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• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a power outage on Beach Channel Drive in Queens, a shooting on Hale Ave. in Brooklyn, and a shooting at East 157th St. and Cortland Ave. in the Bronx.
• The Gowanus Lounge has a post on the giant inflatable water slide that Thor Equities intends to erect at Coney Island. The slide manufacturer's web site advertises that when it comes to entertaining children "size does matter," so good luck explaining what the heck that means when you bring your kids.
• Seattle transplant Tricia Romano ends her run covering NYC's rhythm and flow for the Village Voice's "Fly Life" column. In a male-dominated scene, she was a rare distaff voice and we wish her luck on future endeavors, like writing features for the paper.
• Giuliani was heckled by activists at his birthday fundraiser, demanding to know more about his knowledge of the Twin Towers' collapse.
• A homeless panhandler has urged his court appointed lawyer to file a First Amendment suit after being arrested for begging in public and then reading about a similar case in the paper. The Times doesn't specify, but we suspect it might be the case of the panhandler who sued the city for $100,000 and won.
• Several Inwood, Manhattan high school students were injured when a car ran over a bottle of Drano, splashing them with its contents.
• It's getting down to brass tacks time in the wrongful death lawsuit centered around the killing of Malcolm Ferguson by a member of the NYPD seven years ago.
• Venerable talk show host Joe Franklin wants New Yorkers to help identify the cab that ran him down at 35th St. and 8th Ave. earlier this month.

You Gave Me Herpes on 14th Street, by David on Gothamist Contribute. Send yours to photos (at) gothamist if you want us to use them.

Edie Sedgwick, "It" girl of the 60s, once said her colorful life could never be accurately portrayed on The Big Screen. However, now it is (though it's accuracy is in question). The actress playing Edie is Sienna Miller, has just finished reshooting some scenes for the movie (called Factory Girl) that is supposed to be out sometime in the next month.

-- Looks like the political tide around the Atlantic Yards is starting to shift: first Marty Markowitz called for size reductions, and now David Yassky has come out in favor of reducing the scale of the project.

writer Jeff Whitty among them at one point) an old favorite bar and dining room is now reborn. When Michael Howett and Richard Bach first opened the place on Elizabeth Street, it was the first bar and dining room there and those who knew it remember the nude paintings, eccentricities, ancient wine bottles and tchotchkes well. So well that customers asked after them for years -- til now, when all the nude paintings you could be missing are rightfully rehung, this time in the basement. The dining angle is mostly tapas and some main courses, from all over, well complimented by wine and a bar that focuses heavily on the whiskey. As much as thouse nudes may remind you of figure study classes, the whiskey will bring you back even quicker. For those missing The Slide, the gay, gay, gay space M & R took over, we'd recommend the awesome Mr. Black's, just a few blocks away (Tricia Romano looks at the bar's main attraction to NSFW results).

When we are trying to recapture the thrill of living in New York (or at least avoid sounding like Tricia Romano when we talk about our home) we drink Manhattans in Brooklyn. They may not be everyone's favorite or the flavor of the month but Manhattans are like the whole experience of living here- pretty hardcore, an acquired taste and only right when you make it yours. We've tried Maker's Manhattans, as cold as possible, at many, many fine establishments in the Borough Of Kings but our favorite is that of Commonwealth($7). Why? There is just a bit of bitters into each one. Just like every one of our days. Owner Ray Gish learned this from a mutual friend when he was still bartending at the Slope's Great Lakes. When he set up his own shop, he brought the mixing skills and the music ones, too, the jukebox is great, full of Magnetics Fields, Velvet Underground and great covers. Honorable mentions go to Pete's Candy Store (especially during the packed Trivia nights on Wednesdays) and Spikehill, both in Williamsburg.

Tricia Romano, Village Voice columnist