Results tagged “thebigapple”

As The Big Apple adopts a new "green" logo, Apple (purveyor of iThings) is turning red. Wired reports that the emblem for New York City's GreeNYC campaign "shows a stylized apple with a stalk and a leaf. It bears a resemblance to Apple's famous logo -- a resemblance Apple says infringes on its trademark."

Earlier this year Bravo announced their "Real Housewives" series would be moving from Orange County to The Big Apple. The show premieres tonight, and critics have already gone sour on it.

NYC & Co better update their marketing materials, because New York City has a new name...The Big Onion. At least that's what Stephon Marbury is calling New York these days. While professing his love of yesterday's NY Post cover (we can't argue with him), Marbury e-mailed The Post, "I must say the front page of The Post has to be the funniest thing I have ever seen in a long time. I'm sitting on...

We at the Gothamist network would like to express our heartfelt wishes to the people of Minnesota in the days after their tragic bridge collapse. We're not trying to discount the severity of the accident by making note of it in opposition to our usual -Ist lightheartedness - we just wanted to take a moment and recognize those affected last week.

What with Paris Hilton's release earlier this week and the upcoming celebration of American Independence (sorry, Londonist!), we've been thinking a lot about freedom. Freedom to vote, freedom to choose, and most importantly, freedom to blog. Here are a few things we're happy we've been free to blog about this week.

The NY Post reports that a 23-year-old woman was attacked when a man forced his way into her apartment last Sunday. The article states that around 8:10PM, the man pushed her into her foyer and punched her in the face when she opened the door. The woman's roommate appeared and started to yell; with both roommates screaming, the attacker left.

Spring is when we get busy here in the Ist-A-Verse. Very busy. But, after staying bundled-up indoors all winter, it's nice for us to be out, about, and collecting things to write about for you. Here's a glimpse at what's been keeping your favorite citybloggers busily away from home and out of bed.

We don't know about where you are, but it seems like spring can't decide whether or not to happen. Some days are warm, some days are cold, and sometimes you aren't sure which. Baseball may have started up (and soccer/football winding down) but it still seems cold out there. Unless it's not. Anyways, onto the -ists.

Two New Yorkers were awarded Rhodes Scholarships this past weekend. The Big Apple recipients are Jacob Lemieux, who is from the Upper East Side and attends Stanford, and Kevin Shenderov of Brooklyn who attends NYU.

About a million years ago, we can remember when Tom Cruise was better at choosing his co-stars. For example: alcohol and style in Cocktail, inspiring wannabe bartenders everywhere. Like Cruise, the movie hasn't aged perfectly, but it is still the go-to guide for explaining exactly how cocktail slingers got so, well, cocky. What we didn't know is that there is an entire organization called Flair Bartender's Association that is devoted to the bottle-spinning, ice-throwing theatrics of these professionals (the association recalls another movie, too- "You know, I do want to express myself, okay? And I don't need 37 pieces of flair to do it.").

More fun with words can be had at Word Spy.

Gothamist Sports also added Chris Carlson as a contributor to our burgeoning little page this week. Don't forget to check out the week in full.

The Big Apple isn't just phat - we're also fat. The City's Department of Hygiene and Mental Health says one out of six New Yorkers is obsese and half are overweight. There are socio-economic correlations (African-Americans, Hispanics, and those making under $25,000 skewed towards obesity) and the figures are also broken down by borough: Bronx had an obesity rate of 24%, Brooklyn 20%, Staten Island 18%, Queens 16%, and Manhattan 13%. (The national obesity rate is 21%.) Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz both coordinated borough-wide weight loss programs in the past years.