Very Less Than Zero.

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Today on set Jay Street in DUMBO, they’re shooting a  Ford commercial.

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Movie of the week: Ghost Town.

Catering truck spotted here at Jay and John Street. The next day a suspiciously similar film crew blocked my B61 ride down Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint.
Is it just me, or is Jay Street reaching its saturation point? Since I’ve been in Dumbo (intermittently, for one month), I’ve seen 3-4 [...]

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When I’m not roaming the streets of DUMBO, I’m wandering the elevator banks of the New York Times. On Thursday, the indoor tree garden installation began. Below, photos of the imported trees. More on Gawker.

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Check out this enormous log that the river deposited on our shores. Nature is amazing.

Also note the decaying shanty (hence the name of this new column). A cat lives there.

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Next door to us, in 20 Jay St, are the L Magazine’s offices. I think the L Magazine is the most overlooked weekly freebie. And I think that for one reason (who is two people): Mike Conklin and Mark Asch. They also happen to be the music editor and overall assistant editor, according to the [...]

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I have been following the progress of the window-painting process for Indigo Handloom on Jay Street. It’s actually quite a cool process:

First, the painter etches the rough outlines of his lettering and all the elements into the glass window with a glass etching tool. He uses this as a guideline for actually painting everything. On [...]

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Yesterday on Jay Street, I ran into my old friend Kalim and his friend Demetre outside of Pedro’s. They were hanging around eating tacos and drinking beer while waiting to start filming an episode of The Dante Fried Chicken Show (the first episode features another old friend, the talented Tokion art director Jesse [...]

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Making websites into the night in DUMBO? Want dinner delivery options that don’t include Rice or mexican food? Try Curry Leaf in neighboring Brooklyn Heights. For $12.95, I got four courses, so much food that I can keep my leftovers in the fridge for lunch tomorrow! Yummy Chicken Tikka Masala, medicore samosas, some kind of [...]

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Renda, Andy and I took a field trip to Pedro’s for lunch. Renda ate a tamale. Andy ate rice and beans and beef. I ate a Cuban sandwich.

After lunch, we passed the J condo, which was briefly being considered as the future headquarters of 801a. Main features include private bathrooms, a gym, and [...]

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