YAS CARRYING

hyperlapse bike ride over all three bridges

actually looks like an appealing way to spend a couple of hours.

i hope you're all following gawker's "new york's best restaurant is:" series.

the two best gawker writers, caity weaver and rich juzwiak have been doing this series where they go to touristy restaurants in the city and tell us what they're like. the latest one was an all-drinking feature at the restaurant in the 5th avenue tommy bahama's store. here's an excerpt:

Rich: This idea of yours made me wonder if you've been regarding me with jealousy during our "Best Restaurant in New York" excursions, since I generally get a drink (fine, two drinks) and you never do. Are you envious of my champagne-sipping lifestyle?

Caity: Absolutely not. I love Diet Coke. Diet Coke is my favorite thing to drink. My second favorite thing to drink, I have recently learned, is "Coconut Cloud Martini" from the Tommy Bahama store on 5th Avenue. That was the first cocktail I ordered this afternoon, and I remember it like it was yesterday.

joel and thomas wilhelm and i are going to go if anyone feels like joining?

John Waters hitchhikes

to promote a new book about hitchhiking, John Waters took a reporter from nymag on a trip from the west village to the frick and back again. read all about it here

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DANGER CAUTION EXPLOSION MANHATTAN

a couple of buildings blew up in Harlem. don't worry, everyone you know and love is safe. check here for comprehensive updates.

NeRd aLeRt: "The Low Line "

Some group of idiots want to create a High-Line style park...underground in a former trolley terminal beneath Delancey Street at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge.  Here's the proposed location and a picture of the original space:

According to this sketch, the park would be lit with solar collectors above ground which would pipe sunlight through fiber optic cables and distribute the light with underground diffusers.

It actually sounds pretty interesting, but ultimately the thought of an underground dimly light park in the LES seems like a glorified homeless shelter.  For example, this indoor park at the Deutsche Bank on Wall Street is above ground and it's homeless chess player city.  Just sayin'.  Looks pretty though.

Fun fact, Starla and I met at The Delancey where we tricked a very drunk JVM into buying us many drinks until the bartender told on us like a little bitch.  Happy belated birthday Starla!
 
[Delancey Underground]

woody allen mondays

I watched the first half of a really good documentary about Woody Allen and his movies. I love this opening sequence.

nerd alert, American Masters on PBS is also made a doc about Charles and Ray Eames jicyww.

manhattan in marble.

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91 movies.

can you spot them all? (c2e.) click here to cheat.

park avenue you-know-what dumpsters.

y'all wish you could be as awesome as brooklyn.

For those New Yorkers who never received a coveted invitation last summer to dive into Dumpsters converted into pools in Brooklyn, there is a much easier alternative this year: Park Avenue.


For the first three Saturdays in August, the Bloomberg administration will open three Dumpster pools on the east side of Park Avenue between 40th and 41st Streets.


With Grand Central Terminal and the MetLife Building serving as a backdrop, the pools will be above ground, encircled by a five-foot-wide metal deck with a nonstick rubber surface, and accompanied by several changing-room cabanas, portable showers and portable toilets. (via)

dangerous bridge scares the shit out of millions

dont worry, it perfectly safe. (yeah right).