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New York City: Where Real Estate Closings Resemble Episode Three Of Jersey Shore

Which Episode Three? That shouldn’t matter:

“A lot of people in this city have gotten what they want by being emotional.”

Posted: April 30th, 2012 | Filed under: Cultural-Anthropological, Real Estate

The Sideways Of Skin Art

Except the Swedish version was better:

As “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” won praise at the Academy Awards, the real life version of the movie is taking New York by storm.

Fans of the mythical creature are having it inked in studios across the city, inspired by the Chinese zodiac as well as the movie which won the Oscar for best film editing Sunday night.

. . .

The [Year of the Dragon] also coincided with the release of the movie that starred Rooney Mara, a confluence that tattoo artists say has led to a surge in requests for dragon art.

. . .

“Dragons are cool, bottom line.”

Posted: February 27th, 2012 | Filed under: Cultural-Anthropological

Think Of It As The Corner Sweat Lodge

And may they never ever finally finish putting in escalators in the stations:

Now it seems that New Yorkers have yet another point of pride — as if we needed another reason to be smug. Forget being the walking city: just by cooling their heels on the subway, New Yorkers fare better in staving off obesity than those who do the same in their cars.

Posted: July 18th, 2010 | Filed under: Cultural-Anthropological

Steel-Cage Fighting For Your Liver

Maybe this is another way to raise revenue in a tough economic climate:

The State Liquor Authority recently approved the sale of 192-proof booze — meaning the potent potables are 96% alcohol.

Some shop owners and imbibers are raising a glass to the hooch, believed to be the strongest ever available in the state, particularly folks in Polish and Russian communities who’ve had to travel to New Jersey for the stiff brew.

Posted: June 18th, 2010 | Filed under: Cultural-Anthropological, Feed, Follow The Money

Thieves Finally Realize That That Sleek Clipboard Thing People Are Walking Around With These Days Is Not Some Sort Of Census-Taking Device But Rather An Expensive Apple Product Worth Jacking

Although written in a quippy, generally entertaining style, I usually find the Brooklyn Paper crime blotter depressing and try to avoid it, as I want to believe that there is less crime than there probably is.

But sometimes it’s useful, like when it shows how long it takes technology to get stolen, which in this case is 55 days*:

Brooklyn has had its first reported iPad theft — a swipe that occurred near Fort Greene Park on May 28.

The 23-year-old victim told police that he was playing on the revolutionary tablet computer near the corner of Park and Waverly avenues at 7:45 pm when someone ran up behind him and snatched the device out of his hand.

*The iPad Wi-Fi model was released April 3, 2010.

Posted: June 1st, 2010 | Filed under: Brooklyn, Cultural-Anthropological
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