Exploring and Enlightening

Fun Fact: You know there's not one McDonald's on McDonald Avenue in Brooklyn. I'm not lovin' it. On the Waterfront: NY Daily News reports ... Queens Waterfront to Get Pedestrian & Cycle Path Sunday New York Times April 1, 2012, Page RE6 (NY print edition) One of my favorite neighborhoods. Living In: The Flatiron District Interesting piece. It's called "backbranding." Are You Missing the Domain Boat To Get the Joke, Gotta Pay It worked with downloading music, why not laughs? Internet Empowers Comedians NFL Pop-Up Shop Coming to Manhattan April 2nd, for one month only. Located across the street from Bryant Park between 41st street and 42nd street. Lower Broadway is booming. It's NYC’s third most profitable retail district fetching over $600 per square foot...

Hot Fashion Trends Spring/Summer 2012 Mullet Skirts? The Mullet Skirt The toast of Fashion Week NY Post >

Lord and Taylor Names $10,000 Winner in Student Stylist Competition The New York Times does a nice block by block feature on West 58th Street in the Sunday real estate section. NYT February 21, 2012 "...the value of simple, easily understood brand names has escalated in the Internet era because consumers are more likely to find such products while doing searches on the Web."

Having trouble locating your favorite food truck? Starting Monday February 6th, Food Trucks Come to North End Avenue

The man who redifined Lord and Taylor passes from the scene, Joseph Brooks. "[Brooks] told The NY Times in 1976 that he viewed Lord and Taylor as a store [for] people with good taste and understated elegance who like to buy investment clothes. ......... investment clothes, [meaning] expensive things that would last and could be worn for special occasions year after year."

Had this trade paper for over a year and just got around to thumbing thru it.

Several photos here of some domains in action, and they're not dotCOMs. Where were these pictures taken? How about midtown Manhattan. "If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere." (As the old song goes.) Yes, there is a world beyond the COM.

Who's Buying Up the City? Last month it was WaterStreet.com. (see below) Then in December FirstAvenue.com sold for $25,000 at Afternic. Forget about Wall Street, How about Water Street? According to the information posted on his web site, Frank Schilling sold waterstreet.com on November 7th, 2011 for a price tag north of $50,000.

The Salvation Army Rocks! These guys put on a great show by Penn Plaza outside the Garden. DONATE, It feels good. Seeing several people with a dog and sign. Legit, or fraud game? Well, he hid the dogs face & flipped sign when he realized I was taking pictures. Let's see if he's got the same pooch next time. Elevator Accidents They're more common then you think. Woman enters elevator at 285 Madison Avenue and her life ends. From the pages of the NYPost: Elevator kills 41 year old ad woman. From the pages of the NYT: ...a Future Rises on the Far West Side You can sell almost anything to the American public, well some of them. Looks like one ad man figured that out. The Branding of the Occupy Movement From the pages of the NYDailyNews: QnsNY: Part Race Track, Part Casino Aqueduct Racino Opens in Queens Here's a reminder that schools will be opening soon. UPS no longer just brown bagging it - now in White :) _______ Are Fosamax, Actonel, Didronel and Boniva Linked To Jawbone Death, Esophageal Cancer, and more? Osteoporosis drug lawsuits on the rise. www.e05.com