NYPD (via bobtrancho)
February 21, 2010
February 20, 2010
SAUCY SALAD: ‘It’s important to talk about Jesus in as loud and jarring a way possible. While your sheets are in the washing machine.’
February 19, 2010
February 14, 2010
‘Maimonides Medical Center’s bustling obstetrics unit is the busiest in New York State - with a record 7,746 New Yorkers born at the Brooklyn hospital last year. This year shows no sign of letting up. “It’s a little bit like being an air-traffic controller,” said nursing director Carol Kidney. “They come, they go, they come again. It never stops.”’ (via Oh Baby! Maimonides Medical Center’s maternity ward is busiest in the state)
OK, MyTown is the most addictive (and productive) iPhone app I’ve used. I’ve wasted three hours commenting on local businesses because it’s allowed me to build Eagle Provisions into the steel & glass monstrosity you see above.
February 10, 2010
February 7, 2010
The obligatory annual story about the parrots of Greenwood Cemetery includes this notable bit: ‘There were no parks at the time, so people used cemeteries as parks. People would picnic here. We had half a million visitors here in the 1850s and 60s. It was the place to come — to be buried and for other reasons. ‘
It’s easily one of the most beautiful stretches of land in the city. It’s a shame so few people come by.
