Today in photos of a Green Bay Packers fan getting into a cab on East 14th St.

A proper gentleman always removes his Cheesehead Hat upon entering a motor carriage.

Uh, go Giants?

Report: East Village resident first woman to try out for the NFL

I've seen the stories in recent weeks about Lauren Silberman, the first woman in history to register for an NFL regional scouting combine. (She is trying out as a field-goal kicker.) Today, she competes alongside college kickers at the Jets training facility in Florham Park, N.J., for the right to advance to a Dallas super-regional combine in April.

The previous stories about just says that she lives in New York. The Post mentions today that she lives in the East Village. (Not sure what the Post defines as the East Village.)

In any event, Silberman, 28, was a club soccer player at the University of Wisconsin. Plus, she worked on her master's in comparative media studies at MIT, "writing her thesis in 2009 about how athletes use video games to boost their performance."

Here she is talking about the combine ...

20 East Village bars and cafes to enjoy a football-free Sunday

As I first reported, the NFL season has started. OK, first things — the following isn't any kind of an anti-football post... I personally like football, and am rooting for the A's and Orioles to take the American League Wild Card spots. Anyone but the Patriots.

So, two-plus weeks into the NFL season, I've heard a few grumbles from people who don't care for being overrun by the jersey-clad set on Sunday afternoons/early evenings while out having a drink. (Or just trying to walk on the sidewalk.) Perhaps it's the barking. Or the matching his-hers NFL jerseys. Or the pre-Jäger shot Bro call. Or...

I've updated this post from January 2011... here is a list of a few bars/cafes (some may have TVs, but you likely won't find any sporting events on them...) where you should be able to enjoy a football-free existence for a few hours... (and what's with all the italics?)

• 2A, Avenue A
• Boxcar Lounge, Avenue B
• B-Side, Avenue B
• Blackbird, Avenue B
• Bua, St. Mark's Place
• Burp Castle, East Seventh St.
• Coal Yard, First Avenue
• Fish Bar, East Fifth Street
• HiFi, Avenue A
• The International Bar, First Avenue
• Jules Bistro, St. Mark's Place
• KGB Bar, East Fourth St.
• Lucien, First Avenue
• Max Fish, Ludlow
• Niagara, Avenue A
• Otto's Shrunken Head, East 14th St.
• Scratcher, East Fifth St.
• Swift Hibernian Lounge, East Fourth St.
• Vbar, St. Mark's Place
• William Barnacle Tavern, St. Mark's Place

Please name other football-free bars-cafes in the comments. (Like The Library? Are they still only showing movies on the big screen in the back Sundays?) The above list isn't 100 percent comprehensive by any means... (and Hookah bars don't count...)

[P.S. Thanks to esquared for help with the list]

The lines of San Francisco

I originally sent this out via Twitter around 9: 30 or so.

49ers fans already on line outside Finnerty's on Second Avenue. The Post had a feature yesterday about the bar being a Bay Area sports haven.

And a look at last week's line closer to game time....

[Bobby Williams]

Who says that the East Village is no longer a bohemian mecca?

Item: Recent New York Times article on the St. Mark's Bookshop, which opened in 1977...

[Co-owner Bob] Contant acknowledged that the East Village was no longer the bohemian mecca where he and four partners ... had chosen to open their business, in a 600-square-foot storefront at 13 St. Mark’s Place that rented for $375. At the time, Mr. Conant’s apartment was $63 a month. When he moved a few years later to nicer digs with a fireplace, his rent soared to $120.

Item: Forwarded by an EV Grieve reader...via Thrillist...

Scoff at ordinary serving sizes and gird yourself for glorious gluttony from Avenue C’s flatscreen-’n-football fortress East Village Tavern.

Anytime Feast for 1: Individually assault a 90 min barrage of all the under-$7 craft brews you can slug from an ever-rotating tap selection, plus unlimited grub in the form of 5 types of sliders, or mac ‘n cheese flecked with bacon, sausage, beef, or vegetables, just like you'll be after such a heart-stopping meal.

Game Day Party for 4: Normally $184, you and 3 amigos will crush 90 min of your choice of drafts plus endless buffalo wings & fries, kicked off with a plate of Tavern’s lip-smacking pulled pork, Philly cheese, and beef sliders.

Oh.