Tuesday, June 9, 2009
"Is Butter Lane turning into a bar?"
Upon hearing the news that Butter Lane Cupcakes is going for a beer and wine license... and that the store is now open to midnight...
...and there has been the recent appearance of a rather harmless looking bench, chair, table and umbrella...
... compelled a Seventh Street resident who lives nearby to ask a simple question via e-mail, "Is Butter Lane turning into a bar?"
...and there has been the recent appearance of a rather harmless looking bench, chair, table and umbrella...
... compelled a Seventh Street resident who lives nearby to ask a simple question via e-mail, "Is Butter Lane turning into a bar?"
When there's no more room in the trash for your trash
Another nice weekend, another sighting of overflowing FroYo cup-topped trash in front of St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery.
Jeremiah has written about this...
...and I don't have anything to add to the discussion...
...but I was curious what people do when they need to discard their trash and there aren't any available trash cans...
Jeremiah has written about this...
...and I don't have anything to add to the discussion...
...but I was curious what people do when they need to discard their trash and there aren't any available trash cans...
"Step Up 3D" is pretty much going to be filming all over the place
Yes! "Step Up 3D" is back in the neighborhood filming Friday. And the crew will need the north side of Seventh Street between First Avenue and Avenue B... BOTH sides of Avenue A between Seventh Street and St. Mark's...BOTH sides of Sixth Street between First Avenue and Avenue A...the south side of St. Mark's between First Avenue and Avenue A... and the south side of 10th Street between First Avenue and Avenue A.
Other than that....
Previously "Step Up 3D" coverage on EV Grieve.
Craigslist ad of the day
Developing website needs models (Lower East Side)
We are looking for promotional models for a developing nightlife networking website. 18+ only. Send two FULL body shots for consideration. Pay is commission based, opportunity to earn 150 - 200 per hour.
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Well, I could use the work. Here goes nothing!
We are looking for promotional models for a developing nightlife networking website. 18+ only. Send two FULL body shots for consideration. Pay is commission based, opportunity to earn 150 - 200 per hour.
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Well, I could use the work. Here goes nothing!
The Holiday continues with the cheesy promotions
What, no Jagerettes?
I'll say this again:
1) I understand the fact that the beloved Holiday Cocktail Lounge on St. Mark's Place needs to make money to stay open...so why not attract the dreaded free vodka crowd.
2) Stefan never would have gone for this.
I'll say this again:
1) I understand the fact that the beloved Holiday Cocktail Lounge on St. Mark's Place needs to make money to stay open...so why not attract the dreaded free vodka crowd.
2) Stefan never would have gone for this.
Monday, June 8, 2009
The weekend in review
The Post continued its sensitive coverage of David Carradine's death.
The psychics took to the streets!
Street fair!
We read about the passing of the "Mayor of the LES"
Benefit for Ray's at C-Squat. (Perhaps there will be more on this from The Biggest Pants or Slum Goddess.)
This couple got married on Seventh Street.
We learned that big law firms are becoming extinct.
We learned that fewer people are complaining about noise in NYC, except for the people who are complaining more about parties and music.
This Mercedes got towed from Fourth Street... thankfully, the car alarm is working.
The psychics took to the streets!
Street fair!
We read about the passing of the "Mayor of the LES"
Benefit for Ray's at C-Squat. (Perhaps there will be more on this from The Biggest Pants or Slum Goddess.)
This couple got married on Seventh Street.
We learned that big law firms are becoming extinct.
We learned that fewer people are complaining about noise in NYC, except for the people who are complaining more about parties and music.
This Mercedes got towed from Fourth Street... thankfully, the car alarm is working.
The final countdown
As of yesterday, there were eight days left for the Virgin Megastore on Union Square. All CDs and DVDs are now 50 percent off their hiked up prices...
If you look hard enough, then you may find something that you may want... Otherwise, it's grotesque consumerism at its worst...
What remains is the Virgin Overstock Megastore. Things that were shipped in from Virgin Warehouses around the world just for the closing sale. What else could explain, say..... Dozens and dozens of "Hellboy II" action figures. Dozens and dozens of copies of the attempt to make Rick Springfield a movie star in "Hard to Hold." Dozens and dozens of copies of U2's "No Line on the Horizon" limited box set including CD, hardcover book, poster, featurette on the Edge buying a ski cap, a behind-the-scenes look at Larry Mullen Jr.'s First Communion and Bono's photo album of bikini-clad groupies. It's times like these when you realize there have been like 37 versions of "Blade Runner" released. You remember how little respect giant entertainment groups have for consumers.
And so many things whose existence was so unnecessary.
Oh, and the complete series (six seasons!) of "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" is 50 percent off its $232 sticker price.
If you look hard enough, then you may find something that you may want... Otherwise, it's grotesque consumerism at its worst...
What remains is the Virgin Overstock Megastore. Things that were shipped in from Virgin Warehouses around the world just for the closing sale. What else could explain, say..... Dozens and dozens of "Hellboy II" action figures. Dozens and dozens of copies of the attempt to make Rick Springfield a movie star in "Hard to Hold." Dozens and dozens of copies of U2's "No Line on the Horizon" limited box set including CD, hardcover book, poster, featurette on the Edge buying a ski cap, a behind-the-scenes look at Larry Mullen Jr.'s First Communion and Bono's photo album of bikini-clad groupies. It's times like these when you realize there have been like 37 versions of "Blade Runner" released. You remember how little respect giant entertainment groups have for consumers.
And so many things whose existence was so unnecessary.
Oh, and the complete series (six seasons!) of "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" is 50 percent off its $232 sticker price.
No anarchy?
For months now, the anarchy graffiti was on the wall of the real estate office on 11th Street and Second Avenue.
And now...
Interpret this any way that you wish.
And now...
Interpret this any way that you wish.
Another Italian restaurant for Avenue B
I've been keeping an eye on 175 Avenue B at the corner of 11th Street. I've forgotten how many restaurants have been in here. (Uovo? Panificio?)
In any event, Spina opens at this spot tomorrow. It will be a nice Italian place with a sommelier. Paintings by Wayne Moseley will be on display there this month.
I think we will now officially have enough Italian restaurants in the neighborhood.
In any event, Spina opens at this spot tomorrow. It will be a nice Italian place with a sommelier. Paintings by Wayne Moseley will be on display there this month.
I think we will now officially have enough Italian restaurants in the neighborhood.
Summer rental
On 10th Street across from Tompkins Square Park. I'm curious what the neighbors think.
Noted
Mayor Bloomberg's youngest daughter, Georgina, provides show-riding outfits to needy people through her program, The Rider's Closet. 'People say I should be changing the world instead of doing this,' Georgina said. 'But I get letters from people all the time saying I've changed their lives by providing them riding clothes they couldn't afford.'" (New York Post)
Former Waldorf Hysteria space getting the plywood
The long-vacated Waldorf Hysteria space at 165 Avenue B between 10th Street and 11th Street is being renovated...
No word just yet on what this will become... Given recent trends, I'll go with a dry cleaners. There isn't one within 10 feet of this place.
No word just yet on what this will become... Given recent trends, I'll go with a dry cleaners. There isn't one within 10 feet of this place.
Noted
"Famed for its concentration of heavily subsidized 20-something residents — also nicknamed trust-funders or trustafarians — Williamsburg is showing signs of trouble. Parents whose money helped fuel one of the city’s most radical gentrifications in recent years have stopped buying their children new luxury condos, subsidizing rents and providing cash to spend at Bedford Avenue’s boutiques and coffee houses." (The New York Times)
The motorcycle diaries
There was a rather mysterious beeping noise on Fifth Street near Avenue A. Neighbors first started hearing it Thursday night. The source was traced to a covered motorcycle parked by the Con Ed Avenue A substation. As of yesterday, the motorcycle's alarm continued to make the beeps at intervals of 10 seconds or so.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Fewer noise complaints to 311 -- except for that increase in complaints about loud music and parties
As the Post notes today: "Noise complaints phoned into the city's 311 hot line between January and March plummeted 16.5 percent compared to the first quarter last year -- from 9,292 to 7,755 -- and city officials cited fewer construction projects and slowing commerce for the newfound tranquility."
However!
"Economic misery might be prompting New Yorkers to seek company at raucous parties. Complaints of loud music and parties surged 18 percent in the first three months of this year."
The Times on why NYC corporate law firms are becoming an endangered species
"As the apocalypse on Wall Street ripples out into the larger economy, a thick red tide is lapping at the once-impregnable foundations of New York’s corporate law firms, threatening to turn the industry — and with it, some iconic city characters — into an endangered species." (The New York Times)
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