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The National at South Street Seaport in NYC
2007-08-18 20:59:00 South Street Seaport Sky Met a couple of friends last night at the River to River Festival which included 3 bands - among them, the increasingly popular, The National . Still a bit on the indie fringe (thankfully), the National put on a free concert as part of the city’s summer music series. Intermittent rainstorms ... More About: East Village , New York City , South
Dog Fight: Dawgs On Park vs. Crif Dogs
2007-08-17 03:23:00 Dog Fight : Dawgs on Park vs. Crif Dogs This is the kind of battle that Michael Vick should have preferred. In a showdown of two East Village hot dog purveyors, EVP decides who has the best beefy treat between two buns. On the left, from 7th street between Avenues A ... More About: Food
Mild Summer Weather and Blackout 2003 in the East Village
2007-08-12 18:44:00 East Village Sunset in August 12, 2007 What a perfect summer Saturday yesterday. Normally, my fellow East Village residents and I have experienced the warmest weather of the year during the first couple of weeks of August. Yesterday - high of 80, little humidity. Certainly, it’s refreshing. But, ... More About: Weather , Summer , East , East Village , New York City
East Houston Hotel: More Hotels in the East Village Vicinity
2007-08-10 01:50:00 East Houston Hotel An evening stroll in the Wednesday swelter brought a sidewalk glimpse of the East Houston Hotel. A tidy little chocolate cake of a hotel, the East Houston Hotel on the corner of Houston and Eldridge looks, well, looks good from what I can saw ... More About: Hotels , East , East Village , New York City
Meat-Off: Bereket Vs. Kebab Garden
2007-08-09 03:09:00 Meat-Off: Bereket Vs. Kebab Garde n Vegetarians: Read no further. It’s time for the long awaited “Meat-Off” between Turkish street food vendors Bereket and Kebab Garden! I’ve been waiting for this battle-turkal (another new word from EVP) for quite a while. Today’s the day for a comparison of doner kebab (lamb) sandwiches ... More About: Food , Meat , Arden
Torrential Rains In NYC?s East Village
2007-08-08 15:52:00 Subways Down in the East Villa ge Local EV residents were forced out of the subways and into the streets today as a freak, end-of-the-world, rainstorm not only stopped the transit system but turned my roof into a freshwater lake. In spite of the dead pigeon, I was able to unclog the roof ... More About: East Village , New York City
NYC Band, The Violets, Creates Ron Paul Campaign Song
2007-08-07 22:59:00 Roger Carmien, drummer for The Violets, has ‘tipped off’ EVP that the New York City band has created a campaign song for Ron Paul . Developed over the past weekend, the song’s catchy lyrics provide more fuel to the fire of the country’s fastest growing, grassroots, presidential campaign. Scroll down, or visit YouTube to ... More About: Band , Song , Campaign , East Village
Ramen Setagaya Saturday Night
2007-08-07 03:48:00 The Ramen Setagaya Kitchen Last Saturday night, I traveled uptown to Ramen Setagaya on First Avenue between 8th and 9th Strees. Ramen Setagaya is an import and - according to a friend of mine - is the “Japanese McDonald’s.” I can’t say I found this heartening, initially. But, ... More About: Food , Night , Amen
Bowery Wine Company in Avalon Bowery Place
2007-08-05 23:35:00 Bowery Wine Company There’s a new wine bar coming to the East Village of New York City and it’s called “Bowery Wine Company” - or at least that’s what it says in the window. (see photo) According to the poster, the Bowery Wine Company is trying to get its liquor ... More About: Place
New Cooper Union Academic Building Bubbles
2007-08-05 17:37:00 Cooper Union - The New One It appears that the hole on Third Avenue between 6th and 7th streets is ready, and now Cooper Union just needs to fill it. As detailed extensively by the architecture firm chosen for the new “Academic Building ” construction, Morphosis, and its top architect, Thomas Mayne, the anti-building ... More About: Cooper , East Village
Cooper Square Hotel on 7/21 - Beam Me Down, Scottie
2007-07-21 21:08:00 Cooper Square Hotel - 7/21 My hike to the post office today included a weekly ‘inspection’ of the Cooper Square Hotel site which never ceases to amaze. Seems like they’re rebuilding it like it’s somebody’s erector set ‘game’. This photo was taken just when I arrived at ... More About: Cooper , East Village , New York City , Beam
Kai Kai Thai Bistro - Get Your East Village Pad Thai
2007-07-21 20:53:00 Kai Kai Thai Sign Today’s neighborhood wanderings took me to Kai Kai Thai Bistro.. a thai restaurant on Avenue A between 8th and 9th Streets in New York City’s East Village . Primarily a thai to-go spot, this tiny eatery has a few tables (meaning three tables) if you demand ... More About: Food , East Village
Cooper Square Hotel - 07/07/07
2007-07-08 01:32:00 Cooper Square Hotel - 7/7/7 The Cooper Square Hotel in New York City continues its inexorable rise into the clouds. As seen in this photograph, a crane is trying to punch a hole in the sky and make room for this rising tower of East Village Babel. On a more positive note, that’s ... More About: Cooper
The Violets Play Luna Lounge Tonight
2007-07-06 22:51:00 New York City-based band, The Violets, play Luna Lounge tonight in Williamsburgh, Brooklyn. Having just touched base with drummer, Roger Carmien, on tonight’s set, this Violets show sounds like another rocker. The additional size of the Luna Lounge space in comparison to recent Violets NYC venues should lend itself well to the band’s poppy, boppy, topical ... More About: Play , East Village , New York City
Lotus Lounge
2007-07-03 05:28:00 Lotus Lounge Yesterday’s entertaiment included a visit to the Lotus Lounge on the corner of Stanton and Clinton on the Lower East Side of New York City . Disappointingly, there was no free wi-fi where I was sitting. As I looked around the cafe, I was quite sure that those bastards ... More About: East Village , Lotus
Sundaes and Cones
2007-06-17 02:09:00 Sundaes and Cones in New York City’s East Village Tucked away on 10th st. between 3rd and 4th avenues in NYC’s East Village, you will find the amply-supplied, homemade ice cream shop, Sundaes and Cones. As with any store of this vernacular, when I ventured inside on a ... More About: Food , Sundae
Robert Scarano Building on the Bowery
2007-06-10 02:35:00 Robert Scarano Foundation on the Bowery The 15 story or 17 story building that is being built by Robert Scarano on the Bowery between 3rd and 4th Streets in New York City ’s East Village is starting to take shape as I walked by the tiny plot today. A foundation ... More About: Building , Robert , Cara
Nicky?s Vietnamese Sandwiches
2007-06-02 20:45:00 Nickys Vietnamese Sandwich es in 10009 Having just gulped down a ‘classic vietnamese sandwich’ from Nicky’s Vietnamese Sandwiches in New York City’s East Village, I can honestly say this is one of new favorite takeout spots in the neighborhood. A friend suggested I check out the little ‘hole in the wall’ ... More About: Food , Ames
Dumpling Man
2007-05-30 04:32:00 Outside Dumpling Man Everyone seems to like Dumpling Man. And now that -very definitely- includes me. In the past two weeks, I believe I’ve eaten dinner there four times. You gotta be a dumpling guy to eat that many times at Dumpling Man. Located on 8th St. between First Avenue and Avenue ... More About: Food
Key Lime Pie - Steve?s Authentic, Red Hook
2007-05-29 02:59:00 Key Lime Pie To Go Sunday was another trip of Red Hook culinary revelation, as I walked around the industrial, growing neighborhood and ended up at Steve ’s Authentic Key Lime Pie. The entrance to Steve’s is unassuming enough in a beautiful old Brooklyn waterfront warehouse. A small, but lime-needy queue of ... More About: Food , Then
Caracas To Go
2007-05-27 04:06:00 Caracas Arepa and a Cocada in the East Village Tonight I visited Caracas To Go which is an off-shoot of the original Caracas take out shack on 7th St. between First Avenue and Avenue A. They’ve split the place in two so that now they’ve got a sit down restaurant, too. No ... More About: Food , Cara , Caracas
Wall Street 5K Run in Lower Manhattan
2007-05-25 13:17:00 Lower Manhattan in New York City was teeming with runners on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 as thousands raced past the Ground Zero on a circuitous 5 kilometer route. The run itself was dubbed “American Heart Association Start! Wall Street Run & Heart Walk” and was intended to raise awareness on the importance of leading ... More About: East Village
Laura Veirs: The Gramercy Theater, New York City
2007-05-17 14:18:00 Laura Veirs appeared last night with her well-coiffed band at the Gramercy Theater in New York City and put on a solid hour-long show that left the audience tapping their toes. I was a first-timer to Ms. Veirs music and melodies and was reminded of Jane Siberry or Suzanne Vega - but a bit ... More About: East Village , New York City
East Village May Flowers
2007-05-15 14:05:00 Is it true that April showers bring May flowers? Apparently so. This past Sunday at the Houston Village Farm deli on 1st Avenue and 4th st., the cut flowers were in bloom right on the city’s sidewalks. At 11 a.m. in the m orning the deli received delivery of another ‘garden’ of floral ... More About: Flowers , East , East Village , Lowe
Pukk
2007-05-09 03:44:00 Another night, another takeout dinner. This time it’s conveniently located at 1st Avenue between 4th and 5th Streets. I felt like I hadn’t eaten in a while so I pigged out at Pukk, a vegetarian thai food restaurant in the East Village of New York City. I figured, “Hey, it’s vegetarian, how fat can I ... More About: Food
Conversations with East Village Dog
2007-05-07 01:43:00 Bean the Dog Chattingabout Hillary Clinton I had the good fortune of an entertaining car trip to Brooklyn from the East Village today. Most of the trip was spent chatting with one of my favorite canine conversationalists, Bean the dog. Bean is a bit of a “chatty Kathy” (or “Ken,” if you will) when ... More About: East Village , New York City , Conversation
Astor Place in New York City, 5/5/07
2007-05-06 02:31:00 Flickr is running a promotion of sorts and challenging its users to take photos today, May 5, 2007, and then post their favorite to a special photo group - 24 hours of Flickr. Chosen photos go in a book or something like that. I sent my photo. Not sure this is the best one ... More About: New York , York , East Village , New York City , City
Mamas Food Shop on East 3rd St.
2007-04-26 03:56:00 Have you had any good home cooking lately? Are you in the East Village of NYC? Do you like food? If you answered “yes” to a couple of these questions, then take your butt down to Mama’s Food Shop on East 3rd Street and Avenue B in New York City’s East Village. I’ve found ...
Springtime on Sixth Street in 10003
2007-04-21 22:59:00 Spring has finally sprung with full force as the what-you-call-it trees on 6th street have finally burst open. Hard to believe that it’s going to get warm again, but it does every year, and according to Al Gore, it’s probably gonna be even warmer in the future which has its benefits. ... More About: East Village , Street , New York City , Springtime
The Violets
More articles from this author:2007-04-21 20:10:00 Thursday night brought the East Village Podcasts blog to Fontana’s (105 Eldridge below Delancey) for a show from a talented band on the rise - The V iolets. A tight set made the 45 minute show breeze by all too soon with highlights including their ode to Richard Johnson and the New York Post’s Page ... More About: New York City , Viol 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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