May 14, 2008
Tonight, when you go to barackobama.com, the Obama campaign heralds its endorsement from John Edwards. But if you head to hillaryclinton.com, you'll be reminded that she won West Virginia last night.
Pundits noted how the Edwards endorsement didn't even give Clinton 24 hours to revel in her huge win. Good thing Clinton is very determined.
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Photo of Dunkin' Donuts in Sheepshead Bay via Lisanne!'s Flickr.
The city may be divided on where the first coffee of the day comes from: Starbucks? Dunkin' Donuts? Local caffeine purveyor? Everyone can agree that a free coffee is welcome, though -- especially with prices per cup running about the same as per gallon gas.
Tomorrow Dunkin' Donuts is offering free 16-ounce iced coffees from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. at participating locations for their second annual Free Iced Coffee Day. They're also using the day to announce their partnership with the National Police Athletic League by making an $80,000 donation to support the nonprofit's Youth Leadership Program, which provides grassroots community service and peer-to-peer education to disadvantaged youth. The New York City chapter is one of sixteen receiving $5,000 grants. Visit their website to find your nearest location to score a free iced coffee.
The company tells us that if you lined up each cup of iced coffee served on Free Iced Coffee Day lid-to-lid, the line would stretch for more than 236 miles; or if you'd rather, stacking the cups on top of one another they would reach nearly 300 miles into the sky, the vantage point of a typical space shuttle orbit. So, um, try to bring your own mug to cut down on waste...
- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a shooting on Cambreleng Ave. in the Bronx, a perp search on Morton Ave. in Manhattan, and a school bus accident on Richmond Ave. on Staten Island.
- The Mets future home--Citi Field--is starting to take on the appearance of an actual ball park.
- Farewell Baggot Inn. Well drinks were served well. Musicians and comics ventured to your venue. Closing just means moving somewhere else.
- Hold the film reels! Non-English-speaking people still live in Williamsburg and someone made a film featuring them.
- A Brooklyn great-grandmother was rescued from a mugger by a number of concerned neighbors who came to her aid when she started screaming. 76-year-old Rafaela Tlatepa was punched in the face by the mugger but resisted long enough for concerned residents to restrain the man 50 years her junior until police arrived.
- A Queens woman is suing 97.9FM "La Mega" after she "won" a cruise that actually cost $399 plus airfare to the Dominican Republic.
- You know what the BBC needs? Sue Simmons, dropping F-Bombs all over the place like it's the Battle of Britain.
- The Hamptons Jitney is for proletarian losers; one may as well take Fung Wah. Anyone with dignity or class will buy a Helicard, which is like a Metrocard for the helicopter shuttle between Manhattan and Southampton and East Hampton.
- And thank you for your patience with our site difficulties earlier. We're working on resolving all the issues over the next 24 hours.
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May 14, 2008
Former senator and presidential candidate John Edwards will endorse Senator Barack Obama at an event in Michigan today. Edwards, who dropped out of the Democratic hunt for the nomination back in January, had been expected to support Obama, especially after statements referring to him as the likely nominee. Edwards and Obama appeared to team up to attack Clinton during a debate in New Hampshire earlier this year. When Clinton was claiming Obama was inconsistent with...
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It's a common observation, but are New Yorkers really more rude than residents of other cities? In Smithsonian magazine, New Yorker dance critic Joan Acocella thinks we’re just misunderstood. After years of life in the city, she’s made a thorough argument that what outsiders perceive as rudeness is just a side-effect of life in New York, where the boundaries between public and private life are less pronounced. New Yorkers spend more time up in each...
Continue Reading "Are New Yorkers Rude or Just Overly Familiar?"Last night, a woman was found dead in a SUV which was parked on the second floor of an Essex Street parking garage. The woman, identified as 39-year-old Leonida Davila, was slashed in the throat. Her body was wrapped in a blanket, in the front passenger seat. The Daily News says the car, a Chevy Suburban, is registered to Davila's estranged husband William Davila, who lives on Rutgers Street. The couple reportedly has a history...
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Cursing on the job is a hazard for not just TV newscasters. One cabbie was fined for his swears at another cabbie! The Post reports that Zbigniew Sobczak got hit with a $1,000 fine after his run-in with fellow hack Malik Rizwan. Sobczak allegedly cut off Rizwan, who honked for 10 seconds, and then got out of his cab, yelling, "What the f---? You have problem? Why you beeping?" Rizwan responded with "You f---! You...
Continue Reading "F-Bombs Cause F-ines for Cabbies"Tonight, the non-profit Share Our Strength is holding its annual Taste of the Nation NYC event at the Roseland Ballroom. Share Our Strength works with community groups, activists and food programs to make sure children don't go hungry, and the NYC chapter's event will benefit City Harvest, the Food Bank for New York City, the NYC Coalition Against Hunger and many other organizations. Quite a few restaurants are participating--Eleven Madison Park is offering Panna Cotta...
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Photo: Ed Levine’s Eats. Say goodbye to the maddening ear-poison of Kool Man’s “Pop Goes the Weasel,” and harken back to the more civilized jingle of a bygone era: the gently ringing bell of the retro Good Humor ice cream truck. On Sunday Adam Kuban got the scoop of the week when he happened upon this atavistic enabler of sweet teeth outside the Museum of Modern Art. The vintage customized Ford pick-up is just one...
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Tameka Rachelle Lewis, a University of Virginia graduate now immortalized as the prostitution ring booker who confirmed an escort's visit with Governor Spitzer, has pleaded guilty to promoting prostitution and money laundering. Lewis was taped by the FBI when she spoke to Alexandra Ashley Dupre (pictured), whose escort name was "Kristen." She told Kristen that "Client 9"--believed to be Governor Spitzer--"would ask you to do things that, like, you might not think were safe -...
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The Whitney, being so modern, has joined forces with The Gap, the founders of which talked about opening their own museum just last summer. The retailers aren't quite trying to set up shop in the new downtown outlet, but they are getting their T's imprinted with famous artist designs thanks to the museum (and the nonprofit Art Production Fund). The Artist Editions T-Shirts feature 13 contemporary artists who were previous Whitney Biennial participants: Chuck Close,...
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The elegant 7th floor roof garden at Rockefeller Plaza is usually off limits, but for the next two evenings the general public is invited up to sip cocktails while savoring the twilight view. The only catch is that you have to absorb a lot of information about Canada, because our northern neighbor's tourism board is the one footing the bill. But since their national sales pitch comes with free food, music, drinks and hand massages,...
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