NOSY NEIGHBOR
“You may have heard by now that Whole Foods replaced its stubby shopping carts with big ones. I was told it’s so customers spend more money; they told my friend it’s because people were stealing the carts (that’s insulting, as well as unlikely). Either way, it’s all the talk in produce.” And in the comments section. Here’s the reasoning behind the change.

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NEW: THE KIDS BRUNCH BASH AT GOURMET GARAGE
Come to Gourmet Garage in Tribeca on Saturdays for kid-friendly entertainment and brunch/salad bar half-price for kids under 12.
Nov. 5: CC and Mallory sing-along storytellers (11 a.m.), Wonderspark puppets (1 p.m.).
Nov. 12: Lloyd H. Miller singer/guitarist (11 a.m.), Gary the Great magician (1 p.m.).
Nov. 19: Astrograss bluegrass duo (11 a.m.), Seth Dale magician (1 p.m.).
Sponsored.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 10/31: Ninja vs. the Health Department. Plus: Celebrities tending bar for charity; discussing noisy protests on Broadway with the 1st Precinct; inside Downtown Dance Factory’s newly expanded studio complex.
••• 11/1: The menu at Yves. Plus: Ninja has reopened; Canal Street Market pushed back its debut; sample sale at Room; the Beekman is getting an unworthy neighbor; huge mirrors for sale.
••• 11/2: Saks Fifth Avenue gunshot hoax. Plus: How to reserve at Yves; the glassing of 3 World Trade Center’s retail space; a local business owner’s excellent costume (above); the mayor withdrew his street-fair reform; topless model photobombs wedding shoot; two film/TV shoots.

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YOU’RE INVITED TO SHABBAT DINNER THIS FRIDAY AT 6PM
Tamid invites you and your family for a Shabbat gathering and for dinner this Friday night. If you’ve been interested in exploring Jewish life downtown or checking out Tamid, come this Friday night to an inspiring and meaningful way to end the week and begin Shabbat. Tamid is an independent synagogue with individuals and families from downtown so you are bound to know and recognize a neighbor. Everyone is welcome. This Friday, 11/4, 6 p.m., at the 9/11 Chapel, 209 Broadway. FREE. For more information, visit tamidnyc.org. Sponsored.

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TRIBECA IS GETTING A CRYOTHERAPY CENTER
The idea is that your body will benefit from being exposed to extreme cold for a couple of minutes.

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COMMUNITY BOARD 1’S NOVEMBER AGENDAS
What’s being discussed this month at Community Board 1: A spa wants a beer-and-wine license; two-story addition for a former Pearl Paint building; the steakhouse inside 3 World Trade Center; more food carts; Australian café; Beach Street topper; yoga studio expansion; Tunnel to Towers run; more. Read the annotated agendas.

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Bright Horizons® is opening a new early education and preschool center close to Tribeca! Bright Horizons at 90 Washington will serve children 6 weeks to 6 years old with Infant – Kindergarten Prep programs in addition to back-up and drop-in care. The center will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Monday – Friday, year-round. To learn more about enrollment at Bright Horizons at 90 Washington, call 212-943-5480 or visit www.brighthorizons.com. Sponsored.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 10/31: Hamptons shop’s holiday pop-up (above). Plus: Studying Lower Manhattan to better understand Uber’s surge pricing; city drops plans for a “gymnatorium” at new school; remembering Ruth Ohman; two ticket sellers at the Battery allegedly assaulted a tourist.
••• 11/1: A second cryotherapy center. Plus: Keith McNally on Augustine and the New York restaurant scene in general; the home/showroom of a “professional bon vivant”; signage for Sandy’s high-water mark; teen robbed and beaten; Le Coucou review; school overcrowding in the forecast.
••• 11/2: Sweat Yoga has opened. Plus: Darkness on the shared bike/pedestrian path in City Hall Park; Paowalla review; Pier 40 development update; New York Water Taxi finally ditches questionable ticket sellers.

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FOUR MORE OPENINGS AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER MALL
The new arrivals at Westfield World Trade Center sell food, beer, and skincare products.

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CLOSE-UP: CORTLANDT ALLEY
The patterns, details, textures, and scars that give Cortlandt Alley—and Tribeca in general—its character.

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