Attempted Suicide at 90W

At about 9:45 a.m. Thursday morning, I answered repeated doorbell rings to find two police officers and a 30-something blonde woman standing at my door. The cop said, “We’re with the police.” When I continued to look confused, the woman said “My friend is trying to jump out of the window of the apartment above [...]

Safety Isn’t Cheap

In New York City, sexual harassment is a regular part of every woman’s daily schedule. From the seemingly harmless cat call to the more upsetting, raunchy comments, the street callers add a dose of discomfort and humiliation to our lives. And unfortunately for us, those thugs and creepers are like cockroaches– they’ve been around since [...]

Obama at Cooper Union

Barack Obama was scheduled to speak at Cooper Union about Wall Street reform today. The event was unfortunately closed to the public, but that didn’t stop people from crowding around outside. Hundreds of people lined the temporary metal barriers set up along Third Avenue and all around Cooper Square and Astor Place. New York Police [...]

Dinner with the President

Last night I was given a glimpse into the mind of John Sexton, the president of New York University. I was invited to attend a group dinner with “J-Sex,” as many NYU students know him, and I seized the opportunity. I thought at the very least I would get an interesting blog post out of [...]

Ladies, Beware of “Peepers”

A guy I work with (“Skater Bob”) told me about this web site. He and “Normal Bob” have classified the regulars that hang out on Union Square, including, unfortunately, a group of guys they call “peepers”. These “peepers” are essentially perverts that spend their days looking up girls’ skirts– and here’s the clincher– from a [...]

Dessert Truck Update

When Jerome Chang, graduate of the French Culinary Institute, began Dessert Truck in 2007, he wanted to make restaurant-quality desserts available to the common man. His menu changes a little every season, and any time he discovers new recipes, but the two concoctions you’ll always find are the créme bruleé and the molten chocolate cake. [...]

Pete Hamill in Person

Pete Hamill, author of “Downtown: My Manhattan” (the book I wrote a fairly bored review of a couple weeks ago) came to speak with my journalism class today. My 10 classmates, professor and I took turns asking him questions about his life and work. And I must say, listening to Hamill was so much more [...]

“Change-alujah” and the Union Square Demonstration

Check out the pics and video! I’ll have the story up tonight. A video of Reverend Billy telling the crowd about the “anonymous donation,” by which the construction project became more than just a playground renovation: A video of Anthony Diaz, member of the choir, break dancing: they’re chanting: “Hey Rosie, please save it. Don’t [...]

Jamba Juice Oatmeal for $1!

Jamba Juice has created it’s own stimulus deal– slow-cooked oatmeal for only $1. I just had it and it’s pretty good. The oats are cooked just right, so they’re neither soggy nor raw, and the brown sugar chunks and bananas (you can choose from three fruit toppings) make the snack taste as healthy as it [...]

Another Networking Opportunity

On Thursday, March 19 at 8:00 a.m., the Union Square Partnership will have a “Small Business Event and Networking Breakfast,” at NYU’s Palladium Hall Multi-Purpose Room on the 3rd floor of 140 E. 14th St.