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.