How warm did it get over the weekend?

Warm enough to turn on the AC for the first time this year at the Mars Bar...

"Splendor in the Grit"

Thanks to Facebook friend Stacy for pointing out an article by James Wolcott in the June Vanity Fair. Story title: Splendor in the Grit. It begins:

With Wall Street neutron-bombed by its own hubris and the American economy crawling along the curb, jitters have broken out that New York City might revert to the crumbling mayhem of the 70s, when it was every freaky hair ball and wounded bystander for himself—Mogadishu on the Hudson. When one ponders the 70s (as I, working on a memoir of the period, do), the word “pretty” doesn’t jeté to mind. Nor do the words “dulcet” and “fastidious.” From surviving artifacts, it’s easy to draw the impression that everybody was living in rubble and yelling like Vincent Gardenia.

Your daily update on what the ramenators are doing at the former Love Saves the Day space

Second Avenue and Seventh Street. Previously.

Coming soon to Avenue A: Wrestling tacos

Well, that's a rough translation. Next to Cafe Pick Me Up ... just past Ninth Street. And a few doors away from San Loco.

String art on 13th Street

Between Third Avenue and Second Avenue.







I cannot blow out matches.

Do not attempt to adjust your computer

Oh, just screwing around with some video I shot. It's best to play the videos at the same time.





[NYC's A Place to Bury Strangers at the Bowery Ballroom; Spider Man on Avenue C]

Dog day afternoon

At the South Street Seaport.

A hot ticket

At the Village East Cinema on Second Avenue at 12th Street.

What if you're self-employed?

Third Avenue near 11th Street.

What do you do with a drunken sailor?

A few more photos from the Loisaida Festival yesterday

I've noticed the trash overflow at every street fair I've walked through this year... Perhaps the city considers bringing in additional trash receptacles for all street fairs...?

At the Umbrella House: "A Gift to Your Eyes With Love"

The installation is up at the Umbrella House on Avenue C.

The Loisaida Festival is under way on Avenue C

Meanwhile, I find it odd that Cafe Pepe Rosso isn't open for breakfast like usual on a Sunday morning...



Melanie took some photos too.

Zum Schneider also closed during the Loisaida Festival

Updated: Hootenanny in Tompkins Square Park cancelled

Stupid weather... Slum Goddess, on the bill today at 3:30, reports the show has been cancelled...And now we're left humming "Deacon Blues..."




When: Sunday, May 24 2-6 p.m.
Where: Tompkins Square Park

Featuring:

Feral Foster - 2:00pm
Roger Manning - 2:30pm
Eden and John's East River String Band - 3:00pm
Hubby Jenkins - 3:30pm
Dom Flemons - 4:00pm

And thanks to The Shadow for sponsoring this...

Updated: Watching a mural/ad come to life on Houston and Avenue B

Here's a recap:

Wednesday. Work began Thursday morning.



Late Thursday afternoon



Late Friday afternoon



Saturday morning



Sunday



And thanks to a reader for pointing out what this is an ad for....

"Hip Manhattan-ites" wanted! Someone plans to make a reality show about dog runs

Spotted on St. Mark's Place and Avenue A. "Please send a photo of you and your furry friend." Heh.

Free clothes give-a-way today

Today on Avenue C between Eighth Street and Seventh Street.

The streets and sidewalks seem pretty empty this holiday weekend except for...

...all those people standing in line for brunch at Clinton Street Bakery Company....

Something new and different: Street fair!

On Third Avenue, from Fifth Street to 14th Street.

Meanwhile! There's also a street fair on 10th Street between Second Avenue and First Avenue... as part of the Lower East Side Festival of the Arts.