Until the weather gets hot, its a good time for spinach.

The Shepard Fairey mural on the Houston Wall has a big red target in the middle of it. After being tagged by NAW, the mural has been targeted by another–literally. Someone launched a projectile through it–a rock, maybe a brick.

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John Paulsons wild ride from outwitting the crash to being partly blamed for it.

On a warm night, a guy walks into the San Loco on Second Avenue. Very nonchalant and reeking of alcohol. He grabs the tip jar and walks out with it, slowly, casually, into the East Village air.

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Lots of excitement this morning for the President’s arrival at Cooper Union. The lucky invited few waited in a long line to get in:

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VANISHED

I got a few emails this month from readers telling me about the closure of Tah-Poozie, the little toy and tchotchke shop on Greenwich Avenue, and asking if I knew anything about its possible future.

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In a follow-up to my post Before the Village 7, reader, long-time East Villager, and blogger Mark Kane sent in this photo from the late 1970s, showing the lost James Renwick building that was replaced by the Loews theater in 1989.

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