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  • I had the gnocchi once. As Rachael Ray would say, yumm-o.

    Posted by Sarah
    on August 2nd, 2007 at 11:27 am

  • I’ve seen enough Woody Allan movies to know that August is when ALL the NYC shrinks go away on vacation, leaving the rest of us NYers to cope with our fellow neurotics and the truly-crazies until Labor Day. It’s only a matter of time until those funny local Weird News items begin to pop up in the papers.

    Posted by victoria
    on August 2nd, 2007 at 11:57 am

  • I am sick of pompous snobs that say walmart doesnt belong in their hood. They offfer products at 1/2 the cost of places like Associated and Pioneer. And the complaint? Bad health care benefits to their workers. The benefits at Associated and Pioneer are better? And if you dont like it - simple, dont shop there or dont work there. But the City effectively banning them in the Boroughs is the epitome of arrogance and left wing pandering. Nice city - its easier to open a store selling transexual midget videos than it is one that sells baby food at a very low price. The only opponents to Walmart are those that can easily afford to shop elsewhere. - the most arrogant of pricks. I used to wonder who could have voted for Manhattan’s Mayor Bloomberg, but it really isnt all that hard to see.

    Posted by jossell
    on August 4th, 2007 at 3:25 pm

  • I think the politically correct term would be “transexual LITTLE PEOPLE videos”. Alas, Walmart does not sell them for 1/2 price as it does baby food.

    Posted by bobbyrab
    on August 7th, 2007 at 9:49 pm

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Oh, I, whoa-oh, I’m still alive

Posted by Steve on Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

So, uh, some of you have noticed that I’ve completely dropped off the face of the earth. It’s due to work-related issues — things heated up somethin’ fierce, but they’ve started to cool down, so I’m going to slowly work my way back. Luckily, others have been Johnny on the spot with area news while I’ve been out, but that’s nothing new.

In case you haven’t been keeping up, a top three of things that have happened in the couple of weeks since I last posted, starting after the jump right about … now.

  1. The 72nd Avenue townhouses appear to be doomed. The Landmarks Preservation Commission checked them out, but no dice. Landmarks must have “a special historical or aesthetic interest or value as part of the development, heritage, or cultural characteristics of the city.” I think the townhouses qualify on more than one level, but what do I know? Anyway, no reports of Frank Bahar spotted in the area, but Bahar seems like the kind of guy who hides his face behind dark glasses and a fedora, even in July.

  2. Gothamist loves Danny Brown. No surprise there. But where the hell was I when the gnocchi special was being offered? I would like to request the DB staff please e-mail me in advance the next time my favorite form of pseudo-pasta is available at my favorite restaurant.

  3. Trader Joe’s is real. And just when you’d given up any hope of sambar and cilantro chutney.

All in all, a good couple of weeks to miss, it would appear. All quiet around these parts, mostly. Perhaps a little too quiet. Seriously, won’t anyone get a little crazy? Or at least dress the part. I own a Forest Hills Neighborhoodie — what are you doing about this situation?