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TGIPD: Thank God It’s Pigeon Day!
It's time to pay respect to our fine feathered friends, those adorable little birdies that crap 25 pounds of poop on our city every year. Bless them!
Posted 06/13/08 in Daily Intel : In Other News
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Happy Martin Luther King Day!
In honor of MLK, we will not be posting today. If you don't have the day off, we hope work isn't too tough without our mildly amusing banter and pictures. We also hope you get a new job soon.Posted 01/21/08 in Daily Intel : Intel
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Your Labor Day Forecast: Sunny and Mild
Okay, we just checked, and the weekend forecast basically couldn't be any better. In town, on the East End, down the shore, upstate, even on the Vineyard: It's supposed to be completely sunny, warm but not too hot, not even too humid. So get thee to the beach, people — but if you're going to Coney Island, pictured here on July 4, get there early to grab a spot. Have a lovely Labor Day; we'll see you Tuesday.
Posted 08/31/07 in Daily Intel : Photo Op
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Greatest American Hero
Joey Chestnut, 23, of San Jose, California, eating two of his 66 hot dogs yesterday to set a new record and defeat six-time defending champion Takeru Kobayashi of Japan. USA! USA! The Winner and New Champion, With 66 Hot Dogs [NYT]
Posted 07/05/07 in Daily Intel : Photo Op
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Every Day's the Fourth of July
We're off tomorrow, as we suspect you are, too. Macy's says the big show starts at 9 p.m., with "120,000 burst of color" shot from four barges in the East River, three between 23rd and 42nd Streets and one south of the Brooklyn Bridge. We'll be watching from Brooklyn Heights; if all else fails, there's always the NBC broadcast. See you Thursday, ideally sunburned and hung-over.
Posted 07/03/07 in Daily Intel : Announcements
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Fireworks, Pools, Booze — Not Terror — Will Kill You Tomorrow
• There's no reason to fear terror attacks on the Fourth of July, the mayor is insisting; the threat of terror, he says, is nothing compared to the dangers of unguarded beaches and pools. "Don't let the kids play with fireworks. Don't drink and drive," he advised. Oh, also, the NYPD is on its highest alert. [NYDN]
Posted 07/03/07 in Daily Intel : The Morning Line
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So This Is Christmas
"X-Mas Came Early This Year" says the sign on the Christmas tree planted in front of the Soho Apple store. Being of the more Hanukkish persuasion, we're not entirely up on every last Christmas tradition. But somehow we've always imagined snowy lawns, warm beds, and roaring fires — not steamy sidewalks, sleeping in chairs, and occasional pouring rain. Did we misunderstand something? Earlier: Daily Intel's we-realize-we're-just-as-bad-as- they-are ongoing iPhone coverage.
Posted 06/29/07 in Daily Intel : Photo Op
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Down the Shore Everything's All Right, Except Maybe the Weather
Well, at least today and tomorrow look beautiful:
The (roughly equivalent) forecasts for area Memorial Day locales after the jump.
Posted 05/25/07 in Daily Intel : Intel
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How Is a Park Slope Seder Different From All Other Seders?
"All right," said the rabbi. "We'll try to get to the food as fast as we can." Rose Water, the Haute Barnyard Park Slope restaurant, was holding its second-annual second-night Passover Seder, and the obstacle between the starving, secular attendees and the five-course prix fixe was an hour-long ritual leavened, as it were, with trademark neighborhood sanctimony. The plagues recitation became a mini-lecture on abused women (the modern-day plagues were rape, shame, and so on); we were even more riveted by the time- and nabe-specific Four Questions.
Posted 04/04/07 in Daily Intel : Intel
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How Today's Mail Is Different From All Other Days' Mail
The perfect sign that Passover has arrived at New York, even more than those calls from mom (no, you can't take a train that late; seventeen people I'm cooking for!)? The messenger-delivered arrival at the office of PR matzo, handmade by the Chabad of — where else? — Southampton. Good yontif, everyone.
Posted 04/02/07 in Daily Intel : Photo Op
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Whiskey, You're the Devil
Pop quiz: Do you remember being interviewed by a New York camera crew outside of McSorley's or Bull McCabe's on Saturday night? No? We asked you how many drinks you had, if you knew who Saint Patrick was, and what "Erin Go Bragh" meant. Then you told us that you used to hate the Irish, that your knowledge of the holiday comes entirely from The Simpsons, and something else we couldn't quite catch. It was late, and you were pretty drunk. So watch the video to see what might come up at your future intervention. And remember: We're just here to help. Video: Overheard: Saint Patrick's Day [NYM]
Posted 03/19/07 in Daily Intel : Cultural Capital
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Countdown to Saint Patrick's Day: C Is for Cookie
At Saint Patrick's Day approaches, the man who might be New York's angriest blogger, Copyranter Mark Duffy, reminds us of an artifact of our not particularly Irish New York youth: Carvel's Cookie O'Puss. Specifically, he found what we think is the TV commercial that initially introduced regular Cookie Puss's Irish friend. It's from 1982, and dig those low-fi special effects. Copyranter, we thank you for your patronage. Cookie Puss [Copyranter]
Posted 03/15/07 in Daily Intel : In Other News
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Victorious Chinese Workers Celebrate Belated New Year
The Chinese New Year ended more than a week ago, but Chinese Staff and Workers Association — a militant labor-rights group trying to gain better pay and conditions for employees in the city's Chinese restaurants — held a celebration at P.S. 2 on Henry Street yesterday. "It's the Golden Year of the Pig, and it will be good for workers," said Wing Lam, the group's executive director. It's a moment for the association to be celebrating: Its members refused to sign a contract with the Saigon Grill mini-chain, which led the restaurant to suspend its delivery service last week, and in February a federal judge ruled that managers at the 88 Palace restaurant on East Broadway wrongfully pocketed a service charge the restaurant had imposed on banquet tabs, ordering owners to fork over to eleven busboys and waiters some $700,000 in gratuities and other costs dating to 2002. Lawyers for 88 Palace's owners have filed an appeal, and they're also fighting the workers' attorneys' request for close to $1 million in legal fees. But for now, at least, happy Year of the Pig.
—Mary ReinholzPosted 03/12/07 in Daily Intel : Intel
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Happy Chinese New Year!
Carroll Gardens: Will a bank, national chain store, or real-estate office replace Bleach House, the Dickensiansly named, now-defunct launderette on Court Street? [423smith] Chinatown: Party like it's 4705! That's right, the Chinese New Year kicked off this weekend. Welcome to the Year of the Pig. [Gothamist] Coney Island: The PR firm for development giant Thor Equities has released another homemade-looking "newsletter" about future Coney fun — which yet again makes no mention of Thor's planned condo towers for the area. [Gowanus Lounge] Greenpoint: From the looks of the floor plan, it seems like the Polish movie house turned Burger King at 910 Manhattan Avenue is due to become Greenpoint's first Starbucks. Rejoice or recoil? [Curbed] West Village: When special people like Sarah Jessica Parker, Lucy Lawless, or Christine Quinn need to pick up a package, they do it at Something Special, a mailbox-rental place on Macdougal and Houston. [The Villager]
Posted 02/19/07 in Daily Intel : Neighborhood Watch
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Valentine's Day Countdown: Step Away From the Roses
It's nearly Valentine's Day; do you know where the love of your life is? Neither do we. But here's the guidance we learned this week from New York's intrepid band of dating bloggers. • Threesomes are interesting; lasagne is not. Somewhere in Brooklyn, there is a boy who doesn't want to hear about what his friends had for lunch again, ever. Even if eventually the conversation moves on to the fact they're dating bisexuals. [Forksplit] • Subway rides are, ipso facto, unromantic. If you're going to try to experience sexual fantasies on the subway in this weather, of course you're just going to feel like a "huge winter muffin in my 5 degree weather outfit"! But the muffin thing's a start. [Virginist]
Posted 02/09/07 in Daily Intel : Intel
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Beef Lifts Us Up Where We Belong
Bad news for all the single people of New York: Valentine's Day is mercilessly creeping up on us. (Depressing, isn't it?) There are several gastronomic ways to mark the date, as the Underground Gourmet points out on Grub Street today. You could stay at home and order pizza; you could drown your sorrows in a vat of Häagen-Dazs; you could spend the evening with the gallant General Tso, who in such cases we have always found to be both an officer and a gentleman. Or if you're determined to celebrate your singlehood — and perhaps ensure that you remain that way — you could try the sandwich the Underground Gourmet has identified as Sandwich of the Week: the Breakup Burger. Find out all about it at Grub Street. Sandwich of the Week: Twisted Burger's Breakup Burger [Grub Street]
Posted 02/05/07 in Daily Intel : Grub Street
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One Day Our Cell Phones Will Be Judged Not By the Color of Their Shell But By the Content of Their Features
The Wall Street Journal is breathlessly reporting on an announcement from BlackBerry yesterday that the company is planning to "strike back" against the new iPhone by releasing -- drumroll, please -- a new BlackBerry Pearl. We scanned the article eagerly, excited to find what further features would finally let the Goliath knock Apple's David to the ground, but we could only find one change: The formerly black Pearl will now also be available in white . (To be frank, we're a little mystified that a product called "Pearl" didn't come in white in the first place.) Now, we're fine with the white cell phone riding up to save the day when the black cell phone just can't cut it -- but we're wondering, who decided to announce that on Martin Luther King Day? BlackBerry Pearl Goes White [WSJ (subscription)] Now, a White BlackBerry Pearl! [Techtree]
Posted 01/16/07 in Daily Intel : In Other News
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Training for the Big Day
Groundhog Day is rapidly approaching, and today's Times detailed the training regimen Chuck, the Staten Island Zoo's groundhog, is undergoing to prepare for his weather-predicting premiere in three weeks. A photo from the zoo's website — highlighted this afternoon by Gothamist — shows that Chuck sees the date looming, too. Grooming a Weatherman for His TV Debut, and Hoping He Doesn’t Bite the Host [NYT]
Posted 01/12/07 in Daily Intel : Photo Op
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And Every Time an Obnoxious Ringtone Rings, an Angel Gets Carted Away on a Flatbed
Even at Rockefeller Center, Christmas season eventually ends. Shot yesterday morning at the corner of Sixth Avenue and 49th Street and submitted by reader Prudence. Thanks, Prudence! [Snap a Photo Op–worthy shot? Send it to us at intel@nymag.com.]
Posted 01/10/07 in Daily Intel : Photo Op
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'Tis Always the Season
Just a quick reminder from building staffs across New York — this one was posted in a Chelsea elevator and photographed by a correspondent — that tipping is always appreciated. (N.B. to Daily Intel's doormen and porters: We're on it. Really.) [Snap a Photo Op–worthy shot? Send it to us at intel@nymag.com.]
Posted 01/09/07 in Daily Intel : Photo Op
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