Tag Archives: NYC

American Idiot

On Monday my local companion Aaron and I attended Green Day’s American Idiot musical, which we both enjoyed a lot more than we had expected. I’m not big fan of Green Day (but I’m not not a fan either), so I was surprised to recognize about half of the songs. Standouts in the cast were Stark Sands, who was so …

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Quote Of The Day – Bill Donohue

“Oh, I don’t care if she’s openly gay. What do I care about that! I disagree with Christine Quinn on gay marriage. She has been very supportive of Catholics in other areas. I’ve been involved in coalitions with Protestants and Jews and occasionally with Muslims and Hindus. I think Christine Quinn has shown herself to be a very good Catholic, …

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It’ll Be Just A Few Minutes

More and more NYC restaurants are doing away with taking reservations, citing the costs of hiring reservationists and the membership fees paid to online table booking services. The easy button for many restaurateurs is OpenTable.com, which allows diners to make reservations 24/7 online. “The average restaurant spends $1,500 to $2,000 a month on OpenTable,” said Mr. Brown, of Ed’s Chowder …

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Folsom Street East: Sunday, June 20th

New York City’s annual leather street festival, Folsom Street East, is next Sunday, June 20th. Inspired by San Francisco’s legendary Folsom Street Fair, FSE was founded in 1997 by former Gay Male S/M Activists (GMSMA) chair John Weis and a cohort of similarly-minded New York City leathermen. “I thought that having a fun day in the sun for the SM/leather …

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The Tourist Lane

It turn out that the Manhattan sidewalk “tourist lane” I told you about a few weeks ago was actually the work of pranksters Improv Everywhere. Of course. Posing as city workers, they even got people to abide by the lanes.

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Closeted Former RNC Chair Ken Mehlman Buys $4M Loft In NYC Gayborhood

Former Republican National Committee chairman Ken “Closet Case” Mehlman has bought a $4M loft in the heart of Chelsea, where he’ll run into fellow tenants Lance Bass and Marc Jacobs in the elevator. Curbed reports: Mehlman just paid $3.775 million for a 2,200-square-foot 2BR/3BA loft on the 17th floor, and according to the listing (still viewable on the rather spectacular …

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Blame It On The Train

If the subway makes you late for work, the MTA has introduced a new online excuse note system. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority now offers delay verification reports on the Web, complete with excuse notes that riders can show to disgruntled employers. All straphangers have to do is enter a subway station, the time of their trip, any transfer information, their …

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NEW YORK: Thousands Protest Proposed Mosque At Ground Zero

Led by Atlas Shrugs blogger Pamela Geller, a group called Stop The Islamization Of America staged a giant rally in downtown Manhattan yesterday in protest of the planned 13-story mosque and Islamic welcome center to be built two blocks away from Ground Zero. Gothamist reports: Michael Simons, 47, a retired Port Authority detective who for a time was buried in …

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Kylie Minogue At NYC’s Splash Bar

Kylie Minogue dropped in at Splash in Chelsea last night and the lives of hundreds of twinks were changed forever. (And not a few bears, too.) (Via – Towleroad)

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Pat Condell On Ground Zero Mosque

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NEW YORK: Conceptual Artist Tobias Wong Commits Suicide At Age 35

Openly gay conceptual artist and notorious art prankster Tobi Wong committed suicide on Sunday in Manhattan. He was 35. Mr. Wong first came to the attention of the design press in 2001 when he turned a Philippe Starck Bubble Club chair into a lamp, softly glowing from within. Adding spice to the stunt, “This Is a Lamp” was shown the …

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Photo Of The Day – Manhattan BP Station

(Via – Gothamist)

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DOWNWASH: Ten Injured In Staten Island Fleet Week Helicopter Demonstration

Ten people were injured yesterday when a USMC Osprey helicopter landed in a Staten Island park, sending tree branches and debris rocketing into the waiting crowd. A family-friendly Fleet Week demo took a horrible turn Monday when a $70 million Osprey sent folks ducking for cover. Screaming onlookers ran for their lives when the two-prop warbird, which flies like a …

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Afternoon View – Second Avenue

Only seven more years! UPDATE: Several of you have written to point out Rachel Maddow’s Geek Week story about the construction of the Second Avenue subway. The city has been trying to get the line built for 80 years. SRSLY.

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Hundreds Protest BP In New York City

Gothamist reports that about 200 protesters crowded a downtown Manhattan BP station last night to pour fake oil over themselves and denounce the company for the Gulf disaster. Lot of photos here.

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Tomorrow: Manhattanhenge

Tomorrow night at 8:17pm is Manhattanhenge, the twice a year event in which the setting sun lines up perfectly with Manhattan’s street grid. On Sunday, May 30, the entire solar sphere will be visible just above the horizon at 8:17 p.m. EDT. The second opportunity comes later in the summer, with another half-sphere sunset on Monday, July 12, at 8:25 …

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Weekend Mix – DJ Jeff Jackson And
DJ Disco Connie

Roll into your holiday weekend with this flashback ’70s disco classic mix from the tag-team duo of DJ Jeff Jackson and DJ Disco Connie. Setlist. Website. Facebook. RESIDENCY: Double Headed Disco @ Nowhere Bar, New York City. “Double Headed Disco is a small collaborative of DJs who have turned their monthly disco party into an East Village institution on the …

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TONIGHT: BP Protest In NYC

Environmental activists and the usual clingers-on to any social movement will gather near the BP station on Houston Street in downtown Manhattan tonight to protest the oil giant’s culpability in the Gulf oil spill. Code Pink is involved. Ooh, and those always gentle folks from Critical Mass. I predict mayhem. Here’s the action’s fact sheet, via Gothamist. The response to …

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Texas Radio Host: Bomb The Proposed Mosque At Ground Zero

Anybody know who this guy is?

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MTA Issues New NYC Subway Map

NYC’s MTA has issued an updated version of it iconic subway map. The new map continues to distort the actual shapes and sizes of the boroughs, especially Staten Island, which is shrunk to a fraction of its real size, otherwise it wouldn’t fit on the map. And below you can see the real shape of Manhattan versus what the MTA …

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