Friday, February 3, 2012

*Everyday Chatter

On a global-warm winter's night, the first flip-flop sighting of the year:


The Algonquin has shuttered its Oak Room. [HP]

Thor reveals its deadening new Coney Island architecture. [ATZ]

Driving chain stores out of the Upper West Side. [Gothamist]

You could have had a $5,500 Super Bowl party with Torrisi, the guys who took over Rocco's. [Eater]

Feb 9: Eat knishes and watch a documentary on the NYC accent. [ITK]

The legendary, literary Holiday Cocktail Lounge is being taken over by the company that makes Pirate Booty snacks. [EVG]

New York hardcore meets the 90s. [LOM]

Greenwich Village neon revisited. [NYN]

At art-world celebrity parties, all the scenesters are zombified in their cell phones. [NYT]

3 comments:

Ed said...

One casualty of the cell phone/ PDA mania has definitely been social events of all sorts, which are no longer exactly social, and this becomes more true the higher up the class ladder you get. You might as well stay home and type comments on the internet instead.

laura said...

the cell phone tinkering is like taking out a cigarette. its from nerves. also if you get home from a party & cant sleep, THEN it may be nice to hear the messages. how much sxxt do you need all @once? i always thought it was an affectation, yapping on a cell& texting. it has to be. i have lived my entire life & dont know how to text never did it. never yapped on a cell walking on the street. rarely kept the phone on. it has to be a pose. its also nice to get out of your head. nice to walk down a street & discover things. or think new thoughts.

seethe worldorg said...

the cell phone tinkering is like taking out a cigarette. its from nerves. also if you get home from a party & cant sleep, THEN it may be nice to hear the messages.
- I agree with that!