••• From ScoutMob: $25 discount at Taj Tribeca. You have until midnight to get the deal.

••• PB & Caviar is having another sale Friday, 5–8 p.m., at 243 E. 61st St.

••• I added a few new photos to the roundup of photos of One World Trade Center (or try the mapped version) including this one from Ron Devito, who took it from his house in Staten Island. 1WTC is the bright one. He was also kind enough to donate it to the Port Authority’s blog of 1WTC photos, 1 WTC View.

••• From Doodledeals: Discount at Kidville. I’ve amassed a credit at Doodledeals from people buying stuff via the links I post, so I emailed them asking if I could transfer it to a reader who has kids, but I never heard back. Hey, Doodledeals! Get in touch! Or at least work on your customer service. This weather is making me crabby crabbier than usual.

••• From Bloomspot: Deals at Tribeca Spa of Tranquility.

••• Here’s a new one, from Pasanella & Son wine shop: “On Saturday February 12th and Sunday, Feb. 13, from 2–4 p.m., kiss one of us and get 10% off. A peck’ll do it.” Oh, will it now?

••• Diane Waller, one of the artists who came and painted around Duane Park last year, is showing 40 of her paintings at Warburg Realty through Mar. 31. There will be an opening reception Thursday, Feb. 17, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Below: “Woolworth Building and friends” (2010).

••• Muscle Maker Grill has opened on Murray Street. If someone wants to go and report back, I’m very curious.

••• Updates on what to expect from local businesses at the Tribeca Film Festival’s Family Festival on Saturday: Alycea Ungaro’s Real Pilates will have a trunk show of jewelry by Debra Skylar and coupons that’ll get first timers a private session for $50 instead of the regular $87.50. And Euphoria Spa invites you to get a free skin consultation and mini-facial featuring Somme Institute’s Vitamin Infusion.

••• Today’s Living Social deal is $15 for $30 worth of food and drink at Papatzul, the Mexican restaurant on Grand Street, just north of the Canal Street border: https://deals.livingsocial.com/redeem_invite/2366481-tribec?ref=lnk. It expires in a year and you have until tomorrow morning to buy in.

••• A few additions to the calendar: Manhattan Children’s Theatre will perform scenes from its new show, “Stanley’s Party,” at Barnes & Noble Tribeca tomorrow (Friday) at 4 p.m. ••• A Uno is having a shopping-and-Champagne event on Saturday, May 8, from noon to 4 p.m., highlighting ELM Collection, Mónica Castiglioni Jewelry, and Trippen Shoes.

••• And Hudson River Park’s calendar of summer events has been posted here.

••• TriBeCaStan’s new CD, 5 Star Cave, is now available on iTunes, Amazon, and eMusic.

Paulette Goto left Utah (“No, I’m not a Mormon, yes I ski, and yes I watch Big Love—and yes that’s what life is like in Utah”), to pursue her dream of becoming a pastry chef. Once in New York City, she attended the French Culinary Institute, and upon graduation, landed a job at Le Cirque, where she met her husband, Ken. (He was the pastry sous chef, and then he left to co-launch Jacques Torres Chocolate.) Goto, who still makes cakes on a freelance basis, is a stay-at-home mom, raising their 6-year-old daughter. She has also started writing a blog, sugarlovingfashionista.blogspot.com. “It’s my take on food, fashion, pop culture, and being a mom,” she says—and as you can see from her TCQ&A, she’s quite fun to read.

How long have you lived in Tribeca?
We journeyed all the way down here from Union Square in 2005. We loved Union Square but after  9/11 it was more like Times Square, and after we had our daughter we wanted a more family-friendly ‘hood. (That and a neighborhood with no methadone clinics. We’re picky that way….)

Which restaurants do you frequent most often?
This one can’t be a short answer…. We love Roc, it’s like the Cheers of Tribeca, you’re guaranteed to see friendly faces and they treat everyone that walks through the door like a family member. I think I may be the Norm of Roc, except I dance on tables and drink Kir Royales.

When we renovated our kitchen, we ate everywhere. Our daughters’ favorite is Nobu and Nobu Next Door, she loves everything on the menu, especially the Ankimo (monkfish liver). Don’t knock it till you try it; it’s duh-vine. We also love the Harrison: It’s “fancy” and kid-friendly and oh-so-yummy, all at the same time. Marc Forgione is great and has such great lighting. Everyone looks dead sexy. Greenwich Grill is sick good. It’s so good I just get sick with cravings for it—hell, I’m salivating now just thinking about it. The upstairs has Japanese-style pasta and the downstairs, Sushi Azabu, has some amazing sushi. Kitchenette also saved us through our kitchen renovation. I had every salad on the menu and my husband loves the fried chicken and our daughter loves the chicken noodle soup.

Which restaurants do you tend to go to for special occasions?
It depends on who the special occasion is for. If it’s for our daughter, Nobu or Next door Nobu….. Or Ninja, which our daughter loves (definitely for the theme and not the food). Locanda Verde is insanely good and I’ll make up a special occasion to go there, like for instance, it’s Tuesday! Let’s celebrate at Locanda Verde!

Where do you order in (or get take-out) from? Are there dishes you always order?
My husband and I are both chefs so we really enjoy cooking at home. We don’t order in that much but when we do it’s usually from Tataki or Landmarc. Wichcraft and Columbine know how to make a sandwich like no one’s business. Those places are like church for lunch. Can I get an amen?!

Which shops do you find it hard to resist popping into when you pass by?
I loved Tribbles and I was so sad to see it go—it always had such good finds. Petticoat Lane is filled with stuff that I only realized that I really needed after I set foot inside. And PB & Caviar is also great.

What was the last non-essential item you bought in Tribeca?
A case of Bugey Cerdon from Chambers Street Wines. I refer to it as play-date punch (but, really, that’s a staple).

Are there any services (salon, fitness, etc.) that you’re particularly glad are in the neighborhood?
I love Euphoria Spa. It’s a small space with no frills, but the staff is always so helpful. I think I’ve had appointments with every massage therapist there and they’re all amazing. It’s impossible to have a bad visit. For pedicures, I prefer i-Plaza Nail & Spa: They can get the bottom of my of my feet as soft as a baby’s ass—which is what I strive for but that’s my business. Resale-Riches is an amazing service/online consignment shop. Tania only takes items in pristine condition, and when you want to clean out your closet, she comes to your house and goes through what she can take to sell. She makes it easy for her clients to do as little as possible and I love that.

What’s Tribeca’s best-kept secret?
Does Smith & Mills count as a secret? Or maybe the secret is how many times I’ve ended up there at the end of the evening….

Where do you always take out-of-towners?
To a nearby hotel. I hate when people think that staying with us is an option. It’s sooooo not. I have to take people to Jacques Torres Chocolates at King and Hudson, because my husband is Jacques’s business partner and people who know us seem to want to go there when visiting New York City. Go figure. In the ‘hood, we always take people to Nobu to give the appearance that we live like Jay-Z, ’cause we’re showy peeps. Bling bling yo! And it’s a must to show off the parks we’re surrounded by—Washington Market Park, Teardrop Park, and Rockefeller Park are all wonderful.

Which neighborhood building do you wish you lived in and/or owned?
My husband has a complete crush on 101 Warren. We watched it go from a small, empty field to a high-rise luxury building that stole our water views, but who’s bitter? We used to live in a high rise in Union Square and that’s something my husband really misses. For me there are several. Tribeca is just dripping with wonderful historic and newly built unattainable over-priced real-estate that I just love to drool over. A girl can dream (and work hard to attain said real estate—that’s right, we’re moving on up, just like the Jeffersons).

What’s your favorite part of Tribeca (street, park, whatever)?
I love Greenwich Street—it feels like Main Street, Anytown, U.S.A. (My sister, who does live in Anytown, Utah, says I’m crazy for feeling this way about Greenwich Street but this is my interview not hers.)

Your most memorable Tribeca celebrity sighting?
Tribeca is a celebrity f@#%fest—there’s a celebrity sighting every day. Honestly, I see a celeb on the reg. When our daughter started nursery school, we got to meet and become friends with some celebs in the ‘hood (which always blows this country bumpkin’s mind). For me, looking at Mike D. of the Beastie Boys is like looking at Elvis. I’ve met him a few times and I can’t look him in the face. I feel like a young girl meeting Elvis or the Beatles. I bow to thee, Mike D. My daughter is in kindergarten with a really famous celeb’s son, and he and his wife are some of the nicest people I’ve ever met. It’s just a bit overwhelming to have a conversation with a living legend. And once, my daughter played peek-a-boo with Meryl Streep at Tribeca Grill and I just about peed my pants.

If you could change one thing about the neighborhood, what would it be?
Stop the construction of new buildings already! There are enough people down here and the neighborhood feels like it’s getting squeezed out at the seams.

What’s changed in Tribeca that you like? That you don’t?
I don’t like the ritzy, trendy mothership gyms that have landed here. (That’s a whole other interview.) I love that Whole Foods, Barnes & Noble, and Bed Bath & Beyond have moved in, and it was so kind of them to move in right across the street from where we live.

Why Tribeca?
Tribeca feels like a little village tucked away in New York City. It’s a little slice of suburbia in Manhattan without the hassle of all that yardwork. And in my world I am just as famous as any other celeb that lives here, so I fit right in. (My world may or may not be under the influence of medication and/or alcohol.)

Any questions you wish you’d been asked?
Do you have any good gossip?

Previous TCQ&As:
• Wendy Gardner: “I Bought a Stuffed Wombat at Moomah”
• Dan Rubenstein: “Kitchenette’s Turkey Meatloaf Is My Favorite”
• Pam Chmiel: “I Wish I Could Renovate Pier A into a Waterfront Home”
• Jeff Tabak: “I’d Put the Sawdust Back on the Floor of Morgan’s”
• Kimberly Reed: “My Puppy Would Not Stop Sniffing Ed Burns”

COMING UP
••• Sunday at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center: The Paper Bag Players Great Mummy Adventure, described here by the New York Times.
••• On Saturday, Mar. 13, Apexart is holding a silkscreening workshop for kids from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Artist McKendree Key will do the teaching. “Kids are free to experiment with different images and patterns, including tributes to our neighbors on Canal Street in the ‘designer bag’ industry. Children do not need experience, but must be accompanied by an adult.” Materials are provided and T-shirts are available for $3.

BURN AFTER READING
In June, Vintage Books imprint will publish Agents of Treachery, a paperback anthology of original espionage fiction, edited by Mysterious Bookshop‘s Otto Penzler (right). True aficionados, however, will want to sign up now for the hardcover edition to be published next month by Mysterious Bookshop and signed by all the contributors ($150).

EVERYONE LOVES A BARGAIN
••• PB & Caviar is now having a clearance sale on kids’ clothes, some as low as $10; new stuff comes out daily.

IN THE NEWS
••• The new Battery Park City library, which opens Mar. 15, “includes a cozy children’s corner with beanbag chairs, separate computer areas for children and adults, a young adult section near the graphic novels and a periodicals reading room overlooking the Hudson River. The orange-themed design by 1100 Architects gives the windowed space a warm, welcoming feeling. In a nod to the neighborhood’s young families, the library has a special area for stroller parking.” (Downtown Express)
••• Puma unveiled the 2010 World Cup uniforms for the Italian national soccer team at Trattoria Cinque. (NBC New York)
••• The New York Posts’s in-house crazy lady Cindy Adams talks to Andy Garcia, whose new movie City Island screens on Monday at 92YTribeca (but it’s sold out). By the way, I keep seeing posters for a (straight-to-video?) movie called Staten Island. What’s next? Roosevelt Island?

STEALS AND DEALS

IN THE NEWS
••• Mommy Poppins included Moomah on its list of five places where kids can make their own toys (which could make for a fun birthday party): “Choose from an assortment of well designed, sophisticated, yet simple, projects from the display wall and take it to the ‘D.I.T’ (do it together) table to make it. Projects change regularly and usually take about 30 minutes to complete.”

COMING UP
••• Tomorrow (Thursday) at Duane Park restaurant: singer-songwriter Carson Donnelly—”her rich melodies and stunning voice will take you to a special place of love, joy, and heartbreak.” Friday: jazz and burlesque. Saturday: burlesque, cabaret, and vaudeville.
••• Health counselor and TC contributor Marissa Vicario leads a “Fabulous Female” workshop on Sunday at New Field Yoga: ”Learn how to nourish and care for yourself as a woman and feel beautiful from the inside out!

 We will discuss women’s health and wellness issues and the best foods, exercise and self care to support your overall health and well-being” ($20).

If you see or hear anything interesting, email tribecacitizen@gmail.com and I’ll look into it.

COMING UP
••• Tomorrow (Sunday) is the Battery Park City Ice Rink‘s last day of the season.
••• In her state of the city address, speaker Christine Quinn evidently called for a market to be established at the Fulton Fish Market. Speaking of which: New Amsterdam Market will be back in May.

IN THE NEWS
••• More on the construction plans for Hudson and Chambers, from Downtown Express and the Tribeca Trib.
••• Should City Hall have an organic vegetable garden? (New York Times via Broadsheet Daily)
••• Governor Paterson appears to have chosen recent mayoral candidate William Thompson to head the Battery Park City Authority (Broadsheet)
••• “This new construction fence design by artist Helen Dennis went up last weekend to beautify the stalled 56 Leonard St. site, where 57 stories of staggered glass condo cubes were supposed to rise in the so-called ‘Jenga building.’” (Downtown Express; image at top left courtesy ADA Art Consulting & Elinor Milchan)
••• Doggy day care—I’m still waiting for someone to come up with a better phrase than that—with spa, restaurant, and boutique proposed for Financial District. (Curbed)
••• The 22-unit condo in the works for 523 Greenwich (bet. Spring and Vandam) is heading for foreclosure. (Curbed)
••• The New York Post falls a little in love with a $7.5 million loft on Hubert (above, second from top).
••• Seventeen-year-old “supermodel”—that bar keeps getting lowered, eh?—Karlie Kloss lives in Tribeca. (And people said Rupert Murdoch was going to cheapen the Wall Street Journal….)
••• A photo report on the opening of Damon Dash’s gallery, DD172, by Joeytoofresh.
••• A couple of nice Tribeca pix, including the one above of Staple Street—though I wish they were larger, on New York City Noir.

HELLO, TIGER
Tomorrow (Sunday), Museum of Chinese in America and the Children’s Museum of the Arts are cohosting a special Lunar New Year day for families, with “a storytelling Mandarin workshop, a noodle making demonstration, a special lion dance performance and workshop, a cake decorating workshop, and family-friendly gallery talks through MOCA’s core exhibit.” All ages, $10. The schedule is here; you can buy tickets in advance here; workshops are first come, first served. Bonus: During February, every paid admission to MOCA gets a red envelope with a coupon for $10 off membership or 10% off a purchase in the museum’s shop. And MOCA will be raffling off memberships and tiger cookies from Six Persimmons (left).

IN THE NEWS
••• Pearl Paint in on the ropes, as was noted here in December, and Pearl’s frame store is being dismantled. The Canal Street store will sell pre-made frames but it won’t do custom framing. (New York Times)

REAL ESTATE
••• “Marc Brown, the author and illustrator who created the Arthur series of books as well as the animated PBS show by the same name, has dropped the price of the 8,300-square-foot Tribeca townhouse (right) that he shares with his wife, Laurie Krasny Brown. The five-story building at 19 Jay Street, which the couple bought for $6.15 million in 2004 and put up for sale for $15.85 million in 2006, is now listed for $9.995 million.” Maybe they’ll take a check? (Cityfile)
••• Curbed wonders what’s wrong with a Thomas Street loft that got $551 per square foot.