A reader just pointed out to us a great source for absolutely free items – Craig’s List. Now, I recommend that you proceed with caution – don’t meet the given in any dark alleys – and make sure that Free really means free – but check this out These are some treasures on offer for…
Monthly Archives: January 2010
All the News That’s Fit, if you’re willing to pay…
The New York Times announced this week that in 2011 they would be moving to a pay model for online access to the popular NYTimes.com. The Wall Street Journal has managed to attract a loyal online following despite charging for unlimited access. Personally, I would pay for unlimited access to the New York Times, either…
New York Team Rescues Children in Haiti
MYFOX New York is reporting that a New York City based Police/Fire Department team pulled two children alive from the remains of a two-story building in Haiti on Tuesday. The children appeared to be severely dehydrated but remarkably well otherwise. The rescuers hurried the 8-year-old boy and the 10-year-old girl to the only fully operating…
Hospital for Special Surgery Team Helping in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Crains New York is reporting that a team of nine doctors, as well as additional staff from the Hospital for Special Surgery arrived in the Haitian capital over the weekend on a borrowed corporate jet. “The volunteers, apparently the first group of New York physicians to arrive on a hospital-sponsored mission, mobilized quickly after the…
Designing a New Policy For Knock Off Fashion
New York City officials destroyed tons of new, unworn clothing and footwear last year that had been seized in raids on counterfeit label operations, abandoning a practice of giving knockoff garments to groups that help the needy. Some heads need to get knocked together over this. I understand perfectly why copyright holders would have concerns,…
The Splashers Are Ready!
If you go to the Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA on Bedford Avenue on a given evening, you just might be able to catch a peak at the Splashers. These 40 senior swimmers have set their sights to the Empire State Senior Games, a statewide competition in June that is for athletes ages 50 and older. As spunky…
Brooklyn’s Strongman Dead at 104
The Times reports: On Monday morning, Mr. Rollino went for a walk in his Brooklyn neighborhood, a daily routine. It was part of the Great Joe Rollino’s greatest feat, a display of physical dexterity and stamina so subtle that it revealed itself only if you happened to ask him his date of birth: March 19,…
Back to Coney Island
It was brought to my attention that New York City purchased almost 7 acres of land from Thor Equities and is inviting amusement park operators to submit proposals (RFP.)
Brighton Beach Baths Memoirs
I grew up in Brighton Beach, and one place down there I knew quite well was the Brighton Beach Baths.
New York Tourism Booming
Those outside of New York are starting to see what has always been apparent to us in New York; New York is great! For the first time since 1990, New York City has finally earned the title of tourist capital of the U.S. again. Mayor Bloomberg lent his enthusiasm at a press conference at the…
