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EaterWire: Luca Lounge Officialy Not Doneski, Milant DOH'ed, Reality TV News, and a Latte Art War for Charity
EAST VILLAGE— Just last month everyone thought (per a sign in the window) that East Village veteran Luca Lounge was a goner. Not So! An email from the owner: "...we quite suddenly and unfairly did lose our lease due to... EAST VILLAGE— Just last month everyone thought (per a sign…
None Of the Classic Rockers Were Ever Troublemakers
Teen daughter: Amy Winehouse just won all the Grammys.Father: That's not right. They shouldn't be doing shit like giving people in jail awards.--26th & 9th Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted…
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Douglaston Development
real estate development company in New York City specializing in affordable housing and upscale high-rise living
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Obama Clinches Democratic NominationClinton to Address Supporters in NYC
Photograph of Hillary Clinton making her way from her campaign plane yesterday by Elise Amendola/AP According to various projections, Senator Barack Obama is the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. The Associated Press said he clinched hours ago, while NBC News just (9 p.m.) has…
Hillary Clinton: "No Decision Tonight" [Hillary Clinton]
Hillary Clinton isn't conceding anything until her demands are met: she wants to be, according to the talking heads on TV, the vice presidential nominee; to have a "Teddy Kennedy" moment in the spotlight at the convention; and to have a big influence over the platform. That's why, in her speech…
Williamsburg Edge
upscale green and sustainable living in Williamsburg Brooklyn
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NBC Anchors Get Choked Up About Obama Nomination [Election]
Barack Obama has been declared the Democratic nominee now by CNN, NBC News, ABC News and AP; his victory speech has already gone online. The historic occasion of a black Democratic candidate touched the hearts of even the grizzled veteran news anchors at NBC. Chris Matthews read comments from…
I Noticed a Particular... Aroma... When You Entered the Train
Guy # 1: Dude, I'm hella hungry. Guy # 2: I'm freakin' hella tired of your whining, a-hole! Guy # 1: At least I ain't hella stupid! Guy # 2: And you're hella ugly!Passenger, to guys: Are you from Jersey?--C TrainOverheard by: Hammer-head Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · …
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This Japanese Kid's Ball Trick [About To Blow]
Almost a year after it originally went on YouTube, this video of a kid playing with a glass ball is starting to get big. In the clip below (followed by two more clips of the same performer), a young man in a t-shirt and fedora makes up for his terrible outfit by showing off his extremely niche…
Extra, Extra
Not keeping records, by EssG at flickrToday on the Gothamist Newsmap: A fatal MVA at the Whitestone Expressway and 126th St in Queens, an armed robbery/water rescue at Shore Blvd & Mackenzie Str in Brooklyn, and a pedestrian struck at 56 St & Fifth Ave in Manhattan. SaTC dreams--a…
Let's Just Say "Sandwiches" Were Involved
Hungover sandwich maker lady: Man, I just wanna go home.Girl, who clearly doesn't want to make conversation: Mmmm.Hungover sandwich maker lady: Man, I came in here drunk this morning!Girl: Oh, uh, I'm sorry.Hung-over sandwich maker lady: Why you sorry? I had the time of my life last…
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Foreclosures Skyrocketing in Queens and Staten Island
Don’t get too comfortable homeowners – the city’s foreclosure rate is skyrocketing, up a startling 66% in the first quarter of 2008 compared to last year, according to Crain’s and the housing research site Property Shark. Queens saw more foreclosures than the four other boroughs…
Write-Offs: 06.03.08
$$$ Hedge Fund Buys iPorn.com [FINalternatives] $$$ Seth Klarman [1-2] $$$ 34,000 Australians have returned from Britain in the past 12 months [IHT] $$$ International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) [WallStrip]
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Inside the Mind of the Man Behind the Red Hook Vendors
The folks at Porkchop Express have an informative Q&A session with Cesar Fuentes, the Executive Director of the Red Hook Food Vendors Committee. As enthusiasts await the opening of the new ballfield stands, the good news is that all the same vendors will be returning with their Latin culinary…
Tonight, Tonight! Or Maybe Not|Why Didn't You Call Purdum?|Frank Rich Defends Purdum|PBS Gets Gas|The Caucus Bids Farewell to the Primary Season
Gawker: Hillary Un-Concedes Election on 'The View' The Atlantic: Memo To Todd Purdum Eat the Press: Frank Rich Defends Former Colleague Todd Purdum: "Not Every Reporter For The Times Is Great But This Guy Is A Great Reporter" Portfolio: PBS Picks Up a Deep-Pocketed Sponsor NYT: A…
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"What On Earth Are You Doing With Howard Bannister's Rocks?"
Here's a sentence that I bet you have never heard spoken aloud or even said yourself: "You know what movie you need to see? 'Paper Moon.' It's really good!"Honestly, I think the NY Post and everyone else who has pretended to give a shit is seriously overestimating the fame of Tatum O'Neal. How…
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Planting Pennies for Page Views
Ex-Road Ruler, and current-prankster, Jake Bronstein was back on the streets recently. This time he wasn't trying to get laid by wearing a wookie suit on the subway, he was getting strangers lucky! Putting $50 of pennies to use, he "affixed little messages to the underside (the 'tails' side)…
Bernanke's Big Moment
BigBen74: Hey, boss. Maestro69: Who is this? BigBen74: It's Benny, sporting the new handle. That's how I roll now, me being the new market-moving BSD and all.
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Bernanke Talks Up The Dollar
The Fed chairman Ben Bernanke decried the weak dollar as a cause of inflation, today. No doubt there will a lot of talk about whether Bernanke got the causation backward--that the dollars weakness might be a result of inflation rather than the other way around. But before that debate kicks off…
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"Contrite" Emperors Club Manager Will Plead Guilty
The 23-year-old woman who helped run the prostitution ring that counted former governor Eliot Spitzer as a customer is pleading guilty to money laundering charges. Cecil Suwal, who went to a NJ prep school (yearbook photo pictured), started working for the Emperors Club after answering an…
What Kind of Raisers Would They Be?
Still live on nytimes.com as of 4:44pmET... New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media
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BruniBetting: Elettaria
Tomorrow, Frank Bruni reviews Elettaria, Akhtar Nawab's New American restaurant in Greenwich Village. Today, the Eater oddsmakers have set the action as follows:Zero Stars: 5-1 One Star: 2-1 √√ Two Stars: 3-1 Three Stars: 8-1 Four Stars: 1,000-1Elettaria has gotten... Tomorrow,…
Legal Gray Areas: Meat master Mr. Cutlets brings word...
Meat master Mr. Cutlets brings word today of a south Slope bar that allows customers to grill their own food: "'We let people bring in whatever they want to cook themselves on the grill,' owner Joe Herron says. 'It’s kind... Meat master Mr. Cutlets brings word today of a south Slope bar…
North of Boston [Crime]
28 little shits who had a beer blast in Robert Frost's former home in Vermont, doing more than $10,000 worth of damage (including urine stains), have to take classes about the poet as part of their sentences. [AP]
Lehman Denies Fed Window Borrowing
The Fed worked mightily to get rid of the stigma attached to banks going to its discount window. But for its newly minted investment banking fund window, the stigma perseveres. Today Lehman Brothers's treasurer spoke to CNBC to deny speculation that it accessed the Fed's borrowing window, and…
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Tuesday Blogwrap
Bushwick Pontiac. Photo by Frank Lynch. Greenpoint's Big Time Now: Duane Reade Moves In [Gothamist] Holy Glass Thing on Top: The Future of Slope Church? [GL] End of the Rainbow in Sunset Park? [Lost City] Resort Living Includes Temporary PriceChop [Curbed] Everyone's a Winner at 5th Avenue Fest…
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FishbowlNY Goes to Gracie, or, If It's Internet Week Where are all the Bloggers?
Those of you who follow our twitter (we all have one, by the way) will know that FishbowlNY went to Gracie Mansion last night to hobnob with Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a reception to kick off Internet Week New York. Gracie Mansion, for those of you who have never been there (up until last night…
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The Daily Angle: Tuesday June 3
William Shatner goes into the wild with Animal Planet, and NBC and the Nielsen Company go in on a new sales and marketing metric. Julie Ann Sageer delivers today's Daily Angle. New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media
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Tatum O'Neal Crack Bust A Godsend For One Lucky Magazine [Foreshadowing]
Guess who's on the cover of the new issue of Steppin' Out, the odd little celebrity magazine produced by Jersey gossip gadfly and Page Six enemy Chaunce Hayden? It's recently arrested former child star Tatum O'Neal! The interview obviously happened before her arrest, making this by far the most…
Prom Night for the Privileged
Life imitates Gossip Girl tonight as the teens from six of the city's most elite private schools join together for a prom in the Waldorf's Starlight Roof (the Waldorf ballroom is where public high school Stuyvesant's prom will be this Friday -- ground floor for the plebes!). The NY Sun…
When You Get Old, You'll Lose That Precious Little Sarcastic Sense Of Yours [Science]
A recent study points to an area of the brain previously unrecognized as the source of one's sense of sarcasm. Before now, doctors may have brushed off those who reported a loss of the ability to detect sarcasm: "The family will say the person has changed dramatically, but even neurologists will…
For Youths, a Grim Tour on Magazine Crews - New York Times
Crystal Hall, who helps manage the crews, said: "We've cleaned things up. Everyone is drug-tested now. They show up dirty, they're gone. Those who stay have plenty of chance to make money."
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Birds Get Ripped for the Clubs, Too [Science]
Bite-size birdies that get peacocked (have their wings colored darker with a magic marker) become sexy studs in the field. It actually ups their testosterone! "Other females might be looking at them as being a little more sexy, and the birds might be feeling better about themselves in response to…
Movie Previews [The Women]
If the Sex and the City movie got you craving more girly empowerment films, you're in luck. This fall you can teeter off to the theaters to see Lady Business 2: The Wrath of Debra Messing
Memorial Eagles Recovered After Stints as Drug Stash, Office Decor
The NYC Parks Dept. is requesting that the Dept. of Justice return two sculptures of American eagles that were stolen from a war memorial to city employees back in the 1970s. The memorial itself is a flagpole located in Central Park across from the Naumberg Bandshell. It's called the City…
Bond Trader Tapped To Coach Oregon State Basketball
Craig Robinson has gone from trading bonds for Morgan Stanley to coaching basketball at Oregon State, widely considered to be one of the toughest jobs in college basketball. The job was offered to at least three other top coaches before Robinson finally agreed to leave his spot as head coach at…
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Winkler Inflicted 'Bloomberg Way' On Teen Boys [Tyrants]
Journalists have long pitied those colleagues who suffer under the yoke of Michael Bloomberg henchman Matthew Winkler. A style guide put together by the wire service boss—a program to reeducate journalists by the cultish name of the 'Bloomberg Way'—forbids the use of but and pretty much any…
Closing Bell: Upgrade for Flushing Tree Plantings
Over the last couple of weeks, the tree beds along Flushing Avenue, which were originally planted a couple of years ago, have been getting an upgrade in the form of these belgian block layouts. You likey?
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Not the Moment M.L. and Rodney King Dreamed About
White girl: I feel like saying: "Nigga, I don't want your purses. You don't know Louis Vuitton like I do. I fucked his ass last night." Finna hit 'em with my nine inch.Friend: Or you could just get shot...White girl: Shit nigga, look at my ass with my northface and pearls talkin nigga-trash...I'm…
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Abraham Lincoln Was Photoshopped [Abraham Lincoln]
Photographers improved their photos in post long before Photoshop. This gallery includes old retouched photos of Abraham Lincoln, Stalin, and Castro. [Scientific American]
June 3, 2008 - 4:55 pm: More room (and new summertime treats) at One Girl Cookies
June 3, 2008 - 4:55 pm: More room (and new summertime treats) at One Girl Cookies || Dawn Casale and David Crofton have been baking their delicate gem-sized cookies for two and a half years now in their Tiffany-blue bakery and cafe here in Cobble Hill. They've expanded their menu over the years,…
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Deathwatch Rebuttal: Country
We take Deathwatching, and Shitshow Week of course, very seriously. Because it's serious business. Therefore we understand when restaurateurs aren't entirely pleased with the committee's decision and feel the need to defend themselves. In the spirit of fairness, we... We take Deathwatching,…