Eat Hell's Kitchen today! The 38th Annual Ninth Avenue Food Festival Sat. and Sun. on 9th Ave in the West 40's and 50's. Come rain or come shine...! Noon to 5pm. Vendors and restaurants will be serving a vast offering of ethnic foods which are representative of the multitude of different cultures residing in our neighborhood.
American Folk Art Museum building on West 53rd was sold to MoMA this week... Will remain open until further notice...
The New York International Tattoo Convention at Roseland this weekend... One Day Ticket -- $20,,Two Days Unlimited Access -- $35, Three Days Unlimited Access -- $50, (Tickets available ONLY at Roseland and ONLY on the day of the show)
Great piece on Sutton Foster in the weekend NYTimes and some beautiful photos of her. I completely adore her! Article won't be available online til Sunday...
Did some tweeting while waiting for whole wheat pancakes to go at Galaxy Diner.... The real maple syrup was back at my place... Diners only ever serve crappy artificially flavored corn syrup.
I really like the Oddities TV show on Science Channel. And I'll have to make a field trip to the Obscura shop this summer... I just gotta!
Rest in Peace Timothy White 1982-2011. Struck by a drunk driver in Hell's Kitchen recently. Makeshift Shrine at 9th Ave and 47/48th. See Timothy White killed in Hell's Kitchen