Last night Chris and I tackled the $1 oyster and 2-for-1 drink happy hour and the Tuesday unlimited shrimp deal at Brooklyn Fish Camp. Verdict: Awesome.
Next: Tuesday night $14 unlimited mussels at Essex.
[Thanks Lynda for the head's up!]
We all know Nnamdi loves his dinner deliveries from BLT Burger, but I think wearing this knit hamburger hat/mask is taking his red meat obsession a bit too far. I just fear for the day when he snaps, pulls the hat down as a mask and tries to rob the joint of ALL THEIR BURGERS. Previously.
On sale $12.99 at Fred Flare.
Time lapse video of tourists recreating the famous Beatles' Abbey Road album cover. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKCG3zMEsYs&fmt=18&fmt=18]
Some trivia about the iconic cover:
The cover designer was Apple Records creative Director Kosh. The cover photograph was taken by photographer Iain Macmillan. Macmillan was given only ten minutes around 11:30 that morning to take the photo. ... The man standing on the pavement in the background is Paul Cole (1911 - d 13 February 2008) a US tourist unaware he'd been photographed until he saw the album cover months later.
Confession: When I was in London some years back I too visited this street.
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A couple nuggets from a Chicago Tribune article on the deplorable state of Detroit or as the article puts it a "a northern New Orleans without the French Quarter."
The median price of a home sold in Detroit in December was $7,500, according to Realcomp, a listing service.Not $75,000. Remove a zero—it's seven thousand five hundred dollars, substantially less than the lowest-price car on the new-car market.
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On a positive note, Detroit's homicide rate dropped 14 percent last year. That prompted mayoral candidate Stanley Christmas to tell the Detroit News recently, "I don't mean to be sarcastic, but there just isn't anyone left to kill."
Despite all this, 15 people are running to be mayor.
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Click here to play the keyboard drum set.
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Canadian illustrator Tom Rhodes re-imagines and updates classic video game characters. Here's Ken and Ryu
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There's some fine print attached (like minimum number of people in the party) and some of the locations are meh (Southern Hospitality), but here's a list of places where the birthday boy or girl can drink for free on their special day.
Stanton Public: They promise you will forget how much fun you had on your birthday. Bring in 10 friends, they'll stamp you and let you swill anything sub-$10. But if they catch you handing off freebies, they'll kick yer booty out, birthday kid. 17 Stanton Street, Lower East Side (b/n Bowery and Chrystie Streets; map); 212-677-5555; stantonpublic.com
Cheap Shots: Plain and simple. If today's your birthday, you drink for free. You don't even need to have friends. 140 First Avenue, East Village (b/n St. Marks Place and 9th Street; map); 212-254-6631
View rest here.
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I saw this awhile back but chatting with Ashley reminded me of it. Friends prank a buddy, Thad into thinking he won the lottery: They recorded the previous night's lotto number and inserted a ticket with those numbers into a batch of lottery tickets Thad purchased. While he's checking his numbers, his buddies play back the previous night's recording while taping his priceless reaction.
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They all eventually appeared on the Today Show:
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