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Like, Starving-Children-in-Somalia Bad!
Girl #1: Whenever I come here I wanna buy stuff.Girl #2: Me too!Girl #1: It's really bad.Girl #2: It's so bad.--Sephora, Union SquareOverheard by: MKB Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2008-06-12
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Sam Zell Cleaning House [Journalismism]
"Scott C. Smith is stepping down as publisher of The Chicago Tribune and president of Tribune Publishing as part of changes being made by Samuel Zell." [Times]
June 12, 2008 - 9:57 pm: Top Chef New Orleans? Yes!
June 12, 2008 - 9:57 pm: Top Chef New Orleans? Yes! || That's where I argue the next Top Chef should be. Read more of my thoughts on the finale and on why Top Chef should go to NOLA next on my blog for ... || Go to TheStrongBuzz.com to see the full posting.
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June 12, 2008 - 9:54 pm: Market Table has dropped Market..more seating for you!
June 12, 2008 - 9:54 pm: Market Table has dropped Market..more seating for you! || Market Table has dropped the market. Last night chef-owner Mikey Price made it official, turning the front room that once housed a general store into a dining room with seating for eight. Over the next few weeks…
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Fox Calls Michelle Obama A "Baby Mama" [Race-baiting]
Fox News had commentator Michelle Malkin on to talk about how Barack Obama's wife Michelle has not been the victim of unfair conservative attacks, and as she was speaking the network displayed the caption seen above: "Outraged liberals: Stop picking on Obama's baby mama!" The term "baby mama" is,…
Zhang Huan's Giant Ain't No Better Than Nate Hill's Eve, So Tell Me Why Our Man Don't Got No Show In Chelsea.
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Dude, She's British-- She Wouldn't Even Be Grateful
Guy #1: I'd totally have a threesome with Judi Dench.Guy #2: Uhh, this conversation is getting uncomfortable.Guy #1: C'mon, dude, dame Judi Dench is the bomb!--Chelsea Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · …
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Manhattan: View From the Bottom|Cowan Responds to Couric|Meacham to Reach WaPo?|The Blogosphere: Who Will Play Neo?
Slate: We're Europe's Bargain Bin TVNewser: Lee Cowan Responds To Couric Criticism Radar: Meacham to the Washington Post, Zakaria to Newsweek? Gawker: The Blog Matrix New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media
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Extra, Extra
I'm Your Biggest Fan #5, by Rukii at flickrToday on the Gothamist Newsmap: a bank robbery on New York Ave. and Fulton St. in Brooklyn, another bank robbery on Park Ave. and 86th St. in Manhattan, and a person under the F train at the Delancey St. station in Manhattan. Money man vs.…
Grand Jury Rejects Criminal Charges Against NY Times Building Climbing French Spider Man
A week ago, Alain Robert scaled the New York Times Building to make a statement about the lack of government action on environmental issues (here's his website). Naturally, a stunt like that got Robert arrested, but a grand jury has dismissed the misdemeanor charges of trespassing, graffiti,…
Otherwise My Stripper Act Just Wasn't Cohesive
Old suit to magazine stand man: You know, they were going to transfer me to India but they had only one condition.Stand man: Oh, what was that?Old suit: I needed a cobra.--University PlaceOverheard by: Julia Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote…
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Can I Buy Me Some Excitement? [Gawker Stalker]
Life is so boring when you're a bazillionaire. Or so it seems for Oily Davis and Scott Storch, according to our stalker. Brandon Davis and Scott Storch in 1 Oak...at the same table. Scott was with this blah girl & Brandon was sitting the whole looking at his cell phone. Send your sightings to…
Write-Offs: 06.12.08
$$$ Economics 101 [1-2] $$$ A Bar Mitzvah in Namibia: Checking In On Kobi Alexander [Law Blog] $$$ Analyst Sees an End to Lehman's Independence [DealBook]
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Gourmet Ice Cream Trucks Rolling into NYC Soon!
Photo courtesy Ashley Fischer. As DUMBO NYC pointed out today, it’s that time of year when the city is crawling with ice cream trucks. The only problem is – other than the maddening repetition of hit jingles like “Pop Goes the Weasel” – these Kool Man and Mister Softee purveyors…
EaterWire: Lotus' $40k Fine, A DUMBO Ice Cream War, Mario's Westchester Venture, and some Pizza for Red Hook
Bastianich and Fallon at Babbo “Deccenale” Block Party MEATPACKING DISTRICT— The closing of Lotus may not be as cut and dry and we all thought. Take it away Mr. Cutlets: "Earlier this month, the State Liquor Authority leveled a... Bastianich and Fallon at Babbo…
Eater EXCLUSIVE BLOCKBUSTER: New Bocuse d'Or Details Revealed
You may remember that Thomas Keller and Daniel Boulud have made it their personal missions to ensure the U.S. makes a legitimate showing in next year's Bocuse d'Or, the restaurant industry world's equivalent to the Olympics. They assembled a... You may remember that Thomas Keller and Daniel…
iPhone Fake Out on Craigslist Leads to Arrests
Remember: If the offer is too good to be true and it's on Craigslist, it very well might not be true. The police have arrested a group of young men for robbing thousands of dollars from people responding to a Craigslist ad, with the sweet deal of about 10 iPhones for $2,000. The Sun…
Breaking: M. Night Shyamalan Is a Gigantic Prick [Jerks]
Television producer and angry blogger Chez Pazienza has a two-year-old bone to pick with M. Night Shyamalan, the dopey screenwriter/director behind such dreck as The Village and Samuel L. Jackson Has Osteoporosis. And he's finally decided to share it with the general public, on his blog and on the…
Williamsburg Stabber Strikes Again
The Williamsburg Stabber, who is more than likely a group of stabbers, has struck again. In April two cops walking the beat told us "the increased police presence was in response to a spate of machete-wielding gang violence" -- well, a lot of good the increased security has done. A tipster…
Thursday Blogwrap
Boys High School, Bed-Stuy. Pic by PhotoJeff. Graffiti Houses Turned Empty Lots Served Notice [Best View in Brooklyn] Rides Leaving Thor’s Coney Property: More Coming? [GL] Burg Power Plant Deemed Historic As It's Demolished [Curbed] Brooklyn Bridge Waterfront Park to open June 26 [McBrooklyn]…
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High School Musicewww [Cleanliness & Godliness]
Rather than taking a shower, gooey teen heartthrob actor Zac Efron likes to clean himself with baby wipes. Just like Terrence Howard's butt!
If Ann Coulter Lived in Canada She'd Probably be in Jail
Maybe Canadians* are so friendly because it's against the law not to be. Canada's national magazine MacLean's is currently on trial in British Columbia over an article it published last year called "The Future Belongs to Islam," which itself was an excerpt from a book by Mark Steyn (he also…
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Facebook Sucks [Advertising]
Somebody created ten fake Facebook profiles of varying descriptions, built them up to 200 friends each, and is now selling them on eBay to anyone who cares to take them over for undercover marketing purposes. Yet another reason to make friends in real life instead. [Ebay via Adrants] …
Like a Hipster Silence of the Lambs [Wtf]
"Hello, Dad," begins Nate Hill, the leader of the Chinatown Garbage Tour, which encourages participants to build "monsters" out of dead animal parts found in the trash. "I thought you might like this piece that I made because it looks like African art, and I know how much you love African art." He…
Drama Center [Mean Girls]
An insider at Grey's Anatomy calls series star Katherine Heigl's negative comments about the writing on the show "an ungrateful slap."
Save the Tomatoes Recipe: Tomato Jam
This tomato jam is adapted from a recipe for a Moroccan chicken tagine. Sweet and savory, this jam is best served with hearty entrees. It is not suitable for home canning, so please don't use this recipe to preserve your gorgeous summer tomatoes without adapting it to make sure the acidity…
Board Wrap: A Fatty Crab Disaster
· Clinton Street Baking Company Alternatives [CH] · I Want to Try Dinosaur B-B-Q, but do Cabs Go to 125th St? [Yelp] · Rude Waiter and Paranoid Diner Duke it Out at Fatty Crab [eG] · I Will Spend All... · Clinton Street Baking Company Alternatives [CH] · I Want to…
Closing Bell: 5th Ave Ghost Bike in Bloom
One of the most wrenching sights in Park Slope is the ghost bike on 5th Avenue and Prospect Place, a memorial for Liz Padilla, the 28-year-old pro bono lawyer who was killed while riding her bicycle nearby in 2005. Sunflowers were recently added to the memorial, most likely because this week…
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Not Without Wearing a Pink Ribbon!
Little boy: Mommy, can't you just walk off breast cancer?Mom, screaming: No!--Houston & Broadway Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2008-06-12
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Young Woman Suddenly Very Excited to Be Living Lohan [Open Caption]
The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.[Actress and lesbian superhero Lindsay Lohan on the set of a new film yesterday; image via Bauer-Griffin]
American Apparel Spoofer: Bambi Porn Edition [Ad Remixes]
The anonymous American Apparel ad prankster strikes again. This time with more animals! Also—it must be said—with even more poon-tang than usual. Copyranter says the new installment is a spoof of this bambi-themed ad. If Dov Charney doesn't find this vandal and put him or her on the…
The Most Important Memoir of 2008 []
The rumored Madonna memoir is actually a memoir from her brother, Christopher Ciccone. It's titled Life With My Sister Madonna. It'll be out July 15th. You stay classy, Simon & Schuster! [Galleycat]
Philly Daily News: Where EAs Become MEs
Twenty-eight years ago, Pat McLoone started working as a part-time clerk at the Philadelphia Daily News. Today, the powers that be announced he'll take over as managing editor. During his tenure at DN, McLoone, "who grew up in Olney playing pimpleball and stick ball," has served as editorial…
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WaPo: Those Buyouts Weren't Cheap
Remember that buyout bonanza at the Washington Post last month? Well, it's going to cost them, to the tune of about $80 million, according to the AP. No word on who got what exactly, though we suspect Bob Woodward did slightly better than speculation suggested. New Career Opportunities…
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Charges Filed Against Brooklyn Architect Robert Scarano
Brooklyn architect and developer Robert Scarano, whose many projects have come under Department of Buildings' scrutiny in the past for safety and zoning violations, was charged with allegedly making "false or misleading statements on applications submitted" to the DOB for two buildings. From…
NYC: Food Center of the Universe?
Some of us might think that New York is the center of the world for many things, including food. The point is debatable, but at least for a few nights a year, it will be. Lee Schrager, the mastermind behind the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, is putting together the first ever New York…
Associated Press To Kill Blogs Dead [Chilling Effects]
This is troubling! The Associated Press has filed 7 Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown requests against a site called Drudge Retort (unaffiliated with Matt Drudge). The site is a largely user-generated blog that features headlines, excerpts from news articles, links, and discussion. The AP…
Rocket Train Chugs Closer to Reality
The NY Sun has a status report on the proposed rocket train. Good news for rail riders, "the House passed legislation [The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act] requiring the federal government to solicit proposals for its financing and development." The plan has Bloomberg's full…
TD Bank Denies Scaring ESPN Columnist
Remember that story about the ESPN columnist who was cowed by TD Bank into calling the Boston Garden by its official, ugly corporate name, "TD Banknorth Garden." Well, we just heard from TD Bank and they say they never contacted Bill Simmons. This can only mean one two things. Firstly, people…
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