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This past Wednesday the Community Board 2 committee voted against a dance club at the corner of Front and Old Fulton streets in DUMBO. The cabaret license request was made by the owners of One Front restaurant, who want to add dancing to the 2nd floor of their establishment, which includes a restaurant on the ground floor and mezzanine.

Recently Jack Nicholson was spotted on the French Riviera simultaneously smoking and swimming, as well as shakin' his 72-year-old thang with a significantly younger woman. Typical Jack. It turns out that his lady friend hails from the Bronx, and is the daughter of a former NYPD officer. The NY Post reports that burlesque dancer Dakota Ferreiro's mom spotted her in photos last week with the famous face; she told them, "I opened the paper and read about Jack Nicholson, and I saw the photo and I said, 'Wow, she looks so familiar. That's my daughter!' Jack Nicholson is an icon, and I'm not jealous or envious, but I wish Jack could meet Mama!" Currently Ferreiro teaches Burlesque on the West Coast, as well as appears on Showtime's Live Nude Comedy. Here's a taste of what grandpa Jack got.

     

Step inside Sazon, the new Latin Caribbean restaurant and lounge from the team behind Sofrito, a popular mid-price Puerto Rican spot in midtown east. The bi-level place opened quietly last month in the Reade Street space formerly occupied by Fresh Tribeca; the swank and sexy interior design features bright tropical colors, black lacquered chandeliers, a tufted leather back wall, and a coveted private booth secluded behind thick drapes. The elegant yet relaxed vibe extends to the downstairs lounge—tagged wall-to-wall by street artist James De La Vega—where a second bar facilitates weekend salsa dancing parties.

A reader caught an impromptu one-man dance party on the R train Monday night. She tells us that "going from Manhattan to Brooklyn around 10pm...this guy jumped on the car with a boombox and wearing 80s workout gear. It was clearly some sort of stunt but he seemed to be operating on his own and kept bouncing into different subway cars at each stop."

        

When we first noted this incoming Brazilian restaurant/bar back at the beginning of January, we incorrectly referred to it as Favela. Turns out it's Miss Favela to you (and us); the South Williamsburg "Brazilian Botequim" is currently in soft opening mode. Co-owner Alain Denneulin (of Soho's French Bistro Felix) tells us they're shooting for an official opening June 2nd.