Monthly Archives: April 2009

Hawthorne Getting a Wine Shop

After the closing of several storefronts along Radiator Springs’ Hawthorne’s tiny main drag, there’s a sign of life next to the train station: Hawthorne Wines & Liquors looks like it’s ready to open. We first started seeing hints of a … Continue reading

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First Swine Mask Emerges

Saw my first swine-flu mask on the walk to Grand Central yesterday. It was an Asian woman of about 25, walking south on Park Avenue South around 32nd Street at around 5:35. It’s worth mentioning that I sat next to … Continue reading

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Commemorating ‘The Commodore’

There’s a new bio out about Cornelius Vanderbilt, the man who built the original Grand Central Terminal and amassed a fortune buying up railroads. “The First Tycoon”, written by T. J. Stiles (no relation to another notable scribe, TJ from … Continue reading

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Subway Sketcher Gets Documentary

Underground artist Ami Plasse, who creates pretty cool sketches of his fellow subway riders while riding the rails, is the subject of a short film that airs in Brooklyn Monday. The 13-minute flick airs at Scene: Brooklyn Independent Film Festival … Continue reading

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Farewell to Elwood Blues

Thank you to the fine fellows of the Mount Pleasant road crew for their stellar work in patching up the onerous potholes on Elwood in between the firehouse and the train station. Motorists hit potholes and say, geez, that wasn’t … Continue reading

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New Jersey Transit Slammed for Foreseeable Future

Reason #3,461 Metro-North riders are glad they don’t take New Jersey Transit each day. Our Garden State caretaker JerseyJim informs us that select lines will see 10-15 minute delays for the next few weeks thanks to a fire at the Newark Broad … Continue reading

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Il Drivatore

In case you missed it, the NY Times had a fun piece late last week about a city busdriver given to belting out opera at red lights. Christopher G. Dolan has been briving a dus, as Ralph Kramden so eloquently … Continue reading

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Back in the Saddle

OK, back from that well-lit Loopyland that is Las Vegas. One thing about endless American Airlines flights where you’re trapped in the middle seat for five years (that’s an actual Freudian slip of sorts–I typed ‘years’ instead of ‘hours’ and … Continue reading

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JerseyJim: A Soccer Stadium Somewhere in the Swamps of Jersey

Swamp Thing  As the NJT train whips through the Meadowlands each evening, riders on the left side windows are treated to a view of the iron skeleton of the Red Bull Arena, a 25,000-seat soccer stadium in Harrison, NJ.   A … Continue reading

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Planejotting: Vegas, Baby

Touched down in Vegas for the annual Work Trip last night. Normally I’d fly Jet Blue — the legroom, the TVs, the chipper crew — but opted for American to save my ailing company a few shekels. American whacked me … Continue reading

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