WE’RE SO MONEY
If Tribeca ever secedes from the Union, we’ll already have designs for our new currency, thanks to Chia-Wei Liu, a grad student at the School of Visual Arts.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
This week in and around Tribeca: Tribeca Treats’ Rachel Thebault (“Sweet Chic: Stylish Treats to Dress Up for Any Occasion”) at B&N; Tribeca Meet & Greet for locals and local business owners at Manhattan Children’s Theatre; conversation with Ed Burns; author Mark Rotella (“Amore: The Story of Italian-American Song”); Drunken Dragon Night; Sotheby’s exec speaks; food writers panel; Haiti fundraiser; Lucy Wainwright Roche album release.

FIRST IMPRESSION: BIRDBATH BAKERY
Now that the lunch offerings have been added, it’s time to weigh in. (I neglected to mention how grateful I am to have a good option for lunch on weekends, especially Sundays, in southeast Tribeca.)

IN THE NEWS
••• 10/22 roundup: Theater Bar. Plus: James Franco reads; Tracy Anderson’s fitness studio; the bathrooms at Washington Market Park.
••• 10/24 roundup: Ballet school. Plus: Capsouto Park dedication; One York; the Mudd Club; cyclists in City Hall Park.

MODERN ETIQUETTE: REMOVING SHOES
There was a time when you waited to be asked to take your shoes off. The other day, I suddenly felt that I would be ill-mannered if I didn’t offer. Has the norm shifted?

SEEN & HEARD
••• 10/22 roundup: Pet costume contest. Plus: New monthly get-together; interactive iPod art; whisky book; Moomah Halloween specials; Jerry’s Café deal; David Strathairn; BETTY; wellness retreat discount; nutrition seminars.
••• Congratulations to David Cleaver, who correctly identified last week’s “Where in Tribeca…?” (which was evidently once the home of a club called Ones).
••• A special edition of Foto Friday: My favorite random neighborhood pix from the last few years—taken at Hudson River Park and City Hall Park, along the East River, and on Greenwich Street and Broadway.