Tried to snag a pass yesterday for the Final Fantasy sneak preview tonight, but the line into Barcode was already halfway down 46th St. well before passes were being offered. Too darned hot to wait it out… Ex-49er Jerry Rice makes appearances at K-mart this Friday and Saturday to promote his Playmakers snacks.
City seems pretty dead lately. Gotta enjoy it while I can. Spent lots of time in Brooklyn this weekend. It’s really not that far away… I don’t normally read Salon, but this series on hostess clubs in Tokyo makes for an interesting read.
Local phone service is stinking expensive. Even MCI wants $86 for installation… I got RCN to hook us up for cheap in my current apartment (no installation fee), but alas, they do not serve the area that I am moving to.
Can’t wait to move into the new apartment. Double rents are killer though.
Mermaid Parade this Saturday at Coney Island… One of these days I’m gonna get around to redesigning the site menus.
Should an Act of Kindness Merit Something in Return? A nice little feel-good article from last weekend’s NYT magazine.
If you haven’t already, head out to the Promenade in Brooklyn Heights at night. Great view of downtown Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty. An easy train trip to Clark Street via #2/#3 train. It’s no wonder that apartment prices there are so high…
Sign that I could be a true New Yorker: despite having landed a VERY reasonably-priced rental apartment in Brooklyn (no fee at that!), I am still poring over the weekend real estate section in search of that elusive perfect home. I was fooled temporarily. Last weekend it seemed that Manhattan apartment rentals were coming down, … …
A fairly good article on getting delisted from the NASDAQ. Lum…
The NY Times offers 50% off regular rates for home subscription but will allow you to renew at 1/3 off. Looks like you can renew at this rate indefinitely (every 12-13 weeks, that is), but if you just ask them to extend your promo rate, they will almost certainly give you some mumbo-jumbo about why … …