Friday lunchtime linkage
Travis Kalanick got heckled at a Late Show taping [Business Insider] The police officer who tackled James Blake has a history of…
Say goodbye to the beach with this remembrance of the old Jacob Riis Park
Well, we're in the home stretch of summer, and sadly it looks like fall is getting greedy, with an all-rain…
It’s cheaper to commute from Cleveland than buy a BK condo
I recently received a Google news alert, i.e. an ad, for a condo in Clinton Hill. I’m not in the…
Bushwig! And 20 more ways to have a glamorous weekend
1. Go back to simpler days at Booklyn's Last Squat City, an exhibit of zines and comix by Fly, an…
It’s official, minimum wage for fast-food workers will be $15/hour by 2018
We have our beef with servers' wages in New York City, but the short end of the stick has always been handed…
Take free dance and fitness classes this weekend at Mark Morris!
You may not have much use for that 'beach body' as temperatures cool down (we really, really hope they do),…
Review: ‘Actors’ does a decent job of mocking holier-than-thou artists
Sometimes it’s nice just to go down a creepy flight of stairs and into a basement theater, y’know? Sometimes it’s…
Thursday lunchtime linkage
Tickets are now on-sale for unlimited pie at Dominique Ansel [The Observer] James Blake was arrested by accident, and he…
Brooklyn Historical Society is doing Free Fridays
Getting cultured can be expensive. The cost of admission to museums, galleries and cultural centers is enough to send you…
Party for a good cause tonight, with Two Boots’ 90s Fest pre-party!
Well, folks, Judgment day has come: 90s Fest is happening this Saturday. And if you read this blog, you already know…