Newsletter: Mar. 22

tracy-anderson-exterior-by-tribeca-citizen1SWEAT LIKE GWYNETH
Have you ever peered up at the third-floor windows at Hubert and Greenwich and wondered what those women were doing up there, dancing around? Health and wellness coach Rebecca Sadek looked into the Tracy Anderson Method, a discreet, expensive, and time-consuming fitness regime that many Tribeca women swear by.

IN THE NEWS
••• Downtown to get a new school somewhere, someday.
••• Governor Paterson shafts the Hudson River Park budget, but it’s not like he had much of a choice.
••• CytexOne helps a NYT reporter make her apartment “smarter.”
••• The city plans to re-examine waterfront usage and development (should’ve done that, oh, 50 years ago).
••• Greenwich Street one of the worst streets when it comes to displaying addresses.
••• Tribecan pleads guilty to massive fraud.
••• Anti-Semitic notes are being left around BPC.
••• More on those “extreme party events” on Reade.
••• Meet the 23-year-old who made a prizewinning movie set in Tribeca.
••• Blake Lively and Beyoncé’s mom are looking at real estate here. Separately!

henry-meer-by-tribeca-citizen1TASTE OF TRIBECA TIP #2
How to make mashed potatoes that are “creamy, fluffy, and yummy,” by City Hall’s Henry Meer, a participant in this year’s Taste of Tribeca. (I bought my tickets yesterday. Have you?)

COMING UP: MARCH 22–APRIL 25
This week in Tribeca: “Nerdcore Rising,” Equinox’s equinox party, Nili Lotan sample sale, “Culture War” trivia challenge, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ghost Star, Tribeca Retail Club, Michael Musto, “Mulholland Drive,” and more. Also: Tonight at 8 p.m.: Arts World Financial Center is screening animations by William Kentridge in the Winter Garden, accompanied by scores by Philip Miller. It’s free. And another late addition: Tomorrow (Tues.), at Frankly Wines, Raimond de Villeneuve of Chateau de Roquefort in Provence will be pouring red, white, and rosé, all biodynamic and under $20.

1-courtesy-anais-and-i-200x3001THE ENTREPRENEUR NEXT DOOR
Jane D’Haene loved buying clothes for her daughter, but at some point, it was getting to be an expensive habit. Instead, she decided to learn to sew. Now she has a children’s fashion line, Anais & I (right), and you’re invited to the trunk show on Thursday.

IN THE NEWS: FOOD AND RESTAURANT EDITION
••• Landmarc’s Marc Murphy: still angry.
••• Marc Forgione has an all-you-can-eat pork slider night.
••• Taste of Tribeca gets cloned near the Seaport.
••• Finally, a Tamarind Tribeca opening date.
••• Terroir Tribeca video—of the bathroom.
••• The west side agitates for a Pier 40 greenmarket. (That’s the megapier at Houston.)

rubbish-bag-200-by-tribeca-citizenCOVETOUSNESS!
Does anyone know where to get these massive rubbish bags? I want to frame one and hang it on my wall.

SEEN & HEARD
••• Councilwoman Margaret Chin wants to turn undeveloped WTC areas into pop-up parks. Relax under the construction!
••• An art exhibit called Paranormal Panoramas opens next to the Church Street School.
••• Coming to City Winery: Steve Earle and Alison Moorer, and also Shawn Colvin.
••• Everybody loves a bargain: Jack Spade and Tribeca Spa of Tranquility.

WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
I’m taking the lack of guesses as proof that you’ve been stumped. Click here to see the answer. The building has been in the news lately, and it’s home to a popular lunchtime restaurant….

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