- The MTA wants to ruin our lives and take all our money. Tell me something I don't know. But the fact that they're predictable doesn't make the $104 Metrocard any less painful.
- Jerry Garcia's house is for sale. The listing photos. Are. Hilarious. Trust us. Sneak preview above.
Starting this week New Yorkers with iPhones will be able to pay for subways, trains and taxis using Visa's paywave program.
Users just slip their iPhones into a special case that contains a secure memory card. While it's Apple only for now, this technology could be ported to any phone with a memory card slot Read More
Sweet summer swimming? (NYT)
Most women in New York, whether they want to admit it or not, know that dating here revolves around fantasy: the fantasy that the underwear model you’re eyeing across the room might possibly know who Heidegger is, or that the promising surgical resident you’ve been dating for two months won’t max out his Visa after Read More
The high-end auction-house business is considered among the more genteel of professions. But apparently it has its perils—and not just for those who bid over their heads. On Dec. 5, the NYPD was summoned to Sotheby’s after three employees were exposed to a toxic substance. The substance in question wasn’t formaldehyde that leaked from some Read More
The high-end auction-house business is considered among the more genteel of professions. But apparently it has its perils—and not just for those who bid over their heads. On Dec. 5, the NYPD was summoned to Sotheby’s after three employees were exposed to a toxic substance.
The substance in question wasn’t formaldehyde that leaked from some Damien Read MoreThe high-end auction-house business is considered among the more genteel of professions. But apparently it has its perils—and not just for those who bid over their heads. On Dec. 5, the NYPD was summoned to Sotheby’s after three employees were exposed to a toxic substance. The substance in question wasn’t formaldehyde that leaked from some Read More
The high-end auction-house business is considered among the more genteel of professions. But apparently it has its perils—and not just for those who bid over their heads. On Dec. 5, the NYPD was summoned to Sotheby’s after three employees were exposed to a toxic substance.
The substance in question wasn’t formaldehyde that leaked from Read MoreNew Yorkers are a creative bunch, perhaps never more so than in the impromptu genius they display at turning familiar objects—car antennas, beer bottles, etc.—into lethal weapons. Nonetheless, the suspect who showed up at St. Monica’s Church, at 413 East 79th Street, on Nov. 11 was more talented than most. The perp broke the hand Read More
New Yorkers are a creative bunch, perhaps never more so than in the impromptu genius they display at turning familiar objects—car antennas, beer bottles, etc.—into lethal weapons. Nonetheless, the suspect who showed up at St. Monica’s Church, at 413 East 79th Street, on Nov. 11 was more talented than most.
The perp broke the Read MoreAt the end of this afternoon's press conference, Freddy parted ways with Howard Dean, who'd just endorsed him as "the education candidate." Freddy hopped into a black sedan; Howard descended the stairs at 86th and Broadway to catch a downtown 1 train. After a brief scuffle with a disagreeable MetroCard machine and a cranky Read More
A few nights ago, my sister called from her cell phone to make dinner plans in Manhattan. Two minutes into the conversation, I said, “I don’t know—what about that place with the chopsticks that don’t splinter? … You’re at an A.T.M. in a bodega, aren’t you?” “What? Yes.” “The hollow bleeping sound when you type Read More
A few nights ago, my sister called from her cell phone to make dinner plans in Manhattan. Two minutes into the conversation, I said, “I don’t know—what about that place with the chopsticks that don’t splinter? … You’re at an A.T.M. in a bodega, aren’t you?”
“What? Yes.” “The hollow bleeping sound when you type in Read MoreA reader was puzzled by the discrepancy between reports in the Times and in New York Magazine on Governor Pataki's counter-terror subway ride last week: New York: "After the press conference with Governor George Pataki, the mayor walked to the Lex (Pataki entered through a gate held open by one of his bodyguards; Bloomberg Read More
Perhaps the staff of the Food Emporium at 1066 Third Avenue should have known something was up on June 3, when a customer arrived and waited patiently for the manager a full 10 minutes at the customer-service desk.
Nobody in Manhattan waits 10 minutes before getting ugly. However, as soon as the manager made himself available, Read More