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  • Buffett's Berkshire profits triple

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:21 pm
    Billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said third-quarter profits tripled as stock markets advanced and the cost of compensating insurance customers for storm damage dropped. Net income advanced to $3.24 billion, or $2,087 a shar...

  • Skype founders get stake

    By HOLLY SANDERS WARE
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:20 pm
    Online auction giant eBay ended a year-long battle with the founders of Skype yesterday, clearing the way to sell off the Internet calling service. Litigation had been flying back and forth among Skype's founders, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis,...

  • Kraft brews up $5B plan

    By JOSH KOSMAN
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:20 pm
    That's an expensive cup of joe. If food giant Kraft manages to sell its coffee business to Sara Lee, the price tag would be at least $5 billion -- and possibly much more. That sum would give Kraft the firepower to make a winning offer for Cadbu...

  • Growing hedges

    By KAJA WHITEHOUSE
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:19 pm
    Less than a year after the hedge-fund industry suffered its worst upheaval in history, some big-name bosses are boasting that they're back to black. Phil Falcone, who made a mint shorting toxic mortgages in 2007, told investors this week that his ...

  • Blackstone profits in Q3

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:19 pm
    Blackstone Group LP, the world's largest private-equity company, reported a third-quarter profit of $275.3 million, helped by fees from selling assets and finding acquisition targets. Profit excluding some costs tied to the firm's 2007 initial pub...
 
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  • New York rolls out the red carpet, but lebron knows this Knick act - SI.com

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:55 pm
    Seattle Post IntelligencerNew York rolls out the red carpet, but lebron knows this Knick actSI.comAnd there were the former Knicks favorites -- Larry Johnson, Charles Oakley and Anthony Mason -- evoking a time when New York basketball meant something The James has landed in New YorkYahoo! SportsKnicks fans want to see a lot more of LeBronFOXSports.comNBA: Cleveland 100, New York 91United Press InternationalNew York Times -Plain Dealer -Bleacher Reportall 957 news articles »

  • Federal Reserve Says Judge Erred in Requiring Bank Disclosure - Bloomberg

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:53 pm
    Boston GlobeFederal Reserve Says Judge Erred in Requiring Bank DisclosureBloombergBloomberg News, a unit of Bloomberg LP, the New York-based company majority-owned by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, won a ruling in Manhattan NY Fed says bought $2.714 bln of us agency debtReutersall 2,502 news articles »

  • Galleon Scandal Scorecard: Hedge Funds, Lawyers and 'Octopussy' - Bloomberg

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:53 pm
    guardian.co.ukGalleon Scandal Scorecard: Hedge Funds, Lawyers and 'Octopussy'BloombergRajaratnam lives in New York. Roomy Khan: A former employee of Intel Corp., Khan, 51, was convicted of wire fraud in 2001 for passing inside sales 14 charged in Galleon insider trading caseSan Jose Mercury NewsList Of Individuals Linked With Insider-Trading ProbeWall Street JournalNet widens in Galleon investigationBoston GlobeForbes -AFP -Reutersall 1,045 news articles »

  • IN BRIEF: USS New York to go active; Huntington OKs budget - Newsday

    6 Nov 2009 | 8:15 pm
    St. Louis Post-DispatchIN BRIEF: USS New York to go active; Huntington OKs budgetNewsdayUnless you are a VIP with a ticket, you won't be able to attend Saturday's commissioning of the USS New York into active Navy service. Cat will help power USS New YorkPeoria Journal StarUSS New York: A Phoenix RisingPhiladelphia BulletinWGI Donates Autographed Prints to Captain and Crew of USS New YorkWhoWon.comArizona Daily Star -WTKR Your NewsChannel 3 -SILive.comall 134 news articles »

  • New York Yankees Win 27th World Series -- but Unprecedented it is Not - Associated Content

    6 Nov 2009 | 5:53 pm
    guardian.co.ukNew York Yankees Win 27th World Series -- but Unprecedented it is NotAssociated ContentLike it or not, the New York Yankees are the Major League Baseball world champions again -- for the 27th time. They are now enjoying the spoils of victory, The New York Yankees are a landmarkExaminer.comThis Yanks team takes rightful place in historyFOXSports.comNew Yankees soak up World Series titleUSA TodayPennLive.com -Bleacher Report -MLB.comall 10,307 news articles »
 
 
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  • Yankees Joy A Welcome Feeling In These Tough Times

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:36 pm
    The Yankees' triumph has been a happy diversion for many New Yorkers struggling to make ends meet in a tough economy, and fans were relieved to have a day of pure joy and celebration despite hardships they may be dealing with. "It's been rough, everybody's had it rough these last couple of years," said Staten Island resident Ben Smiley. "The Yankees just bring happiness to everybody.

  • LeBron, Yankees Overshadow Knicks At Garden

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:35 pm
    LeBron James celebrated with the Yankees and toyed with the Knicks. No wonder he's bummed about the NBA schedule: only one Garden party this season. James scored 33 points in his lone visit to New York, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 100-91 victory over the Knicks on Friday night.

  • 20-Pound Delta Jet Part Falls On Long Island Lawn

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:24 pm
    This time of year, it's leaves in the yard -- not breakaway plane parts. But one Long Island homeowner found something too big to rake up. An engine tail cone popped off a Delta jet and plummeted to the ground below. That falling chunk of metal caused quite a scared. A huge piece of an airplane broke off in mid-air and plummeted from the sky, landing in a Nassau County family's front yard.

  • N.J. Soldier Wounded In Fort Hood Massacre

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:22 pm
    A New Jersey soldier was among those wounded in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood. Alan Carroll, a 20-year-old Bridgewater resident, was shot four times and underwent surgery Thursday night, according to officials with the North Branch Fire Company in Branchburg. Carroll and his stepfather have been members of the volunteer department for several years.

  • CBS 2 HD Has Tips To Survive The In-Laws

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:21 pm
    How to cook, how to clean, when to have children and how to raise them! Pushy in-laws push couples to the breaking point. It's an ongoing battle that many wage, but there are strategies to help you win the war. It was the happiest day of Patricia Brandon's life … until …"My mother-in-law came into my bridal suite," Brandon said. And said the words no bride ever wants to hear.
 
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  • CurbedWire: MePa Building Transforms on TV

    Joey
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:45 pm
    MEPA—The A Building isn't the only bit of newish construction to get some screen time lately. The Theory Building at 40 Gansevoort Street is now starring in a cell phone commercial. But wait a minute: "The building has been digitally altered to include a T-mobile marquee and replaces the brick colored columns with gray ones." They can do wonders with special effects nowadays, eh? [CurbedWire Inbox] EAST VILLAGE, NYC—A pair of plugs and then we'll send you on your way. Don't forget the Curbed-sponsored and totally free Arrested Development symposium at Cooper Union tomorrow. Also,…

  • Friday PM Linkage

    Sara
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:15 pm
    [Via Curbed Photo Pool/how_long_it_takes] · Hotel @ Times Square hopes its name will brand it [Crain's] · Condo association fined $10,000 for forbidding a mezuzah [Habitat] · Yet another lawsuit hits the Apthorp [Real Deal] · Lawmakers kick off another attempt at funding public housing [The Lo-Down] · Party in the hotel...construction zone? Yup! [Hotel Chatter] · Mortgage rates dip under 5 percent again [WSJ] · The High Line gets out its winter coat [High Line Blog] · Refinancing a co-op mortgage is actually more shameful than buying [BU]

  • Comment of the Day: "Maybe the heron can hook up...

    Joey
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:10 pm
    "Maybe the heron can hook up with the wild turkey that also lives in Battery Park and go on bombing raids over that stupid-ass noisy construction that wakes me up every morning along-side the West side Highway."—Kinkistyle [Battery Park City's Most Dangerous Benches]

  • History Lessons: When Soho Went Ga-Ga for Tiffany's Silver

    Pete
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:44 pm
    Click the image above to view the full photogallery. The talk of sea-going troves of silver from Tiffany sent us on a hunt for history, and some tantalizing architectural treasures were our reward. In the mid-1800's, when what is now Soho was the center of commercial New York, Tiffany set up shop on Broadway. Back then they were called Tiffany and Young; to house their wares they built a marble-faced emporium at 550 Broadway and incorporated into its facade a nine-foot statue of Atlas holding aloft a big round clock (now seen on their little store on Fifth Avenue). Consumer madness was in…

  • Eater Tastings: Shake Shack South, Greenpoint's Piano Man, Jean-Georges Bids Adieu to Vong, More!

    Curbed Staff
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:27 pm
    This week's top dish from Eater, Curbed's restaurant, bar, and nightlife blog... 1) Miami: Miami? Miami! Eater Miami launches with word of Danny Meyer's Shake Shack extending its burger benefits to Lincoln Road in Miami Beach. According to reps, Shake Shack South will open in spring 2010 and provide the famed burgers with a setting including "lush water gardens." Also new in the Eater family: Eater Portland! 2) Greenpoint: Finally, Greenpoint gets the old-timey piano bar it was in desperate need of. And it's pretty! Say hello to the Manhattan Inn. 3) Midtown: Prolific cheftrepreneur…
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  • 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?

  • It’s Not You, It’s Them

    1 Nov 2009 | 6:29 pm
    What happens when you can qualify for a loan—but the apartment you’re buying can’t?

  • It’s a Bargain! For Now.

    26 Oct 2009 | 11:53 am
    Those tax breaks that kept condo fees low? They’re expiring—and buyers are noticing.

  • Life Swap

    25 Oct 2009 | 7:40 pm
    Take off your shoes and start stomping.
 
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  • 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

  • NYC 2.0: User Friendly New York City

    5 Oct 2009 | 7:50 am
    New York City introduced a series of technology programs to transform the ways in which New Yorkers can interact with – and expect the delivery of services from – City government.New York City, a pioneer in using technology to improve public services, and to make City government more accessible, accountable and efficient will now utilize existing social networks, expanding language access, and consolidating data centers.They include providing a new iPhone application for New Yorkers to report issues and send photos to 311 with specific location details using GPS technology. New Yorkers…

  • Washington Heights: Neighborhood Report

    4 Oct 2009 | 6:14 am
    Washington Heights is Manhattan's highest natural point (265 feet, in Bennett Park) Washington Heights, which runs from 155th Street to Dyckman Street from river to river, is a bustling urban area with a busy commercial center.Washington Heights is known for it's five and six-story prewar and post war apartment buildings including Lafayette Gardens at 330-40 Haven Avenue. Washington Heights has Art-Deco and Tudor-style coops, row houses, and post war brick buildings.Great shopping and dining - there's everything from bodegas to bakeries to bars available along Broadway, St. Nicholas Avenue…
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  • Federal Reserve Says Judge Erred in Requiring Bank Disclosure - Bloomberg

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:53 pm
    Boston GlobeFederal Reserve Says Judge Erred in Requiring Bank DisclosureBloombergBloomberg News, a unit of Bloomberg LP, the New York-based company majority-owned by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, won a ruling in Manhattan CREDIT MARKETS: Calm After Fed Comments; Unemployment NextWall Street JournalGold Rises to Record in New York as Fed Keeps Lending Rates LowBloombergFed Signals Return to Growth Alone Won't Warrant Rate IncreaseBloombergWall Street Journal -Wall Street Journal -Wall Street Journalall 2,502 news articles »

  • Hedge-Fund Giant Surfaces in Trading Probe - Wall Street Journal

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    guardian.co.ukHedge-Fund Giant Surfaces in Trading ProbeWall Street JournalRaj Rajaratnam, left, of Galleon Group, leaves federal court following a bail hearing in New York. After Spherix closed, Galleon's Mr. Rajaratnam worried COLUMN-Still on the hunt for a big hedgie: Matthew GoldsteinForbesRajaratnam's Former Colleagues Cooperate, Plead Guilty in CaseBloombergInvestigation Is Sending Shock Waves Through Silicon ValleyWall Street JournalForbes -Wall Street Journal -Bloombergall 1,045 news articles »

  • UPDATE 1-Wall St trial summations hone in on 'toast' email - Reuters

    6 Nov 2009 | 5:01 pm
    UPDATE 1-Wall St trial summations hone in on 'toast' emailReutersNEW YORK, Nov 6 (Reuters) - The trial of two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers on fraud charges ended on Friday with sharp arguments and more »

  • 27 Million Reasons to Leave New York - Wall Street Journal

    6 Nov 2009 | 4:30 pm
    27 Million Reasons to Leave New YorkWall Street JournalBy proving that he was outside New York City for half the days in the year 2000, the former hedge-fund titan avoided $27 million in city taxes, and more »

  • In New York, City Opera tries to turn a page - Los Angeles Times

    6 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    In New York, City Opera tries to turn a pageLos Angeles Times which for the next 50 years, it was announced, will be named “The David H. Koch Theatre” -- New York City Opera would appear to be back in business. and more »
 
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  • Tabloid Auteur: Muscular Vision of Samuel Fuller - New York Times

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:24 pm
    New York TimesTabloid Auteur: Muscular Vision of Samuel FullerNew York TimesBorn Samuel Rabinovitch in 1912, Fuller began his career as a New York tabloid journalist and pulp novelist but, like many of his colleagues on the lower

  • 411 Politics Reader's Roundtable: The Rebuilding Of The Republican Brand - 411mania.com

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:13 pm
    Washington Post411 Politics Reader's Roundtable: The Rebuilding Of The Republican Brand411mania.comHere is our subject for this week: An interesting drama playied out in the New York congressional race this week. The Republican candidate, Dede Scozzafava Eleven Guys in a Pizzeria and New York's 23rd DistrictDavid Horowitz's NewsReal Blog (blog)The 2009 election results will have no impact on the 2010 Illinois state Examiner.comRepublicans threaten to retaliate against Dede Scozzafava in NY-23. 'If this Los Angeles TimesThe Union Leader -Newsday -2TheAdvocateall 114 news…

  • Bellevue Natural-Birth Center, Haven for Poor Women, Closes - New York Times

    6 Nov 2009 | 5:31 pm
    Bellevue Natural-Birth Center, Haven for Poor Women, ClosesNew York TimesThe Bellevue Birth Center was celebrated as a landmark achievement for the natural-birth movement in New York City when it and more »

  • Marriage Equality in New York: The Time Is Now - Huffington Post (blog)

    6 Nov 2009 | 3:29 pm
    WKTVMarriage Equality in New York: The Time Is NowHuffington Post (blog)Under current New York law, lesbian and gay couples are denied the basic protections provided to heterosexual couples. In such areas as property ownership, Paterson Calls Special Session, But Will it Work?New York Observerall 245 news articles »

  • Column: Election loss wake-up call for GOP - OCRegister

    6 Nov 2009 | 3:21 pm
    guardian.co.ukColumn: Election loss wake-up call for GOPOCRegisterShe was challenged not only by moderate Democrat Bill Owens but Conservative Doug Hoffman, a political unknown. In New York there is a vibrant Conservative Benjamin Wachs: All politics is local ... for nowMPNnow.comObama's Political Challenges GrowVoice of AmericaThe Elections You May Not Have NoticedHuffington Post (blog)Anchorage Daily News -New York Times (blog) -Ironton Tribuneall 7,863 news articles »
 
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  • 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 just 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…

  • 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…

  • Traita Scozzafava and the USSA!

    larryk12309
    2 Nov 2009 | 9:11 am
    Image via Wikipedia I saw this one coming a mile away.  It had the stench of ACORN and The Obama machine all over it.  The second John Mchugh was nominated for the post of Secretary of the Army I knew the fix was in. In the special election set to replace him the “diablo” Republican (Democrat in all but the label) Dede Scozzafava has dropped out of the running and endorsed the democrat Bill Owens.  From Capital News Nine. “In a day and age where politicians rarely cross party lines, Republican Dede Scozzafava is taking a bold step. One day after suspending her campaign in…
 
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  • A Night Among the Landmarks and Living Legends

    By Charles Kipps
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:08 pm
    A romp around town, ending up behind the head of a Yankee legend.

  • Two Fish Poachers Arrested in Brooklyn

    By Sam Sifton
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:50 pm
    Two men were arrested in Brooklyn for hauling almost 300 pounds of illegally caught striped bass up to their truck.

  • Family of Officer Who Committed Suicide Sues City

    By John Eligon
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:12 am
    The family of a police officer who killed himself after he was accused of improperly ordering the Taser shooting of an emotionally disturbed man has sued the city.

  • Falling Under a Spell

    By Justin G. Sullivan
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:42 am
    Blogtalk: The Department of Education gets spellbound; a bling-free return of a Chelsea gallery; and restaurant rules that get people talking.

  • Answers About New York City Politics, Part 3

    By The New York Times
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am
    Taking Questions: Bruce F. Berg, professor and the author of "New York City Politics: Governing Gotham," responds to readers' questions.
 
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  • Which Movies Make You Cry?

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:30 pm
    One of the awful things about getting a teeny bit older is that you start becoming sentimental about everything to the point where movies and plays that used to have you rolling your eyes s...

  • Will New York Get Gay Marriage?

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am
    In the wake of the Maine horror, there's been some way more appealing news. Governor David Paterson is including marriage equality in the sweeping November 10 session he is calling for, bri...

  • Gravel-Voiced Chick With Dick Sings "I Am What I Am"

    6 Nov 2009 | 8:30 am
    That's all you need to know about this amazing clip--except that the foxy lady also claims to be a nominee for the Nobel Prize in medicine. Check it out and see if you give Desire Duboune...

  • What's The Worst Kind of Bad Breath?

    6 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am
    It's a common fallacy to think that all bad breaths are equally hateful. In reality, there are different types of bad breath, and some are way more putrid than others. Jizz breath isn't al...

  • The Name of The Photographer Doing Levi Johnston's Shoot For Playgirl Is...

    5 Nov 2009 | 2:15 pm
    Greg Weiner! You have to believe me on that, people! I just got a press release saying that's his name and it's for reals! I guess Andy Dick wasn't available. ...
 
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  • Hoop Memes: Bill Simmons

    25 Oct 2009 | 8:27 pm
    ESPN.com’s “The Sports Guy” has a new tome, The Book of Basketball.

  • NeoJeter

    5 Oct 2009 | 9:05 am
    The age-defying shortstop has put the Yankees back on top by being the best version of his old self.

  • From Outdoor to Office

    4 Oct 2009 | 6:57 pm
    How to brave the elements in work attire.

  • The Supercommuter

    4 Oct 2009 | 6:57 pm
    Think you’re winded after chugging over the Williamsburg Bridge?

  • The Essentials

    4 Oct 2009 | 6:57 pm
    Gear to bring to work, and a website to map the way.
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  • Chamberlain ready to ditch Joba Rules

    6 Nov 2009 | 6:24 pm
    Joba Chamberlain said Friday he understood the Yankees were pacing him for his own good with the so-called Joba Rules, but the competitor in him just wants to let loose next season.

  • Yankees celebrate with Canyon of Heroes parade

    6 Nov 2009 | 6:17 pm
    They were wind-whipped and chapped-lipped, but pinstripe fans of every stripe exhilarated in the brisk cold Friday as their beloved Yankees rode up Broadway.

  • Canseco challenges 'lying idiot' A-Rod to a fight

    6 Nov 2009 | 5:23 pm
    Former Bash Brother and admitted steroid user Jose Canseco has picked a fight with newly crowned World Series champion Alex Rodriguez - this time offering to take on A-Rod in the ring.

  • A-Rod's tale is long and sweet

    6 Nov 2009 | 8:01 am
    Alex Rodriguez's tumultuous journey included being outed as a former steroid user last winter to hip surgery in March to the nights in October and November when he finally exorcised his reputation as a postseason flop. But the reconstruction of A-Rod started months before.

  • Get the details on the Yankee parade in Manhattan

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:56 am
    According to the National Weather Service, there will be lots of sunshine and no precipitation for Friday's ticker-tape parade for the World Series champion Yankees.
 
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  • Chamberlain ready to ditch Joba Rules

    6 Nov 2009 | 6:24 pm
    Joba Chamberlain said Friday he understood the Yankees were pacing him for his own good with the so-called Joba Rules, but the competitor in him just wants to let loose next season.

  • Yankees celebrate with Canyon of Heroes parade

    6 Nov 2009 | 6:17 pm
    They were wind-whipped and chapped-lipped, but pinstripe fans of every stripe exhilarated in the brisk cold Friday as their beloved Yankees rode up Broadway.

  • Canseco challenges 'lying idiot' A-Rod to a fight

    6 Nov 2009 | 5:23 pm
    Former Bash Brother and admitted steroid user Jose Canseco has picked a fight with newly crowned World Series champion Alex Rodriguez - this time offering to take on A-Rod in the ring.

  • A-Rod's tale is long and sweet

    6 Nov 2009 | 8:01 am
    Alex Rodriguez's tumultuous journey included being outed as a former steroid user last winter to hip surgery in March to the nights in October and November when he finally exorcised his reputation as a postseason flop. But the reconstruction of A-Rod started months before.

  • Get the details on the Yankee parade in Manhattan

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:56 am
    According to the National Weather Service, there will be lots of sunshine and no precipitation for Friday's ticker-tape parade for the World Series champion Yankees.
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    Mets - NY Daily News

  • Hale now on third for Mets

    29 Oct 2009 | 3:22 pm
    Chip Hale is expected to be named the Mets' new third base coach after the World Series. Hale, 44, spent the past three seasons in that role with the Diamondbacks after six years in that organization as a minor-league manager.

  • Do Mets fans root for the Phillies or Yanks?

    27 Oct 2009 | 1:37 pm
    The big dilema facing Met fans is, "Who do we root for?" I've pondered this question for a few days now, and after much deliberation, I have to say, (gulp), "Go Yankees!" Similar to being a Mets fan, rooting for the Yankees is not something I'm proud of.

  • Mets fans: Who to root for in World Series?

    26 Oct 2009 | 9:52 pm
    It can't get worse for Mets fans. After a depressing, injury-plagued season, they can either boycott the World Series or root for hated crosstown rivals the Yankees or their divisional arch-enemy the Phillies.

  • Tribe tabs Acta as manager over Bobby V.

    25 Oct 2009 | 1:57 pm
    The Cleveland Indians hired Manny Acta to be their manager, giving him the job about three months after he was fired by the Washington Nationals. The Indians chose Acta after a second interview over former Mets manager Bobby Valentine.

  • Mets meet Cuban pitcher

    23 Oct 2009 | 8:15 pm
    Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman, whose fastball reportedly registers 100 mph, arrived in New York this week after establishing residency in Andorra, and met with the Mets at Citi Field, to avoid being subject to the draft.
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  • CC makes appearances at MSG and on NBC

    Alden Gonzalez
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:16 pm
    CC Sabathia's Friday night included a tribute from Knicks fans and LeBron James at Madison Square Garden, and some lighthearted questions via satellite from Jay Leno.

  • Core Four Set among Shop's hot items

    Mark Newman
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:15 pm
    The Core Four Set is exclusive to MLB.com and includes four 2009 World Series baseballs, each hand-signed by one of the active Yankee greats.

  • Yanks in their own words talk to fans

    Mark Newman
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:17 pm
    In between, the crowd heard from speakers, including Derek Jeter, Yankees general partner Hal Steinbrenner and manager Joe Girardi. Here is what they had to say to a throng that filled the streets to watch on giant monitors amidst the piles of confetti.

  • Yankees savor raucous celebration

    Bryan Hoch
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:15 pm
    In double-decker buses and parade floats, the Yankees rolled through lower Manhattan celebrating the 27th World Series title the organization has thirsted for, waving wildly through the financial district on a chilly November morning.

  • Parade state of mind in New York

    Mark Newman
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:44 pm
    There is nothing like a parade up the Canyon of Heroes, where confetti and streamers fly from skyscrapers still, even though there is an ominous gap in the canyon this time, one that was not there the last time the Yankees were feted in this way in 2000.
 
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    New York Mets News

  • Mets officially decline option on Putz

    Marty Noble
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:44 pm
    The Mets declined to exercise its option on reliever J.J. Putz on Friday, saving $8.1 million, though the club could conceivably re-sign him. They also plan to look at several available catchers.

  • Mets' offseason wheels in motion

    Marty Noble
    5 Nov 2009 | 4:53 pm
    A day after the World Series ended, the offseason wheels got in motion for the Mets, who are looking to upgrade their power, their starting pitching, catching and setup relief. A number of players who filed for free agency fit the bill.

  • Mets add Minor Leaguer to roster

    Marty Noble
    5 Nov 2009 | 2:16 pm
    The Mets have added Double-A third baseman Shawn Bowman to their 40-man roster.

  • Inbox: Will Mets bring back Delgado?

    Marty Noble
    4 Nov 2009 | 10:37 am
    Do the Mets have plans to bring Carlos Delgado back? Should the Mets consider signing Johnny Damon? Marty Noble answers these questions in the Inbox.

  • Davis named to AFL's Rising Stars Game

    Marty Noble
    3 Nov 2009 | 9:20 am
    Mets first-base prospect Ike Davis has been selected to participate in the 2009 Arizona Fall League Rising Stars Game on Saturday in Surprise, Ariz.
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  • Who to start and who to avoid in Week 9

    6 Nov 2009 | 3:47 pm
    For weeks, we have made our featured start suggestions based on emotions from revenge (yes, that's you Brett Favre) to debuts (Braylon Edwards) and back to revenge (Aaron Rodgers vs Favre last week). This week, our feature start is a sleeper pick - San Francisco quarterback Alex Smith.

  • Inside the NFL matchups: Week 9

    5 Nov 2009 | 9:05 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.

  • Giants defense can tackle problems

    5 Nov 2009 | 7:19 pm
    Bill Sheridan said he is encouraged by the fact that the unit's recent struggles can be fixed. Sheridan insists that the Giants' defensive slump isn't an indictment on the team's talent or the scheme it employs.

  • Colts & Saints are last of the unbeatens

    5 Nov 2009 | 4:39 pm
    The Colts and the Saints are the last of the NFL unbeatens and remain one-two in Gary Myers' weekly NFL power rankings. The big news out of Indy last Sunday was Joseph Addai - not Peyton Manning - had the Colts' lone TD pass. In the Big Easy, it's clear sailing to 10-0 for the Saints.

  • Coughlin tells players not be one and done

    4 Nov 2009 | 6:40 pm
    It's now or never. With the Giants reeling after a three-game losing streak, Tom Coughlin told his players Wednesday that their game against the San Diego Chargers on Sunday "is a one-game season for us."
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  • Rouse to Replace Brown

    Rouse to Replace Brown By Michael Eisen, Giants.com NOVEMBER 6, 2009 EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ -The Giants arent relying solely on an improved performance in their quest to stop surrendering so many big plays. Theyre also...

  • Eisen's Mailbag

    Eisen's Mailbag By Michael Eisen, Giants.com Take this story to go! - RSS Podcast Mobile NOVEMBER 6, 2009 Welcome to "Michael Eisen's Mailbag." Every few days, Giants.com's exclusive Writer/Editor Michael Eisen will pick ...

  • QB Bond Extends Beyond Talent

    QB Bond Extends Beyond Talent By Michael Eisen, Giants.com NOVEMBER 5, 2009 EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ -NFL quarterbacks are both fierce competitors and members of an exclusive club. They are the only ones who can fully...

  • Chargers Scouting Report

    Chargers Scouting Report By Michael Eisen, Giants.com NOVEMBER 5, 2009 EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ -The Giants will attempt to break their three-game losing streak and enter their bye week on a high note when they host the...

  • Leaders step up

    Leaders step up By Michael Eisen, Giants.com NOVEMBER 4, 2009 EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - Antonio Pierce was typically blunt today in his assessment of the recent play of the Giants defense. We are turning pretty much into a...
 
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  • Nets fall to Sixers, remain winless

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The Nets are hurting, literally and figuratively. Going into Friday night's game with six players sidelined because of injury or illness, the Nets lost player No.7 early in the third quarter of a 97-94 loss to the 76ers.

  • LeBron scores 33, Cavs top Knicks

    6 Nov 2009 | 8:52 pm
    LeBron James scored 33 points in his only visit to Madison Square Garden this season, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 100-91 victory over the struggling Knicks on Friday night.

  • More bad news for Nets' Harris

    5 Nov 2009 | 9:21 pm
    The NBA's only winless team, already hit with more injuries than most teams get in a half a season, learned yesterday that Devin Harris will be out at least another six games due to a strained groin, if not longer.

  • Players find talk of summer is bummer

    5 Nov 2009 | 5:20 pm
    Are the Knicks already starting to implode? It's a question being raised in light of their 1-4 start and grumbling inside the locker room that the organization, gearing up for the free-agent class of 2010, is giving up on this season.

  • Knicks' shot to court King

    5 Nov 2009 | 5:10 pm
    The over/under on the number of times the Jay-Z song "Empire State of Mind" will play at the Garden tonight is three. This may only seem like a basketball game to everybody else, but for the Knicks, tonight represents LeBron James' unofficial recruiting visit.
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  • Helped by Ex-Isles Goalie, Devils Win Fourth in a Row

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    After falling behind in the first period, the Devils came back with two goals in the second and goalie Yann Danis secured the victory in the third.

  • Judge Approves Sale of Coyotes to N.H.L.

    2 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The Phoenix Coyotes’ bumpy six-month journey through bankruptcy court came to an end with Judge Redfield T. Baum’s decision.

  • At Home on the Road, the Devils Win in a Shootout

    31 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    David Clarkson scored the lone shootout goal in the fourth round and the Devils extended their season-opening road winning streak to seven games.

  • 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.

  • 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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  • Danis makes 23 saves, Devs beat Isles

    6 Nov 2009 | 7:45 pm
    Yann Danis made 23 saves and stopped four in-close attempts in the third period against his former Islanders teammates, helping the Devils beat New York 2-1 on Friday night for their fourth straight win.

  • Rangers skate past Edmonton

    6 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am
    Ales Kotalik had a power-play goal and two assists, and Marian Gaborik added a power-play goal and an assist as the Rangers defeated the Edmonton Oilers, 4-2, Thursday night. The Rangers travel to Calgary (8-4-1) tomorrow night to end their western Canadian trip.

  • Sabres snap Isles' streak at 4

    4 Nov 2009 | 8:35 pm
    Ryan Miller made 24 saves for his second shutout of the season and 14th overall, and Thomas Vanek had a goal and assist as the Sabres snapped the Islanders' four-game winning streak with a 3-0 victory Wednesday night.

  • Bergfors scores twice, Devils beat Capitals

    4 Nov 2009 | 7:59 pm
    Niclas Bergfors scored two power-play goals 3:13 apart in the third period to break open a tie game and send the New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 victory over the Alex Ovechkin-less Washington Capitals on Wednesday night.

  • Byers & Tortorella hit in wallet

    4 Nov 2009 | 7:45 pm
    The NHL Wednesday slapped Rangers winger Dane Byers with a one-game suspension and coach John Tortorella with a $10,000 fine stemming from a fight late in the Rangers' 4-1 loss to the Canucks on Tuesday night in Vancouver.
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  • Pregame Notes: Rangers at Edmonton

    5 Nov 2009 | 9:34 am
    • Game Preview AT Tonight's Game The Rangers face-off against the Edmonton Oilers tonight at Rexall Place (9:30 p.m.), in the middle game of a three-game Western...

  • Del Zotto named NHL Rookie of the Month

    3 Nov 2009 | 10:08 am
    Rangers defenseman Michael Del Zotto, who led all rookies in scoring with 12 points (four goals, eight assists) in 14 games, was named the NHL Rookie of the Month for October on Tuesday. ...

  • Parenteau returned to Wolf Pack

    31 Oct 2009 | 4:28 pm
    New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that forward P.A. Parenteau has been assigned to the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL). ...

  • Rangers recall Byers from Hartford

    30 Oct 2009 | 10:05 am
    New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that forward Dane Byers has been recalled from the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL).           &nbs...

  • Parenteau called up from Hartford

    27 Oct 2009 | 12:37 pm
    • Wolf Pack Watch 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). ...
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  • Weiss: After snub, Iowa calls media blitz

    4 Nov 2009 | 5:40 pm
    After Iowa (9-0) was rated just eighth in the AP poll behind Cincinnati (8-0), Boise State (8-0), TCU (8-0) and Oregon (7-1), the school's sports information director, Phil Haddy, started firing salvos at some of the competition.

  • Seton Hall's Hazell has high expectations for season

    2 Nov 2009 | 7:58 pm
    After averaging 12.8 points per game as a freshman at Seton Hall, Jeremy Hazell entered last winter expecting to play a similar role. Instead, he emerged as the primary scorer for a Pirates squad that counted just seven scholarship players.

  • Ebanks builds on freshman year at West Virginia

    2 Nov 2009 | 7:51 pm
    Devin Ebanks' freshman year at the University of West Virginia had plenty of ups and downs. The 6-9 forward from Long Island City struggled to grasp coach Bob Huggins' playbook and adjust to his teammates last winter. He played solidly, but he described himself as a "robot" on the court.

  • Weiss: Oregon makes case for USC's Pac-10 crown

    2 Nov 2009 | 12:11 am
    Oregon made a scary statement on Halloween night in Eugene, plunging a stake into the heart of USC, 47-20, the worst loss Trojans coach Pete Carroll has suffered in the Pac-10.

  • Weiss: Memorable in memory at UConn

    31 Oct 2009 | 7:55 pm
    The fallen Jasper Howard has been on Rutgers senior Tim Brown's mind ever since. He cried. He gave his jersey to Howard's mother and put "RIP Jazz" on his eye black before Saturday's Big East game against the Huskies.
 
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  • LIC wraps perfect volleyball season

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:02 pm
    Lucia Stosic registered seven kills and Amanda Grippi added six as Long Island City downed visiting American Studies in straight sets on Friday, completing its first undefeated regular season and shoring up its position for the upcoming PSAL girls volleyball playoffs.

  • JFK girls volleyball finds perfection again!

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:56 pm
    Kennedy edged visiting Bronx Science in straight sets (25-18, 25-19) on Friday, completing its second consecutive perfect season in the Bronx A1.

  • News previews must-see playoff matchups

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:38 pm
    The 2009 high school football regular season has just ended, which means that the journey toward the CHSFL and PSAL championships is about to truly begin. First-round playoff action kicks off in the CHSFL on Saturday; the PSAL playoffs begin on Sunday. But already, the brackets reveal a few surprises.

  • All-Queens battle for boys Intersectional soccer crown

    5 Nov 2009 | 10:15 pm
    St. Francis Prep wasted little time setting the pace in Thursday's CHSAA boys Intersectional soccer semis, scoring three first-half goals to roll over Regis. Queens rival Molloy made things more interesting, taking two overtime periods to get a 1-0 edge over Fordham Prep.

  • Collier commits to Oregon State

    5 Nov 2009 | 9:26 pm
    Devon Collier couldn't wait to end his recruiting process. He accomplished that mission on Thursday night. The Bronx product verbally committed to Oregon State, choosing the Pac-10 program over St. John's, Seton Hall and Providence.
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  • Manny Option Moves

    6 Nov 2009 | 8:47 pm
    Some option moves as the stage is set for the offseason, though the biggest names involved are all staying put, none bigger than Manny Ramirez. Manny Ramirez is laughing all the way to the bank with $20 million payday for 2010. Staying in Los Angeles was an easy choice for Ramirez and agent Scott Boras, as the mercurial outfielder exercised his $20 million player option after earning $25 million in 2009, a season in which he was suspended 50 games for using banned female fertility drugs. Ramirez hit just .269 after returning from his suspension, though he did have a .389 on-base percentage.

  • Trade Analysis: Hardy for Gomez

    6 Nov 2009 | 7:50 pm
    There have been a few moves already as the hot stove has gotten fired up as quickly as ever. I'll get to all of them, but let's start with the great swap of the upper Midwest, as the Brewers traded shortstop J.J. Hardy to the Twins today for outfielder Carlos Gomez. Hardy hit 50 homers from 2007-08, but regressed badly this year, batting .229 with 11 homers and 47 RBI, and even was sent back to Triple-A for 18 games to try to get back on track. That didn't really help, as Hardy hit .233 in 43 at-bats in September. With Alcides Escobar impressing in 38 games, batting .304 while playing a…

  • The Annual Accountability Entry

    5 Nov 2009 | 5:47 pm
    It takes four victories to win the World Series, but I had five in my predictions this year, getting every game right except for the opener. I was 18-12 for the playoffs, and 36-20 factoring in the picks I made on games down the stretch in the regular season. While I sensed possible doom for the Yankees with Joe Girardi's three-man rotation in the World Series, and called for his ouster in the event of a collapse, I did not think it would actually happen because of the scrambled state of the Phillies' rotation, and indeed it didn't. The result was, as I called before the series, Yankees in…

  • All Over Squiggles

    5 Nov 2009 | 8:27 am
    Hideki Matsui hit .615 in the World Series, second only to Babe Ruth's .625 in 1928 and Billy Hatcher's .750 in 1990. After the first World Series since 2003 to go more than five games, the Yankees have won their first championship since 2000, finishing off the Phillies with a 7-3 win last night in the Bronx. There were plenty of statistical happenings of note in Game 6, as Hideki Matsui tied Bobby Richardson’s 1960 record of six RBI in a World Series game, Ryan Howard broke Willie Wilson’s single-Series strikeout record with his 13th and Andy Pettitte became the 10th pitcher to…

  • Inside the Matchups: World Series Game 6

    4 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    As they did in the ALCS, the Yankees return home to try to close out the World Series with Andy Pettitte on the mound. Only this time, Pettitte is on three days' rest, going against Pedro Martinez. The two have met six times in their careers, with the visitor winning all six, and each veteran hurler is 3-3 against the other -- Martinez with a 3.86 ERA in their encounters, Pettitte 6.95 thanks to a couple of Red Sox outbursts. Martinez PHILLIES AT YANKEES GAME 6, 7:57 P.M. YANKEES LEAD SERIES, 3-2 Philadelphia: Pedro Martinez (5-1, 3.63; 0-1, 2.08 in playoffs) On May 31, 2006, Martinez pitched…
 
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  • John Harper

    5 Nov 2009 | 9:46 pm
    This season, after all the years of worrying obsessively about his own legacy, Alex Rodriguez seemed to find a joy he didn't know existed in just being part of a team.

  • Filip Bondy

    5 Nov 2009 | 9:41 pm
    There's this one big problem about winning a championship: It means the Bleacher Creatures have to wake up early to get to the parade. The morning is always a bad time for Creatures. And by morning, I mean any time before 3 p.m.

  • Mike Lupica

    5 Nov 2009 | 9:26 pm
    It had been 18 years between World Series when the Yankees won in 1996, and Wade Boggs climbed up on that policeman's horse. This time it was only nine years. It seemed a lot longer. And maybe that is why this one felt so new and fresh.

  • Hank Gola

    5 Nov 2009 | 8:05 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.

  • Tim Smith

    5 Nov 2009 | 7:00 pm
    For Joe Girardi, changing his uniform number to 28 might be one way to see if things will align for the Bombers to repeat as champions in 2010. But Girardi shouldn't count on it. It's going to take more than switching uniform numbers to repeat next year.
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  • Richard Huff

    5 Nov 2009 | 7:21 pm
    No one could have guessed this turn of events. The former WNYW/Ch. 5 co-anchors will reteam at Cablevision's News 12 Long Island this month.

  • Joe Neumaier

    5 Nov 2009 | 4:30 pm
    Forget that they made the superserious "Good Night, and Good Luck" ? George Clooney and Grant Heslov know from satire.

  • Elizabeth Weitzman

    5 Nov 2009 | 4:15 pm
    Some directors, it must be said, only have one really good movie in them. We're starting to worry that Richard Kelly may be among this select group.

  • Cristina Kinon

    5 Nov 2009 | 3:50 pm
    Terrible news, everybody. Freddie Fackelmayer has been playing games with our hearts. He already has a girlfriend and has just been stringing Whitney along!

  • Joe Dziemianowicz

    5 Nov 2009 | 3:36 pm
    Theresa Rebeck is one of the brightest and busiest playwrights around, but she needs a new groove. "The Understudy" is a variation on her same showbiz beat.
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  • Owens meeting with POTUS to be rescheduled

    Irene Jay Liu
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:31 pm
    Due to votes on the Hill today, newly sworn-in Congressman Bill Owens wasn’t able to meet with President Barack Obama. The meeting will be rescheduled, according to the White House press office.

  • Kaye to review WFP’s for-profit campaign arm

    Irene Jay Liu
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:38 pm
    After months of press scrutiny and a lawsuit alleging improper ties between the Working Families Party and its for-profit field operations arm, Data & Field Services, the labor-backed party has retained the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom to conduct a thorough review of the structure and relationship between the WFP, WFO and DFS, the status of our compliance with all relevant election, tax, and not-for-profit corporation law, including the regulations of the New York City Campaign Finance Board. Former Chief Judge Judith Kaye, a partner at the firm, will lead the review.

  • Owens declares support for health care overhaul legislation

    Irene Jay Liu
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:26 pm
    Getty Images/ Alex Wong: U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (R) shakes hands with Rep. Bill Owens (D-NY) (L) as (2nd L to 4th L) Owens' granddaughter Caroline Antonipillai, wife Jane and daughter Jenna look on during a mock swearing in November 6, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Owens won the special election for seat that was vacated by John McHugh. Congressman Bill Owens was sworn-in at the Capitol earlier today and around the same time, released a press statement declaring his support for the House Democrats’ health care overhaul legislation. “This…

  • Scozzafava and the Daily Beast

    Casey Seiler
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:16 pm
    The Republican Assemblywoman strikes back in an interview with the site’s Michael Smerconish. A sample: “I have every intention of staying in the Republican Party. This is my party, too. There are a lot of moderate people—Republicans, like me—and I’m hearing from an awful lot from them. And I think the Republican Party needs to know if they don’t have room for us and they don’t want us working with them, we’re going to find a way to work against them.”

  • Cox on ‘White House, Chicago-style thuggery’

    Casey Seiler
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:06 pm
    Here’s another clip from tonight’s “New York Now,” in which GOP chair Ed Cox gives Irene his sense of what happened to cause Dede Scozzafava to endorse Democrat Bill Owens. Did we mention that the show airs at 7:30 tonight on WMHT?
 
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  • Last Night's Action: Is It a Moral Victory?

    Tom Boorstein
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Cavaliers 100, Knicks 91: Is finishing within nine points of the Cavaliers a moral victory. What about holding LeBron James to 33 after he scored 53 in his final trip in the building last year. To answer the first question, not when the team trailed by 23 at the half. As for the second, James shot 12-for-17, had eight rebounds and nine assists, so he was hardly in check. Larry Hughes had 18 (Larry Hughes!) and David Lee led the Knicks with 21. The Knicks, now 1-5, have Milwaukee on the road on Saturday. 76ers 97, Nets 94: Give the Nets some credit. Playing short-handed without Keyon Dooling,…

  • Extra, Extra

    Jen Chung
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:40 pm
    Photograph by ajsundby on Flickr From the Gothamist Newsmap: A jumper on the Brooklyn Bridge (later taken in by the cops), a motorcycle pinned by vehicle at 14th St & 3rd Ave in Manhattan, and a shooting on Holland Ave in the Bronx. Hey, you know that girl who supposedly had vaccine-induced dystonia? Well, it's been cured (new video!)—and there's some question as to whether she had dystonia at all. The stock market gained 3% for the week, with the Dow ending at 10,023, in spite of today's unemployment numbers. NJ Governor-elect Chris Christie won't live in the Governor's mansion next…

  • Google Maps Upgrade NYC Subway Line Integration

    John Del Signore
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:18 pm
    Traveling by subway may be an overpriced headache (especially on weekends!) but at least now you can use Google Maps to plan your treacherous trip through it. They've just improved their NYC subway system mapping in their "Transit" layer, making it easier to plot a subway commute to the address or neighborhood of your choice. To activate it, point Google Maps to somewhere in NYC, click on the "More..." button at top-right, and select "Transit." You'll then see all the subway lines pop up on the map. When you click on any station name, a bubble pops up with the names of the lines that service…

  • About Those Swine Flu Vaccines That Banks Received

    Jen Chung
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:15 pm
    While some think that focusing on how Citigroup and Goldman Sachs received swine flu vaccines is distracting, this is kind of annoying. The NY Times reports, "Citigroup has received 1,200 doses, more than half of what it requested, health officials said, and in late October, Goldman received 200 of the 5,400 doses it asked for. By contrast, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center received 200 of the 27,400 doses that it requested for its workers, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene." City Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley said, "My understanding is that…

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  • The Ethicist: Waiting for the Lawn Tractor

    By RANDY COHEN
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:44 pm
    When a bonus might be a bribe; when upholding school rules might be hypocrisy; and when eavesdropping might be freeloading.

  • Can Modern Dance Be Preserved?

    By ARTHUR LUBOW
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:43 pm
    The work of choreographers like Merce Cunningham is notoriously hard to document and recreate. When the dancers depart, will the dances disappear?

  • Dick Armey Is Back on the Attack

    By MICHAEL SOKOLOVE
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:00 am
    The former House majority leader Dick Armey has taken his politics and ideas to the right-wing protest movement.

  • Making Health Care Better

    By DAVID LEONHARDT
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:00 am
    The evidence-based medicine practiced at Intermountain hospital could be the cure for American health care.

  • Lives: Appointment in Istanbul

    By HENRY ALFORD
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:57 am
    Between two adults (same sex, different cultures), a question of intent.
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    nymag.com: Theater

  • Victorian Secret

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

  • The Lady With (Almost) All the Answers

    5 Nov 2009 | 7:00 pm
    Sometimes a veneer of professionalism is the only thing masking all-out panic. Julie White, in The Understudy, gives us both at once.

  • The Baffler

    5 Nov 2009 | 10:32 am
    Willem Dafoe returns to the stage in Idiot Savant—and it’s a blast. (So what if it doesn’t make sense.)

  • Broadway Bound

    2 Nov 2009 | 5:00 pm
    Meet the new Eugene Jerome, Neil Simon’s alter ego in the Brighton Beach Memoirs revival.

  • Magical Realist

    2 Nov 2009 | 5:00 pm
    Kate Baldwin on the improbable return of Finian’s Rainbow.
 
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    The Cultural Tourist

  • Monday in New York

    2 Nov 2009 | 11:56 pm
    There are -- quite understandably -- several songs entitled "Sunday in New York," which describe the special mood of the one day of the week when the dynamo at the heart of the city slows down. So do the natives. They can't relinquish their Type A energy, but they redirect it to enjoy what they too often take for granted. Christine Ebersole and Billy Stritch titled their last album "Sunday in New York" and the title song captures this special spirit. (As with many compact discs the type on the album cover is way too small for me to discern the authors' names.) Mabel Mercer sang a different…

  • The Closing of "Brighton Beach Memoirs"

    30 Oct 2009 | 9:43 pm
    I was saddened to learn that Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs," which opened last Sunday, will close this Sunday. "Broadway Bound," with which it was supposed to run in repertory, will not even open. This news has been attributed in some quarters to the death of The Neil Simon Audience.There is some truth to that, but I fear the problem is much larger. It has to do with the death of The Broadway Audience, which disappeared some time ago. The Broadway audience, which highbrows condescended to, especially when it was at its height, in the decades after World War II, was certainly centered…

  • "American Stories" at the Met

    18 Oct 2009 | 9:40 pm
    To come of age -- esthetically speaking -- during the second half of the 20th century was, in many ways, to learn to circumvent common sense. In the theater it meant accustoming yourself to plays that thwarted conventional narrative or outwitted attempts to find emotional logic. In painting it meant learning to appreciate abstract virtues like quality of brushstroke, sense of color or the relationships of shapes in space rather than the depiction of straightforward subject matter. All of which makes "American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765-1915," at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,…

  • David Merrick's Musical Legacy

    17 Oct 2009 | 6:20 pm
    One reason I spent seven years working on a biography of David Merrick was that I wanted to show that the role of the Broadway producer could be a creative one. It is not just about raising money. A better example (though not nearly as colorful) might have been Robert Whitehead, who demonstrated that one could have a long career producing works of quality without demeaning people the way Merrick did. Astonishingly, he made a profit doing so. While Whitehead was still alive I had an argument with Arthur Gelb, the managing editor of the New York Times, about Whitehead's high ethical standards.

  • Mitsuko Uchida at Carnegie Hall

    14 Oct 2009 | 9:01 pm
    At the very end of her performance of the last three Beethoven piano sonatas, Mitsuko Uchida let her hands linger over the keyboard. She had asked that there be no applause between the individual sonatas -- which was not easy for the audience since each was performed with extraordinary intensity and power. But everyone acquiesced in this moment of silence, in part because what she had accomplished was so momentous that one needed some time simply to acknowledge what had happened. Like the late string quartets, the three piano sonatas (Opus 109,110 and 111) follow no conventional form. They…
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  • Yankees to parade up Canyon of Heroes 11 a.m. Friday

    4 Nov 2009 | 9:52 pm
    A parade honoring the World Champion Yankees will begin at 11 a.m. on Friday and head north up the Canyon of Heroes, according to a taped message on 311, the city’s official information service. The parade will be followed by a ceremony at City Hall Plaza. Update: An early-morning press release from the mayor’s office offered a few more details abut Friday’s ticker-tape parade. The parade will begin on Broadway at Battery Place at 11 a.m. and continue northbound up Broadway toward Chambers Street. The parade will be followed by a ceremony at City Hall Plaza, at which Mayor…

  • Museums open late for fall/winter 2009/10 in NYC

    4 Nov 2009 | 7:28 am
    Many museums stay open late at least one night a week, often in conjunction with free admission hours, live music and cocktails. Here are the New York City museums with late-closing hours listed by day of the week: Mondays New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex at Grand Central Terminal - 8 p.m. (always free) Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame Annex - 8 p.m., with last admission at 7 p.m. ($24.50) Tuesdays China Institute Gallery - 8 p.m. (free 6 to 8 p.m.) Society of Illustrators - 8 p.m. (always free) New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex at Grand Central Terminal - 8 p.m. (always free)…

  • Unlike Paris, NYC's free bikes survived the summer

    3 Nov 2009 | 7:23 am
    In Paris, more than 80 percent of the bike-sharing cycles have been trashed or stolen, the New York Times reported over the weekend. In New York, it’s an entirely diffent story. Downtown Alliance’s 30 free bikes were used more than 7,000 times this past summer. There were “no thefts and no vandalism,” a spokesman told NewYorkology on Monday. The free rentals were available in two-and-a-half-hour windows from May 13 through Sept. 30 through Bike and Roll. The catch was that you needed to provide a credit card, which would be billed for the bike if you never returned.

  • Met Opera, NYC Opera offer rush seats for $25 or less

    3 Nov 2009 | 6:16 am
    Some of the best seats in the house at the Metropolitan Opera are available for a mere $20 through the Varis Rush Tickets all season. All regular performances Mondays through Thursdays will offer 150 orchestra seats for $20. The catch is the tickets go on sale only at the Met Opera box office starting two hours before curtain, subject to availability. An extra 50 tickets are reserved for seniors (65 or over) at the $20 price. The senior tickets are available starting at noon on the day of each performance and may be reserved online or by calling (212) 362-6000. The $20 tickets are not…

  • Shakespeare in the Park '10 'Merchant,' 'Winter’s Tale'

    2 Nov 2009 | 1:36 pm
    “The Merchant of Venice” and “The Winter’s Tale” have been chosen as the two free plays for Shakespeare in the Park for the summer of 2010, The Public Theater announced today. Daniel Sullivan will direct “Merchant” while Michael Greif will direct “Winter’s Tale.” Casts will be announced later. Normally Shakespeare in the Park stages one play at the begging of summer, takes a break and starts a second. But in 2010, they’ll play in rotating repertory from June 9 through Aug. 1. The same company of actors will perform in both plays.
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  • Foreigners Seduce, Reject Twitterati [Twitterati]

    Ryan Tate
    6 Nov 2009 | 5:46 pm
    Brooke Hammerling was once beguiled by an accent; Sarah Lacy was charmed by Middle Eastern calls to prayer and Wired locked the doors between print and online. The Twitterati reconsidered that which is foreign. Wonderwall's Alex Blagg was just trying to be social, geeez. Print media is to remain in its room until it feels well enough to stop destroying the company. Wired.com's Brian X. Chen didn't specifically say that, but it's the sort of Si Newhouse conference call we like to imagine. Ubiquitous Silicon Valley flack Brooke Hammerling, recently tweeting from Mexico, got burned by some kind…

  • Clooney, Carrey and Oscar's Frontrunner Are Coming to the Movies [Defamer Movie Guide]

    Richard Rushfield
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:58 pm
    The Oscar season begins in earnest this weekend. But will the moviegoers bite? THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS The Story: George Clooney and Jeff Bridges star. Based on the true story of a US Army psychic ops unit. The Pitch: Dr. Strangelove meets Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Who It's For: Comedy with a social message type people. Cause for Hope: Clooney and Bridges are seldom unfun to watch. Interesting, obscure story. Cause for Concern: Comedy looks very heavy on the broad and zany. Defamer Enthusio-Meter: 6 PRECIOUS The Story: An abused, overweight illiterate Harlem teen dreams of stardom.

  • The Week We Were All Glenn Beck's Appendix [Week In Review]

    Pareene
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:30 pm
    This week was all about gun violence and terrible elections and Jay Leno. Nouriel Roubini likes to rock the party. JFK blown away, what else did Mad Men have to say about how crazy it was that things were different in the early '60s? We endorsed not voting for Mike Bloomberg and, to be fair, a majority of New Yorkers took our advice, one way or another. Jay Leno maybe wants to go back to late night. No one knew that Tucker Max had a movie out, besides Hamilton. Old people at a newspaper were punching each other. It was kinda awesome. Then someone from Yelp tried to punch someone else from…

  • Scrap That Story [Pic Of The Day]

    Brian Moylan
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:29 pm
    [A member of the clean-up crew blows the newspaper and other debris off the street following the Yankees' victory parade this afternoon. Image via Getty]

  • Writers Brawl After Nerds Stop Brawling [Hackfights]

    Ryan Tate
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:27 pm
    You'd think tech bloggers would learn from the peacemaking founders of Skype, who just dropped lawsuits holding back the $2.8 billion sale of their former company. Instead the writers are calling one another inaccurate, spineless "toddlers." Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom are dropping suits against eBay, to whom they sold Skype in 2005, and against a consortium of private finance companies trying to buy Skype from eBay. The founders had accused both groups of intellectual property theft. They're dropping those lawsuits in exchange for 14 percent of Skype. But former Wall…
 
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  • Time To Close The Rock Hall Of Fame?

    ArtsJournal
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:48 am
    "The Hall of Fame is a notoriously top-down institution, with an elite group of insiders making up a nominating committee that pre-selects their own idiosyncratic idea of the worthy candidates. So all of us lowly peons are only allowed to vote for 5 out of 12 possible candidates, which judging from this year's nominees makes for slim pickings." Los Angeles Times 11/06/09

  • The Bookless Libraries?

    ArtsJournal
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:45 am
    "The scientists have mostly gone online with their library needs. Cutting-edge scholars in the humanities are building new disciplines and online environments are are, in effect, libraries themselves; they are diffuse, collaborative, non-hierarchical, always changing." InsideHigherEd 11/06/09

  • The Future Of College

    ArtsJournal
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:43 am
    "What is the future of this thing called college? What became quickly and painfully obvious in their deliberations is that the center will not hold. In something of an irony, higher education leaders acknowledged here Thursday that the very system that put them in the position to run the nation's colleges and universities is no longer fit to groom their successors or the rest of the U.S. work force." InsideHigherEd 11/05/09

  • EU To Give Teeniest Tiniest Protection To Those Accused Of Illegally Downloading Media

    ArtsJournal
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:32 am
    "Some members of the European Parliament felt nobody should lose their connection until after they had been prosecuted in a court for illegally downloading content. The new rules take the form of an amendment to a much wider revision of all Europe's telecoms regulations." BBC 11/05/09

  • Pianists As Super Heroes (Okay, Virtuosos, Then)

    ArtsJournal
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:25 am
    "Today's virtuosos and super-virtuosos are reluctant members of the club. Many of the younger generation are shunning the repertoire and the older ones are shunning the label. So why are pianists wary of being associated with this tradition?" The Times (UK) 11/05/09
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  • EaterWire: Le Gamin now Village Bistro East; Pepin Responds

    Amanda
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:39 pm
    MISUNDERSTANDINGS—In a Miami Times piece today, Jacques Pepin admitted to hooking up with more than 10,000 fellow cooks, servers, and bartenders in his lifetime. Now he's in the comments to explain: "...I must be too old and not "hip" enough to understand that the TRUE meaning of "hooked up with" now means "slept with." My interpretation of your question was that you were asking how many people I have encountered, cooked with, worked with, etc. in the food world. SHAME ON YOU!!" Sadface. [Miami Times] UPPER WEST SIDE—Dovetial reopens tonight after its weeklong renovations. Now…

  • Sports Bars: Los Dados Goes Sports Bar

    Scott Solish
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:16 pm
    Things have never been that great at Los Dados, David Rabin's Mexican joint in the heart of the Meatpacking District. Getting the beloved Sue Torres to sign on as chef gave Mexican food lovers hope that this place would be cranking out quality cuisine, but she left after a year, and the Dados has gone from a potential destination to that place across from the High Line that offers free margaritas and serves corny tamales. Falling another rung down the culinary ladder, Los Dados has installed a 103" TV and flat screens at the bar, and will be showing football on Saturday, Sunday and Monday…

  • Union Square Lounge 2.0: The lounge beneath the Coffee Shop...

    Scott Solish
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:50 pm
    The lounge beneath the Coffee Shop in Union Square is getting a redo behind promoter Michael Gogel with hopes of attracting a young, Parisian crowd. Rather than focusing only on Parisians and those who they congregate with, one would think Mssr. Gogel would want to attract any customers he can get, since the Union Square Lounge (the subterranean space beneath the unfortunate Coffee Shop) failed the get any buzz or business when it first opened and no one has been clamoring for its return. [GoaG]

  • Rumormongering: Will Scott Conant Take Over the Table 8 Space?

    Amanda
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:31 pm
    For the last couple of weeks, Eater spies have been hearing through back channels that trouble is afoot at Table 8. And that's aside from the trouble involving a partner's arrest for murder. Multiple industry sources have confirmed that celeb chef Govind Armstrong and his troubled partner Josh Woodward are trying to pull out of the restaurant and, of course, take their Table 8 name with them. And while reps at the hotel say there's no trouble in paradise, word from the rumor mill is that the deals are now being finalized, and the hotel will soon begin the transition from Table 8 to another…

  • Eater Inside: Greenpoint's New Restaurant/Piano Bar, The Manhattan Inn

    Amanda
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:29 pm
    Click the image above to view the full photogallery.[Krieger, 11/5/09] Greenpoint, meet your newest/coolest neighbor, The Manhattan Inn. Those nutjob geniuses at Glasslands, the superhip rag tag performance space on Kent in Williamsburg, have managed to do something original and pretty damn good looking on an otherwise unexciting strip a block from McCarren Park. The bar and restaurant serves New American cuisine from chef Justin Farmer. Fancy cocktails, sourcing from Rooftop Farms, repurposed design details, you know the drill. And on that sweet, sweet baby grand? Ragtime. She opened two…
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  • Friday PM Clickage

    Izzy Grinspan
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:03 pm
    At Miu Miu. Via Jetsetcd/Racked Flickr Pool Local · Locals protest UWS shop linked to puppy mills [Gothamist] · Target might have the best pharmacy in South Brooklyn [FIPS] · Alexander Wang leaving the LES for Soho [Style File] National · Recession schmecession: People still need shoes [NYT] · Carolina Herrera wants Target to ask her to do a collaboration [The Cut]

  • RackedWire: Two Pop-Ups; Rachel Zoe Bombshell

    Izzy Grinspan
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:53 pm
    Image via Two Bridges CHINATOWN—Tomorrow and Sunday from noon to 6pm, browse "a curated selection of hard-to-find 'zines, photography, art, books, records, jewelry, interesting knick-knacks, and more" at former Refinery29 editor Naomi Nevitt's Two Bridges Pop-Up. You'll find it, of course, between the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges, at 31 Oliver Street, Suite 5D. [Refinery29] SOHO—Portland outerwear company Nau pops up on Mercer Street between Broome and Spring next Thursday alongside equally crunchy-fashiony brands like Toms and Freitag. As befits the green merchandise, the store…

  • Now Open: Mysterious Mogul Nygård's Mini-Flagship

    Frank Gargione
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:16 pm
    Click the image above to view the full photogallery. We would be lying if we said we knew a whole lot about ego-maniacal Canadian "fashion designer" Peter Nygård—to us he kind of seems to exist at the semi-fictional cross streets of, like, Mugatu and Kira Plastilina. We know Dillard's (another proper noun we don't know much about) is his exclusive retailer in the States. We know he has a crazy mane of hair because he's had billboards with his pouting mug all over this south of Times Square stretch of Broadway for probably three years—touting a name, a collection, and a…

  • All Saints to Hit Soho In April, Expanding In Bloomies

    Cynthia Drescher
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:30 pm
    The All Saints Shop-in-Shop At Bloomingdale's After yesterday's reminder from Elle that desired British brand All Saints had launched a US e-commerce site with free shipped, we remembered that hey—don't they have a shop-in-a-shop up at Bloomgindale's? And yes since late this summer, yes they do, and so we set off today to peruse the All Saints stock of Rick Owens-y knits and leather, and to-die-for deconstructed jackets. While mulling over the twisted cardigans and trying to avoid the melee over in the shoe section, we were hit with a deluge of intel on the future of All Saints in the…

  • Secrets of the Lucky Shops Inbox: Head North

    Izzy Grinspan
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:07 pm
    Yesterday, we divulged a slew of readers' tips for vintage shopping, all culled from our Lucky Shops ticket giveaway. Today, we've got even more retail wisdom. Step one: Head to Harlem. Writes a tipster:I have small feet—size 5 1/2. Only two brands really fit me: Manolo when I am rich (not since my company went bust), Nine West when I am not. Nobody seems to know there is a Nine West outlet at 125th Street just off the C train that almost always has the same stuff that is at the regular stores 60-75% off. I can get 5 pairs of shoes for $150 and feed my shoe need in this yucky economy. A…
 
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  • Olivia Palermo Will Dress Like a Hippie If She Feels Like It

    6 Nov 2009 | 3:00 pm
    Last night at the Swarovski-sponsored book party for Gossip Girl costume designer Eric Daman's new book You Know You Want It, The City's Olivia Palermo actually spoke to us! Usually she politely declines interviews, but last night she was raring to talk about fashion and working at Elle and all kinds of stuff that didn't involve Whitney Port and Freddie Fackelmayer. She revealed she hopes to have her own fashion line one day. "I think designing takes years of practice. It is definitely something that I do want to do, but I think that timing is everything, so I’m going to wait a little…

  • Comme des Garons and the Beatles Are Making $115 Tees Together

    6 Nov 2009 | 2:40 pm
    CDG designer Rei Kawakubo collaborated with the Beatles on a small collection of handbags and shirts. No leather is to be used in the collection because Sir Paul McCartney is against that sort of thing. T-shirts start at $115, and the PVC bags top out at $860. It may seem pricey for something that's not leather, but they have pretty spots! And sit lopsided all on their own. [WWD] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: collaboration station, comme des garcons, designers, handbags, rei kawakubo, the beatles

  • Alicia Keys Is Very Green

    6 Nov 2009 | 2:20 pm
    Last night, Alicia Keys attended the Latin Grammy Awards in a floor-length strapless empire-waist dress with a matching clutch. What do you think of the look? Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: alicia keys, look of the day

  • Michelle Obama Wears Moschino to the Science Fair

    6 Nov 2009 | 2:00 pm
    Leave it to our First Lady to wear designer clothes to the National Science Bowl, which she attended at the Department of Energy in Washington yesterday. You can buy her black-and-white Moschino jacket on Net-a-Porter for $1,720. Or, you know, not. See the full look in the Michelle Obama Look Book. Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: designers, michelle obama, mobama watch, moschino

  • Taylor Jacobson Is Leaving Rachel Zoe!

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:40 pm
    Taylor from The Rachel Zoe Project announced in an e-mail today that she is leaving Rachel Zoe Corporation, which means season three of The Rachel Zoe Project will be considerably less amazing, because we kind of drooled over everything she wore every week (especially that half-leopard jacket). Besides, what does Brad bring to the table? Bow ties and pasty upper thighs. Taylor writes, according to Fashionista: After four amazing years at Rachel Zoe Corporation, I’m saddened and exhilarated at the same time to announce my departure. After much thought and consideration, I have decided to…
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  • Safer, More Livable Streets for the East Side — The Campaign Heats Up

    Ben Fried
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:15 pm
    Advocates and volunteers working for protected bike paths on the East Side, flush from last month's highly encouraging Community Board 8 vote, delivered more than a thousand handwritten letters yesterday to City Hall, supporting protected bike lanes on First and Second Avenues. Keep an eye on this story. It's a big one. East Side residents sign on for safer, greener streets.As DOT and the MTA flesh out plans for Bus Rapid Transit along the M15 route, dedicated space for both buses and cyclists on First and Second is within reach. Rarely does the opportunity present itself to make such huge…

  • How About a Climate Plan That Reduces Car Dependence?

    Lily Bernheimer
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:58 am
    Last week PA Walks and Bikes alerted Pennsylvania residents to an opportunity to give input on the state's new Climate Change Action Plan. The state has produced a report identifying specific actions that would reduce emissions by a target date of 2020. Recent and projected GHG emissions from the Land Use and Transportation sector, as shown in Pennsylvania's Climate Change Action Plan In his critique, LSC member John Boyle points to some notable omissions in Chapter 6, which focuses on transportation and land use: There is no mention of bicycling and walking in the plan. There is a desire but…

  • The Weekly Carnage

    Brad Aaron
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:25 am
    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. Damon Padmore, driving this SUV, hit and killed 38-year-old Dorothea Wallace as she made her way to work in Downtown Brooklyn. Padmore, a corrections officer at Sing Sing, was arrested for driving with a suspended license, but was not charged for killing Wallace. Photo: 1010 WINSFatal Crashes (10 Killed This Week, 242 This Year*, 25 Drivers Charged**) Bronx: NYPD Detective Hits, Kills 67-Year-Old; Charged With DWI,…

  • Tish James: We Need to Improve NYC’s Most Unreliable Bus, But…

    Ben Fried
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:01 am
    Yesterday the Straphangers Campaign awarded Brooklyn's B44 the Schleppie Award in recognition of its status as the most unreliable bus route in the city. Over 20 percent of B44 buses, which run on the Nostrand Avenue corridor, arrive either bunched together or very far apart. About 42,000 people endure the route's maddening inconsistency every weekday. The Schleppie came five days after several prominent New York City Democrats lent their support to the Nostrand Avenue Merchants Association at a small press event protesting plans to upgrade B44 service. Brooklyn's first Select Bus Service…

  • LA Kids Tell City Hall How to Improve Biking — Via YouTube

    Sarah Goodyear
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:35 am
    Today on the Streetsblog Network, a story about some kids in Los Angeles who did their research and came up with several good ideas about improving conditions for bicycle commuters. Then they ran up against the reality that the public forums on the city's bike plan weren't so public. But they didn't let that stop them. Stephen Box at SoapBox LA reports: These kids from the West Side of LA were determined to let the city know what they think about bike commuting. The FIRSTteamWestside (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a group of kids who prepared a presentation…
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  • Midtown Links (The “Cravings Facelift” Edition)

    Zach Brooks
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:00 pm
    NYC Cravings Truck Gets a New Look. Photo courtesy of Ultraclay! The Go Go Curry lines weren’t quite as long after 3pm yesterday [NYColor] Check out this new chocolate bar inside a jewelry store on Madison Ave. [Wandering Eater] Henry Kissinger was spotted at Kolache Mama!?! [NYDN] $12 is a little steep, but Galway Hooker’s burger is one of [...]

  • In Memory

    Zach Brooks
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:45 pm
    Midtown lost another two much loved personalities recently.  Michael Ronis, the founding Chef of Carmine’s and Virgil’s, passed away last Thursday from brain cancer; and Mike Levy, a weekly regular at Ben Benson’s for the past twenty years, also passed away from cancer.  Our thoughts go out to their families and friends.

  • Midtown Happy Hour: Who Needs a Firefighter Calendar When You’ve Got Bravest on 38th

    Zach Brooks
    6 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: [...]

  • Mad For Chicken is Same As it Ever Was

    Zach Brooks
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:15 am
    Serious Eats New York hits up Mad For Chicken (on 5th Ave. btw. 31+32nd) and determines something that Midtown Lunch’ers confirmed back in May when the switch was first made.  The owner/operators didn’t change, just the name, so the chicken is pretty much exactly the same as it was when it was Bon Chon (except [...]

  • FIKA Boasts Best Chocolate Bonbon

    Zach Brooks
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:30 am
    The 2009 Chocolate Show this past weekend, and FIKA Swedish Espresso Bar (on 58th btw. 5+6th) won “Best Overall Bonbon or Truffle, ganache filling, single flavor”. Who knew they even made their own chocolate!? (I’ve always been more about their Swedish Meatball Sandwich.) [via Grub Street]
 
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  • LOST CITY WALKING TOURS LAUNCH Nov. 22!

    Brooks of Sheffield
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:54 am
    Come one, come all!The first-ever Lost City Walking Tour will take place on Sunday, November 22, at 11 AM. Where? My regular stomping grounds, what we will call, for arguments sake, Carroll Gardens West, the once (and still?) Mob-infested streets on either side of Moses' Gulch, better known at the BQE, from Hamilton to the south to Degraw on the north. (It seemed appropriate to keep the first tour close to home.)I'm going to try to keep these tours the walking, talking equivalent of the blog. It will not be the history you find in books. Nothing about the Battle of Brooklyn or Peter…

  • Lost City Asks "Who Goes to Zum Stammtisch?"

    Brooks of Sheffield
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:48 am
    Zum Stammtisch has got to be one of the happier finds in my experience writing "Who Goes There?" for Eater. Not being a habitue of Glendale, I did not know of its existence until recently. Seeing the remnant of a German enclave around the neighborhood, I started asking people if there was a good German restaurant around? Everyone replies "Zum Stammtisch" without missing a beat. Who Goes There? Zum StammtischThe name of this 37-year-old German chow hall may cause the stranger to pause before attempting the treacherous pronunciation, but it rolls like browned butter off the tongues of the aging…

  • Breakthrough in the Brooks 1890 Restaurant Mystery

    Brooks of Sheffield
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:39 am
    History bloggers, myself included, have long been confounded by Long Island City's Brooks 1890 Restaurant, a purportedly old eatery on Court House Square that seems to have no traceable history. Who founded it? What was it like in the old days? What do the "K" and "N" in the stained-glass canopy behind the bar stand for? Nobody knows, not even the current owners. Well, a reader recently wrote in with a critical piece of information. Before Mr. Brooks (actually Bill "Brooks" Gounaris) bought the place in the 1970s and slapped his name on the joint, the place was called Court Square Restaurant.

  • What's Going on With Monte's Venetian Room?

    Brooks of Sheffield
    5 Nov 2009 | 9:58 am
    It's been more than a year since Monte's Venetian Room, one of the oldest Italian restaurants in Brooklyn (the oldest?) unceremoniously closed. As Gowanus Lounge reported at the time, the reason for the shuttering of the then-102-year-old landmark was unclear. A sign in the window said it was closed for renovations. But a tipster said they were closed by the City for “operating without a license.”OK, questions. Whether it was closed for violating the law, or for renovations, shouldn't it have been easy to reopen? Yet, there it sits, dusty and abandoned. The inside has not been gutted. The…

  • Union Street Gets a New Coat of Asphalt

    Brooks of Sheffield
    5 Nov 2009 | 9:54 am
    It's all happening today, as we type.Do you think they might finally paint a new bike lane when they're finished?
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    nymag.com: Nightlife

  • 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.

  • Night at the Museum

    27 Oct 2009 | 3:43 pm
    Five concerts going down at museums this week.

  • Good Conversation

    21 Oct 2009 | 1:06 pm
    Here are five discussions to stimulate your brain this week.
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  • Getting Levi Johnston Naked

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:31 pm
    How Playgirl got Levi Johnston to agree to a photo shoot.

  • The Neighborhood News

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:25 am
    Our round of news from around the city.

  • Dave’s Crushes

    2 Nov 2009 | 5:00 pm
    Was Letterman really a predator? The sin of the office flirtation.

  • 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?

  • Ad Buster

    1 Nov 2009 | 6:29 pm
    Jordan Seiler, 29, is on a mission to replace outdoor advertisements with art. Late last month, he coordinated a stealth campaign to whitewash and redecorate swaths of lower Manhattan.
 
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    Brownstoner

  • Closing Bell: Flea Fun In The Fall Sun

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:00 pm
    Phew. It's been a rough few weeks of dodgy weather (and weather reports) but it's finally looking like we have back-to-back dry days coming up this weekend. With the hard part out of the way, we can just step back and let The Flea vendors do their thing! Joining the usual cast of characters this weekend are the folks behind Atlantis in Red Hook, an online purveyor of curiosities, a vinyl-head known as the Record Grouch, an antiques dealer from the Chelsea Garage and a new Red Hook Food Vendor serving up arepas and chuzos. All good, baby. All good. The Brooklyn Flea is held on Saturdays from…

  • Development Watch: Pratt Myrtle Gets Glassy

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:41 am
    Pratt's new seven story academic and studio building at 524 Myrtle Avenue is moving along at a steady clip. When we checked in back in July, there were three stories on steel framing up and now all seven are up and there are some windows to boot. Sounds like a Fall 2010 opening is a lay-up. Development Watch: Pratt Myrtle Rising [Brownstoner] Development Watch: Rat at Pratt [Brownstoner] Development Watch: Pratt Myrtle [Brownstoner] GMAP Pratt Starts on New Myrtle Project [Brownstoner] P*Shark Pratt Reveals Plans for Myrtle KFC Site [Brownstoner] DOB

  • StreetLevel: Cafe DuCharme Opens on President

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:00 am
    Cafe DuCharme opened earlier this week on President near the corner of 5th Avenue. The small cafe, which gets its handle from the last name of its Swiss owner, is open from 7 to 7, and in addition to fair trade drip ($1.25/cup) has a variety of sandwiches (a prosciutto combo, eg, for $8.75) and breakfast fare. The shop's proprietor previously had a coffee shop in Old San Juan. Two New Eateries Coming to Slope's President Street [Brownstoner] GMAP

  • Open House Picks

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:05 am
    Boerum Hill 80 Hoyt Street FSBO Sunday 12:30-3:30 $1,495,00 was $1,780,000 GMAP P*Shark Clinton Hill 147 Vanderbilt Avenue Corcoran Saturday 12-1:30 $995,000 GMAP P*Shark West Midwood 735 Rugby Road Mary Kay Gallagher Sunday 1-2:30 $890,000 GMAP P*Shark Stuyvesant Heights 480 Macdonough Street Brown Harris Stevens Sunday 11-12:30 $649,000 GMAP P*Shark

  • Open House Picks: Six Months Later

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:41 am
    Comment: At least deals are getting done. Open House Picks 5/8/09 [Brownstoner] Previous Six Months Later Posts [Brownstoner]
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  • Paul Richard - SE Corner of Spring and Mulberry

    Paolo Mastrangelo
    6 Nov 2009 | 6:55 am
    Previously: Paul Richard - Spring and Broadway

  • Community Board 4’s Business Licenses and Permits Committee Denies Permit For New "Pizza" Take-Out

    Paolo Mastrangelo
    30 Oct 2009 | 7:30 am
    Photo from EaterChelsea Now reports:Community Board 4’s Business Licenses and Permits Committee clearly wanted to avoid any new establishment that would exacerbate the noise [In the area around 17th St. near 10th Ave]. So when the proposal for an outpost of the popular East Village pizzeria Artichoke included requests for a full liquor license and 4 a.m. closing hours, the committee came down hard on the applicant. [...] The restaurateurs agreed to post a security guard outside from midnight until the 4 a.m. closing time to aid in crowd control; to provide and service receptacles for trash…

  • Tompkins Square Dog Halloween Parade 2009

    Paolo Mastrangelo
    28 Oct 2009 | 9:23 am
    The 19th Annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade took place this past Sunday. Michael Jackson (Check out the glove!) : A Pirate Giving Us an "Aye Matey!": A Fairy: See more photos at Flickr, and read one bloggers full accounting of the event.

  • Seen in East Village: Wanted: Vegan Drummer

    Paolo Mastrangelo
    28 Oct 2009 | 5:10 am
    The flyer reads: "Must like sad music. Imagination and personality valued more than technical skill." Graduate of Hampshire College a plus? Those interested are invited to email vegandrummer99@gmail.com, where a request for information has not yet been returned.

  • PAC vs NPA: Taking Over Illegal Ads with Illegal Art

    Paolo Mastrangelo
    27 Oct 2009 | 4:40 am
    Jordan Seiler's Public Ad Campaign hit the streets of New York City on Sunday to reclaim alleged illegal advertisements placed by the NPA advertising company. Reporters at the New York Times and ANIMAL New York were both tagging along and have more on the story. At 3:30 pm, NYC The Blog happened upon two artists, Philip Lumbang and Shai Dahan, (seen in the video above) who just finished adding some art to whitewashed ads on Broome and Chrystie Streets. They explained that approximately 120 signs were targeted on Sunday, signs that Public Ad Campaign maintain are illegal and erected without…
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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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  • Tips Welcome [Reminders]

    6 Nov 2009 | 4:50 pm
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  • [Roundup: Eating & Drinking]

    6 Nov 2009 | 4:40 pm
    • Vong closes tomorrow. Moving in is Wolfgang's Steakhouse. [JGV via Eater] • Mario Batali says he decided to change up Del Posto because he's planning to get a second Michelin star and a four-star Times review this year. [TONY]• Rumor has it Scott Conant may take over the Table 8 space. [Eater] • The Mermaid Inn team open the Mermaid Oyster Bar next week. [GS]• MePa's Los Dados seems to have morphed into a sports bar. [Eater] • The food cart hype was bound to lead to something like the lunch shelf. [SE] • It's a pain when a restaurant screws…

  • [Roundup: Media & Entertainment]

    6 Nov 2009 | 4:15 pm
    • Condé Nast is now swinging into damage control mode: It's retained Michael Sheehan, a "crisis manager and media coach" who's faced some steep PR challenges in the past having worked with President Clinton and AIG. [NYP]• So is Oprah moving to cable? The discussions continue, reportedly. [AdAge]• Kyle Pope doesn't seem to have been Jared Kushner's first choice to serve as editor-in-chief of the New York Observer. Times star business reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin turned Kushner down twice over the past year. [NYM]• More than 100 people were…

  • Stephanie Seymour and Peter Brant Keep It Classy [Divorces]

    6 Nov 2009 | 3:13 pm
    Former supermodel Stephanie Seymour and newsprint mogul Peter Brant are in the middle of a very messy divorce at the moment. Neither side has spoken out about their imploded marriage, since Seymour and Brant signed an agreement barring them from discussing the feud publicly. But presumably Brant and Seymour's lawyers didn't address the subject of sexy photos, which explains why the December issue of Vanity Fair features a collection of half-nude photos of the 41-year-old ex-model by Mario Testino. (Brant will get a spread of his own in the January issue, we imagine.) Writes Testino:At…

  • Citigroup Was One Big Mistake [Wall Street]

    6 Nov 2009 | 2:32 pm
    If you're a Citigroup shareholder and you've watched your investment in the bank tumble into the abyss over the past year, take heart. John Reed, the man partly responsible for creating the dysfunctional financial supermarket that Citigroup turned into by merging Citicorp with Sandy Weill's Travelers Group in 1998, is really, really sorry. "We learn from our mistakes," says Reed. Feel better now? [Bloomberg]
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    nymag.com: Restaurant Review

  • Shack Attack

    3 Nov 2009 | 5:23 pm
    Can Steve Hanson seize the burger-king throne?

  • Distant Kinship

    3 Nov 2009 | 5:10 pm
    They have their bright spots, but two new restaurants don’t measure up to their illustrious heritage.

  • A Mighty Muffuletta

    3 Nov 2009 | 5:05 pm
    Fort Defiance delivers on all its café-bar promises.

  • Hummus of Champions

    3 Nov 2009 | 5:03 pm
    Inventive Israeli beckons in Brooklyn.

  • Above Standard

    3 Nov 2009 | 4:57 pm
    With chef Dan Silverman at the helm, the Standard Grill rises above the faux-bistro competition.
 
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  • 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…

  • Chicago Deep Dish or NY Thin Crust?

    atom
    22 Sep 2009 | 10:20 am
    I was recently in Chicago and ate a lot of deep dish pizza. This is something Chicago is known for and I, a pizza fanatic, was fully aware of. After eating some deep dish at a friends home one night he asked how it compared to NY thin crust. I had to admit to him that the deep dish was unique and amazing and I loved it. Then I had to tell him that it didn’t compare in my mind to the coal fired brick oven pizzas made in NY. What can I say, I’m an East Coast kind of guy. NY pizza is king in my eyes, the crisp crust and fresh ingredients that you taste with all the lush flavors they…
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  • Win Tickets To A Pre-Thanksgiving Feast For A Great Cause This Monday

    Ed Levine
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:30 pm
    A few years ago I got a call from my friends Tom Wells and Lee Tannen, of the great catering company Showstoppers. They asked me to get involved with The Association to Benefit Children, or ABC for short. What does ABC do? This is how the organization is described on its website: Association to Benefit Children champions the right of every child to a positive, nurturing childhood. ABC creates program models that are easily replicable, humane, comprehensive and cost-effective and include family preservation, early childhood education, health, housing, mental health and youth services. ABC…

  • Mix It Up: The Bubbly Scribe at Raines Law Room

    Laren Spirer
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
    [Photos: Laren Spirer] On Monday night, the Astor Center hosted its first Tweetup, co-sponsored by Chartreuse and LUPEC NYC. The idea behind the Tweetup was to gather up cocktail enthusiasts, many of whom are on Twitter, for an interactive event/cocktail party. We were fortunate enough to have Jean-Marc Roger, the president of Chartreuse Diffusion, visiting from France, which he only does twice a year. And although he wasn't willing to share the 130-item ingredient list for the age-old spirit, which is still made by monks in the French Alps, he was kind enough to donate yellow and green…

  • Sugar Rush: Oro's Sour Cream Banana Cake

    Kathy YL Chan
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:15 am
    [Photo: Kathy Chan] One square big enough to share. A banana cake with the slightest tang of sour cream. A smother of chocolate, closer to a ganache than frosting. And a single banana chip to finish. Thumbs up. If you pop the cake in the toaster oven for a few minutes, the edges get extra crisp and the dark chocolate turns molten—a delicious lava bit with each forkful. It's lovely, yes, but the single best item at Oro Bakery are those madelines, plump, moist and lemony. You might remember them from our post on Serious Eats's Guide to the Best Madeleines in New York City. They are…

  • How Do You Eat Street Food? One Grad Student's Answer

    Carey Jones
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:15 am
    [Photos: Midtown Lunch] One Pratt student, Ali Pulver, has tackled a problem so many urbanites face—where, on a busy city block, can you eat a street food lunch?—and devoted her graduate thesis to it. Midtown Lunch reports that she's come up with a "Hydrantable" (pictured left), a tabletop that fits over any fire hydrant, and a "Lunch Shelf" (pictured right), with super-strong magnets to attach to any metal post. Consider your juggling problems solved. (We won't vouch for the legality of either of these. But great ideas, no?) Follow her work at PopUpLunch.com.

  • The Brunch Dish: Grilled Sambal Prawns with Scrambled Eggs at Double Crown

    Nikki Goldstein
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:00 am
    [Flickr: Lanaflickr] Dosas may be the popular choice for Indian brunch in Curry Hill, but the Bowery's Indian-inspired Double Crown takes a totally different approach. Drawing from the historic blending of English and Southeast Asian cuisines, Double Crown's brunch has a refined culinary point of view that comes across clearly in all its dishes. Of those I've tried, my favorite is the Grilled Sambal Prawns with Scrambled Eggs, which gets a robust hit of flavor from the traditional chili jam—a condiment, somewhat ironically, that's typically served with dosas). Surprisingly, though, it's…
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  • Canadia: Dammit...!

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Teenage girl #1: And she was trying to convince me that Florida is north of New York!Teenage girl #2: Oh my god, some people are so stupid! North of us is like... Delaware!--Hudson & GansevoortOverheard by: Laura Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2009-11-07

  • I Checked Her Birth Certificate

    6 Nov 2009 | 6:00 pm
    Hispanic teenage girl #1: I don't know about that girl. She just don't fit in with our group.Hispanic teenage girl #2: Yeah, she think she ghetto fabulous, but she just ghetto.--Brooklyn Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2009-11-06

  • Who Knew Sex With Strangers Could Be Unsatisfying?

    6 Nov 2009 | 3:00 pm
    Walk of shame girl #1: He said I was the best 20-minute decision he ever made.Walk of shame girl #2: Oh my god, really??Walk of shame girl #1: Yeah, more like 5 minutes.--89th St & 3rd AveOverheard by: Just Out For Coffee Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2009-11-06

  • New Yorkers Aren't Impressed When You Put on the Dog

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
    Woman to waiter: Oh my god! I left my mink stole here. Oh please don't let it be gone. (goes to table, finds stole) Oh, thank god I found my mink stole and no one took it! Woman at next table: Oh, please, bitch, ain't nobody want your German Shepherd!--The Diner Restaurant, Midtown Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2009-11-06

  • Why Topless Tutoring Exists

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:00 am
    Eight-year-old ghetto kid: Mama, give me your cell phone! I gotta call my girlfriend.Mother: What you gonna talk to her about? How you can't read and write? Tell her to help you with that!--HarlemOverheard by: Joe Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2009-11-06
 
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  • Valuation and Option Pool

    Fred
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:32 am
    One of the more contentious things in the negotiation between an entrepreneur and a VC over a financing, particularly an early stage financing, is the inclusion of an option pool in the pre-money valuation. As my friend Mark Pincus likes to say, "it's just another way to lower the price".I'll accept that critique. And take it one step further. The option pool is absolutely a piece of the price negotiation. But it is a very important one as I'll explain.But first, let me lay out a few things for those who aren't well versed in these matters. The pre-money valuation is the value of the company…

  • Great Meetup Last Night

    Fred
    5 Nov 2009 | 4:22 am
    About a hundred readers of this blog gathered last night in the cafeteria of Washington Irving High School just off of Union Square in Manhattan to meet each other and celebrate the generosity of this community in the recent Donors Choose Bloggers Challenge. It was a great moment for me. I got to meet many readers who I know by name but not in person. Putting a face to a name is a wonderful thing. I also got to meet Sarah Bunting, whose blog, Tomato Nation, raised $315,000 for Donors Choose in October. Talk about "blog stars". I've got a lot to learn from Sarah.And I got to meet a bunch of…

  • Throw The Bums Out

    Fred
    4 Nov 2009 | 3:06 am
    I drove out to the middle of New Jersey yesterday morning to attend a board meeting. Everywhere I went, I saw "dump corzine" messages. It was clear the governor was in trouble. And this morning, we wake up to the news that Corzine has indeed been dumped and Mayor Bloomberg barely got 50% of the voters in NYC to pull the lever for him Both of these men are wealthy. Both of these men grew up on wall street in the 1970s. Both of these men moved from wall street to public service about a decade ago. Both of these men spent heavily to get re-elected. Bloomberg made it, Corzine did not.It's worth…

  • The Double Opt-In Introduction

    Fred
    3 Nov 2009 | 3:55 am
    I'm sure everyone out there gets email intros. Someone who knows you sends you and someone you don't know an email suggesting you meet.I send emails like that a lot. I might send a half a dozen or more every day.I get even more emails like that. Sometimes dozens a day.And I'd like to propose some email intro etiquette which I follow almost religiously myself:When introducing two people who don't know each other, ask each of them to opt-in to the introduction before making it.Last night I got talking about this with some friends who also get a lot of email intros. All of us get email intros…

  • Thematic vs Thesis Driven Investing

    Fred
    2 Nov 2009 | 3:36 am
    As the venture business has grown and matured, many firms have developed specific areas of focus. Our firm, Union Square Ventures, for example only invests in web services. I believe this is a good thing for both the investors in venture funds, called LPs, and the entrepreneurs. But there are a number of ways that firms can execute their focus on a particular area. Two of the most popular are "thematic investing" and "thesis driven investing".They are very different.Thematic investing involves identifying big themes and going after them. Examples from the world of web services would be…
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    Life with food and drink

  • LWF&D goes all Benedict Arnold at Crumbs

    Janine
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:47 am
    As I mentioned earlier, I've been battling a rather severe cupcake craving since my departure from Billy's. Today I was at the office planning my post-dinner indulgence. I got a window of time to duck out for a quick cupcake-shopping trip and realized my only real option was... Crumbs. Crumbs, the McDonald's of cupcakes, whose pastries are the size and shape of softballs and come in as many colors and flavors as Sanford Mr. Sketch markers (don't pretend you never ended up with colored dots on your nose from smelling those markers as a kid). Sigh. Off I went to the Crumbs by Bryant park.After…

  • Back to Cavatappo for reliable classics

    Janine
    5 Nov 2009 | 3:07 am
    On Sunday night, pre-pastry binge, we swung by Cavatappo grill for some classic and delicious Italian food. The place was surprisingly hopping for a Sunday evening, but we squeezed into a tiny table along the wall and settled in.We skipped drinks and apps and nibbled the bread while we waited for our entrees. Maybe it was just the way it was sliced, but this bread seemed different from their usual carb offering. This was substantial but dry and oddly flavorless; it seemed to lack salt. Perhaps it was authentic Tuscan bread?Plain breadNo matter; our entrees arrived promptly. AV had selected an…

  • Napoleon conquers LWF&D at Andre's

    Janine
    4 Nov 2009 | 3:01 am
    Now that the weather has turned chilly, my dessert cravings are shifting from the summer-long "ice cream ice cream ice cream" to the fall and winter pastry craving. Since I've left Billy's, I've been battling a cupcake craving that's been pretty powerful, and it returned with a vengeance on Sunday afternoon. I was up at AV's place on the UES, so we took a walk through the crisp night air to see what types of pastries we could scare up.Fate took us to Andre's Hungarian pastry shop, a little spot that had been recommended to me by my friend KS, who used to live in the neighborhood. I'm not the…

  • Stecchino... interesting

    Janine
    3 Nov 2009 | 5:48 pm
    Update (11/4/09): A call to the restaurant reveals they are opening tonight at 5!Walking home today, I spotted an intriguing new restaurant on Ninth Avenue between 51st and 52nd. Entitled "Stecchino," it's a beauty... couldn't quite tell whether it was open yet or not (there was a bit of activity going on inside, but it didn't look like dinner service). I will most certainly be checking it out soon.Mysterious... yet inviting

  • A final trip to Five Napkin Burger. I promise.

    Janine
    3 Nov 2009 | 3:08 am
    You ever have a place that you really really want to like? So much so that you keep coming back, even when it's clearly against any sense of reason to do so? Well, I realized I'm that way with Five Napkin Burger. I really want to like 5NB, even though I've been a number of times before and haven't really been impressed. Well, last Friday I took AV there-- he loves burgers, and there's been a vegetable roll on the menu I've wanted to try. So we showed up at 7 to a 30-minute wait; we crowed in the corner of the bar, shouting over the cacophony and nursing drinks for 30 minutes, then 40 minutes.
 
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  • Explaining the Ft. Hood Tragedy

    svmgadmin
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:40 pm
    Cross posted from our sister blog, DC Metro Moms Blog. I grew up in a military family.  My father was a career Air Force officer, as was his father.  My brother joined the Army a few years after high school and served two tours in Bosnia before he got out.  Of course then he gave my mother a heart attach by turning around and joining the Ohio National Guard.  Thankfully, he returned from a tour in the Middle East late last year. My husband spent 20 years in the Navy - 3 on active duty and then 17 in the Navy Reserves. I also happen to live in the Hampton Roads area of…

  • How I Know I'm a Mom

    KarenTV
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:25 am
    Dropping my son off at school one morning, he suddenly and urgently expressed the need to blow his nose.  At that very moment, the bell rang.  After frantically searching for a tissue to no avail, I took a deep breath, pulled up my sweater, and had him blow his gross green boogies right into my undershirt.  I'm well versed in the routine of wiping a nose with my sleeve, rolling up said sleeve, and repeating that all day long (don't ask why I never seem to have tissues on hand).  But a full on nose-blowing into my shirt? That moment, for me, punctuated the realization that "I am a mom". …

  • Do Kids Need a Personal Trainer?

    Marinka
    5 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    I read an article in this week's New York Post which alarmed me.  Parents are hiring personal trainers for their children to help them lose weight.  From what I gleaned, these children aren't morbidly obese, but they have a few extra pounds. One mom explained that their family is so busy that they do not have time to teach their 8 year old to ride a bike.  Another mom is quoted as saying that NYC kids don't have time to be active. I get that they are busy. We are all busy. But when someone claims that we are too busy for their children to run around, to play sports, to ride a bike, to be…

  • Leaving on a Jet Plane

    Jennifer Perillo
    4 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    I used to live vicariously through my best friend. An executive in the fashion industry, I dreamt about the extensive travel she used to do—away from her husband and kids. Now, I love my family, but the idea of a break from the whining and everyday grind seemed heavenly quite frankly. Did I also mention she used to travel to Hong Kong, China, and Bolivia?Well, flash forward to this year, and I got a taste of what I thought I was missing. On my first business trip I was literally wined and dined, put up in luxurious accommodations and treated like a rock star. While the pillows were perfect,…

  • Parenting "Successful " Kids

    Pamela W.
    3 Nov 2009 | 4:18 am
    I had the pleasure of hearing Anna Quindlen speak recently at a Parents In Actionluncheon.  Ms. Quindlen wrote a column in The New York Timescalled "Life in the 30s" for many years, is  a columnist at Newsweek and has authored of many fiction and non-fiction books.  She writes and speaks about family life and domestic issues with incredible insight, intelligence and wit.  She addressed our group of success-oriented New York City parents and talked about the society of perfection that we are creating for our children. She went on to say that this generation of kids might be the first…
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  • Word Freaks

    6 Nov 2009 | 7:32 am
    One of the defining characteristics of New York City is the passion, fervor and obsession of many individuals in pursuit of activities, some of which might not seem worthy of an adult's time and effort.Most people understand that chess is a serious game - various pieces each with its own special movement abilities and rules make it somewhat formidable to the newcomer. And a number of its champions are known to the public - most notably Bobby Fischer. But Scrabble is a game that is seen by most as a past time, most often associated with their childhood. A game that can easily learned and…

  • Dead Man Walking

    5 Nov 2009 | 6:55 am
    A few of years ago, while crossing the intersection at west 4th Street and Washington Square East, I was hit with a glancing blow to my side by a car, swept completely off my feet, bounced off the hood, landed feet first and continued walking without breaking my stride one bit. I turned while walking and scowled at the driver who looked like he recognized the massive impending doom to come, but I only kept walking to his and the onlookers' amazement. The expectation was, of course, that there would be the confrontation and requisite berating. There would be exchange of personal details, the…

  • Zena

    4 Nov 2009 | 7:45 am
    I love small buildings and small mysteries. Here, at 82 7th Avenue and 301 Bleecker Street in the West Village, there is a remarkable tiny, two-story building occupied only Zena and her daughter sylvia, who practice their trade as psychic readers. The triangular building dates from 1910 and is only 468 square feet, 234 per floor. The place just exudes charm - windows face both Bleecker Street and 7th Avenue South and allow easy viewing of the interior from the street. A brass placard on the exterior wall says Zena, New York & Cannes. See the gallery of photos here.I have passed by this…

  • The Dark Time

    3 Nov 2009 | 7:27 am
    I felt a little embarrassed when I opened a Christmas gift from my late sister and found a travel guide to Finland with a note which said "go for it."This gift and note were fueled by my obsession at that time with something I had read - an article about an article. The article, in Whole Earth Review, referenced a New Yorker article regarding the "the dark time" in northern Finland - that period of time in the winter where the sun does not rise for two months.The New Yorker article (which I never got to read) discussed the culture and how they dealt with this extraordinary situation -…

  • Halloween Parade 2009

    2 Nov 2009 | 6:49 am
    Preparations for the Annual Village Halloween Parade start at 2 PM, five hours in advance of the parade itself. For more information about the parade and previous years photos see the links below. This year, with the parade on a Saturday, I decided to head to the setup area early in the day. This is actually a good time for perusing and photographing the many participants who arrive early - there are no crowds and still some daylight.It was a very fortuitous decision, because as the parade began, slowly did the rain - starting as a light drizzle and building to a rain heavy enough to put a…
 
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    Holla Back New York City - If You Can't Slap 'Em, Snap 'Em!

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

    5 Nov 2009 | 11:08 am
    This is the 35th in the series.Submitted by Sally N.

  • Hollaback Video-Style!

    5 Nov 2009 | 10:16 am
    We are pleased to present one girl's Hollaback re-enactment:Submitted by Dana

  • Brooklyn Spitter

    2 Nov 2009 | 6:44 am
    This keeps happening to my friends in Crown Heights (brooklyn) where I live: there is a man that walks around (maybe about 5'11", burly very chubby) with a big dirty black quilted coat on who shuffles up to women, and SPITS on them! He has tried to spit on me twice. It's TERRIFYING and has happened while it was still dark out before I went to work. I saw him again (on Nostrand Avenue) Friday night, but was with my boyfriend. He beelined toward me, but saw my boyfriend and shuffled off.I have heard two other people say this man has spit directly on them! I was hoping maybe someone out there…

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

    31 Oct 2009 | 11:07 am
    This is the 34th in the series.Submitted by Sally N.

  • Vote for Hollaback 2.0!

    29 Oct 2009 | 6:54 am
    We are currently rated #2 out of 243 applications. A #1 ranking will help us secure the funds to make this initiative happen.HOLLABACK against street harassment! Vote now, here.
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  • Latest Episode of "Bones" was all AR/Vegan!

    6 Nov 2009 | 4:16 pm
    The latest episode of the popular mainstream Fox TV show "Bones" featured an animal rights/veg story line. Entitled "The Tough Man in the Tender Chicken," it's surprisingly jam-packed with info and intelligent discussion. Centered on a murder at a poultry processing plant, footage and info on how chickens are treated were shown, including video of the debeaking of newborn chicks. It isn't all blood 'n' guts (they show those images only briefly), there is an emotional discussion between characters on the ethics of saving one pig from slaughter. Animal activists are also part of the story line.

  • Does it matter that Jonathan Safran Foer isn't vegan?

    5 Nov 2009 | 12:42 pm
    [Foer is not actually shilling for the dairy industry, but should he be doing more to chase people away from it? (Original photo by David Shankbone.)]Writer Jonathan Safran Foer's been getting a lot of media attention lately for the just published Eating Animals, his first book-length piece of nonfiction, which is very much against the eponymous activity. I haven't read it, and I don't expect that I (or most SuperVegan readers) will learn much from it that we don't already know about what's wrong with eating animals. This is not a book written for vegans. But it's a book that vegans ought to…

  • The Boston Vegetarian Food Festival: My Top 10 Observations

    2 Nov 2009 | 11:06 am
    [ There wasn't a smoke machine; my iphone just takes blurry photos]This weekend was the 14th Annual Boston Vegetarian Food Festival. I was so there dude - here are my top 10 observations. 10. Investment Firms will always seem out of place at events like this. I rarely go to food based events with financial planning on the brain. 9. Some people in the crowd have no idea that they're at a vegetarian food festival as exhibited by comments like "Wait. This is ALL vegetarian. UGH!" 8. Renewing your subscription to VegNews is best done at the BVFF because not only is the timing perfect but they…

  • Vegan MoFo Mashup

    30 Oct 2009 | 7:36 pm
    [Listen up! Natalie goes vegan!]As readers know, October was the third annual Vegan Month of Food. Started by celebrity chef Isa Chandra Moskowitz, vegan mofos everywhere posted daily blogs in celebration of our favorite subject — food! Vegan Month of Food kicked off with World Vegetarian Day and ends with a bang tomorrow at the Boston Vegetarian Food Festival. In addition to this sandwich of events, here is a completely subjective roundup of things that made October one mofo of a month! In the Mainstream Vegan for the Animals Author Jonathan Safran Foer made a big splash with a taster…

  • We Attempt to Solve NYC's Greatest Mystery: What's the Best Bagel in the Five Boroughs?

    29 Oct 2009 | 8:55 pm
    [Not a NYC bagel.]People in this town are convinced they are bagel experts. They know the best shop, the appropriate hour to stop in and what combination of toppings rounds it all out. What makes a NYC bagel better than the ones in other cities? It's not the water, it's the attitude. The gluten-tolerant SuperVegan staff members want to help you locate the best bagels in the bagel capital of the world: Deborah Diamant insists that Bergen Bagels (473 Bergen St., Brooklyn) toasts her whole wheat everything bagel before applying a liberal layer of scallion tofu. Jason Das can be found eating a…
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  • A bit about me.

    dangusty
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:47 pm
    My name is Dan , I am a dad of two wonderful boys 14 and 9. I have been happily married for 16 years. I live in Long Island, New York  or as the tuff guys here call it. Strong Island. Wow,now thats a view! I have spent the past several years in the telecommunications industry. I have worked in IT,after having been in the airline parts business. I currently am working on a project for the new 4G Wimax network in New York City. My personal passion is poker. I play into the wee hours nearly every night,currently on Full tilt poker mostly, while I multi-task and do spreadsheets,data management…

  • Gettin' oot and aboot

    absurdbeats
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:53 pm
    I haven’t been great about my lists lately. You know: that which is designed to keep me in line. Well, it still works, kinda, if only irregularly, and if only as a reminder to get off my tuchus. So, today, I took my tuchus and the rest of me over to Brooklyn Heights & Cobble Hill, with a stopover at the ferry landing near the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge: This was  a day which made me wish for an SLR with a couple of decent lenses: Intermittently cloudy, with some beautiful cuts by the sun. Alas, the point and shoot had to do: You can’t really see the Chrysler Building, in…

  • My Father's Mad Men Days, II

    mayleechai
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:22 pm
    As promised, here is the full-length article describing my father’s real life as a “mad man” in an advertising agency in NYC in the 1950s. This article was published in the Jakarta Post Weekender Magazine, November 2009. (pdf links if these images are too hard to read: mad-men-weekender-page 1 and mad-men-weekender-2nd page)

  • The Bassist

    I Think He Likes Me
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:50 pm
    I had been dating The Bassist for the better part of the spring and summer. I met him through one of his band mates at one of their shows. We hit it off right away. Our first date was just a couple of days after we had met. In fact, just five minutes into our first date he asked me if I would go on a second date with him the very next night! Luckily we had a great time that first night, and I was excited to see him the next day. He had great tickets to a baseball game. We spent the rest of the summer exploring New York City together. Each date we would meet in Grand Central and pick a new and…

  • New York, Day 2

    Doug Hagler
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:41 pm
    Mind, Body, Spirit, and Yarn Not in that order. We went on a walking tour that included a stop at th
 
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  • A bit about me.

    dangusty
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:47 pm
    My name is Dan , I am a dad of two wonderful boys 14 and 9. I have been happily married for 16 years. I live in Long Island, New York  or as the tuff guys here call it. Strong Island. Wow,now thats a view! I have spent the past several years in the telecommunications industry. I have worked in IT,after having been in the airline parts business. I currently am working on a project for the new 4G Wimax network in New York City. My personal passion is poker. I play into the wee hours nearly every night,currently on Full tilt poker mostly, while I multi-task and do spreadsheets,data management…

  • Gettin' oot and aboot

    absurdbeats
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:53 pm
    I haven’t been great about my lists lately. You know: that which is designed to keep me in line. Well, it still works, kinda, if only irregularly, and if only as a reminder to get off my tuchus. So, today, I took my tuchus and the rest of me over to Brooklyn Heights & Cobble Hill, with a stopover at the ferry landing near the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge: This was  a day which made me wish for an SLR with a couple of decent lenses: Intermittently cloudy, with some beautiful cuts by the sun. Alas, the point and shoot had to do: You can’t really see the Chrysler Building, in…

  • My Father's Mad Men Days, II

    mayleechai
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:22 pm
    As promised, here is the full-length article describing my father’s real life as a “mad man” in an advertising agency in NYC in the 1950s. This article was published in the Jakarta Post Weekender Magazine, November 2009. (pdf links if these images are too hard to read: mad-men-weekender-page 1 and mad-men-weekender-2nd page)

  • The Bassist

    I Think He Likes Me
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:50 pm
    I had been dating The Bassist for the better part of the spring and summer. I met him through one of his band mates at one of their shows. We hit it off right away. Our first date was just a couple of days after we had met. In fact, just five minutes into our first date he asked me if I would go on a second date with him the very next night! Luckily we had a great time that first night, and I was excited to see him the next day. He had great tickets to a baseball game. We spent the rest of the summer exploring New York City together. Each date we would meet in Grand Central and pick a new and…

  • New York, Day 2

    Doug Hagler
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:41 pm
    Mind, Body, Spirit, and Yarn Not in that order. We went on a walking tour that included a stop at th
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  • Rookies Anniversary (The Brian Lehrer Show: Monday, 09 November 2009)

    WNYC, New York Public Radio
    8 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Radio Rookies, two former rookies, Jesus Gonzales, Youth Power community organizer for Make the Road By Walking, and Veralyn Williams, freelance tv, radio producer, reporter, and editor, join current Radio Rookie Migeulina "Erikka" Diaz to share excerpts of their pieces and discuss how the program affected their lives.

  • Taking Comptrol (The Brian Lehrer Show: Friday, 06 November 2009)

    WNYC, New York Public Radio
    6 Nov 2009 | 6:13 am
    New Yorker’s didn’t just elect the mayor on Tuesday night, but also the key office holders who will have to work with the Bloomberg administration. John Liu, the new Comptroller, discusses his plans to get the city’s finances in order. And, what the Joe Bruno trial says about the way Albany works; and musical improv live in studio.

  • New York City's Comptroller: John Liu (The Brian Lehrer Show: Friday, 06 November 2009)

    WNYC, New York Public Radio
    6 Nov 2009 | 6:03 am
    The first Asian-American elected to city-wide office, John Liu, New York City comptroller-elect, explains what he plans to accomplish in the next four years.

  • Congress to Investigate Alleged Impropriety in H1N1 Vaccine Distribution

    WNYC, New York Public Radio
    6 Nov 2009 | 5:56 am
    A Congressional subcommittee will hold a hearing later this month about whether Wall Street employees and other privileged individuals are getting the swine flu vaccine before people from high-risk g....

  • Bloomberg Disappointed by Low Student Demand for H1N1 Vaccination

    WNYC, New York Public Radio
    6 Nov 2009 | 5:50 am
    Less than a quarter of the city's elementary school children returned parental consent forms to get swine flu vaccines. City health officials say about 5,500 students took advantage of the free, in-s....
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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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  • 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!

  • NYC Taxi Fares To Increase This Sunday

    Brooklyn Mark
    30 Oct 2009 | 12:17 pm
    Starting this Sunday, an extra 50-cent surcharge will be added on all taxi rides. The fare hike was passed by the state Legislature back in May as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $2.3 billion bailout plan. The money collected will help fund mass transit. Starting at 12:01 Sunday, all cab fares will include a 50-cent tax – increasing the base taxi fare from $2.50 to $3. All cabs are required to have a sticker posted on the passenger doors alerting riders of the fare increase. And although the fare hike was not supposed to take effect until this weekend, the Taxi and…

  • Taxi Insider October Issue

    Brooklyn Mark
    30 Oct 2009 | 12:13 pm
    Check out the October issue of Taxi Insider!

  • Six JFK Airport Dispatches Arrested for Bribery Scam

    Brooklyn Mark
    21 Oct 2009 | 7:31 pm
    New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission Commissioner Matthew W. Daus, and Gateway Frontlines Services, announced today that six airport taxi dispatchers at John F Kennedy International Airport have been charged with accepting cash payments from taxi drivers who wanted to go directly to terminals to pick up passengers instead of to the central taxi holding area where drivers often wait up to three hours or more before being moved to the terminals. The investigation is continuing and more arrests are expected. Click here to read the full press release
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  • Guggenheim Announces Short List for the Hugo Boss Prize 2010 by staff

    6 Nov 2009 | 6:41 am
    “The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and HUGO BOSS AG have announced the short list for the Hugo Boss Prize 2010. Established in 1996 to recognize significant achievement in contemporary art, this biennial award is administered by the foundation and juried by an international panel of museum directors, curators, and critics. The finalists for the eighth presentation of the prize are Cao Fei, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Natascha Sadr Haghighian, Roman Ondák, Walid Raad, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Given to an artist whose work represents a significant development in contemporary art, the…

  • Thanks for the Memories - Sotheby’s to Sell a Gift by Warhol by staff

    6 Nov 2009 | 6:39 am
    “One spring day in 1965, during her senior year in high school, Cathy Naso, a wide-eyed girl from Brooklyn, stepped off a dingy freight elevator and into Andy Warhol’s legendary Factory. Though she was there to write about Warhol for a French class assignment, as fate would have it, the Factory needed receptionists. So, much to her surprise, she and several classmates were enlisted. “I went there with a friend to do an interview, and suddenly we were the ones being interviewed by Ondine,” Ms. Naso said, referring to the actor who was a regular at the Factory.” ...

  • Play With FireFestival

    5 Nov 2009 | 7:01 am
    Picked for: 2009-11-07Coming from as far as Italy, Switzerland and Germany these artists are celebrating the breadth and depth of video possibilities through art. @Harvestworks in SoHo Saturday!

  • Christie's Amasses $65.67 Million in a Sparse Impressionist Sale by staff

    4 Nov 2009 | 5:33 pm
    “Christie’s scored beyond all hope on Tuesday night in a sale of Impressionist and Modern art that was alarmingly thin. Of the 40 paintings and sculptures offered, 28 realized an aggregate $65.67 million. In a market starved for goods, the modest signs of an apparent economic recovery in the United States stimulated art buyers. Artists represented by works currently in high demand consistently exceeded expectations.” ... Contributed by Danielle Mund

  • Off the Wall: White House Drops Painting by staff

    4 Nov 2009 | 5:30 pm
    “As Heidi Klum repeatedly and sternly intones on “Project Runway,” speaking of the fashion world: “One day you’re in and the next day – you’re out.” The same might be said of art, even, it turns out, at the White House. ARTnews has reported that the White House has quietly de-listed a painting by Alma W. Thomas that it chose last month, among some 45 pieces borrowed from several Washington museums, to decorate the private White House residence and the West and East Wings.” ... Contributed by Danielle Mund
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  • 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…

  • Washington Square Tombstone Unearthed

    Michelle and James Nevius
    27 Oct 2009 | 11:20 am
    image courtesy of the LIFE Magazine archive on Google.As has been reported in Gothamist, Curbed, and elsewhere, the WSP blog broke the news yesterday that a tombstone has been unearthed during the ongoing renovations of Washington Square Park.It is well-known that the park was once a potter's field and by some estimates up to 20,000 people were buried there. (We write about the park's early history in depth in Inside the Apple.) However, what has people scratching their heads is the fact that you don't normally find a tombstone in a potter's field.The tombstone isn't so mysterious, however.

  • New York City "Bucket List"

    Michelle and James Nevius
    22 Oct 2009 | 10:30 am
    We've mentioned in the past that we've written and narrated a few tours for our friends over at CityListen Audio Tours, which produces wonderful (if we do say so ourselves) walks of New York, Paris, Chicago, and San Francisco.We are guest blogging for CityListen today; they asked us to come up with a "Bucket List" of places in New York that everyone should see before they die. That list, of course, could have hundreds of entries, but we limited ourselves to ten. What would be on your list? Head on over to the blog and let us know!To get RSS feeds from this blog, point your reader to this…
 
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  • 2-Year Anniversary Celebration at East End Bar & Grill

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:57 am
    Congratulations to Kenny Bowen and all of our friends at East End Bar & Grill on their 2-year anniversary, celebrating tonight... Friday, November 6 2-Year Anniversary PartyCelebrate The East End's 2-year Anniversary.Optional 3 hour Premium Open Bar from 9pm-12am for $35.The Jagermeister and Jameson Girls will be in the house with free giveaways all night.RSVP via Facebookand become a fan of The East End Bar & Grill here.at:The East End1664 First Ave.(between 86th & 87th St.)New York, NY(212) 348-3783EastEndBar.commyspace.com/eastendbar

  • "Cask Head" Cask Ale Festival: Nov. 6 - 8

    6 Nov 2009 | 7:30 am
    The Brazen Head and Alex Hall present..."Cask Head" Cask Ale FestivalFriday, November 6 - Sunday, November 819th Tri-Annual Cask Ale Festivalat The Brazen HeadFeaturing up to 30 cask-conditioned ales and lagers throughout the weekend.The list of breweries represented includes Chelsea, Dark Horse, Dark Star, Flying Bison, Harpoon, Heartland, Left Hand, The Livery, Shmaltz, Smuttynose, Troegs and Victory.See list here.Up to 12 tapped at any given time.No Cover - No Minimum12pm - 2amat:The Brazen Head228 Atlantic Ave.(between Court St. & Boerum Pl.)Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, NY(718)…

  • World Series Game 6

    4 Nov 2009 | 8:26 am
    The Yankees play the Phillies tonight in Game 6 of the World Series.Here are some bar specials for baseball fans...Yankees Game Watch at T.G. Whitney'sFree A-BombsEvery time A-Rod hits a home, patrons recieve a free A-bomb drink on the house, courtesy of T.G. Whitney's.Call Frank for reservations: 212 888-5775at:T.G. Whitney's244 E. 53rd St.(bet. Second & Third Ave.)New York, NY(212) 888-5772TGWhitneys.com---------------------------World Series Yankee’s Specials at Crowe's Nest½ Price Wings & Fingers$4 Rolling Rock Drafts& House Brews$20 Buckets Domestic Bottles(6, 12 oz btls.

  • Hallowen Pub Crawl - West Side Bars

    30 Oct 2009 | 6:34 pm
    #46 in our series on the best Halloween parties in New York City...Saturday, October 31Halloween Pub Crawl - West Side BarsTickets: $35Ticket Includes:No cover at all barsDrink Specials* including:$2 Bud Light2-for-1 Pumpkin Ales2-for-1 Halloween Cocktails*Purchase tickets on-line*the drink specials vary from bar to bar*Register 12 - 8pm:at:Porky's NYC55 W. 21st St.(bet. Fifth & Sixth Ave.)New York, NY(212) 675-8007PorkysNYC.comParticipating Bars:Deweys Flatiron210 Fifth Ave.The Hog Pit37 W. 26th St.Rogue757 Sixth Ave.Dusk147 W. 24th StSee other neighborhoods:East VillageGramercyMidtown…

  • Halloween Pub Crawl - East Village

    30 Oct 2009 | 5:27 pm
    #45 in our series on the best Halloween parties in New York City...Saturday, October 31Halloween Pub Crawl - East VillageTickets: $35Ticket Includes:No cover at all barsDrink Specials* including:$2 Bud Light2-for-1 Pumpkin Ales2-for-1 Halloween Cocktails*Purchase tickets on-line*the drink specials vary from bar to bar*Register 2 - 8pm:at:Village Pourhouse64 Third Ave. (11th St.)New York, NY(212) 979-BEERPourhouseNYC.comParticipating Bars:Coyote Ugly153 First Ave.The Thirsty Scholar155 Second Ave.Finnerty's221 Second Ave.King's Head Tavern222 E. 14 St.Company Bar242 E. 10 St.The Central Bar109…
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  • 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.

  • Eos Launches New Sphere Lip Balms and an Interactive Site: Eosphere

    Termeh Mazhari
    26 Aug 2009 | 2:41 pm
    Today, Eos launched Eosphere its new interactive site aimed at consumers of the brand’s adorable collection of organic lip balms (which include the popular new sphere-shaped ones that come in flavors like Sweet Mint and Honey Dew). Eos, which stands for Evolution of Smooth, is a beauty product line found in drugstores and Target that’s known for its unique packaging - smooth, curvy and colorful. Its collection of lip balms and shaving creams are unmistakably feminine, and offer major bang for your buck (the sphere lip balms are all under $4!). Eos is offering free Mint-flavored…

  • Interview with Judy Dutton, Author of “How We Do It”

    Termeh Mazhari
    24 Aug 2009 | 1:36 pm
    Comedian Billy Crystal once said: “Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place.” This stereotypical depiction of human sexuality has always been been ripe for comedy, but could it be backed by science? Are men really from Mars, and women from Venus? Or do we share some common ground? What makes people attracted to each other? And how do we distinguish love from lust? I sought out the answers to these eternal questions in an enlightening new book called “How We Do It”, written by Judy Dutton. The book analyzes relationships and sex by following a fictional couple (John and…
 
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  • Links: How to recycle gadgets, Junk Food=Crack, H1N1 Vaccination Clinics Open, Baby Gift Ideas

    mommy
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:09 am
    Some hopefully helpful and interesting links going into your weekend: Find out about the vaccination clinics opening this weekend for middle and high schoolers, the definitive resource on how to recycle your gadgets, great ideas for baby gifts for people that have no space, and our own contributor, Bess, was shown on Good Morning America this week in her "real" job. read more

  • New York City Kids Free Weekend Events for November 7-8: Fall Festivals, Family Arts Programs, Dance Parties and More

    charlotte
    5 Nov 2009 | 2:12 pm
    You might still have left over Halloween candy hanging around (here’s some ideas of what to do with it), but the monster-filled events have come to an end here in the city. And that's not a bad thing. Fill this weekend with some decidedly Fall adventures like kite flying, chamber music for kiddies, family arts programs, dance parties, and much more. And don't forget to enter our giveaway for a free family photo portrait session Two winners will be chosen on Sunday. read more

  • New Tribeca Kids Film Club and 3 Other Cool Kids Movies Series

    mommy
    5 Nov 2009 | 1:47 am
    Earlier this week we wrote about a website that helps you choose appropriate movies for your kids. Another way to find great movies for kids is to check out one of the local film series where aficionados have selected for you movies that are outstanding. And this week there's a new option because the people who bring you the Tribeca Film Festival are turning their filmy goodness to movies for kids with the brand new Tribeca Cinemas Kids Club. Read on for the scoop on this new film series where you can catch cool flicks for kids every other Saturday starting this weekend, plus three other cool…

  • Ninja Restaurant: A Stealth Special Occasion Dining Experience in New York City

    mommy
    4 Nov 2009 | 6:16 am
    If you have not heard of Ninja, a Japanese ninja-themed restaurant in Tribeca, I wouldn't be surprised. Like the warriors the restaurant is named after, it seems to hide in plain site, but this special occasion dining spot is worth discovering, especially with kids. read more

  • Is it too early to be thinking about summer camp?

    mommy
    4 Nov 2009 | 1:47 am
    We haven't even been bombarded too early for Christmas yet. So how can it possibly be time to be pressured into thinking about summer camps? Seriously, no pressure, but there is a great camp fair this weekend if you want to get an early start on summer planning and I'll give you just one reason why you should: many camps give discounts if you sign up before December. So if you know you're doing it, why not figure it out now and possibly save some dough? read more
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  • Harlem Costco Opening November 12

    D. Bell
    31 Oct 2009 | 8:41 am
    Costco Wholesale 517 East 117th Street New York, NY  10035 Photo courtesy of East Harlem NYC Posted in East Harlem, New/Openings Tagged: Costco, harlem, Shopping

  • Fall Back

    D. Bell
    30 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Don’t forget to fall back tonight. Daylight saving (no ’s’ on the end) starts at 2:00 AM. Also take note that the annual NYC Marathon will have Harlem streets closed and traffic backed up.  Posted in Events Tagged: Alarm Clock, autumn, Biz Markie, Daylight Saving, fall, NYC Marathon, uptownflavor

  • Friday Freestyle Flavor: Empire State of Mind

    D. Bell
    30 Oct 2009 | 7:11 pm
    Posted in Editor's Notes, Freestyle, Video

  • DreamGirls Community Performances

    D. Bell
    30 Oct 2009 | 3:50 pm
    Posted in Community, Entertainment

  • The 6th Annual Inwood Hill Haunted Forest and House

    narmer
    30 Oct 2009 | 12:56 pm
    The 6th Annual Inwood Hill Haunted Forest and House Date: Saturday, October 31st Time: 5:00pm – 10:00pm Location: Inwood Hill Park (218th St. & Indian Rd.) Cost: Free Check out NYC’s only natural forest on the scariest evening of all. Halloween. “The Inwood Hill Nature Center is converted into our Haunted House. Visitors will first encounter the ‘Indian Witch Hut’ and then our cemetery before entering the ‘House’. They will be directed to ‘The Haunted Walk’ before entering the Castle. While in the Castle, Dracula, Frankenstein, the…
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    The Gotham Palate

  • 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…

  • New York Magazine’s New York Taste Event – Mon. Nov. 2

    admin
    28 Oct 2009 | 6:26 am
    This giant walk-around tasting on November 2 features the city’s finest chefs and mixologists–all handpicked by New York’s culinary editor, Gillian Duffy–to give you the city’s best flavors in one room. Taste an array of dishes prepared by some of the city’s most renowned chefs including Blue Hill’s Dan Barber, Dovetail’s John Fraser, Pegu Club’s Audrey Saunders and Marea’s Michael White. Enjoy, get inspired and chat with some of your favorite chefs. For a list of participating restaurants click here A portion of ticket proceeds will…
 
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    NYConvergence

  • Audience Conference Bans Liveblogging, Tweeting

    NYConvergence
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:05 pm
    The conference, organized by 1938 Media in Manhattan's Midtown neighborhood today, banned liveblogging and tweeting.  Attendees, according to Internet Evolution, the "audience" there was actually an audience.  No one "is Tweeting out the quotes, bit by bit; no one is live-streaming the sessions; there is no Twitter board to which people try desperately to post snarky comments."  Instead of creating content about the conference, audience members were learning how to maintain an audience, particularly one that is "a monetizable audience," in today's digital world.ThinkerNet contributor…

  • New Web Site Tracks Stray Voltage in the City

    NYConvergence
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:01 pm
    The Jodie S. Lane Public Safety Foundation in New York has created a Web site that tracks incidentsin the city where stray electrical voltage has occurred.  The maps on the site includes more than 31,900 objects, including fences, manhole covers and sidewalks.The idea for the site came from Roger M. Lane, whose 30-year-old daughter, Jodie, was electrocuted in January 2004 on a slush-covered ConEd junction box in the West Village.  The New York Times

  • 'Stylecaster.com' 'Learns' Its Readers' Tastes

    NYConvergence
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:56 pm
    The New-York based online fashion publication uses optimization technology to show customers more of the clothes and style tips they like, and less of the things they don't.  Another fashion- and style-focused area Web site which is aiming to give the consumer more control is DailyMakeover.  Users can upload photos of themselves and "try on" a new hairstyle, accessories, or cosmetics.  Crain's New York Business

  • 'Wired's Pop-Up Store to Open in Manhattan on Nov. 21

    NYConvergence
    6 Nov 2009 | 6:33 am
    The store, which will be located at 415 West 13 Street in Manhattan's Meatpacking District neighborhood, will have "more than 150 items on display, including TVs, laptops, cell phone, clothing, kids toys, and more.  The Wired Store will also host regular events, like Geek Dad Saturdays, and Game Day Sundays, as well as wine tastings and chef demos in the WIRED Cafe."A "green section" at the store will be curated by Adrian Grenier and Peter Glatzer of SHFT.COM, and a  gaming section will be curated by Tony Hawk.  More information is available on the store's Web site.Gearlog

  • Verizon's Droid to be Available in New York at Midnight

    NYConvergence
    6 Nov 2009 | 6:27 am
    Verizon Wireless will start offering the Droid phone tonight at midnight at its store located at 134 West 34 Street in Manhattan's Midtown neighborhood.  That store will stay open until 2 AM for customers interested in getting their hands on the phone first.MediaPost's Online Media DailyPrevious:>Motorola Debuts Droid, Cliq at Morimoto Bash
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    A Passion for Food

  • Saturday Lunch: Spicy & Tasty

    4 Nov 2009 | 3:57 pm
    I've been eating Chinese (mainly Sichuan and Cantonese) food left and right since we got back from Jamaica. We were only gone for five days but my Chinese food cravings were intense. Below, shots from lunch in Flushing last Saturday. The tofu was my favourite dish...did I ever tell you just how much I LOVE TOFU? ^_^Fish with Sour Cabbage SoupCold Noodles with Red Chili SauceChicken Szechuan StyleDried Sauteed String BeansLamb with Chili Peppers and GarlicBean Curd Home StyleBlack Sesame Mochi, Fermented Rice and Egg SoupSpicy & Tasty3907 Prince StreetFlushing, NY 11354(718) 359-1601

  • Jamaica, Part V. Three Dives.

    2 Nov 2009 | 7:27 pm
    Zubair and I ate jerk chicken at more than a few restaurants and street stands in Negril, but my favourite was at Three Dives (just past the Xtabi on West End Road).We came for lunch one day after a swim (each morning began with a dip in the ocean - how lovely is that!) - and Zubair declared it the best meal of our trip. I much agree. One order each of: 1/4 jerk chicken, rice & beans, and boiled vegetables (cabbage, carrots, and string beans). There were about one million different condiments on each table...all unlabeled. And they all looked quite spicy. So I put in a dash, a dip, a squiggle…

  • Jamaica, Part IV. Sea Urchins.

    1 Nov 2009 | 2:59 pm
    We spotted a fisherman on the beach in the early morning. He had just come back and his canoe was filled with live conch and fish. "Sea urchins, do you have any sea urchins?" we asked. Zubair and I had uni on the mind."Sea urchins...to eat?" he responded. He looked skeptical, but said that if we gave him an hour, he could go back in the ocean and bring some back. "How many you need?""Oh, well, um, two, three?"He came back with TEN.It was spectacular. The spines on the sea urchins were whirring around like crazy. I attempted to pick one up (very stupid) and the fisherman immediately yelled at…

  • Jamaica, Part III. Sweet Spice, Ice Cream.

    31 Oct 2009 | 2:09 pm
    A coworker or mine that visits Negril frequently, recommended that we stop by Sweet Spice for a meal. So we did, for breakfast, one very early Saturday morning. The restaurant was quite busy and there were only three "plate" options available. Liver, chicken curry, and ackee and saltfish. Each order was accompanied by a side of cassava and one big flat boiled dumpling. Zubair and I shared an order of the ackee and saltfish with callaoo, plantains and two fried dumpling (just dough, nothing inside...tasted akin to a savoury doughnut ^-^)......and the curry chicken which also came with callaoo…

  • Sugar Rushed...

    30 Oct 2009 | 1:18 pm
    ...for the week at Serious Eats New York. Plus, "Lunch for One" ^_^Lunch for One: Murray's CheesePumpkin Gelato at L'arte del GelatoMore on Joe: Pumpkin MuffinsAmanzi's Thai BobaSuzette's CrepesPumpkin Pie Oh-MyAbraço's Pistachio CookieHappy Friday! ^_^
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    Walking Off the Big Apple

  • A New York Yankees State of Mind

    Teri Tynes
    6 Nov 2009 | 5:20 pm
    Hundreds of thousands of New York Yankees fans in the city got the chance to applaud their hometown World Series heroes for the parade and ceremony in lower Manhattan on Friday, November 6, celebrating along the Canyon of Heroes on Broadway and on the nearby streets under a sunny sky. Like many others I arrived too late to see any of the parade, but I did get to enjoy the moment with the crowds gathered in the chilly autumn weather. The diverse fans arrived from all the boroughs and from places even farther away, but they all shared today's required uniform of navy blue and pinstripes. Many…

  • 20 Short Walks between New York Landmarks

    Teri Tynes
    4 Nov 2009 | 2:18 pm
    Favorable weather may encourage long walks through the New York cityscape, but sometimes a short walk of a mile or less may be just the ticket for some serious New York sightseeing. Perfect for brisk autumn weather, these suggested walks pair two nearby landmarks with a pleasant stroll along the way. The images suggest autumn to be the best time, but the strolls should be pleasant year round, weather permitting The cool air on a sunny day invites excursions, a little window shopping, and a stop in cafes or a cozy tavern. Exploring New York without an agenda or a destination is fun, too, but…

  • Chatting with the Dead, A Steampunk Haunted House, the Village Halloween Parade and Other Events For Halloween Week in New York

    Teri Tynes
    28 Oct 2009 | 1:29 pm
    From the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century many prominent scholars and writers professed a faith in spiritualism, the idea that one could communicate with departed spirits through a gifted "medium." Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, was an early believer. So, too, were evolutionary biologist Alfred Russel Wallace, New York physician John Franklin Gray and American psychologist William James. Many followers came from the middle and upper-middle classes, holding seances in their living rooms, while many popular mediums lectured in concert halls to sell-out…

  • E. L. Doctorow's Homer & Langley

    Teri Tynes
    23 Oct 2009 | 9:58 am
    Homer & Langley, the sweet, funny and often heartbreaking novel by E. L. Doctorow, is inspired by the true story of the famous Collyer Brothers, Homer & Langley, reclusive siblings shuttered behind the doors of their Fifth Avenue mansion in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan in the early decades of the twentieth century. The shocking discovery of their deaths in March 1947, the police finding their bodies amidst an extraordinary amount of useless hoarded debris and clutter, raised profound questions about the lives of these two particularly eccentric brothers. The inventory of the…

  • "I love this dirty town": J.J. Hunsecker and the New York of Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

    Teri Tynes
    16 Oct 2009 | 1:12 pm
    Sweet Smell of Success is one of the great and final dramatic noir films set and filmed in an alluringly dangerous New York. Directed by Alexander Mackendrick with a brilliant script by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets, the 1957 classic, shot in glorious black and white by master cinematographer James Wong Howe, is a dark tone poem about the moral hazards accompanying the nearsighted pursuit of power, fame and fortune. At center stage of the drama is the relationship between two cold warriors of smears and innuendo, the powerful newspaper columnist J.J. Hunsecker, played by Burt Lancaster,…
 
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    City Room

  • A Night Among the Landmarks and Living Legends

    By Charles Kipps
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:08 pm
    A romp around town, ending up behind the head of a Yankee legend.

  • Two Fish Poachers Arrested in Brooklyn

    By Sam Sifton
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:50 pm
    Two men were arrested in Brooklyn for hauling almost 300 pounds of illegally caught striped bass up to their truck.

  • Family of Officer Who Committed Suicide Sues City

    By John Eligon
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:12 am
    The family of a police officer who killed himself after he was accused of improperly ordering the Taser shooting of an emotionally disturbed man has sued the city.

  • Falling Under a Spell

    By Justin G. Sullivan
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:42 am
    Blogtalk: The Department of Education gets spellbound; a bling-free return of a Chelsea gallery; and restaurant rules that get people talking.

  • Answers About New York City Politics, Part 3

    By The New York Times
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am
    Taking Questions: Bruce F. Berg, professor and the author of "New York City Politics: Governing Gotham," responds to readers' questions.
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    The Local - Fort-Greene

  • To Do Tomorrow: Plant Tulip (in Park)

    By The Local
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:22 pm
    Volunteers needed to plant tulip bulbs in Fort Greene Park.

  • Keaton Charge Downgraded

    By Andy Newman
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:20 pm
    A grand jury declined to indict Sean Keaton of PS 20 on the assault charges prosecutors has sought. Instead, they charged Mr. Keaton with the lesser offense of menacing.

  • FG/CH Gets U.N. Visit

    By Michael Premo
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:21 pm
    A multi-media slide show illustrates the kinds of tales from the housing front that were expressed last week during a visit to the neighborhoods by United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing.

  • The Day: Yankees Succor Needy, Uplift Downtrodden

    By Andy Newman
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:44 pm
    More business openings, and more on the horizon.

  • Saffron: Clothes, Flowers and Family

    By Anne Szustek
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:20 am
    In the shadow of the Atlantic Terminal mall, Saffron offers original art, artfully cut flowers, vintage clothes and a family vibe.
 
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