There was nothing that struck fear in the hearts of many high school students like the slide rule. I could never really understand because I loved mathematics and my slide rule. But so many seemed terrified. Perhaps it was all those numbers.
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With the movement of Habib’s Place from Avenue A and 6th, the removal of his sign revealed an under-sign: France’s Beauty Salon.

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On the block of West 4th where Left Bank books and Lee’s Laundry were booted, Cafe Minerva takes their place. It’s a cafe with framed posters of Marilyn Monroe and James Dean on the walls.

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iPad e-book lover says, “People approach me and ask to see it, to touch it, how much I like it… That rarely happens with dead-tree books.” And all that pad prodding is desirable? [NYT]

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Professional night owls select the most unmissable parties of the next 90 days.

Cheapish eats weve got our eyes on.

Digging back into my small archive of print photos from the early/middle 1990s, we did Times Square, and now here’s the East Village collection scanned. It’s only 7 photos, but it shows some of what was here 15 years ago.

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“The habits of urban scavengers in rescuing other persons discarded sofas and chairs has to stop. Too many people remain unaware how many bedbugs can hide out in an ordinary picture frame.” [NYvBBs]

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