Oh, Christmas trees!

The trees have arrived on Second Avenue in front of the St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery...




I have my eye on the one on the left.



Previously on EV Grieve:
First sign of Christmas trees

Zines, which never really went away, are making a comeback

There's a trends piece in the Post today on zines making a comeback. (I never thought that they went away, but, you know, with stupid blogs and stuff....)

Anyway! To the story!

Jenna Freedman, the zine librarian at Barnard, thinks that part of the allure is a reaction to our digital age. "People are overwhelmed by the online world, and retreating to something more manageable and tangible like print feels soothing."

Ayun Halliday started her zine, "The East Village Inky," in 1998 and resisted the pressure to switch to a blog. "I'm a paper fetishist," says the 44-year-old mom of two who lives in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. "I like to think of someone discovering an issue in an attic or a dusty bookstore 20, 50 or 100 years from now." Her latest project is a Zinester’s Guide to NYC.

New York's zine scene is a mix of Gen X veterans, like Halliday, who never stopped publishing, and younger enthusiasts. Freedman has had prospective students who have no memory of life before blogs request tours of the zine library during campus visits.

First, I was always a Generation X fan.



(Try embedding a video in a zine, suckers!)

But seriously, I love zines. And I've kicked around the idea of creating a zine. Jeremiah has had similar thoughts. In fact, I may have stolen the idea from him!

For further reading:
Zine fest (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)

Archiving a collection of LES protest fliers

Missed this piece in the Times yesterday about Time's Up! founder Bill DiPaola. His collection of fliers and artwork from nearly two decade's worth of Lower East Side protests is becoming part of an archive at NYU.

[Photo: Kirsten Luce for The New York Times]

Bloomberg spent nearly $183 per vote

From the City Room:

To eke out a narrow re-election victory over the city’s understated comptroller, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg spent $102 million of his own money, or about $183 per vote, according to data released on Friday, making his bid for a third term the most expensive campaign in municipal history.

And the $102 million tab is likely to rise: the mayor has not yet doled out his storied bonuses to campaign workers, which can top $100,000 a person. That spending will not be reported until after his inauguration.

Books that we found on a bench in Tompkins Square Park yesterday

Say, who's the school reporter there interviewing Betty. Is that Big Ethel Muggs?

Me too

EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning edition

Excellent new exhibit at Bullet Space (Blah Blog Blah) Jill also published an East Third Street photo essay.

Pizza at Ray's? (Neither More Nor Less)

An idea for your leftovers (With Leftovers)

Why it should be Black Sabbath Day today (Flaming Pablum)

One reason to go to the Time Warner Center (Stupefaction)

Legendary New York Yankees PA announcer Bob Sheppard officially retires (The Sporting News)

Thanksgiving at HoJo's (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)

How those lights get up on the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree (Lost City)

East River String Band's new CD "Drunken Barrel House Blues" is now available (Slum Goddess)

Fliers around Tompkins Square Park offer a $3,000 reward for puppy lost in Flushing

First sign of Christmas trees

The trees have arrived on 14th Street and First Avenue...in front of O'Hanlon's...




And the trees should be here any minute on Second Avenue in front of the St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery

Black Friday update: Live from the front lines

The Duane Reade on 14th Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue was free of pesky shoppers...



Ample supplies of JLo and Halle Berry scents still available...

Get Local

But seriously...when it comes to shopping... The East Village Community Coalition has released the 3rd edition of its "Get Local" Shopping Guide. As the EVCC notes:

Remember, when you choose locally over mega-chains, you:

-Create local jobs with fair living wages

-Choose creativity and personality over uniformity

-Keep more money in the community

-Provide economic activity and stability

-Sustain small business owners who strengthen the local economy

-Defend our neighborhood's identity

-Fight the lie that low prices at chain stores make up for the loss of local business ownership

"The Brooklyn Heist" starts tonight at the Theatre 80

Movies return tonight to the Theatre 80 on St. Mark's Place. Check their Web site for show times.

The Blarney Cove was not open last evening

And I recall the bar being open on previous Thanksgivings... Always a good place to spend the afternoon.

Giving thanks....

Just an appreciation of a few of the places that make the neighborhood what it is... There are plenty more places, of course...but to get us started...

St. Brigid's




Whole Earth Bakery and Kitchen.




Lucy's.




Ray's.





and the free concerts in the Park...




The Odessa.




The Blarney Cove.

Live-blogging the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!

Finally. Hey. Who's hosting the parade this year?



Are you sure that the parade is on Channel 35?

Live-blogging the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!

Another commercial. Hmm.



Wow, NBC is desperate for advertisers.

Live-blogging the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!

I did this last year. Jokingly! But I'm much more serious about things this year. So let's do it!



Oh. Commercial.

Because you're going to need a drink tomorrow

Jesus, why did your sister move there? A work-in-progress list of bars that will be open on Thanksgiving:

7B -- Noon to 4 a.m.

Mona's -- 6 p.m. to 4 a.m.

Parkside Lounge -- 4 p.m. to 4 a.m.

Mars Bar -- Noon to 4 a.m.

The Library -- 2 p.m. to 4 a.m. (potluck Thanksgiving feast at 6 p.m.)

Doc Holliday's -- 2 p.m. to close. Featuring an Orphans Thanksgiving with Miss Li.

The Pyramid -- Open per usual with '80s night

Also...at Odessa...

Where you won't be drinking tomorrow: Lucy's

Because she's on holiday...

Nothing better than the pre-holiday rush in the neighborhood...

...except maybe sitting at a bar watching it unfold over drinks...

Still. A few favorites.

At J. Baczynsky's East Village Meat Market...



Outside DeRobertis Pasticceria and Caffe on First Avenue...



Looking at the Thanksgiving pies at Something Sweet on First Avenue at 11th Street...

Rumors!: Will PJ Hanley's be opening a pizza shop on First Avenue?

Following up on the scoop from yesterday, intrepid EV Grieve reader dmbream has heard that the PJ Hanley's folks will be opening a pizza shop at 122 First Ave. Makes sense, given that the Carroll Gardens location added a coal-burning pizza oven last year.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Carroll Gardens institution PJ Hanley's opening an East Village outpost on First Avenue

Owners of Molly's Pub giving FiDi a gastro pub

Peter O'Connell and John Ronaghan, the proprietors behind Molly's Pub on Third Avenue and the Paris Bar and Grill on South Street, are opening a new gastro pub at 110 John Street in the Financial District. A liquor license is pending.




This is the former home of One Ten Bar & Grill, which closed in February.

Since Le Souk has closed...

So yeah, since nightlife hellhole Le Souk has moved on ... the doorways of the adjacent apartment buildings on Avenue B between Third Street and Fourth Street have been painted...

Now!




Then!



Previously.