News Roundup: Smile!

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SMILE! The Zaba/Jade’s Toy Box pop-up shop at N. Moore and Varick is offering what might be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: You can have portraits of your child taken with 20 x 24 Studio‘s 20 x 24 Polaroid camera (it’s one of only six in the world, and Polaroid has discontinued making the film). These are sumptuous photographs; see for yourself at the pop-up shop (the one above is courtesy Angelique LeDoux). The price is $1000 for three 20 x 24 original Polaroid prints, which, while expensive, is actually half off the studio’s regular price, and you can choose black-and-white or color. The sessions run through Monday, Dec. 14. Alternatively, the pop-up shop is also hosting photographer Donna Alberico on Wednesday, Dec. 16. For $75, you’ll get one 8×10 and one 5×7. Reservations for either are essential: Email angelique@jadestoybox.com or call 917-349-5107.

REAL ESTATE NEWS Something called Barzinho is taking over the pretty-on-the-inside space that was briefly J Marc, a Korean restaurant (225 West Broadway, bet. White and Franklin). A flyer in the window announces that a liquor license has been applied for, but it’s not on the agenda for tonight’s CB1 Tribeca committee meeting. ••• A Uno has soft-opened its annex, in what used to be Lance Lappin’s shop.

STEALS AND DEALS Egg by Susan Lazar, a line of kidswear and maternity clothing, is holding a sample sale at 147 Reade (Hudson/Greenwich) for the next week and a half. ••• Tribeca Spa of Tranquility‘s December specials include a $99 package—with 60-minute body scrub, mani/pedi, and reflexology—that’s usually $180. Euphoria Spa, meanwhile, has put together a $125 Stress Relief Pamper Package—with 45-minute Swedish massage, 45-minute facial, and paraffin hand-dip treatment—that retails for around $225.

AROUND THE WEB The New York Times notices a Muslim prayer space near Ground Zero; also, Spot is opening a branch in Chelsea, cited as part of a trend of landlords getting comfortable with pet-care facilities. ••• Curbed takes a look at the “maisonette” units on Truffles Tribeca‘s courtyard. ••• Village Voice critic Robert Sietsema reviews Trattoria Cinque. ••• NY Barfly likes the Tribeca Grand nightlife scene. ••• Tribeca Trib reports on a crackdown on 29 Canal Street vendors allegedly selling counterfeit goods.

 
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