Smoking
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Things used to be so easy in the 80s! The health effects of smoking were less documented, smokers were less persecuted, and every time you walked into a restaurant you were pleasantly asked "Smoking or Non?" thereby ensuring that smokers and non-smokers wouldn't ever have to interact. Twenty years later, things have changed, and it's high time we all learned to get along. More»
It's been awhile since a big name nightspot was busted for smoking ban violations. Thank goodness Juliet Supper Club picks up the slack. The Chelsea restaurant/lounge/club has to cough up $19,400 in fines after (no doubt sharply dressed) narcs witnessed folks lighting up inside. More»
Eavesdropping In: New Yorkers Continue To Whine About Everything, But At Least The M.T.A. Makes Things Easier For Riders For Once
- New Yorkers find yet another way to complain about smokers. [CityRoom]
- Even Top Chefs can't cut it in the NYC restaurant gladiator arena. [Eater]
- M.T.A. unveils new subway map that might not confound tourists. [NYT]
- Celebrities like Uma Thurman get their very own Bernie Madoff con artistt. [NYP]
- "Dr. Beach" says Southampton has the best beach in the country. Floridians, Californians roll their eyes. [1010]
- Mad Men enfant terrible Vincent Kartheiser doesn't own a toilet or any mirrors. He does have a bed, but says, "That might go." [NYDN]
- Incredibly non-threatening Gizmodo writer raided by the cops, and now Gawker Media's invoking JOURNALISM. Related: suddenly, incredibly non-threatening Gizmodo writer is having way better luck with the ladies. [Village Voice]
- Beatboxing helps you quit smoking. [Animal NY]
- There actually was an honest-to-goodness earthquake on Boobquake day. [Post]
- The reviews are in for Denzel Washington on Broadway. At least one critic thinks he's "exhausting." [NYDN]
New Yorkers have lived under a nanny state for the last decade. But the past month or two have felt like a May sweeps double episode of Supernanny. And if whorehouse operators can't beat the law, who can? More»
- New York City has snowiest month ever. Let the cocaine jokes commence in 3...2...1... [DNA]
- East Village bar Karma: (legal!) chain-smokers upstairs, just plain chains for the S&M crowd downstairs. [NYT]
- Yup, women are bedazzling their vaginas. [Luxury Spot]
- Helen Mirren could kick your ass. And you know you'd like it. [ShowbizSpy]
- France comes to New York via China: Parisian nightlife mainstay Le Baron is probably opening a Chinatown outpost. [Eater]
- Governor David Paterson won't seek reelection. Fred Armisen desperately brainstorms new character ideas. [1010]
We recently told you that a proposed sin tax on soda would make a sixer of hops cheaper than a pack of pop. Not anymore! The New York Health Department now hopes to raise taxes on alcohol, robbing New Yorkers of one of the last vices to have escaped the finger-wagging clutches of the nanny state. More»
So, "sharply-dressed" Health Department spies infiltrated New York's "hottest nightclubs" and reported myriad smoking ban violations. Some big guns (M2, The Box, Lit Lounge, The Imperial) might shutter! Also on the chopping block: Southside. Says owner Tom Martignetti: "This is a witch hunt. " More»
Members of New York's techno semi-underground are accustomed to falling off the grid for their midnight to noon dance parties. But a soiree over the weekend surprised even some vets of the scene when, for one night (and morning) it transformed a downtown synagogue's basement into the most rollicking club in the city. More»
New York City public health officials have beefed up their anti-obesity efforts. As a proposed sin tax on soda languishes in bureaucracy, health advocates have resorted to another time-tested approach to ridding the public of its vices: revolting advertisements. More»
Vassili Verrecchia Shows Off His Favorite Things In His Paris Home
While his brother, Timothee, runs the NYC office, Vassili takes on the Paris-based side of things. To gain some insight to what inspires such a creative and entrepreneurial spirit, we asked Vass to show off some of his favorite worldly and sentimental possessions in his Paris home. See where Vass's travels have taken him...
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