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… is she saying these things about WWIB? Angry M.F. Fisher investigates. Trini to the bone I’m not. As a food writer of mixed Scots, Basque & Latvian heritage, I love the whole of New York City’s West Indian diaspora equally but— following up a recent comment by reader Amy— today I’ll speak about kindness, justice, faith & courage.

by guest correspondent, Mrs. Manicotti. It’s a tale of two cities—three really— told with allspice, curry & … airhorns. Airhorns? Honk! Honk! Honk! While nine out of ten WWIB correspondents were at 1) Rockaway Beach 2) a Mott Haven block party 3) reenacting the Peach War at Old Town Park on Staten

Lotus Pool at The New York Botanical GardenSkywatch FridayBeen awhile since I posted a Skywatch Friday but I have been enjoying other people’s creative ways to show the sky. This is one of the outdoor water gardens that are inside the courtyard of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory in the Bronx.

Caz Dolowicz says get your ass on board (… & your mind will follow): Bob Dylan? Fuck him and Napoleon in fake “organic” rags. Oh, he had his moments, some as recently as September 11, 2001, when Love and Theft came out but his last album was “tasty” dogshit & ya’ll know how Prospect Park folks are about their dogs.

We knew it was going to happen, but now that it has, it’s kind of sad. The Police announced back in May that their last date on this current tour was going to be their final gig ever, and so it has come to pass. They played Madison Square Gardens last night, and that it is, it’s all over folks… maybe.

This week's top dish from Eater, Curbed's restaurant, bar, and nightlife blog... 1): The Toll Brothers' One Ten 3rd made the Upper East Village safe for luxury condo buyers. What, you thought the East Village wouldn't strike back? Coming to one side of the building, a bar from the Jake's Dilemma guy,, and on the other side, a two-story Chinese restaurant.

The Wealth Bulletin (a Dow Jones site) has come up with a list of the 10 most expensive streets in the world. The survey revealed that the prices for the top homes in the best locations appear to have decoupled from the gloom and doom being felt in the wider property market.

Spying On NYC’s Rich People’s Rooftops It’s the first rule of the paparazzi: there’s nothing wrong with violating the privacy of the rich and famous—in fact, they expect it. Over at Flickr, a photographer named jwilly put up a bunch of Big Apple pics entitled “nyc-travails.” One of his latest is

The WWII Victory Garden is making a comeback! Everywhere, in big cities and small towns, people are talking about planting their own gardens. The reason, of course, is natural: escalating food prices, produce recalls, and the primeval need to dig in the dirt when faced with overwhelming threats all around.  So, where does this subject fit into travel?

by Zincsmith Billiard: They came to West 5th Street from the Bronx & Rockaway, Yonkers & many parts of Brooklyn too. There was, to this reporter’s eyes, not a single real estate blogger amongst them— none from Gowanus, none from Gravesend, none from Gerritsen Beach; none from Bay Ridge, none