SPECIAL IRENE EDITION: TWEETS OF TRIBECA
News, schmews! If you want to know what’s really going on—the rush on Whole Foods, “hurricane football,” the lack of traffic to the Hamptons—there’s only one place to look: Twitter. It provides a nice overview of the narrative arc, from fear to relief, with lots of drinking in the middle.

ABOUT THE HURRICANE
Thanks to everyone who commented about what waiting through Irene has been like and who sent in photos. I wish I could’ve been there!

PROGRESS REPORT #4: SOUTH OF CHAMBERS
Including luxury condos, the fastfoodification of lower Church, the Goldman Sachs Dining & Entertainment Complex, Asphalt Green, the BPC ball fields, a nail salon, and new details on Dr. Michel Cohen’s W. Broadway restaurant, set to open in October.

IN THE NEWS
••• 8/25: Would you pay to join a Whole Foods “wellness club”? Plus: BPC Italian restaurant to reopen; photographer buys $4.57 million penthouse; Tenoverten nail salon.
••• 8/26: $18 million penthouse. Plus: Plus: Pret opens with free sandwiches; guide to 9/11 arts events; steam killing trees on Greenwich and Warren; surprise dinner party pops up outside the WFC.
••• 8/28: Non-hurricane news. Plus: Dominique Strauss-Kahn flies the coop; review of the September 11 memorial; Q&A with Brookfield CEO (and Tribeca resident); Ivo & Lulu closed; Brushstroke.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 8/25: Tribeca Comedy Club. Plus: La Colombe’s bottled cold-press coffee; Wall Street Humidor reopening; Compose pastry chef leaving after all?; Bangal Curry and Bangal Curry.
••• Congratulations to Daniel B. for winning last week’s Where in Tribeca…? We’ll play again on Friday at 8 a.m.

RECENT REAL ESTATE SALES IN TRIBECA
In times of great stress, you can always take comfort in the hope that one day you’ll be able to sell your apartment for far more than you paid for it. Eleven sales were reported in the past two weeks.

COMING UP: SING-AND-SWEAR-ALONG
Notable happenings around here in the next month or so, from Shadow of a Doubt to Team America.

PHOTO SAFARI: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
Or whatever. Plus: An avian visitor, a possible explanation for bad bicycling, and more.