Good Day TK

A: They are in the top ten baby names for White girls born in NYC in 2009.

Gotta love the Hasids for confusing statisticians. 

Check out full list here

Borough Park, Brookyn. 

Rolfing, a Painful Form of Massage, Regains Popularity

That’s my friend, Rey!! I hope this doesn’t drum up too much business… I still need to schedule my rolfing sessions that my sisters gave me for my birthday, circa 2009? 2008?

I’ve just found my own personal paradise. Sitting at an unfinished wood communal table, dingy light fixture overhead, feeling the cool breeze pass through from the chilled rainy day. Power outlet, wifi, smoothest Iced Latte I think I’ve ever had. And Cat Stevens playing at the perfect volume. 

And then I find out the owner is Ms. Weatherup, a disciple of Sasha Petraske and owner of my fave bar on Vandy.  I may never leave The Glass Shop (NY Mag review).

[my view out the back door, taken on by someone else on some other day, but captures the crisp dampness that is so rare in the concrete jungle]
 

Oh, now we’re onto Simon & Garfunkel. Awesome.

Particularly love the screen resolution and storage…

I curled up on the couch with a mug of tea the other morning, and saw this:

And then today, I read this: Opossums are the new raccoons about the city’s strategy to get rid of rats.

Also check out what happened a few months ago to address the geese issue in Prospect Park.

Props to FIPS for finding the best graphic ever:

Just came across the Urban Organic Gardener’s website. Has some low-cost ideas to make real food come from outside your window. Currently dreaming of cherry tomatoes.

arig:

Park vs Park

The New York Times juxtaposes Central Park and Prospect Park.

Here’s one of my favorite descriptions of Prospect Park:

You might see some pickup soccer between Hasidim and Haitians. Park Slope tweens flying kites alongside bearded Pakistani men. Girls in vintage dresses, reading. Trinidadians playing cricket. Hipsters making up games with giant red balls. A Salvadoran family clustered around a smoking grill. (Cooking outside, though one of life’s great pleasures, is forbidden in Central Park.)

Thanks to Tamar for recommending this article.

This bill will make it illegal to rent out any residential space for less than 30 days.

• Would a vacation be made financially possible if your furnished, comfy home earned some [taxable] income while you’re away?
• Have friends/family coming in but can’t house them all at your place? Oh, and a $200+ per night hotel is too expensive? 
• Planning on subletting your room for the 28- or 29-day month of February? (no joke)

These will all be illegal if the Governor Patterson approves the bill. Close friends, as well as myself, have relied on this supplemental income to tide us over during rough months. Further, this will eliminate a vital part of the NYC tourism market: people who would rather see an alternative side of the city, and who would rather spend their money at local businesses instead of Marriott and The Olive Garden.

PLEASE, if you live in NY State, make the 1-minute phone call. More info at Save NY Sublets.