Baseball caps, durags, hoodies and baggy clothing aren't considered "proper attire" at La Linea

First Avenue near First Street.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Posts that I never got around to posting: Mad hatters

A model condo: An angel will try to earn her wings while living at the District

So, per usual, I was reading talkingmakeup.com, you know, the daily makeup and beauty blog, and I came across this item of interest.

For the first time ever, Victoria’s Secret has opened its legendary runway to the public by holding open casting events in New York City, Miami, Los Angeles and Chicago where the country’s most beautiful women competed for a chance to be the next Victoria’s Secret’s Runway Angel.

A Victoria’s Secret panel of experts have narrowed down the field to 10 finalists, who were flown to New York City to take part in “Angel Boot Camp,” a series of challenges where the contestants will show their photogenic qualities, prove their abilities as a spokesmodel, show off their red carpet star quality and radiate charisma while walking a runway in lingerie.

Yeah, yeah, blah, blah...(Oh, wait: radiate charisma?)

While in New York, the finalists will stay at The District, a luxury condo building in the heart of Manhattan’s financial district boasting spectacular views of downtown Manhattan. Throughout their stay, the aspiring models will also enjoy such amenities as a roof deck with four pools, a lounge/library with fireplace, a billiards room, screening room and such elegant furniture by RentQuest.

That's one way to lure some horndogs to live in the District at 111 Fulton St., where some units are available.

Oh, and the weekly webisodes from Angel Boot Camp started airing last night, pervs. And I can't wait for the webisode where the models have to radiate charisma while walking past the MTA's Fulton Street pit and working a shift in the Nassau Bar...

Craigslist ad of the day: Ivy League grad seeks "Bubble Butt with Brains"

Tall, Cute, Generous, Ivy League Grad seeks Bubble Butt with Brains - 39 (East Village)
Date: 2009-11-06, 4:43PM EST
Reply To This Post

Hi. I'm an unattached, overworked attorney and have no time for dating, which is why I'm looking for a smart, sexy sugar baby girl, 18 to 25 years old of White, Asian, or Latina descent, for a casual, long-term mutually beneficial relationship or arrangement. I prefer curvy to voluptuous with a small waist and nice, big round bubble butt. If you're in college or grad school, in need of a weekly allowance to help with bills and the like, then contact me now. Maybe you're also in need of a worldly, well-read mentor, benefactor, and gentleman. Pics for pics, I must insist.

* Location: East Village
* it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

Via Legal Antics.

A quick look inside the former Olivio's

Olivio's, the homey part gaming/part yarn shop at 55 Avenue C closed after 36 years this past July. While there was a modest rent increase, the father-son operation just couldn't make a go of it here anymore between Third Street and Fourth Street.

I got a quick look inside the other evening...Someone was doing some repairs on the floor, though it didn't seem as if another tenant was coming to this space anytime soon.

Noted

"At first glance, the term 'jazz rabbi' might seem incongruous, but the recent installation of Greg Wall, a well-known jazz musician, as the rabbi at the Sixth Street Community Synagogue, a modern Orthodox congregation in the East Village, shows that the porkpie and the yarmulke are not necessarily mutually exclusive." (The New York Times)

At least the South Street Seaport waited until after Halloween to put up the Christmas tree

The tree went up over the weekend...And, on a personal note: I'm just not ready for this!

How dry I am: That forgotten little plant at Kurve

Whenever I walk by the kraptacular Kurve on Second Avenue and Fifth Street, I see the sad little plant that has apparently been forgotten by the Thai Troopers behind the window screen.





The poor little thing. Just needs a little soil. Some water. Some Pad See Lew. Something.

In the new New York even the smokestacks have to be pretty

For some reason I've always liked those four smokestacks at the ConEd plant at 14th Street and the East River...I like the industrial look, I suppose...



In recent weeks, though, I've noticed that the stacks are getting a new coat of paint...

Late night with 123 Third Ave.

Onward and upwards at 123 Third Ave. and 14th Street. The new 18-story glassy condo continues to take shape... still no information on the 123 Web site or details on a sales office, though.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Easy as...123 rises
Stopping work at 123 Third Ave.

Bread and buttah may officially be toast

Perhaps the saga of Bread and Butta on Avenue C near 11th Street is coming to an end. We've seen various legal documents slapped on the storefront this past year...and now, the windows have been whited out...



...and yet another legal notice awaits the owners. This one looks pretty final. Thanks to EV Grieve reader DianeB for this shot...



As far as we know, the place never even had the chance to open.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Bread and Butta needs more bread

Noted

On 12th Street near Avenue B.

Kind of a funny public service announcement at a Cemusa shelter where buses idle like five minutes waiting to board passengers

Avenue C near Seventh Street.

Does Mark Sanchez have a "C.C. and Company" in his future?

Overheard one of the those "Is Mark-Sanchez-the-next-Joe-Namath" conversations the other day. I think they were talking about on the field. Or maybe off the field? The Jets rookie QB has already been featured in a cheesy photo spread...and has appeared in commercials... Fine, fine. Now he needs to star in an unintentionally hilarious biker movie, such as 1970's "C.C. and Company," like Broadway Joe. (Bought my copy when Woolworth's was going out of business on 14th Street.)



Oh, how romantic!




P.S.

Posts that I never got around to posting: When a limited time means the rest of the year

On Avenue B near Second Street. Took this photo about three weeks ago...

Posts that I never got around to posting: The kitty and the cow

On the Bowery.

Posts that I never got around to posting: The latest (when I took the photo) art on the "crazy landlord" building

Third Street and Second Avenue. Future home of the Belgian Ale House?

Posts that I never got around to posting: Somewhere in Brighton Beach

You know, just something about an ad for hemorrhoids next to a "Deli & Appetizing" sign.

Posts that I never got around to posting: Bicycles vs. fences

Took these in September on Third Street between Avenue A and Avenue B. Am curious what came first, the bicycles or the signs...

Posts that I never got around to posting: Pizza or pasta for dinner?

Videos that I never got around to posting: Things that I find oddly comforting

That hummmmmmm at the ConEd substation on Avenue A between Fifth Street and Sixth Street.

With many apologies

Mötley Crüe - Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)
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I missed this gem by Alex over at the New York Nobody Sings.

There are plenty of music videos that seem to go out of their way to feature Manhattan. For example, Motley Crue's largely lamentable "Girl Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)" finds preternaturally annoying vocalist Vince Neil living in a spacious loft in the meatpacking district (while his band mates are still walking around Hollywood). Sixteen years after said video was filmed, the building that Vince supposedly lived in -- then the headquarters of legitimate meatpacking firm, Western Beef -- was turned into a tony Belgian restaurant called Markt. That restaurant lost its lease in 2007, and the space is now the home of the meatpacking district's own needless branch of The Apple Store.

Fence going up around the old Cooper Union Engineering Building: Demoliton to follow?

Haven't addressed the Cooper Union Engineering Building demo rumor since at least May.

Previously.

Homer getting whitewashed at the Cooper Square Hotel?

Previously.

Outside the Mars Bar: The quick and the dead

Was poking around Flickr for some Mars Bar photos the other day...and came across this classic uploaded Nov. 1. (Reprinted with permission from the photographer.)

Feed me with your dis

Anyway, the East Village is Dead mural continues to attract attention... there seems to be a new addition every time I walk by...and the mural probably already looks different since I took these shots...





Previously.

Le Gamin is now the Village Bistro East

Just yesterday, an EV Grieve reader asked:

I happened to walk by there [Wednesday] and it appears that the renovations are indeed continuing. The Le Gamin sign however, has mysteriously disappeared...

New name? New restaurant? New owners?

Here's what Eater had to report back on Sept. 28:

Just a quick note to assuage the East Villagers in the crowd. A number of readers have written in both here and on EV Grieve to report that Le Gamin on East 5th St. between Aves A and B—the last Le Gamin in Manhattan—has closed. A worker at Black Iron Burger Shop next door reports that no, they are just renovating, extensively. They will reopen with the same name but a different "theme" and a more "modern" look on October 10. Funnily enough, the restaurant closed for renos just one year ago when the original owner...

As the chalkboard sign shows, Le Gamin is now the Village Bistro East. It opened last night.




So... new name. New theme. Same owners.

Previously.

Avenue B's pretzel logic

Always Hungry reports that the long-dormant space at 29 Avenue B near Third Street is now home to the Sigmund Pretzel Shop, owned by two former Bouley staffers. Per Sigmund:

The Salted and Seeded Pretzels (three kinds: Caraway, Sesame and Poppy Pretzels) cost $2.50 each. Flavored pretzels (Jalapeño-Cheddar and Cinnamon Raisin) cost $3.00 each. There will also be pretzel dips: whipped butter, whole-grain mustard, cream cheese, warm three-cheese sauce, horseradish-mayo and Nutella. Pretzels come with one dip; additional dips cost 75¢ each. A half-dozen pretzels of any variety with three dips costs $16.00. A dozen pretzels with six dips costs $30.00.

(via Eater)

P.S.
The Steely Dan reference is to drive Slum Goddess batty. (Battier?)

"Fat Cats" in the neighborhood

Ha. Not what you think...



Along Avenue A at 11th Street. Details about the short film here.

Emergency renovations shutter Paradis To-Go

EV Grieve reader Eric notes that the Paradis To-Go cafe on Fourth Avenue near 12th Street is currently closed for emergency renovations. He also wonders if they're losing business to the new Think Coffee up the Avenue.

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Books Through Bars is out of money, so....

From the good people at ABC No Rio:

Books Through Bars Bingo

Books Through Bars is out of money, so we're playing cheap/fun/awesome Bingo to pay for postage and keep sending packages full of books to folks incarcerated in America's broken prison system.

It's free to get in, cheap ($1!) to play, and we'll have beer from the Brooklyn Brewery for sale. Plus you'll be playing for totally rad prizes from places like:

NY Adorned Tattoo Shop, Bluestockings Bookstore, Le Poisson Rouge, St. Marks Bookshop, NYC Hall of Science, the Angelika, IFC Film Center, the Beehive Collective and much more.

Dope beats from DJ No Flag, color commentary from the loudest nun you know — basically, you should be there:

Books Through Bars Bingo
ABC No Rio (156 Rivington St), Friday Nov. 6th at 8pm.

Read more about the program here.

Construction starts on new Ninth Street senior facility

Work has started on the Dona Petra Santiago Apartments on East Ninth Street between Avenue C and Avenue D. Plans call for an eight-story, 57-unit facility for seniors.



While this is a good thing for the community, a few neighbors weren't pleased to discover that construction starts at 7 a.m.




The residents of one building were told by management that construction wouldn't start until 8 and never on weekends. Work is expected to be done during the winter of 2011.