Welcome to Tweebeca, where a lot of us are starting to feel like Gwenyth. Or Gwyneth. Or whatever.
The Tribeca Family Festival is Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. This year, the organizers are bringing local businesses back up into the mix—here's what to expect from many of them. And before you go, print this PDF of the map and schedule of events. / 1 comment
Life on the indie fringe. Plus: Placard parking outrage; Alexis Stewart sells her penthouse; agita over Tom Otterness's disturbing past; Sacha Baron Cohen and Usher looking for rentals; LMDC boots Julie Menin.
Plus: Discounted tickets to the Tribeca Film Festival; Worth Kitchen's Cinco de Mayo dinner. / 1 comment
Miss Piggy, Thin Mints, Marcia Clarke, and death incarnate are just a few of the highlights on this week’s agenda.
Plus: $1 pizza; getting into Tribeca Film Festival's opening night; beach volleyball; sales on shoes and pens; CB1 meeting; Plein Sud party.
Plus: Tribeca Film Festival tickets for locals; artist Coco Masuda's sale; Neighbor Night at the Flea; RBC barista excels. UPDATE 4/12: Film fest tix go on sale to Amex cardholders today.
Shirley MacLaine, Earth Day, and Tribeca Film Festival tickets are just a few of the highlights on this week’s agenda. Plus: Is that a poem in your pocket, or are you happy to see me?
Welcome to Tweebeca, where a Kit Kat and Champagne are required at once. It's an emergency, people! / 2 comments
Your new neighbor. Plus: 9/11 remains; La Colombe "extremist"; new CB1 members; Battery Park sculptures; Hunger Feast; Skyscraper Museum show; Tribeca Film Festival founder Q&A; Patrick Wilson; Good Girls ad agency. / 1 comment
Coming in May. Plus: 471 Washington on figurative fire; lobster roll forecast; Burnsie's latest gets a prime festival spot; artist Andy Jurinko; 70 Pine's murky future; Tania Anthony of Resale-Riches; Sophie's "crack-like" green sauce; hanging with the homeless.
Bloomberg is enjoying retirement, attending galas, occasionally popping up to advocate for a pet project. Giuliani is publicly raving and... — mulciber / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
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Where is Giuliani when we need him? And Bloomberg?! — R. / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
Church is parallel to Broadway. Perhaps you mean Canal. (See "What to do about the..." in this publication.) — mulciber / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
This is a rerun, been played more than a dozen times. Nostalgia for edgy chaos? But you are not 18... — R. / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
I've witnessed police last month telling vendors "to pack it up, let's go", and hanging around for a few minutes... — Brian / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
You can now buy loose cannabis and pre-rolled joints on church, just south of broadway. — Thomas / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?