October 20, 2006 – 10:53 am
Man, I turn my back for five minutes and all hell breaks loose. Well, not really, but still, much has happened in the past 24 hours. First and foremost we closed on the house. I would have put an exclamation point on that sentence, but I'm too exhausted. The stress surrounding this whole process has […]
October 18, 2006 – 10:54 am
In lighter news, ever-hip Village Voice decides that Beat the Devil's lead singer is Mishka Shubaly. If you don't know the band, or know Mishka HIMself, lines like the following may not provide humor: You wanna get there right as a Beat-the-Devil set begins, because half the fun in seeing this volatile NYC jazz-folk-blues-punk outfit […]
October 18, 2006 – 9:42 am
My girlfriend's upstairs neighbor got attacked last night. The woman, an old friend of Jeannie's, was coming home (from the C train at Washington & Fulton, I believe) around 7PM last night, to her house on Gates at Downing. She walked up the stoop steps and was getting the keys out when some guy grabbed […]
October 17, 2006 – 1:58 pm
Everything is confirmed for our closing on Thursday afternoon. I have scheduled almost all the utilities (everything but the water, the grumpy old lady I talked to wasn't havin' it). Plus I'm happy to report that Optimum Online is indeed available at our new address, despite what the website says. We're moving on Monday and […]
October 13, 2006 – 9:05 am
As you may have heard, Broken Angel caught on fire a few days ago. In the photos I've seen, it looked like only a small part of the structure on top actually burned, the FDNY had it all put out fairly quickly. Unfortunately, the DOB got wind of it, and now wants to kick the […]
