[Christmas spirit at the 7-Eleven on the Bowery]
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Season's Greetings, etc.
Noted
Free Xmas trees on 1st Ave. outside Rite-Aid. twitter.com/evgrieve/statu…
— evgrieve (@evgrieve) December 25, 2012
When we shot turkeys on the Bowery for Christmas
Per the description at the New York Public Library Digital Galleries:
A Christmas "turkey-shoot" on the Bowery. (1897)
Happy holidays to you... and whatever your traditions are...
Monday, December 24, 2012
Henry with your coat so bright...
Andrew Adam Newman on Ave C shares this... from tonight in Tompkins Square Park ... with his dog Henry... "He was thrown over the fence at the Tompkins Square Park dog run and abandoned eight years ago."
And Henry has had a loving home ever since...
Looking at the snow (sort of), enjoying the quiet streets
Dave on 7th is out looking at the snow... and enjoying the empty holiday streets...
Breaking: Workers gutting Little Italy Pizza on Third Avenue
Little Italy Pizza opened up here at 23 Third Ave. at St. Mark's Place in August... and EVG regular Stephen Popkin notes this afternoon that workers were gutting the space... not sure yet if this is some kind of renovation or permanent closure...
Most recently, the space was home to Tahini, which closed for good in June... and a few years back... St. Mark's Pizza.
Anyway, did anyone ever try Little Italy Pizza? They had a breakfast deal too... Almost seemed like the brightest storefront around...
Most recently, the space was home to Tahini, which closed for good in June... and a few years back... St. Mark's Pizza.
Anyway, did anyone ever try Little Italy Pizza? They had a breakfast deal too... Almost seemed like the brightest storefront around...
SantaCon evil spreads upstate
EV Grieve reader John M. writes in ... he's upstate visiting relatives for the holidays... "and what greets me on the front page of the local newspaper, The Daily Gazette?"
The article is only available online to subscribers... the gist: A local named Michelle takes credit for 'borrowing' the idea from NYC, saying, "I usually go to the one in New York City, but I had my sister and niece visiting from Sicily. I couldn't miss out on all that time with them, so I got really bummed, because I would miss out on an annual thing with all my friends."
The article reports that she then organized her own event, initially for just a few friends, but that snowballed pretty quickly.
Per the article:
"In keeping with the theme of the New York City event, which is a fundraiser, [she] reached out to the Franklin County Community Center and promised to donate food, even if she had to go out and buy everything herself," the article states, and notes that a pickup truck filled with non-perishable food items by early afternoon.
Last paragraph of the story: "[She] hopes that in the future all the local bars will be open early for the event, and she also wants to see it expand with carolers in the streets, like in New York City."
John M. takes exception with that caroling part.
"She calls drunks screaming snatches of Christmas songs at the top of their lungs — even in subway cars — 'carolers?'"
The article is only available online to subscribers... the gist: A local named Michelle takes credit for 'borrowing' the idea from NYC, saying, "I usually go to the one in New York City, but I had my sister and niece visiting from Sicily. I couldn't miss out on all that time with them, so I got really bummed, because I would miss out on an annual thing with all my friends."
The article reports that she then organized her own event, initially for just a few friends, but that snowballed pretty quickly.
Per the article:
"In keeping with the theme of the New York City event, which is a fundraiser, [she] reached out to the Franklin County Community Center and promised to donate food, even if she had to go out and buy everything herself," the article states, and notes that a pickup truck filled with non-perishable food items by early afternoon.
Last paragraph of the story: "[She] hopes that in the future all the local bars will be open early for the event, and she also wants to see it expand with carolers in the streets, like in New York City."
John M. takes exception with that caroling part.
"She calls drunks screaming snatches of Christmas songs at the top of their lungs — even in subway cars — 'carolers?'"
Candlelight Caroling tonight in West Stuyvesant Square Park
Lordy I can still hear the drunken Santas butcher Run DMC's "Christmas in Hollis" on East Fifth Street that one Saturday...
[Pause]
Tonight at 5:30 in West Stuyvesant Square Park on Second Avenue and East 16th Street...
... there'll some classy holiday cheer...
IT WAAAAAAAS DECEMBER 24TH ON HOllllllllllis AVENUUEEEE... uh, faa lala IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME IN HOLLLLIS QUEEEEEEEEENS!
[Pause]
Tonight at 5:30 in West Stuyvesant Square Park on Second Avenue and East 16th Street...
... there'll some classy holiday cheer...
Puts the 'Ass' in Classic Burger
Resident claim: Living above Mighty Quinn's can be mighty smelly
Mighty Quinn's opened last Wednesday on Second Avenue and East Sixth Street, and people have been very enthusiastic about the Texas and Carolinas-inspired barbecue.
As Eater noted, pitmaster Hugh Mangum "is smoking all his meat in a pit the size of most people's livings rooms, using oak, apple, and cherry wood."
Sounds good, though perhaps not if you live in one of the apartments upstairs... A reader left this comment on a previous post:
The giant room-sized meat smoker has serious ventilation problems. We live in the building and our apartments & hallways reek of barbecue, all the way to the top floor — it's coming up through the radiators,walls & floors. Additionally, the ventilation system on the roof is going 24/7 & sounds like a jet plane idling. I'm sure everyone on the block can hear it. It's quite intrusive. The Health Dept. is coming to check it out. We're distressed! There's a reason smokehouses are located down country roads — they stink up the place, even if the food is delicious...
Previously on EV Grieve:
Life behind IHOP: 'My apartment now smells like the kitchen of a cheap hotel after the breakfast rush'
New signage for Zum Schneider, Kingston Hall
Just noting some new signage from last week... Zum Schneider has new letters on East Seventh Street and Avenue C...
[Dave on 7th]
... and Kingston Hall has a new awning/canopy on Second Avenue... at the former Holy Basil ...
Anyone been to Kingston Hall? Don't hear too much about it... kind of hard to spot before up above the 13th Step ... the Holy Basil awning was up until very recently too ...
... and Kingston Hall has a new awning/canopy on Second Avenue... at the former Holy Basil ...
Anyone been to Kingston Hall? Don't hear too much about it... kind of hard to spot before up above the 13th Step ... the Holy Basil awning was up until very recently too ...
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Candles for Joe Strummer
Candles remain at the Joe Strummer mural on East Seventh Street at Avenue A... yesterday marked the 10-year anniversary of the Clash co-founder's death... and I'm happy that people take the time to leave the tributes...
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