Billy Parker

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• Posted Sarah Vowell, Author to Gothamist
  A friend of ours recently revealed that he decided to become a social studies teacher because of Sarah Vowell. And anyone who has read Assassination Vacation or The Wordy Shipmates will have no trouble understanding that...
• Posted Care to Have Your Gondola Ride Overshared? to Gothamist
  Photo by newyorkdailyphoto on flickr At a price of thirty dollars for half an hour, the Venetian Gondola Tour sounds like it has an easy victory over the horse carriage rides as the best valued date...
• Posted Mark Green Pinky Swears He's Done Losing Elections to Gothamist
  After losing big to Bill deBlasio in last week's public advocate runoff election, Mark Green is saying that he is out of politics for good...again. Green says his defeat came down to two factors: "Turnout; the...
• Posted Best Tip For Your Cabbie? Save Up & Buy A Taxi Medallion to Gothamist
  Photo of a medallion by thelexiphane on flickr While some New Yorkers have been cutting back on taxi fares during the recession, a new study shows the value of taxi medallion is stronger than ever. The...
• Posted Sad Plaxico Can't Have Microwave In Prison to Gothamist
  Plaxico before he was sentenced Two weeks into Plaxico Burress's stay at an upstate prison and word is that Plax is (1) always looking around him, (2) scared of his fellow prisoners, (3) hangs around another...