Lena Dunham and the cast of 'Girls' get the mural treatment on East 12th Street

There's a mural in progress on East 12th Street and Avenue A... outside Table 12... promoting the third season of "Girls" on HBO...



Larger than life, for the time being...



And this is what the artists were working from...

From FroYo to piercings on St. Mark's Place

[High FroYo Season]

Over on St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue, the Yogurt Station covered up their windows with trash bags for months at a time … giving us the impression that they had closed for business. But they always came back for the FroYo Season.

We thought the same thing when they closed earlier in the fall. Then the sign came down… and we waited and waited to see what would take the Station's place...



… the sign for the new business arrived last Friday. (Or maybe Thursday.)

The Dunkin’ Donuts/Baskin Robbins combo is back, better than ever, or exactly the same

After a fews weeks of renovations, the Dunkin’ Donuts/Baskin Robbins in the Shoppes at Red Square on East Houston between Avenue A and Avenue B is back in action...

Saturday!



Sunday!

Parting thoughts from the weekend...

East 11th Street yesterday… photo by Goggla…

Hawk fight, then dinner

[Photo by Bobby Williams]

Tompkins Square Park today…


[Photo by Goggla]

Week in Grieview

A walk through the East Village in June 1986 (Friday)

City shutters Jerry's Newsstand on Astor Place (Monday … Monday… Thursday)

Il Bagatto has closed (Monday)

Happy first anniversary MoRUS! (Thursday)

Break a tree, steal a bike (Monday)

Out and About with Santo Mollica (Wednesday)

Let's go "Online Mating" with HiLa tHe KiLLa (Wednesday)

The former 7-Eleven is for rent on St. Mark's Place (Friday)

Hells Angels fighting for clubhouse rights (Wednesday)

THE NEW PHONE BOOKS HAVE ARRIVED!!! (Wednesday)

How rats get fat (Tuesday)

Johnny Thunders estate battle (Monday)

Aerial views of the 100 Avenue A takedown (Thursday)

Tompkins Square tree lighting (Sunday)

Vandalizing 51 Astor Place (Tuesday)

Track your neighborhood crime (Wednesday)

Someone broke the window at McDonald's on First Avenue (Friday)

New home for East Village Shoe Repair? (Monday)

The Pub Crawl Santa Suit (Wednesday)

SantaCon 2013 Fight Night

Some Santa-brawling action on Third Avenue and East 16th Street.

Here's another angle via Gothamist…

A break in the Santa action yesterday, starring a Yeti

East 10th Street and First Avenue… photo via EVG reader Marina.

It was a dark and snowy night...

The excellent photos by Grant Shaffer

East Village residents share their positive experiences with SantaCon 2013

Heh. Ok. This ol' gag. Like, you know, there weren't any positive experiences...

But if you do have something positive to say about SantaCon 2013, then please do so in the comments. (And "it wasn't that bad" and "it could have been worse" don't count...)

The quiet beauty of today — without the assholes

Photos by Bobby Williams

Noted

Go home Santa, you're drunk. #santacon #aftermath #nyc #eastvillage #thumbsup #snow pic.twitter.com/rZsVfdaA5v

— Erik Valind (@ErikVPhoto) December 15, 2013