Fair Folks & a Goat opening East Village location

The owners of Fair Folks & a Goat announced on Facebook Friday that they will open a cafe-boutique-gallery on East 11th Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue.

The space is owned by the husband-wife team of Aurora and Anthony Mazzei. Here's a description of their concept via the FF&G website:

Fair Folks & a Goat is a creative company, specializing in filling spaces with stories through design, art, hospitality, and event programming.

They also have a cafe-boutique space on West Houston, which opened last fall.


[Via the FF&G website]

Per the Times on the opening:

A visitor surveyed the Houston Street space with an eye toward consumption: the Haynes mirror with brass wall mounts ($2,800) by the Brooklyn-based Egg Collective, a groovy set of white-ceramic speakers ($450) by Joey Roth, a carved blue bowling pin ($110) by Jason Boone.

For $25 a month, members get unlimited coffee and espresso, and discounts on the art and design, which will rotate every month or so. But you don’t have to be a member to buy what they sell.

Love, Veselka Style

[Via Craigslist]

A Missed Connection posted yesterday on Craigslist:

Veselka Romance - w4m - 23 (East Village)

One week ago I was sitting outside of Veselka, reading "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath.
(My favorite book)
I saw you from the table nearest to 2nd ave, on the side of the restaurant.
You had the most beautiful brown eyes I have ever seen.
Tall, thin, with a beard. We made eye contact for about fifteen seconds, and then you walked away, down 9th street.
I would love to meet you.
You are exactly my type.
You probably live in Williamsburg, and shop at local farmer's markets.
I would love to buy some vegetables with you.
I like to make omelettes with fresh asparagus and swiss cheese,
I could make you one.
I hope you don't have a girlfriend.

Why illustrations help Urban Etiquette Signs

Spotted on East Fifth Street.

Tree spared from death by cement on Avenue C

[Via EVG reader Ann]

Last week, we noted that someone filled up the above tree well with about 500 pounds of cement on Avenue C… as an update, by this past weekend, the cement was gone…



Now can the tree survive the Sunburnt Cow's all-you-can-drink brunch crowd?

New York City's 1st holistic vapor lounge opens in the East Village

At least according to the press release that landed in our inbox!

Here it is:

New York City's first holistic vapor lounge is opening in the East Village — Vape Lounge NYC, in the cellar of Barbiere at 246 East 5th Street. Unlike other so-called vapor lounges that sell artificial e-cigarettes, Vape Lounge NYC uses only natural herbs, each selection designed to give the customer varied, distinct and often medicinal experiences.

Currently, patrons can choose from three different herbs to vape — Chamomile, to aid in the relief of stress, digestive disorders, headaches, anxiety, and depression; Damiana, an aphrodisiac and excellent remedy for the nervous system, acting as a stimulant and tonic in cases of mild depression; and Green Tea, for headaches, digestion, immune enhancement, to detoxify, energize, and to prolong life.

Single and blended herb teas by the cup and pot are available, as well. All brews are caffeine free and certified kosher.

The brain child of Kimberly DeAzevedo (a trained herbalist) and Al Bonsignore, Vape Lounge NYC is designed to be an oasis away from the city, an indulgence meant to enhance quality of life, instead of being a vice. The space itself was hand mosaic-ed by DeAzevedo and Bonsignore, with themes like the secret garden and the dawn of time running throughout.

Prices to vaporize are $10/person in the "plenty lounge" or $12/person at the Volcano Bar. Teas run $4 single herb or $6 blended per cup, $10 or $12 per pot.

Vape Lounge NYC - located at 246 E 5th st. (Btwn 2nd ave and Cooper), NY, NY 10003 - is open Mon-Sat from 2pm-8pm.

Volcano Bar!

Night falls, Jesus Saves

…and a familiar site on East 11th Street...



Photos by Bobby Williams

May the best hawk win

This afternoon in Tompkins Square Park. Photo by Bobby Williams...

Week in Grieview

[First Avenue in the rain the other day via Grant Shaffer]

A well-deserved honor for The Source Unltd Copy Shop (Thursday)

Looking at the new development for East Eighth Street and Avenue D (Tuesday)

A Lou Reed memorial at Tompkins Square Park (Thursday)

The future of 100 Avenue A (Monday)

Identity closes on East Sixth Street (Monday)

Out and About with Melissa Hotchkiss (Wednesday)

Is this apartment sexy? (Thursday)

Video: East Village cab ride in 1971 (Friday)

RIP gnarly squirrel tree (Thursday)

Otto's Tacos opens on Second Avenue (Monday)

Banjara on the move (Tuesday)

What Blatt Billiards will become on Broadway (Wednesday)

Serendipity will remain longer in Tompkins Square Park (Friday)

A source for the Hoboken Hoof? (Thursday)

Details on Momofuku Ko moving to Extra Place (Tuesday)

Turkey-suffed donuts (Friday)

Bloom 62's "hip young crowd" (Friday)

Lease TGI Friday's on Union Square (Monday)

Empire Biscuit (Wednesday, 48 comments)

Christopher Walken Rex on the move to East 8th Street

The 16-foot Christopher Walken Rex creation is on the move from First Park.

The sculpture created by a group of LES teens is arriving today for a two-week stint at the DeColores Community Garden on East Eighth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C… Catch it when you can.

Yesterday's sky in review

Verso finds new Life on Avenue C

The folks behind Verso, the Italian trattoria on East Eighth Street and Avenue C, have revamped their space… it is now Life - Kitchen and Bar (it has nothing to do with the former Life Cafe that closed two-plus years ago on Avenue B). And they open tonight.

The new space looks to be more casual than Verso… and here's a look at the menu...

A fall morning, featuring St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery

A fall morning, featuring Giuseppi Logan and Tompkins Square Park

Giuseppi was in quite good spirits this morning...

8:44 a.m., Second Avenue, Nov. 9