Wish I was eating fried pickles right now (from new Astoria spot Sweet Afton).
Just in case you haven’t seen it, Agaton and I made a little feature on the fantastic new sandwich shop Saltie, opened by Caroline Fidanza, Elizabeth Schula and Rebecca Collerton (formerly of Diner and Marlow & Sons).
92y:
This should be a fun night: Jason Schwartzman and Wes Anderson are coming to 92YTribeca on Nov 10 to talk about Fantastic Mr. Fox and show clips from the film.
(No, Natalie Portman is not part of this event but she’s been here before.)
Ooooh fun. I go to the 92nd Street Y so often that sometimes I think that buried inside of me is an old Jewish man. Who has gas.
Williamsburg is Dead ...
… is dead? I think so, not sure if I’m gonna renew the domain name registration.
Damn you MTA!
“We have to thank WCBS 2 for reminding us of what we know already: sometimes when you swipe your Metrocard and it says “Swipe Again At This Turnstile,” it has already deducted a fare, though the turnstile will not let you through. And that hurts, especially after turnstile groin and/or torso injuries. Not to mention the fact that they just took your money.
According to the news report, the MTA apparently does not even bother denying this, claiming that its poor, 12-year old turnstiles sometimes can’t read the magnetic stripe and the “swipe again” message means “a fare may or may not have been deducted.” Funny how it never seems to work in your favor, does it? And funny how the reader works well enough to deduct the fare from the card, but not well enough to open the turnstile for you.” —Gothamist
This happened to me for the first time yesterday! It’s a good thing I am a very wealthy internet journalist, lest I get angry over being robbed by the MTA. Now if you’ll excuse me, my limo is waiting outside for me …
