Something is not quite right.

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The Taking of Pelham 123 has “taken” over Dumbo!
Check out these crazy photos from my lunchtime stroll. Were the Office of Emergency Management people who gave me dirty looks real or actors?

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Today (and tomorrow) on Jay Street, perhaps the biggest filming event on our block in recent memory — the remake of the 1974 classic The Taking of Pelham 123. We will be bringing you live coverage of our block / location. Dumbo is buzzing with PA’s and boom mikes. Exact locations available on […]

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Come on down to Barometer, a jewelry and object boutique in Chinatown, and relive the days when dinosaurs ruled the earth!
Jenna and Anna are putting on a fun arts & crafts show that celebrate the myth and mystique of the dino. Also, recession-friendly free drinks and food courtesy of Whole Foods, as well as an […]

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Yesterday I woke up at 4am and flew to Orlando. There’s sunshine, orange juice, delicious $1.29 tacos, a convertible, and a wifi y’all. All things I’ve enjoyed in between meetings, brainstorms and dreamstorms.
Moving images after the jump.

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How many recessions have you lived through? You’ll live through this one too! The recession of the 2001-2002-2003 era sucked, but not as bad as the recession in 1992. I don’t remember the recession of the late eighties and wasn’t even in utero during seventies-era hyperinflation, but I know my parents weren’t fond of those […]

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This just in. Due to unsafe working conditions all work on 10 Jay St roof has been stopped by the DOB. More as this situation develops.

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The Upper East Side can be bor-ing on a Monday night. But if you’re already there, why not do some karaoke?

Young Lucas at Iggy’s, circa 2003
I had my very first, life-changing karaoke experience at Iggy’s on 75th & 2nd one snowy night in 2003. Iggy’s is a cut above many other NYC karaoke establishments—features include […]

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Unlike most people, I’ve been looking forward to jury duty for my whole life. Something about the formality, the sense of civic obligation, and the potentially bus-terminalish humiliation of it has called my name since I first said the pledge of allegiance.
I have only been here for four hours, and it has not let me […]

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…the voting fever! But not the Obama fever, I’m afraid.

Nothing interesting happened today at my polling place, mostly because we still have the same voting machines that we’ve had since New York became a state. (Fuck HAVA!) So instead I’ll share with you my experience from voting in the 2004 primary. (Sharpton ‘04, totally not […]

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