There's no other way to put it: Jeremy Lin played very, very badly in the Knicks' loss to the Miami Heat last night. But credit where credit is due, and most of it should go to the Heat—they are 27-7, after all—and the way they completely and utterly stifled Lin at every turn. "I can't remember another game where it was hard to just take dribbles," Lin said after the loss. Coach Mike D'Antoni was more literary about it: “It’s hard to be Peter Pan every day. They were geeked up for him."
Jeremy Lineffective Against Heat: "It's Hard To Be Peter Pan Every Day"
Peter Pan Doughnuts Coming to Cobble Hill!
Good news for Brooklynites who aren't lucky enough to reside in the borough's glorious Northern Dominion, where Peter Pan Doughnuts holds thousands of fatties in its thrall. The wickedly popular and delicious Greenpoint institution—whose doughnuts are so irresistible that Tina Fey wants to have intercourse with them—is coming to Cobble Hill. The Brooklyn Farmacy on Henry Street is now selling Peter Pan doughnuts on Saturday morning, Cobble Hill Blog reports. Could this be the precursor to a second Peter Pan location in Brooklyn? Let's all clap together and see if we can make it reality!
The 41st Annual NYC Marathon In Pictures
The results are in for today's ING NYC Marathon, which included several first time runners winning or placing in the top ten finishers. And even better, the pictures have begun pouring in. Here are some glimpses of this year's marathon, including Jared from Subway passing through Greenpoint, and Peter Pan donuts giving out free donuts to runners. If you have pictures from today and want to share, email them to photos@gothamist.com or tag them as "gothamist" on Flickr.
Tina Fey Wants to Violate Peter Pan Donuts
Fact: Peter Pan Donuts on Manhattan Avenue in Greepoint is the tastiest (and cutest) donut shop in all the land. (We'd rank the Donut Plant #2, and, speaking of Greenpoint, Anella chef Joseph Ogrodnek makes a pastry basket that's quite exceptional.) That Peter Pan dominates the donut game is hardly a secret, as demonstrated by the throngs crowding the register on weekend mornings. But now that Peter Pan has just scored a big Tina Fey bump, you might need to wake up even earlier to score one of their amazing whole wheat donuts. The 30 Rock star told Esquire recently:
Why Grow Up When NYC is Still Neverland?
New York City as Neverland is hardly a new concept ever since J. M. Barrie created the fictional land where no one grows up. But lately, it seems little bit real, and Boinkology is the latest to pick up on the concept, using Tumblr creator David Karp -- who said, “It’s really easy to be slutty these day" -- as a muse.
The Donut Revolution Lives in Brooklyn
Two weeks ago, our friends over at Bostonist posted a very scary map plotting more than 50 Dunkin Donuts locations within a five-mile radius of their city’s Downtown Crossing. The actual number of New York Dunkin Donuts locations, parameters widened to include Port Authority based kiosks and airport locations, is likely to be more than a baker’s dozen for any given five mile radius. So yeah, sure, it seems America runs on Dunkin and all that, spokespersonality Rachael Ray is somewhere yummo-ing™ with a Vanilla Bean Coolatta®, and the donut war is over. Resistance is futile. Your donuts will herewith be stale and taste like cake mix.
illin' - The Weekend Health Buzz
Because of the pittance of a salary that hospital residents receive, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are on heavy rotation in the Gothamist Health lunch (and, sadly, dinner) schedule. So we were especially saddened to hear that the latest food contamination scare centers around Peter Pan and Great Values brands' peanut butter. Almost 300 people in 40 states have fallen ill from the salmonella that has somehow found their way into jars of the stuff.
Opinionist: Nell Freudenberger's Dissident
I have a soft spot in my heart for novels that are deceptively simple or straight-forward, and for plots that take their sweet time unraveling their secrets. I appreciate the nuance, the seduction, of well-shaped characters and quiet implications. In certain keys, Nell Freudenberger’s new novel – the chaser to her 2003 short story collection, Lucky Girls – was a well-suited match.
Show Goes On for Bronx High School Students
It's an ending fitting for Broadway, except in this case, Broadway is East Tremont Avenue. The students at Lehman High School will be able to perform their high school musical, Chicago, when city officials intervened on their behalf. Their sob story about being served a cease-and-desist by the guardians of Chicago's rights and licensing struck a chord in the hearts of many who realized it would be a great press op: Saving the drama club hearts of youngster pitted against Broadway money men. We love a good story, too, but Lehman High School's actions seem more disingenous, for example, their 24 year old drama teacher Anthony Cerini transcribed the movie - plus found some stuff on the Internet and wrote some of the script on his own - for them to use in the musical. Well, then, hey, that's original material - but poor Fred Ebb must be rolling in his grave (hey, someone needs to get a quote from John Kander!) And just where is the music coming from? After we conducted an informal straw poll of drama club geeks, they were shocked and upset that Lehman never asked for permission, as that's what makes and breaks many high school productions each year (and why lots of schools do Peter Pan).
Holiday Hell - With Frosting and Sprinkles!
Did your hipster colleague from Williamsburg bring in two dozen donuts to work from Peter Pan Doughnuts & Pastries? Did your client send a mammoth gift basket crammed with shortbread, biscotti and brownies to your office? Did the geeky IT support gal bring in homemade cupcakes? Did your tightwad boss make a display of bringing in several boxes of decadent chocolates from the likes of La Maison du Chocolat or Chocolate Bar?
Bad Weekend for Public Transport
Subways: Two men died after being hit by subways. Yesterday, a 60 something man leapt in front of a Manhattan bound L at Sutter Avenue in Brooklyn, surviving the impact but dying at the hospital later. The other was a 20 year old hit by an uptown 1 train at Christopher Street early Saturday morning; authorities say he was drunk and fell in but his relatives are going to investigate.
Peter Pan Can Fly to Coldplay
USA Today looks at the new Peter Pan movie from P.J. Hogan that is due this fall, which has Jason Isaacs as both Mr. Darling and Captain Hook, who says "Wendy is very attracted to Captain Hook. He's very cool and sexy. I said, 'Let's have open shirts, sort of Julio Iglesias-style.'"

