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Christmas Light in the East Village
2007-11-29 04:20:00 Christmas Light Christmas is on its way! Woohoo! I’m a “Christmas guy” which doesn’t mean I’d feel best walking around in a Santa suit but I respect the greying red-clothed hombre who ‘visits’ every December 25. This weekend will be a festival of yuletide decoration and frivolity. Plans are already in ... More About: Christmas , East , East Village , New York City
Cafe Cortadito - Sugar and Petals
2007-11-27 05:34:00 Cafe Cortadito - Sugar and Petals “Wow, a place with no line for Sunday brunch,” was my first thought when I walked into Cafe Cortadito on East Third Street between Avenues B and C in New York City’s East Village. My second thought was, “Must be something wrong here.” My ... More About: Food , Cafe
Fog Over Ground Zero - 11/14/2007
2007-11-15 04:09:00 WTC Fog As I approached the office this morning, I was struck by the smoke or fog that was coming off the Hudson and seeping between the World Financial Center towers. It was reminiscent of 9/11 but, as it turns out, it was all fog created by fluctuating temperatures ... More About: Ground , East Village , New York City , Ground Zero
Stand Burger in the Village
2007-11-14 13:51:00 Stand Menu - Pre-burger Last weekend, I discovered yet another downtown burger restaurant, Stand (which opened in December 2006), located on 12th Street in 10003 of New York City. I guess there’s a resurgence in the interest of ground beef. Someone suggested to me that it has to ... More About: Food , Burger , Village , Stand , Villa
East Houston Hotel Lobby Offers Dry Place to Sit
2007-10-29 03:47:00 East Houston Hotel I visited the lobby of the chic and supposedly thrifty East Houston Hotel today after several weeks of passing by and yearning for a look. All I can say is.. the lobby is small but the chairs look comfortable (Hotel Chatter concurs) and the front desk ... More About: East , East Village , New York City , Offers
Rain Brings Cooler Temps; Makes East Village Subways More Attractive
2007-10-25 03:25:00 The Wet Pavement of 10009 Fall is here, I think. Temperatures plummeted into the 50s according to the weather gods this evening and it seems that global warming is all a bunch of hooey. In my estimation, it should have been in the 80s at least until November ... More About: Rain , East , East Village , New York City , Village
Whitney Museum Visit: Danny Lyon and Mo Modern
2007-10-24 04:50:00 Silhouettes at the Whitney Last Saturday included an uptown visit by EVP to 75th Street and Madison Avenue in New York City ’s Upper East Side and the Whitney Museum which features modern and contemporary american art - and is a museum of which I am a member. I’ve continuously been ... More About: Danny , East Village , Modern
Cooper Square Hotel Almost Done, Bond NoHo Hotel Next
2007-10-23 13:33:00 Cooper Square Hotel - 10/20/2007 The Cooper Square Hotel skin continues to expand with just 5 floors to go until it completely envelops the little helicopter pad on top - or is it a rocket launcher? There’s more interesting history on what the Cooper Square Hotel has flattened over on Vanishing ... More About: Bond , Cooper , East Village , New York City
The Quiet of Belmont Racetrack in New York City?s Suburbs
2007-10-04 04:27:00 Blue Sky at Belmont For those who’ve been to Belmont Racetrack, it’s a green behemoth which provokes a certain degree of awe while gently removing your money at the same time. Last Saturday, with my hand taking firm hold of my wallet, I re-visited “the track” in the NYC suburb ... More About: New York , York , East Village , New York City , City
Enormous Electric Bill at Cooper Square Hotel
2007-09-25 12:55:00 Megawatt Cooper Square Hotel It’s Christmas in September at the Cooper Square Hotel! In anticipation of my predicted February 2008 opening, the Peck Moss Group (or is it just Moss Group? See Hotel Chatter’s latest update.) is lighting up the East Village skies of New York City with thousands of incandescent ... More About: Electric
East Village Blog Gets Apple iPhone; Life Changes
2007-09-23 02:48:00 As I sit post-burger at Royale, my new second home on Avenue C between 9th and 10th Sts., my new Apple iPhone is pounding out its first blog post. I bought my latest gadget at the Apple Store in Soho around 6:30 p.m. last night. The switchover from my Verizon plan to ATT ... More About: Life , Iphone , Blog , East
Tompkins Square Park Runs (Circus) Amok
2007-09-17 02:35:00 Circus Amok in Tompkins Square Park Even children got into the act during Circus Amok’s colorful, late afternoon performance in Tompkins Square Park on Sunday. A “brainstorming” session required audience participation to answer the question “How do we eliminate war?” One creative, young person answered simply, “Make rainbows.” Tags: east village, new york ... More About: East Village , New York City , Runs , Circus
San Gennaro Festival in Little Italy: Stuffed Animals Beware
2007-09-16 22:53:00 Stuffed Animal Slaughter Yesterday’s beautiful weather drew me downtown to NYC’s Mulberry Street for the San Gennaro Festival - scene of this (see photo) grisly stuffed animal target practice. The sad looking animals appeared resigned to their fate: going home with sticky-fingered kids and girlfriends. This is not ... More About: Italy , Animals , East Village , New York City
Cooper Square Hotel To Open February 1, 2008
2007-09-16 18:33:00 September 15, 2007 at the Cooper Square Hotel Is it done yet? The Cooper Square Hotel continues to be built at an elderly snail’s pace that has not been experienced in the East Village of New York City since …. I don’t know. It’s been a while. Check out the ... More About: Open
The Violets Play Lit Lounge Tonight for Ron Paul
2007-09-15 22:47:00 The Violets will be playing for the Ron Paul 2008 campaign tonight, 9/15 at Lit Lounge in the East Village of New York City (Second Avenue between 4th and 5th Streets in 10003). Scheduled starting time for the band’s set is 10:00 p.m. All are welcome. With their YouTube success in tow, The Violets hope ... More About: Play
Subway Silence Over the Years: From the N to the F Train
2007-09-13 04:35:00 Subway Feet (ripple dissolve) It’s the late 80s and I’ve been in the city for all of a week while stationed with two friends in Astoria, Queens. After holing up in their apartment, I decide to trek into the city (Manhattan, for you out-of-towners) by subway and leave from the Broadway ... More About: Train , East Village , New York City , Subway , Years Warning: preg_replace() [function.preg-replace]: Unknown modifier '1' in /home/blogtop/public_html/blogdetails.php on line 149
Ground Zero - 9/11/2007
2007-09-12 13:44:00 More About: Ground , East Village , New York City , Ground Zero
Catopus and Howl Festival in Tompkins Square Park
2007-09-10 00:46:00 Catopus in Tompkins Square Park As the Polis blog notes, the green of Tompkins Square Park was ringed by artwork for this weekend’s Howl Festival in the East Village . Music included a performance on Saturday afternoon by The Little Death NYC featuring Moby - I ‘airballed’ the performance. Sorry, Mr. Moby. (But ... More About: New York City
Mike Nelson?s A Psychic Vacuum in New York City?s Lower East Side
2007-09-09 01:45:00 Mike Nelson on Delancey U.K. contemporary artist, Mike Nelson, has undertaken an original installation at the Old Essex Market at 117 Delancey Street in New York City’s Lower East Side with the support of Creative Time - who promote “the most innovative art in the public realm”. No question about it. ... More About: Vacuum
Jury Duty, Day 1: Justice Entertains
2007-09-06 23:53:00 Today was Day 1 of jury duty in the New York State court system down on Centre Street in 10007. I won’t give any more details because… well.. maybe you’re not supposed to blog about this stuff when you’re dutying (don’t quote me on that). I know that jury duty can be a pain. It ... More About: Justice , East Village , New York City , Entertain , Duty
SoHo Square?s General Artigas on Sixth Avenue
2007-09-06 03:23:00 The General Con Ado. Avenue of the Americas is not a name I usually use for Sixth Avenue. After taking a picture of a statue over on the Avenue near Spring Street the other day, the “Americas” part of the Avenue has begun to take shape for me beginning ... More About: East Village , New York City , Soho
Burger Battle: Westville East vs. Royale
2007-09-05 04:38:00 Westville East vs. Royale Burger s… like manna from the midwest, they have infiltrated our culture and expanded our butts, thighs and guts. Tonight, in an epic battle of well-ground beef, an East Village blog determined who has the better burger: Westville East or Royale. As pictured, on the left, with an estimated ... More About: Battle , Competitive
Union Square Greenmarket: Let?s Get Ready to Rumble
2007-09-04 13:08:00 Greenmarket Corn Cobs On Saturday, I passed through the swarm at the Greenmarket in New York City’s Union Square area just below 17th street between Park Avenue South and Broadway. It’s great to see and buy fresh vegetables and fresh breads and fresh fish and all that… yet, ... More About: Food , Union Square , Ready , Get Ready
My Crocs: Can Fashion And Comfort Co-Exist?
2007-09-04 12:40:00 Crocs: East Village Style. I have never been one for fashion. I grew up in plaid flannel shirts. I’ll die in plaid flannel shirts. In between, though, I’m for experimentation which brings me to my Crocs - a purchase made at the beginning of Summer 2007 and meant to ... More About: Fashion , New York City , Crocs , Exist
The New Cheap Eats? Dojo?s on St. Marks? Replacement
2007-09-04 00:31:00 Dojo’s Deconstructed. Today’s Labor Day stroll included 8th street between 2nd and 3rd avenues - more commonly known as St. Marks Place - where I walked by the location of the old Dojo’s at 26 St. Marks Place. Though still not ready to serve ‘eats,’ the new restaurant or ... More About: East Village , New York City , Cheap , Dojo
Sharing Your Wi-Fi in the East Village, and Downgrading Your Airport Extrem
2007-09-01 18:35:00 If you have wi-fi, do you keep your internet access open to all - or do you password protect it? In the past year, I’ve drawn from my egalitarian inclinations and have left it wide open. For the past two weeks, the wireless generosity has come full circle. I’ve been using someone else’s ... More About: Technology , Airport , East , East Village , Village
Peck Moss Cooper Square Hotel Resembles Enormous Vibrator
2007-08-27 03:15:00 The Vibrating Cooper Square Hotel Is it me, or is this thing starting to look like a big ole vibe? Please view the ribbed edges currently visible on the Peck Moss Group’s Cooper Square Hotel facade. I am thinking someone’s getting off. Given the metal sheath (windows) ... More About: East Village , New York City
Beneath The Deutsche Banc Building
2007-08-27 00:08:00 Beneath The D eutsche Banc Building . I went to O’Hara’s Restaurant and Pub in NYC on Thursday and was met by a police officer who was preventing people from using tiny Cedar St. - unless you said the magic words: “I’m going to O’Hara’s.” Yeah, baby. Even though the horrifying Deutsche ... More About: East Village , New York City
Thai Me Up: Sea vs. Thailand Cafe
2007-08-23 02:41:00 Thai Me Up: Sea vs. Thailand Cafe Tonight, in a battle of chicken pad thais, the restaurants Sea and Thailand Cafe stepped forward with their renditions of the popular dish on the East Village Podcasts blog. As seen in the left of the picture, in the circular dish ... More About: Thai
First Above Ground, Permanent Structure Appears at WTC Site
More articles from this author:2007-08-23 02:03:00 World Trade Center - 8/22/07 For months I have gazed out the office window towards ‘the hive’ of activity at Ground Zero, former location of the World Trade Center buildings 1 and 2. Finally - at least to my eyes - there appears to be a permanent, above-ground-level structure. As ... More About: Site , East Village , New York City , Structure 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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