Following the Light
This week, the Atlanta-based School of Humanity & Awareness is holding courses on N. Moore: "SoHA offers a direct experience and training towards Heart-Centered Contribution, Awareness Training, and Yin Conscious-Listening." Uh, ok.
Roundup: Cheers!
Tribeca real-estate report: what's selling, what's not • Terroir and Benvenuto Café opening dates • Kindergarten lottery • Asphalt Green details • Protesting 9/11 terror trials • Cheerleading and jingle-writing • Love poetry • Queen Esther at Duane Park • And more
Newsletter: Feb. 12
A rare look inside Pier A • Restaurant news: Sarabeth's, Tamarind Tribeca, Capri Caffé, more • What's going on this weekend • And much more
This Weekend’s Movies
Not much new this week, other than "The Wolfman," "The Lightning Thief," and "Valentine's Day"—which is apparently even worse than one might have been led to expect.
Roundup: Empty Chair
Battery Park City Authority Chair resigns • The Red Balloon gets screened at Poets House • Tribeca Meet & Greet tonight • $4 off Tribeca Performing Arts Center shows • Reports of Fraunces Tavern's death were exaggerated • Edon Manor
Sweet Revenge
Tribeca Treats is really getting into the anti–Valentine's Day spirit with heart-shaped chocolate cookies iced with kiss-off phrases, black-patterned plates and napkins, and even anti-Valentine cards.
Bouley’s Wine Bar
A reader emailed last week to suggest that I cover By the Ounce, the wine bar that pops up at 6 p.m. inside Bouley Bakery. I finally got there last night.... / 1 comment
Roundup: High Dive
Tribeca Meet & Greet rescheduled • Marriage equality protest tomorrow • The real-estate mover behind Hudson Square • Rooftop pool for Battery Park City
Restaurant News
Sarabeth's plans for the Bazzini store • Capri Caffé scouting new spaces? • Tamarind Tribeca getting closer... • Fraunces Tavern's restaurant closes • TriBeCafe / 1 comment
A Vroom of One’s Own
Groupon's "side deal" today is a sweet one for anyone who's passed by Classic Car Club Manhattan, on Hudson, and dreamed of driving one of those insane cars. For $399—normally $900—you get a day of driving six cars in the Bear Mountain region.
Dancing on Air
If the promotional stills for Time Lapse Dance's upcoming visit to the Tribeca Performing Arts Center are any indication, it's going to be quite a beautiful show.
This Is New York?
Yesterday, while trying to estimate how long it would take to walk to Pier A, I searched for "New York City" on Google Maps. Imagine my surprise when I saw that the little "A" marker was placed at the northeast corner of Broadway and Chambers.
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Gosh, I hope Starbucks isn’t upset that workers are actively unionizing and have successfully unionized multiple locations across New York... — Justin / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Hopefully this will have some benefit for other businesses but I do have to say it was always packed. Very... — John Gallagher / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
I, for one, and so tired of graffiti. The art deco post office on Canal gets carefully scrubbed clean, only... — Marcus / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Ben If the area was pedestrianized, what would happen with emergency vehicles, Access a Ride, school buses, trash pick-up? The... — Lisa / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
I'm sorry to hear this news. My condolences to the family. I was a regular until 2007 when we moved... — Kevin Clarke / Jerry Walker, co-owner of Walker’s and The Ear Inn, has died
It's 3:45 and the line for pillows wraps from the park around on Reade and the end is only about... — N / Seen & Heard: 24-hour golf simulators in Hudson Square
This is a real shame. They had wonderful clothes and bought my daughter’s favorite clothes there when she was a... — John Gallagher / Koh’s Kids on Greenwich has closed