By Staff 4/11/07 5:45pm

The Afternoon Wrap: Wednesday

  • The new 64,000-square-foot Park Slope Whole Foods is supposed to open next summer, though the construction site [above] isn’t looking so good. Why does the place appear toxic? Because it is toxic. [Gowanus Lounge]
  • Rochester is so hot right now: It’s the only city in New York State to make it into Read More

    • By Alexandra Jacobs 4/02/07 12:00am

    Mommies Unite! You’ve Got Nothing to Lose!

    Before reading this book, I was familiar with the name Leslie Bennetts primarily because, as a Vanity Fair contributing editor, she’d conducted the first major post-Brangelina interview with the actress Jennifer Aniston. O.K., I’m shallow. But, thank God, not alone in my shallowness! According to Ms. Bennetts’ biographical blurb, that was “the best-selling issue in Read More

    By Azi Paybarah 2/26/07 12:00am

    Some Obama Supporters Swoon at Gallery Bar

    "Before Obama stepped into the picture, I was for Hillary. And I still love her.”

    That was Stephanie Mollison, a thirtysomething brunette who works in the fashion industry. She was one of about 100 Barack Obama supporters at an event last week at Gallery Bar on Orchard Street. She learned about the get-together, as did Read More

    By Staff 2/02/07 5:44pm

    The Afternoon Wrap: Friday

  • Brooklyn Rally of the Weekend: Christine Quinn and “over 1,000 tenants” will protest the impending billion-plus-dollar sale of Starrett City. What do they want? Preservation of affordable housing! When do they want it? This weekend (and, hopefully, beyond). [The Real Deal]
  • The MTA is over a decade behind when it comes Read More

    • By Simon Doonan 1/29/07 12:00am

    American Idle! Posh Peeps Profess Passion For Bad TV

    I believe that New Yorkers can now be divided fairly and squarely into two distinct groups: those who watch trash TV (the new intelligentsia), and those who don’t and inveigh against it (the narrow-minded poo-poo heads).

    I am also convinced that being a trash-watcher is not determined by class or money. All you need is Read More

    By Staff 1/22/07 9:17pm

    Actually, Obama Did Go to a ‘Madrasah’

    CNN’s “Situation Room” tonight sought to dispel the rumor that has started that Barack Obama attended a “madrasah” in Indonesia as a boy. The show reported that Obama has written in his autobiography that he attended a Muslim school for two years. But that’s not a madrasah!

    I beg to differ. Two weeks ago Read More

    By Staff 1/22/07 8:49pm

    Events for Tuesday, January 23, 2007

    Starting at 7 a.m., Hillary Clinton will make appearances on NBC’s Today Show, ABC’s Good Morning America, CBS’s Early Show, and CNN’s American Morning to talk about the President’s State of the Union Address

    At 8 a.m., Gale Brewer is honored at the Reading Reform Foundation breakfast at the Woolworth Tower Kitchen

    At 9:30 Read More