buddies over burgers and fries, plates and plates of fries, at Bill's Bar and Burger in meatpacking. Debbie and Bhavneet were former PwC co-workers (none of us are with the company anymore), and also my very first non-food related friends in the city, haha.Disco Fries smothered with gravy and melted cheeseWe stayed in touch through all sorts of modern day technology - gchat, texting, and twitter nonsense, but the last time we all met up (in person) was late 2008.Crispy Veggie FriesNothing like…

  • Saturday Brunch for One...

    16 Nov 2009 | 7:52 pm
    ...looks like this :)Tucked in early on Friday night, and woke up chipper for work on Saturday. A girl needs something to energize her for the day. I ordered the Schooner ($16) which comes with chips (Miss Vickie's), a drink (Maine Root), and a lobster roll, which I topped off with......a few shakes of "Ben's secret spices." Would it be sacrilegious to confess that I wish there were just a few more dabs of mayo? ;)Luke's Lobster93 East 7th StreetNew York, NY 10009(212) 387-8487

  • New Yeah Shanghai Deluxe

    14 Nov 2009 | 4:07 pm
    Sometimes for dinner. After a very, very long day. You just really need (not want, but need) a massive plate of beef chow funn. Dinner for one. The portion must be sufficient to feed two, and your appetite must be big enough to wipe out that entire serving. The noodles must be slick, shiny and salty. Ideally it'd be beef and broccoli (think Kaimuki Chop Suey back in Honolulu), but beef and peppers will do in a pinch. With this, you need a pot of hot tea, a table for yourself and a pair of chopsticks. Dig in...ahhhh. ^_^New Yeah Shanghai Deluxe65 Bayard StreetNew York, NY 10013(212) 566-4884
 
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    Walking Off the Big Apple

  • A Cultural Guide to West 57th Street: A Walk and a Map

    Teri Tynes
    20 Nov 2009 | 7:48 am
    It began in 1891 with the opening of Carnegie Hall, the symbol of music world success that Andrew Carnegie paid people to construct on 7th Avenue between West 57th and West 56th Streets. A year later, the Art Students League moved into the new American Fine Arts Building, an elegant French Renaissance building at 215 West 57th Street. In 1916-17, Cass Gilbert designed the Rodin Studios at 200 W. 57th Street, a building with elaborate apartments. Developing by small increments, by the late 1920s the blocks of West 57th Street between 8th Avenue and 5th Avenue had become a major center for…

  • An Early Morning Walk in the East Village

    Teri Tynes
    17 Nov 2009 | 3:25 pm
    Sometimes it's not about where to walk but when. Certain hours of the day carry with them their own qualities, and strange as it may sound, I am fond of the quiet mystery of the early morning. Just before sunrise the day has not yet lost its patina of night, and ever so gradually, the velvety air of the post-midnight hours begins to retreat into shadows. As I walk through the streets in those poignant moments before sunrise, I never see many people, mostly just the silhouettes of lone individuals not yet recognizable by the light of day. Birds rustle in their nests. A few taxis swish by. The…

  • A Literary Holiday Gift Guide: Best New Books on New York, New York

    Teri Tynes
    15 Nov 2009 | 11:23 am
    Not surprisingly, New York as a subject generates a lot of books. Each year the shelves in the New York section of bookstores become overcrowded with new books about the city, each one adding something different to a vast body of city literature. This year the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's voyage to the New World inspired several new books on New York's Dutch heritage, many of them accompanying exhibitions at area museums. In addition, the Lincoln Bicentennial (1809-2009) brought new attention to the role of New York in creating the circumstances for his Presidency. And as always, New…

  • Shopping for Dinner at the Union Square Greenmarket: A Slideshow of Seasonal Bounty

    Teri Tynes
    12 Nov 2009 | 9:23 am
    Walking through the Union Square Greenmarket, I often feel like such an amateur. Dumfounded by the varieties of potatoes, rutabagas, turnips, squash, or heirloom tomatoes on display and what to do with them, I often beat a retreat to the bakery stands. Here among the pumpkin tea cakes, gingerbread, and sourdough breads, I feel like an authority. I'm also good with flowers. Nevertheless, members of the health establishment have recently urged me to become more friendly with the vegetable and fruit displays, and accordingly, I'm getting acquainted with the edible natural world. Man or woman…

  • A Walk to See Carl Jung's Red Book: A Journey Into the Psyche

    Teri Tynes
    10 Nov 2009 | 9:39 am
    Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung (July 1875 – June 1961) embarked on an extraordinary journey in the years before World War I, a dangerous adventure that took him inward to the deepest recesses of his psyche. At the time he embarked on the journey he had broken his close relationship with his mentor, Sigmund Freud. His subsequent six-year long breakdown, largely self-induced, manifested itself in intensive journal writing with the recording of his dream states and visualizations, especially of mandalas. He made notes in black journals, later meticulously recording his images and interpretive…
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    Gotham Gazette

  • New Website Lets New Yorkers Talk Back to the Senate

    18 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    A new website launched by the State Senate enables people not only to find out about legislation but also to comment on it.

  • Easing Parking Rules and Opposing Gas Drilling

    16 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    In its first meeting since the election, City Council took aim at the administration's policies on issuing traffic tickets, passing four bills, including one the mayor has vowed to veto. The council also approved a new police academy and went on record against drilling for natural gas in the city's watershed.

  • The Citizen

    15 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    John Liu's victory, rising crime among young Koreans, the fight to save the garment industry, Filipino stay-at-home dads and more from New York's immigrant and foreign language press, via Voices that Must be Heard.

  • The Fight over Paid Sick Leave

    15 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Amid worries about H1N1, City Council considers a bill requiring employers to give workers paid sick leave. Is this a needed public health measure or another burden on struggling city businesses?

  • Cutting the Deficit Gets Ugly

    15 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    With the state running out of money and facing a $7 billion spending gap for next year, last week's special legislative session demonstrated that many legislators still oppose making serious budget cuts.
 
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    The Local - Fort-Greene

  • Flower Show in Standard Time

    By THE LOCAL
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:28 pm
    Until the frost comes, the flowers abide. Here are a few dozen of them.

  • Scary

    By THE LOCAL
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:02 pm
    Semi-exclusive footage of destruction and carnage at the hands of Godzilla, King Kong and King Ghidorah on Waverly Avenue. Not safe for children.

  • An Autumn Festival of Linkage

    By ANDY NEWMAN
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:46 pm
    An anti-crime rally in honor of murder victim Moses Harrell, a cameo by the gals from Harriet's Alter Ego, a Benetton in the oddest possible location, and more.

  • Send Flowers

    By THE LOCAL
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:23 pm
    Mums on the roofdeck, Carlton and Myrtle.

  • Diary of a Near-Train Queen

    By ANNE SZUSTEK
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:28 am
    An inside view of a subway beauty pageant.
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