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Bail Out: Williamsburg Style
This morning I woke up curiously early. I usually avoid doing so like the plague because the Mister has this annoying habit of firing up NPR online in our living room and via conventional radio in the kitchen. Any of you who have done this probably know there is a delay with online audio; this phenomenon turns the confines of the 450 (if that square feet) palace we call home into one big echo chamber of current events.
As I got my first cup of morning coffee I learned about David Foster Wallace committing suicide.
TWICE.
Did you hear that Merrill Lynch is going to be bought by Bank of America? I have: once in the kitchen and again in the living room!
In other news the Feds have refused to bail out Lehman Brothers. I got the why and wherefore before and after going to the bathroom.
I don’t know about any of you but this whole government bail-out of corporate interests really pisses me off. A good friend of mine once described it this way:
It’s sort of like playing poker with your dad. You lose all your money but instead of keeping it he gives it back to you.
This is hardly the way to teach someone fiscal responsibility. What’s more, if I “Jane Q. Citizen” racked up a bunch of bad debt do you think I would get such royal treatment? I think not. The fact of the matter is there is no easy, quick way for a non-corporate entity to extract him (or her)self from the red.
Or is there?
This interesting business proposition was found by Greenpoint’s very own mihow last weekend at McCarren Park. I can’t honestly say I find this solution very palatable (while effective, it is a little too permanent for my taste), but to each their own.
Miss Heather
P.S.: You can see the original uncropped photograph by clicking here.
Crosstown Local Photo du Jour: To Do List
From the entrance to the Queens-bound platform of the G train at Metropolitan Avenue.
Miss Heather
Greenpoint Photo du Jour: Garden Spot Greenery
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From Calyer Street.
Miss Heather
Greenpoint Photo du Jour: Banker Street
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If what I saw while knocking around Greenpoint yesterday was any indication, there was a lot of “armer” being “sprayed”.
Miss Heather
THIS WEEKEND: Scent & Cinema
First up I have been advised there are still seats available for this weekend’s cruise up shit creek. Anyone interested in enjoying this upcoming Sunday by having “an intense Newtown Creek exploration” on a “comfortable charter boat” should can purchase tickets via:
I have been told complimentary soft drinks and snacks will be served.
Newtown Creek Boat Tour
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Boat leaves at 1:00 p.m. from the Skyport Marina at East 23rd Street
For those of you who do not find the previous to be your cup of tea, 3rd Ward will be kicking off the first evening of NYC’s Best Short Films the very same day:
This FREE screening series, brings the very best in local filmmaking to Brooklyn. The debut show on September 14th will feature Matthew Lessner’s Darling Darling, starring our favorite awkward teen from Juno and Arrested Development, Michael Cera, Astronauts Visit New York by Joanne Getson and Carmen by Leat Klingman, Re’ut Ben-Ze’ev, and Claudia La Rocco.
NYC’s Best Film Shorts
September 14, 2008 (second Tuesday of every month thereafter)
Third Ward
195 Morgan Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11237
Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Interested attendees should RSVP via email at: moviehouse (at) 3rdward (dot) com
Miss Heather
TOMORROW: Calyer Street Flea Market
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Now that summer is officially over I am pretty stoop-saled out! But when I found this flier for a mega sale I knew it was too good not to pass along. They’re even selling cupcakes!
Flea Market
Saturday, September 13, 2008 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
126-130 Calyer Street (between Clifford and Guernsey Street)
Brooklyn, New York 11222
Miss Heather
9/11 Photo du Jour: Franklin Street, Greenpoint
It wasn’t until we looked at this photograph (taken by Mr. Heather) later that we realized he had caught a plane piercing the one of the ghost towers. Weird.
Miss Heather
Greenpoint Pay Phone du Jour: MIA In Front Of The OTB
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While more subtle than the payphones I usually feature here on New York Shitty, I really like this specimen. It’s like the receiver crawled into the change slot to hide. Given the phone in question is located directly in front Off Track Betting on Manhattan Avenue I can’t exactly say I blame it. After being handled one too many times by the sexy beasts which constitute OTB’s clientele base it finally had enough.
Miss Heather
At Last Somebody Who Understands!
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I have no doubt this will get the bicyclistas panties in a collective wad but I’m gonna post it anyway…
Earlier this week the Mister and I went to Long Island City to get some dinner. To this end we walked across the Pulaski Bridge. Actually we we didn’t just walk, we multi-tasked: about every twenty feet or so we had to dodge some jerk on a bicycle. There are signs posted asking these brave foot soldiers in the battle for a greener New York City to dismount. I have seen them, apparently they haven’t. Of course I imagine it is kind of hard to read when you are tearing down the sidewalk like a bat out of hell.
I want to like bicyclists, really I do. But until some of the less considerate among their ranks decide the law applies to them, I’m keeping my distance…
and I suspect we’ll be seeing more signs like this.
Miss Heather
Greenpoint Photo du Jour: Patriot Day
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From Nassau Avenue.
Miss Heather
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