Gothamites

Train Pie!

2008-06-21T03:27:09Z

So last night, Rose had a birthday. And she had a gathering of friends - slash - party - slash - jaunt out to deepest Queens to the most amazing spa place in the world. But before that, there was pie. A whole group of us got together at Grand C...

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Sun Shower

2008-06-14T22:04:04Z

They say a sun shower is good luck, but it's darn hard to photograph. You can see the patch of sun on the asphalt, and if you zoom in on the blue car you can see the rain fall. A nice break from the tropical heat in Jackson Heights today, and B...

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The tree fairy!

2007-12-13T04:07:51Z

At this time of year, everyone's thinking about what might get left under their tree. Me, I actually got a tree! Well, me and the rest of the Jackson Heights neighborhood. I heard this tremendous drilling sound outside this morning while getting...

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You Want It.. but not that badly!

2008-01-16T02:22:18Z

email this posting to a friend new york craigslist > manhattan > sublets & temporary $1250 / 2br - You want it (East Village) Reply to:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: 2008-01-15, 12:07AM EST We are in need of a roommate as of Feb. 1st. Please k...

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Legendary marketing decisions of the day

2007-12-14T02:31:37Z

So, I went to see "I Am Legend" with about 3,000 other screaming New Yorkers on Tuesday night. Liked it, not a whole lot but a whole lot more than Mike did. Can we start the countdown now to Will Smith's conversion to Scientology? Because he's h...

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Closed until further notice

2007-11-05T16:39:10Z

Closed until further notice, originally uploaded by micawave. Evidence of the writer's strike is already popping up in NYC. I took a picture of the sign posted on the doors of the Ed Sullivan theater where Letterman is taped. Picketing s...

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Your time is real estate

2007-11-04T01:04:31Z

I work in marketing and I live in Manhattan. I walk from the Lower East Side to Times Square most days of the week. I am well aware that every surface, static or moving is competing for my attention and I am wise to just how much it costs for ad...

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NYC helps directionally challenged straphangers

2007-10-17T21:58:40Z

Anybody who knows me knows that I am a bit directionally challenged. After 10 years in NYC I just recently had a major breakthrough where I finally can conceptually understand whatsubway exit signs such as "3rd Avenue South East Corner," for exa...

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Union Square Station - L Train Platform - 6:40 p.m.

2007-10-12T03:52:01Z

This is how you know a) you're in New York and b) you're on your way to Brooklyn.

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More Park, less Slope, occasional fried onions

2007-10-01T00:13:51Z

I hold no illusions about the neighborhood where I own property (that is, my one-bedroom): With Manhattan real estate officially certified insane, and the best parts of Brooklyn gentrified and cutesiefied and thus largely priced out of reasonable...

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