The Sunburnt Cow on Avenue C celebrated its fifth-year anniversary today, in part, by spit-roasting an entire cow in front of the restaurant. And, we swear, the cow was named Bessie.
[Photos by Mrs. Grieve]
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Why a cow was being spit-roasted today on Avenue C
The Sunburnt Cow on Avenue C celebrated its fifth-year anniversary today, in part, by spit-roasting an entire cow in front of the restaurant. And, we swear, the cow was named Bessie.
[Photos by Mrs. Grieve]
Dreaming of making it to the top in New York City....
Nice trench coat, yuppie! Go back to [insert state from Midwest here]!
Kidding!
Friday, October 24, 2008
Young former Wall Street workers ponder their next move
The Times has a lengthy piece today on the recent college graduates who suddenly find themselves without jobs on Wall Street:
Mr. Menzul, 22, is among the untold numbers of young finance types caught in limbo by the economic crisis, yearning to stay in the nation’s financial heart yet fearful that no market rebound is in sight. It is impossible to gauge how many such strivers are leaving New York or considering it. But interviews over the past two weeks with affected workers and recruiters revealed an emerging portrait of newly minted college graduates suddenly jobless in a frightfully expensive city, and forced to contemplate a change in career — or address.
And:
Adjina Dekidjiev, an operations manager at Manhattan Apartments Inc., said she had been seeing more people trying to break leases, some leaving, some just looking for cheaper places to live.
“A lot of people are doing their math, asking, ‘How can I stay in the city, for as long as possible, and try to find a job?’ ” said Win Hornig, who started the blog bankergonebroke.com after being laid off from JPMorgan in September. “People are definitely going to leave the city if the market doesn’t come back. It’s just too expensive.”
And before you make a smartassy, ha-ha comment, the Times wants you to understand this:
Many in New York have delighted, at least a little, in a sense of schadenfreude over investment-banker woes, having viewed them as a greedy breed that helped homogenize and gentrify the city. But the market crisis has already had widening ripple effects, and many young people working in jobs related to the finance sector were never making a mother lode.
Met Food lives
Good news from Scoopy's Notebook this week: "Met Food supermarket on Second Ave. and New York University have finally settled on a lease that will allow the market to keep serving the East Village customers who depend upon it and championed its cause so fiercely." (The Villager)
Now, perhaps, can they take down the sale sign for clam shell salads? I took this photo Aug. 30. And the sign was still up the last time I walked by...
Now, perhaps, can they take down the sale sign for clam shell salads? I took this photo Aug. 30. And the sign was still up the last time I walked by...
Another season comes to a close at Belmont Park
The Fall Championship Meet at Belmont Park ends Sunday. The Park will be dormant until the spring.
To commemorate the end of the season, here's a look back at Belmont Park fashions in 1957...If we shot this today, how many of the spectators would be wearing sweats or cargo pants?
To commemorate the end of the season, here's a look back at Belmont Park fashions in 1957...If we shot this today, how many of the spectators would be wearing sweats or cargo pants?
Fatcats to pay top dollar for chance to heckle Jets upclose
By now, no doubt, you have already registered for the ultra-supreme tickets at the New Jets Stadium. Check out the Coaches Club...where you can stand on the field -- just five yards off the Jets bench! Oh, and access to a private 20,000 square-foot bar and lounge!
As the Post reports, at least one fatcat has already overpaid, which prompted giggles. And quips!
He must now also fork over another $14,000 per year for his actual season tickets.
And check out the incredibly life-like artist rendering...And just what is going on with head coach Eric Mangini on the far left?
As the Post reports, at least one fatcat has already overpaid, which prompted giggles. And quips!
Looks like the mystery mortgage mogul who shelled out $400,000 for the rights to buy the two best seats in the house for Jet games fumbled the timing of the market.
That's because the "personal seat licenses" for nearby seats in the much-hyped Coaches Club section at the new stadium are selling for less than a third of the price the fat-cat fanatic paid.
"Maybe he's used to overpaying for assets," quipped Kyle Burks, president of Season Tickets Rights, referring to the current mortgage meltdown.
He must now also fork over another $14,000 per year for his actual season tickets.
And check out the incredibly life-like artist rendering...And just what is going on with head coach Eric Mangini on the far left?
Is the game in his pocket?
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