Bobby noted that someone had given the cat food and water ...
Spotted mid-block on the East Seventh Street entrance...
Friday, September 14, 2012
Are you missing a cat?
Bobby Williams spotted this cat in Tompkins Square Park yesterday... a stray? Someone's pet? Anyone...?
Bobby noted that someone had given the cat food and water ...
Spotted mid-block on the East Seventh Street entrance...
Bobby noted that someone had given the cat food and water ...
Spotted mid-block on the East Seventh Street entrance...
The Big Gay Ice Cream Shop raising money today for the Bea Arthur Residence
As previously reported, the Ali Forney Center will develop housing for up to 18 homeless LGBT youth at 222 E. 13th St., which will be formally named the Bea Arthur Residence.
Today, the Big Gay Ice Cream Shop is raising money for Ali Forney and Bea Arthur ... (Co-owners Doug and Bryan are longtime fans of both... they even named a cone for Bea Arthur.)
So... to the Big Gay Ice Cream blog:
We are proclaiming Friday, September 14 “Golden Girls Day” at our shop. That day marks the 27th (!!!!) anniversary of the show’s premier. God, don’t you wish shoulder pads would finally come back?
Come by our shop that day if you can — we’ll be collecting money for the Bea Arthur Residence. Here's how you can give:
- Pick up a Bea Arthur cone. 100% of the proceeds from every Bea Arthur cone sold will go to Ali Fornay
Tomorrow: Block Party on East Ninth Street
Annual 9th Street A-1 Block Association Block Party
(9th Street between 1st Avenue and Avenue A)
Saturday, September 15, 11 am – 5 pm (no rain date)
Live Music (from noon - 4 pm) featuring
* Bluesco Band
* Navivan
* Nick Palumbo & the Flipped Fedoras
Resident artists, crafts people and photographers will be showing and selling their work, and residents will be selling a la "stoop sale" — antiques, bric-a-brac, clothing, accessories, music, jewelry, etc.
Raffles for gifts, discounts or coupons from block businesses, who will also be offering their wares
Block businesses include:
* Boutiques and Antiques: Bridal Veil Falls, Cloak & Dagger, Devorado, Dorian Grey Gallery, Dusty Buttons, Enchantments, Flower Power, Grey Era Vintage, Ollie's Place, Pink Olive, Polytima, Pork Pie Hatterie, Puppy Love Kitty Kat, Reason Outpost, The Upper Rust
* Restaurants: Cigkoftem, Dirt Candy, Empanades, Exchange Alley, Good Beer, Kajitsu, Whitman's, Zucker Bakery
* Hair Salons/Barbers: Lovemore & Do, Maria Mok Salon, Neighborhood Barber
Things to do on Avenue A weekend nights that don't involve bars
Browse through the used book selection at Mast, 66 Avenue A between East Fifth Street and East Fourth Street...
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Giant grasshopper spotted on East First Street
Not to alarm you ... spotted outside 21 E. First St. today by Bobby Williams...
Likely one of the giant grasshoppers accidentally created at the NYU experimental farm. Or else it's a piece of construction equipment.
Likely one of the giant grasshoppers accidentally created at the NYU experimental farm. Or else it's a piece of construction equipment.
Here's Garland Jeffreys and East 14th Street in 'The Contortionist'
Here's the new single/video by EVG favorite Garland Jeffreys — "The Contortionist," which Devereux Milburn shot near Jeffreys' Stuy Town home ... and featuring East 14th Street and Avenue C. Background vocals by Lou Reed and Savannah Jeffreys.
The Collisions tonight at the Stand
Lori Der Hagopian, the proprietor of The Stand, the gallery kiosk on East Seventh Street at Avenue C (a former newsstand), is hosting her first opening here tonight... she is presenting work by Brennan Cavanaugh...
The Collisions are collages made from one edition of The New York Times. Per Lori: "Images from that day's paper are chosen and re-assembled, with x-acto knife and gluestick, to create a personal and surreal revisioning of the day's news."
The opening starts at 7 p.m. The exhibit is up through Sept. 30.
We wrote about The Stand back in May. You can find that post here.
Looking for the elusive Wacky Wok menu dropper
At some point, every single home or business or church or structure of any kind — empty, under-construction or abandoned — in the East Village has had a Wacky Wok menu placed on the front door. Multiple times. Maybe daily. Probably daily. I'd argue that there are more Wacky Wok menus around than any locksmith cards combined.
I've spent too much time thinking about this through the months. (Years?) Do the Wacky Wok menu droppers work on commission? Are they paid by the gross tonnage of menus delivered? Does Wacky Wok have a printing press in their basement on Avenue D at East Ninth Street? Is Wacky Wok a better name than, say, Wok and Roll?
Anyway, I always seem to run across the locksmith people bombing the doorways. But I've never seen anyone from Wacky Wok leaving the menus behind. Once, I walked into my building and, about 45 seconds later, decided to run another errand. In that time, someone put a Wacky Wok menu on the door. I quickly scanned the street with the enthusiasm of a child catching Santa in the living room (preferably late on Dec. 24). There wasn't anyone in either direction.
Anyway, I started taking photos of the WW menus. A sampling.
Well, you get the idea.
Then, the other day, I spotted this fellow pulling the cart thing stick a menu on the front door of 100 Avenue A, the former grocery that has been sitting empty for seven months now...
He turned east on Seventh Street. I followed to watch him work. When I rounded the corner ... he was gone. Into, presumably, the Wacky Wok time continium vortex.
Now this isn't anything against Wacky Wok, a healthyish Pan Asian eatery. For me, it's a curiosity, not an annoyance. And I've ordered food from here, and have mostly found it agreeable. And I have four or five menus to choose from every time that I call.
I've spent too much time thinking about this through the months. (Years?) Do the Wacky Wok menu droppers work on commission? Are they paid by the gross tonnage of menus delivered? Does Wacky Wok have a printing press in their basement on Avenue D at East Ninth Street? Is Wacky Wok a better name than, say, Wok and Roll?
Anyway, I always seem to run across the locksmith people bombing the doorways. But I've never seen anyone from Wacky Wok leaving the menus behind. Once, I walked into my building and, about 45 seconds later, decided to run another errand. In that time, someone put a Wacky Wok menu on the door. I quickly scanned the street with the enthusiasm of a child catching Santa in the living room (preferably late on Dec. 24). There wasn't anyone in either direction.
Anyway, I started taking photos of the WW menus. A sampling.
Well, you get the idea.
Then, the other day, I spotted this fellow pulling the cart thing stick a menu on the front door of 100 Avenue A, the former grocery that has been sitting empty for seven months now...
He turned east on Seventh Street. I followed to watch him work. When I rounded the corner ... he was gone. Into, presumably, the Wacky Wok time continium vortex.
Now this isn't anything against Wacky Wok, a healthyish Pan Asian eatery. For me, it's a curiosity, not an annoyance. And I've ordered food from here, and have mostly found it agreeable. And I have four or five menus to choose from every time that I call.
Webster Hall now home to the exclusive Hanky Panky Club
From the EV Grieve inbox ... a news release slightly edited for length ... the place opens tonight...
The Hanky Panky Club, brought to you by nightlife veterans Lon Ballinger, Gary Spencer and Sameer Qureshi, is accessed through a hidden speak easy type entrance on East 11th Street inside the iconic Webster Hall — the same private entrance used by the likes of Madonna, Mick Jagger and Bill Clinton (just to name a few).
Once inside, guests ascend the marble staircase to a stunning, velvet-walled room. The gorgeously-appointed room is a soundproof, discreet lounge experience, that boasts a full back-line stage always ready for performances. This Thursday, we have music by DJ Thomas D and Friday, a live performance by Eddie and The Gun and Nima Yamini — the man behind Avenue A Soundcheck.
What makes The Hanky Panky Club different than any other New York venue is the access to the Webster Hall balcony. This balcony overlooks the main stage of the legendary music venue ... This balcony gives The Hanky Panky Club goers the option to view the music and crowd below, all from the intimacy of a private party.
The Hanky Panky Club will also be known their commitment to impeccable customer service. Jonas, previously of King and Grove, will be at the warmly exclusive door. If the Hanky Panky Club is at capacity, Jonas will take a phone number and texts guests when the club is ready. The wait staff will be dressed in feminine, sexy tutus inspired by famed London Nightclub Owner Peter Stringfellow, modelesque go-go dancers will fluidly dance about the room and atop the bar. These ladies are trained to not only bring the bottle, but the etiquette of a private lounge from a time when service was the ultimate element.
The Hanky Panky Club, located at 125A East 11th Street, will be open every Thursday - Saturday where each night you will know to expect a well known DJ spinning the vibe of the room to perfection. Thursdays think soul, Fridays think electronic and Saturday night - anything goes... Be prepared for energetic beats and spontaneous live performances.
Are you missing a parrot?
We've seen a lot of missing pets flyers around... but we've never seen one for a parrot matching this description in Tompkins Square Park...
In the past month, Bobby Williams, peter radley and others have heard about this parrot, living in the wilds ... Sort of gaining Urban Legend status. We'd assume that this is an escaped pet.
Bobby finally got the above shot the other day. It was looking for food with some starlings.
Anyway, in case you're missing a parrot, there's still hope.
In the past month, Bobby Williams, peter radley and others have heard about this parrot, living in the wilds ... Sort of gaining Urban Legend status. We'd assume that this is an escaped pet.
Bobby finally got the above shot the other day. It was looking for food with some starlings.
Anyway, in case you're missing a parrot, there's still hope.
Lot of dreams
On Monday, we looked at some dead weeds and new medians along East Houston at Avenue D... On the topic of weeds, the lot on the northwest corner of Avenue D and East Houston remains empty... and it looks like this...
There was talk of a huge development here going on three years ago now... like this, as first reported on by the Lo-Down...
The rendering is still live at the website of Curtis + Ginsberg Architects ... under "unbuilt projects."
Have any tips about the situation here? Please send them our way via the EV Grieve email
Previously on EV Grieve:
Avenue D's future
There was talk of a huge development here going on three years ago now... like this, as first reported on by the Lo-Down...
The rendering is still live at the website of Curtis + Ginsberg Architects ... under "unbuilt projects."
Have any tips about the situation here? Please send them our way via the EV Grieve email
Previously on EV Grieve:
Avenue D's future
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