Yesterday, Monday morning, around 3:30am, a small homemade bomb went off outside a Starbucks on 92nd Street and 3rd Avenue.  The blast destroyed an outdoor bench, shattered some of the store’s windows, and was heard and felt by nearby residents.  So far, surveillance footage and one witness implicate two teens in the crime. I strolled [...]

Carnegie Hill is changing fast.  I go to the West Coast for one week and Petak’s closes! Katie texted me while I was in Las Vegas and I was shocked.  I walked by the empty store the other night and passed a man carrying a Petak’s bag- I looked at the sign on the store [...]

I’m calling a little break here, because I don’t have time to really do the quality work for the site that I want to – although I promise to come back soon with some substantial stuff – but for now please check out: The U.E.S. Journal’s Budget Guide to the U.E.S. in the new travel [...]