It seems kind of harsh to judge Fetch for evacuating, when many residents of Tribeca did the same thing -- employees have families, too. Kudos to Wagging Tail for staying open. — Winnie on Seen & Heard: Where to Drop Off Donations

beautiful. But it was crazy! — liat on The First Snowstorm Is the Prettiest

I love that cover photo, it's just hauntingly beautiful (and it shows how sparkly Battery Park was, and we were so grateful that something so close had power! We saw 3 filmes in a week, filling in the evening hours and then coming home to sleep..) — liat on In the News: Unsafe for Occupancy

Another storm of the century? Pinky JJ — Pinky JJ on The First Snowstorm Is the Prettiest

LOVE Jim Smithers! Can I help with the taser design, please? — Carol Tanenbaum on Seen & Heard: Where to Drop Off Donations

these are absolutely beautiful! — Mona on The First Snowstorm Is the Prettiest

I am just loving all the lights! Yay electricity! :) — Annika on The First Snowstorm Is the Prettiest

Weather like this makes me want to trade in my dog for a cat...... Nice pics tho — Sheila on The First Snowstorm Is the Prettiest

Scratch that. I downloaded the Instagram app at Terroir and took pix on the way home. — Erik Torkells on The First Snowstorm Is the Prettiest

@Matilde: I didn't take any of them! But I did brave the first snowstorm of the season for dinner at Terroir. — Erik Torkells on The First Snowstorm Is the Prettiest

Erik, thank you for braving the first snowstorm of the season to take these fabulous photos. Love them! — Matilde on The First Snowstorm Is the Prettiest

Any one have any idea as to what's going on by the sugar factory and river lofts. I can't seam to get a straight answer. Appearantly other buildings in that immediate area still have no power. This is laight and Washington st — Steve on Anyone Have Power Yet?

Seriously, when is Sean Penn going to show up and lead this Sandy relief effort? Damn, what's taking him so long? — Jim Smithers on Seen & Heard: Where to Drop Off Donations

@Jim, Where will you be dining Thursday? Let's have our own Tribeca Superbaby? — StrollerlessTribecaHottie on Seen & Heard: Where to Drop Off Donations

I wanted to pass along an email from Brownie troop (3368) leader Teri Foley on the collections at Whole Foods today. Amazing effort by these little ladies. We had our event this evening. It was SPECTACULAR to say the least. On a little corner in Manhattan, after I sent out just ONE email to a few friends... this is what happened: We collected 100+ blankets for those who still don't have heat Hundreds of diapers and wipes for little babies whose parents have lost everything Flashlights Batteries Food ( 40 + loaves of bread) Toiletries GALORE! Rakes Tarps And so much more. We also raised $1,123 for our local community center. Amazing!   Thank you all for your kind, generous and giving hearts. When the truck pulled away all I kept thinking is how very lucky we all are. Our community is amazing. Thank you, thank you, thank you, — Vince on Seen & Heard: Where to Drop Off Donations

@Rohin - that's only a prototype, it's not fully functional. The toddler-seeking taser darts still have some kinks that need to be worked out. The darts should only slightly bruise, not maim. Now that all of the neighborhood children have finished snatching free candy from the financially-weakened local restaurants with their filthy, grubby hands, runny noses, bottomless buckets o'candy and tyrannical parents - maybe these parents can GIVE back to said restaurants by dining out with the whole family this Thursday night at Tribeca's 1st & Last Annual Hallo-We-Eats. My apologies to all of those residents without children (@Person Without Kids & StrollerlessTribecaHottie), but you'll need to take one for the team that night or just stay-in until you see the stroller traffic diminish. — Jim Smithers on Seen & Heard: Where to Drop Off Donations

Re: Wireless Antenna (?) @ 54 Laight - Smithers might refer to it as a 'Beca "Trick or Treat" munchkin suppression system ;) ha — Rohin on Seen & Heard: Where to Drop Off Donations

Great photos Marisa!, here is one I took from Laight Street: http://newyorkcommoners.com/image/34714906036 — cameron on The Calm After the Storm

Kudos to the Northern TriBeCa businesses who so kindly opened their doors to Trick o'Treaters last night! Even those who were not prepared did their very best to offer something sweet (like Kaffe and 'wichcraft). At one restaurant, the hostess didn't have anything to offer (and that's fine! It was Nov 5th -- no complaints!), but an amazing diner reached into his own bag and gave my 4YO samurai a beautifully wrapped swag-bag o'candy. Special props to Wolfgang's, Benvenuto and Locanda Verde for cheerfully having baskets of candy at the ready for distribution. — Jolene on Seen & Heard: Where to Drop Off Donations

Nice shout out in the Post today! http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/juice_from_jay_RLmCZiwmNn4iwNg8VCExkM — Melissa on Seen & Heard: Where to Drop Off Donations

The Wagging Tail was great - as they were during 9/11 - open 24/7 and dedicated to our pets for those of us who were out of town/displaced. (I will add that places like Fetch Club told clients to get their pets out the weekend prior to the storm and closed down. I understand they were in Zone A but the Wagging Tail stayed open through 9/11, despite being told to close and being on Greenwich St at the time, also open through the blackout. They are definitely reliable.) Also, Worth St Veterinary Center (same building as Wagging Tail) - I cannot say how impressed I was! Dr. DiPolo was updating Facebook constantly, went to the office to check on a sick pet at the Wagging Tail, emailed me to let me know how my dog was, posted pictures of the pets. As soon as power was back up he opened the office on Sunday and offered to reimburse clients for taxi fare due to transportation problems. What an angel! Not many vets would do that. — Guest on Seen & Heard: Where to Drop Off Donations

@Cameron: Dunno. But that's definitely in a landmarked district: https://tribecacitizen.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Tribeca-landmark-districts-map.png — Erik Torkells on Seen & Heard: Where to Drop Off Donations

Isn't 54 Laight a Verizon Wireless building? — cameron on Seen & Heard: Where to Drop Off Donations

What would we do without these village sages? Thank you, thank you, thank you, Nelle, JFP and Cami. For parents who don't like kids but have them, you can exchange them for a handful of candy at any participating local restaurant between now and the close of business. This is offer is not transferrable. However, as always, strollers are not welcome. Also, just because someone gives out candies for a belated Halloween does not mean they are not oblivious to the bigger challenges NYers face. — Jim Smithers on Seen & Heard: Nish Noosh Revealed

People lighten up. Just because someone gives out candies for a belated Halloween does not mean they are oblivious to the bigger challenges NYers face. It is nice of those businesses to bring a little joy in whatever way they can to neighbors of whatever age. If you don't like kids, please don't have any. And if parents annoy you, just don't have any as friends. Spending time ranting is about kids is just plain sad. — cami on Seen & Heard: Nish Noosh Revealed