Prepare to add another New York City restaurant to the crowded D.C. healthy eating market.
Congresswoman Maloney got the backing of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.
Let’s be serious, there are some things in life that are so much better in New York, and nothing exemplifies that sentiment more than bagels. That said, there are still some passable bagels in the D.C. area.
President Obama made an unscheduled trip to the headquarters of the American Red Cross this afternoon to address recovery efforts in response to Hurricane Sandy.
Add New York City to the list of places where Uber is running into trouble. The company, known best for its luxury-sedan-hiring mobile application, is shutting down another of its operations offered by its New York branch.
Ever wonder what this website would look like if it were written in the 1860s? Well, first of all, it’d probably only be a weekly, and when we complained about the cost of mass transit, we’d be talking pennies a ride! Anyway, back then, more than 814,000 people were living in New York City’s Manhattan, many in the slums of Five Points, with communities starting to emerge in the wilderness above 42nd Street. Click…
Our sister site Gothamist brings us the news that even New York City’s politicians are having trouble behaving themselves in the District. Former Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith — originally believed to have resigned his position after a poor performance handling the response to a massive snowstorm — actually stepped down because of a dispute where his wife threatened to “put a bullet through” him and he shoved her inside the couple’s Georgetown townhouse.
New York City has one of the lowest Census participation rates in the country so far this year, and over the weekend NPR offered this rather irritating story by way of explanation. Turns out the unique combination of jaded hipsters and an isolated Hasidic community in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood is dragging down mail-in rates for the entire city: Only about 30 percent of Williamsburg has mailed their Census forms back, compared to 65 percent…
Image courtesy Gothamist The 747 flyover of Lower Manhattan yesterday that caused thousands of panicked office workers to evacuate to the streets turned out to be a planned photo op that’s since become a big embarrassment to the White House. And The Wall Street Journal reports today that it wasn’t the only such event originally scheduled: The White House had scheduled a follow-up session on May 5 or May 6 in Washington, D.C., according…
Back in December we reported that BoltBus and Megabus had moved their stop from 11th Street NW just above G Street to around the corner on G Street NW between 9th and 10th, right next to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library. The move sparked a little bit of controversy, as it wasn’t clear whether the location was any better in terms of interrupting traffic, and some customers were reportedly uncomfortable with its…
