April 30, 2008
More NY: civil disobedience, pot busts, empty BoltBus
Copper roofers working on the renovation of Central Park's Heckscher Playground Building, which caught fire in 2005. Amy Langfield/NewYorkology.
After officers' acquittal, Sharpton plans civil disobedience (NY1)
"There will be several actions within the next ten days,� said Sharpton in a press conference. While Sharpton gave no specific details, some attendants had ambitious ideas. "We’re gonna close down the George Washington Bridge at 5 o'clock in the evening or maybe 7 o'clock in the morning. ..."
Alone on BoltBus: 1 Passenger and 50 Empty Seats (AP)
As we rolled down the highway, Gil and I had his 51-seater BoltBus all to ourselves. I was thrilled with the $2.50 round-trip fare from New York to Philadelphia, bought online, and I was looking forward to checking out BoltBus' promised Wi-Fi service. But I never dreamed I might be lonely, or that I'd have such an extravagant choice of places to sit on a 100-mile bus trip.
No strike at Bloomingdale's (Crain's)
Bloomingdale’s averted a strike with union workers at its flagship store, just hours before their current labor contract was set to expire.
Go-to gadgets slideshow (NYT biz travel special section)
The latest electronic devices for multitasking travelers, including a multicharger.
First retailer to open at The Plaza is Vertu mobile phones (Racked)
There is also a 'craft unit' featuring components from the handsets, including the bespoke farmed crystal quartz used for the screens, and samples of the precious metals forming the body of each Vertu phone."
97 marijuana arrests a day in NYC (Gothamist)
Chances are you probably smoke pot, you are probably smoking it right now...at least according to the latest reports, which say that "the number of people arrested for small amounts of marijuana in New York City has increased tenfold in the past decade."
April 30, 2008 5:25 PM in Etceterology
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