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Friday, July 18, 2008
Block Party: July 19th
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New Museum of Contemporary Art
Don't be fooled by the seven staggered vertical stories that the New Museum's got. It's still, it's still not opposed to parties on the block. Used to have a little (flophouses, bums, the unchristian spectre of danger), now it's got a lot (kitchen and lighting wholesalers and derelict stretches), no matter where it goes, it knows where it came from: Peter Stuyvesant's house! But anyway, The New Museum of Contemporary Art is throwing a shindig in the vicinity of its digs (Sara D. Roosevelt Park, specifically Chrystie Street between Delancey and Broome, in close proximity to Yonah Schimmel's Knishery) on Saturday, July 19th from noon to 7 pm. A wide range of activities are planned, including but not limited to the following: interactive workshops led by Bowery Poetry Club, stories shared by the Lower East Side Tenement Museum and performances by Bindelstiff Family Cirkus. Come one, come all! Join in while it's hot!
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Friday, July 18, 2008
Summer of Sale
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NFT Shop
The 2008 books are going fast. To make them go even faster, we're having the mother of all summer sales. For $8-12 you can get any of the fabulous NFTs. Get the New York Trifecta (Brooklyn, Queens, New York) for only $18. But act fast on this one, because we're down to the very last batch of Brooklyns. Or how about an entire set of books for $65? That's 11 beautiful black tomes covering nine great cities. We could go on and on, but why don't you just cruise to the shop and check it out for yourself.
Start Shopping!
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
Down With the Sickness?
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Soule
A friend who is addicted--quite literally--to Soule ended up getting me hooked as well. Fortunately for my waistline our habits are incongruent; he indulges four times a week and I only go once or twice tops. I understand, however, how this illness got to him. The food, a mix of Southern and Caribbean, is hearty, tasty, and inexpensive (a take-out plate, which would be more appropriately described as a platter, goes for just over ten dollars). While there is a lot of meat-based fare, vegetarians can also find a good deal of meat-free options to love, like the savory fake barbecue chicken! Be sure to give sides like mac and cheese and fried bammy a try. Soule has a vicious way of sneaking into your consciousness and sticking around until you pick up the phone and place an order.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Lock and Load
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RCL Enterprises
Cars park two deep, cops frequently sweep the area for traffic violations and the line is long. It's dinner hour at RCL Enterprises aka The Fish House. It's not just the fried-to-order fish that draws the crowds but the heaping platters of black eyed peas, collard greens, oxtails, smothered chicken, ribs, chopped bar-b-que, Salisbury steak--all the foods you were warned about--plus such rare commodities as pig ears, hog maws and chicken gizzards. Save room for the gargantuan size desserts. Need to lessen the guilt? RCL gives back to the community with free Thanksgiving dinners. Feeding your soul never felt so good!
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Tears For Fears
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Waldorf=Astoria
I say, Simon, a wretched shame our olde institution's been run amok by dirty urchins larking through the hotel floors, frolicking past the golden chandeliers! These riffraff storm our fabled gates, bypass the wood-and-mirrored elevators and make right for the medicinal-smelling servant stairwell! What if they discover our dilapidated hiding nooks, the tears in carpet, the things that time forgot? How mindlessly they disregard our storied history--our strange double hyphen masquerading as an equals sign, our mayonnaise-based salad, the fact that we came into existence as the result of a family feud. What's up with that, Simon? How I long for the past! When did we fall so low? When we let the American Psychoanalytic Association hold their meetings in the Empire Room or when the Bronx High School of Science was given free reign o'er the premises for the duration of their promenade? To think! Our private luxury, ripped to shreds by rough-mannered plebeians! Upon my word! My wistful heart aches.
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