http://newyork.moleskinecity.com New York moleskine city blog Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:26:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en McCarren Pool, a Brooklyn musical institution, held its last Free Summer Pool Party yesterday and will soon closed its doors for good. Although this venue was looked upon as a hipster haven, with long lines and hot (temperature wise) environment, this venue represented something that I love about Brooklyn. McCarren ... http://newyork.moleskinecity.com/index.php/2008/08/25/end-of-a-musical-era/ One of the best places in the city to people watch is Union Square. Historically known for being a place to gather to protest and demonstrate, the Union Square of today, which has remnants of its past, is largely filled with artists, teenagers, tourists, shoppers and on certain days, farmers.  New York City ... http://newyork.moleskinecity.com/index.php/2008/08/20/people-watching-in-union-square/ Kenny Shopsin is the notorious restauranteur who abuses his customers in a tough love endearing kind of way. Also the subject of the documentary, I Like Killing Flies, Shopsin created not so much a restaurant, but more of an institution frequented by customers Shopsin deems worthy enough of eating his ... http://newyork.moleskinecity.com/index.php/2008/08/16/eat-me/ The Lower East Side used to be know for being a working class neighborhood, but in recent years has undergone a metamorphosis, bringing young artists, professionals and students. A stroll down any of the streets on the L.E.S will let you know that it has also arrived in the fashion ... http://newyork.moleskinecity.com/index.php/2008/08/15/les-fashion/ Having been a skater who grew up in a suburb of New York City in the early 1990's, the newly screening 'Beautiful Losers' movie takes me back to a time that I remember as the good old days (meaning I was still able to skate without a fear of permanently ... http://newyork.moleskinecity.com/index.php/2008/08/12/beautiful-losers/ Hello hello! I'd like to invite you to my art show this weekend, mainly because you love moleskines + cities and I love moleskines and cities. Also, there's a great Midtown view to be enjoyed over a glass of wine together in the Penthouse space on what is ... http://newyork.moleskinecity.com/index.php/2008/08/07/moleskine-city-art-party/ New York City's history is rich with conflicts, fights and struggles and today marks one of those unfortunate days. Today is the 20th anniversary of the riots in Tompkins Square Park, which ensued after the police apparently incited a riot with local protesters over a newly enforced curfew of 1 ... http://newyork.moleskinecity.com/index.php/2008/08/06/tompkins-square-park/ New York is a place where everything is just a little off kilter, pushed and angled by unwavering momentum, but there is flow and the hope of flow working in the depths of personal metaphysical craft, there is the dewy first light of possibility and the wisdom of the tempest-tossed, ... http://newyork.moleskinecity.com/index.php/2008/08/05/the-wisdom-of-the-tempest-tossed/ Both residents and tourists know that the US health care system is dismal at best. Everyone I know has a sob health care system story that left them hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars in debt. However, there is a new, interesting health 'franchise operation'-think McDonalds that is opening up in Williamsburg ... http://newyork.moleskinecity.com/index.php/2008/07/31/say-hello-to-a-new-kind-of-doctor/ Ok, so the state may have put the breaks Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan to ease the traffic load from pedestrian heavy Manhattan, but the campaign to increase bike lanes + pedestrian access continues. Starting next weekend and for two more after it, there will be a huge corridor running from the ... http://newyork.moleskinecity.com/index.php/2008/07/31/679/