***New York*** (2 Viewers)

[BobbyLayne]

So 4yo Floppoinho looks up and realizes that his baby sister is starting to get big (10mo)- tells his mom "I don't want baby to share my room with me". She gives him a pat, and tells him in a loving way "we live in NYC, and she might have to... it's hard to find bigger apartments". He immediately shifts gears and says "well, we can move somewhere else". The wife tells him "yeah- maybe a house, with a yard and some grass to run around on". He likes that idea. "And there are toy stores there too?"... "probably, but we'd have to get into the car and drive there- it's not likely we'd be able to walk to one the way can now" (like all city dwellers, we have pretty much everything we need within a 3 block radius: playgrounds, stores, restaurants, supermarkets, etc, etc, etc). He stopped what he was doing and looked up at her with huge eyes "I don't EVER want to leave NYC".

Love it.My I'll be 4 this year daughter is definitely in it for the long haul. The other day I realized this 27 pound princess is already a New Yorker through and through. We're dawdling along in a light rain; she's got her Hello Kitty umbrella, and I'm a few feet in front of her, juggling laptop+swim bag+snack bag+dry cleaning+my own umbrella. I step to the side to let a walker-texter pass, and as I look back to check on her, the texters clips her umbrella as he goes by. She stops, whips her head around, and shrieks:HEY! I'm walking here!

I love when kids take after adults and use similar expressions. I was with my cousin and her 4 year old son. The waiter asks if want anything else after dessert and . Her son responds, "No. Just the check please".

I walked in last night and she starts pointing her finger at me (no hello, just starts right in):"Poppa, you been on the subway? Wash your hands. Go wash your hands. Wash you hands then you can hug me, right? Momma, Poppa needs to wash his hands"

 

[jamny]

It's tough to find a good contracter.

If anyone is looking for one, let me know. I found a guy using Angie's list. He's based in Queens but works in Manhattan. Young guy, really into it, has a good eye for style and pays attention to details. We only had our kitchen counters replaced from mica to granite and had the bathroom vanity and counter changed but this guy is definitely good. Will use him again. He gives plenty of suggestions and opinions and actually seems to care that everything is done to your liking. He almost cares too much...lol.

 

[El Floppo]

It's tough to find a good contracter.If anyone is looking for one, let me know. I found a guy using Angie's list. He's based in Queens but works in Manhattan. Young guy, really into it, has a good eye for style and pays attention to details. We only had our kitchen counters replaced from mica to granite and had the bathroom vanity and counter changed but this guy is definitely good. Will use him again. He gives plenty of suggestions and opinions and actually seems to care that everything is done to your liking. He almost cares too much...lol.

Big fat black dot- always looking for, or being asked about contractors who can do small jobs.PM his info please.

 

[Major]

Frankies 457 is great, but it's disappointing to me how Smith Street has declined the last few years. Since I left to go back to Manhattan, quite a few of my favorites have closed: Patois, Po, Robin des Bois. I moved there in 2000 when it was just starting to take off, so I guess its just the normal ebb and flow.

to all of these but I'd frequent Robin quite often. Can't believe Patois closed. WTF? Used to date a girl that lived in Cobble Hill and it really opened my eyes to the awesomeness/potential that the area had (this was circa 2003). Before that I was a downtown Manhattan snob that really just went to Williamsburg, Prospect or maybe some event in BK

 

[jamny]

It's tough to find a good contracter.If anyone is looking for one, let me know. I found a guy using Angie's list. He's based in Queens but works in Manhattan. Young guy, really into it, has a good eye for style and pays attention to details. We only had our kitchen counters replaced from mica to granite and had the bathroom vanity and counter changed but this guy is definitely good. Will use him again. He gives plenty of suggestions and opinions and actually seems to care that everything is done to your liking. He almost cares too much...lol.

Big fat black dot- always looking for, or being asked about contractors who can do small jobs.PM his info please.

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[El Floppo]

It's tough to find a good contracter.

If anyone is looking for one, let me know. I found a guy using Angie's list. He's based in Queens but works in Manhattan. Young guy, really into it, has a good eye for style and pays attention to details. We only had our kitchen counters replaced from mica to granite and had the bathroom vanity and counter changed but this guy is definitely good. Will use him again. He gives plenty of suggestions and opinions and actually seems to care that everything is done to your liking. He almost cares too much...lol.

Big fat black dot- always looking for, or being asked about contractors who can do small jobs.PM his info please.

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[BobbyLayne]

Floppo do you ever design commercial office space? We want to reconfigure our space Q3.

 

[gump]

Spent a few hours at the MLB Fan Cave last week...the place is really cool if you take the time to tour it. Would be a fun gig if you were 22 and didn't have a career.

 

[El Floppo]

Floppo do you ever design commercial office space? We want to reconfigure our space Q3.

I never have- almost exclusively residential. But I'm game for anything.

 

[jamny]

Floppo do you ever design commercial office space? We want to reconfigure our space Q3.

I never have- almost exclusively residential. But I'm game for anything.

Oh, you design space for a living?

 

[El Floppo]

Floppo do you ever design commercial office space? We want to reconfigure our space Q3.

I never have- almost exclusively residential. But I'm game for anything.

Oh, you design space for a living?

Design it... I live in it.

 

[El Floppo]

But btw- despite his "perfect" ERB scores and what I know was a charming interview/playdate (he does really well one-on-one with adults), he got turned down by Friends. Supposedly a glut of siblings and Quakers applied this year leaving only a few spots to the rest of us- and why not one of those spots? Even though the admissions people gave us a bs "lots of great kids for not enough spots" line, I'm going to assume it's because we asked for financial aid. Well- #### us.

Who doesn't need financial aid at Friends? My wife went there k-12, we looked a couple years ago and tuition was more than her out of state college tuition at UVA.

Kindergarten across the board here in NYC is closing in on 40k/year really fast.Dammit, I'm keeping every flapping appendage I've got crossed that he get's a good lottery number and gets into Anderson or NEST.

Any of you guys know anything about the two new city-wide G&T schools- one in Bensonhurst and one in... I think it's Astoria.

With a 6 month old on the UWS, I've been follwoing your "adventures" and wondering what I'm going to have to end up doing. Of course we got zoned out of PS87 into the new school so that fallback option is gone now. We've had other friends go through it and the entire process seems like a huge cluster. Even the high school placement is a huge mess.

And closing in on 40K/year is generous...one of the guys I work with has twins in kindergarten at Riverdale and says all in its closer to 60K. Have to pay for the bus and then they hit you up for donations which aren't mandatory, but are. Entire private school thing sounds like one huge racket at this point.

Wait- 60k per kid? What kind of fancy bus do they have up there to add the extra 20k? But yeah- the "donations"... christmas present for teachers, spring fundraiser tickets, etc, etc- but for us it's only an extra couple grand. "only".I'm sure it's always been this way and I'm only aware of it in the last 10 years or so since starting a family, but... between lack of housing and schooling for the middle-class here in Manhattan, it appears to be heading to an all poor or rich folk city. Not sure what the rest of us are supposed to do.

Toured Anderson and NEST yesterday- the anxiety and stress flowing from the 100s of parents at each tour was almost tangible- a purple cloud of stink and anquish, with lightening bolts of over-involvement shooting out at anybody and antying that was going to get in their way (including me and our 9mo old who chose our Anderson tour to start singing some Zeppelin). So it sounds like about 1000 kids have gotten the coveted 99. 34 spots at Anderson, about 85 at NEST. ####.

We find out his placement tomorrow.I hate how ####### stressed out I am about this.

We're hoping that worse case scenario is that he goes to his local G&T school (right under the Williamsburgh bridge on Delancey St). Even though it's only to 5th grade and doesn't have the rep of the city-wide schools, he'd at least be in a class full of kids who are also good test takers. Note I didn't say "smart"- these are 4 year olds who can sit still for 45 minutes, engage an adult one-on-one well, and know a modicum of stuff. A room full of those kids seems better than what we saw in the local gen-ed schools.

Oh- in a moment of madness/panic, we ranked that Brooklyn school 3rd... ahead of our local school. It's over an hour commute each way and despite looking like a wonderful school, basically impossible for us. wtf.

eta: we are accepting any and all good vibes on this. TIA

eta 2- and that way, I can blame you guys if we get ####ed.

 

[dgreen]

Man, the federal government doesn't give much of a bump in salary to work in NYC. I just saw a job posting in my agency for a position that would be a lateral move. I'd get a whopping 4% pay increase over my DC area salary.

 

[RUSF18]

Man, the federal government doesn't give much of a bump in salary to work in NYC. I just saw a job posting in my agency for a position that would be a lateral move. I'd get a whopping 4% pay increase over my DC area salary.

NYC, SF, and DC are the three highest geo-pay cities.

 

[dgreen]

Man, the federal government doesn't give much of a bump in salary to work in NYC. I just saw a job posting in my agency for a position that would be a lateral move. I'd get a whopping 4% pay increase over my DC area salary.

NYC, SF, and DC are the three highest geo-pay cities.

Actually, looks like the top 10 localities are:1. San Francisco 35.15%2. New York 28.72%3. Houston 28.71%4. Los Angeles 27.16%5. Hartford 25.82%6. Chicago 25.10%7. Boston 24.80%8. Alaska 24.69%9. Washington-Baltimore 24.22%10. San Diego 24.19%No idea why Houston is that high. Pretty much the same as NYC? Hartford and Chicago are too high, but they aren't nearly as ridiculous as Houston.I'd consider applying for this job in NYC if there was a realistic pay difference between DC and NYC. I could trim a lot of my monthly costs by living near the subway and ditching cars. Then again, I'd get hit harder on state income tax than I do in VA. Oh well, it was fun to momentarily think about moving to New York.

 

[RUSF18]

Man, the federal government doesn't give much of a bump in salary to work in NYC. I just saw a job posting in my agency for a position that would be a lateral move. I'd get a whopping 4% pay increase over my DC area salary.

NYC, SF, and DC are the three highest geo-pay cities.

Actually, looks like the top 10 localities are:1. San Francisco 35.15%2. New York 28.72%3. Houston 28.71%4. Los Angeles 27.16%5. Hartford 25.82%6. Chicago 25.10%7. Boston 24.80%8. Alaska 24.69%9. Washington-Baltimore 24.22%10. San Diego 24.19%No idea why Houston is that high. Pretty much the same as NYC? Hartford and Chicago are too high, but they aren't nearly as ridiculous as Houston.I'd consider applying for this job in NYC if there was a realistic pay difference between DC and NYC. I could trim a lot of my monthly costs by living near the subway and ditching cars. Then again, I'd get hit harder on state income tax than I do in VA. Oh well, it was fun to momentarily think about moving to New York.

Well, the three I listed are the highest in my particular agency...I'm not taxpayer-funded so that could be the difference.

 

[dgreen]

Man, the federal government doesn't give much of a bump in salary to work in NYC. I just saw a job posting in my agency for a position that would be a lateral move. I'd get a whopping 4% pay increase over my DC area salary.

NYC, SF, and DC are the three highest geo-pay cities.

Actually, looks like the top 10 localities are:1. San Francisco 35.15%2. New York 28.72%3. Houston 28.71%4. Los Angeles 27.16%5. Hartford 25.82%6. Chicago 25.10%7. Boston 24.80%8. Alaska 24.69%9. Washington-Baltimore 24.22%10. San Diego 24.19%No idea why Houston is that high. Pretty much the same as NYC? Hartford and Chicago are too high, but they aren't nearly as ridiculous as Houston.I'd consider applying for this job in NYC if there was a realistic pay difference between DC and NYC. I could trim a lot of my monthly costs by living near the subway and ditching cars. Then again, I'd get hit harder on state income tax than I do in VA. Oh well, it was fun to momentarily think about moving to New York.

Well, the three I listed are the highest in my particular agency...I'm not taxpayer-funded so that could be the difference.

I'm referring to the GS pay scale.

 

[El Floppo]

But btw- despite his "perfect" ERB scores and what I know was a charming interview/playdate (he does really well one-on-one with adults), he got turned down by Friends. Supposedly a glut of siblings and Quakers applied this year leaving only a few spots to the rest of us- and why not one of those spots? Even though the admissions people gave us a bs "lots of great kids for not enough spots" line, I'm going to assume it's because we asked for financial aid. Well- #### us.

Who doesn't need financial aid at Friends? My wife went there k-12, we looked a couple years ago and tuition was more than her out of state college tuition at UVA.

Kindergarten across the board here in NYC is closing in on 40k/year really fast.Dammit, I'm keeping every flapping appendage I've got crossed that he get's a good lottery number and gets into Anderson or NEST.

Any of you guys know anything about the two new city-wide G&T schools- one in Bensonhurst and one in... I think it's Astoria.

With a 6 month old on the UWS, I've been follwoing your "adventures" and wondering what I'm going to have to end up doing. Of course we got zoned out of PS87 into the new school so that fallback option is gone now. We've had other friends go through it and the entire process seems like a huge cluster. Even the high school placement is a huge mess.

And closing in on 40K/year is generous...one of the guys I work with has twins in kindergarten at Riverdale and says all in its closer to 60K. Have to pay for the bus and then they hit you up for donations which aren't mandatory, but are. Entire private school thing sounds like one huge racket at this point.

Wait- 60k per kid? What kind of fancy bus do they have up there to add the extra 20k? But yeah- the "donations"... christmas present for teachers, spring fundraiser tickets, etc, etc- but for us it's only an extra couple grand. "only".I'm sure it's always been this way and I'm only aware of it in the last 10 years or so since starting a family, but... between lack of housing and schooling for the middle-class here in Manhattan, it appears to be heading to an all poor or rich folk city. Not sure what the rest of us are supposed to do.

Toured Anderson and NEST yesterday- the anxiety and stress flowing from the 100s of parents at each tour was almost tangible- a purple cloud of stink and anquish, with lightening bolts of over-involvement shooting out at anybody and antying that was going to get in their way (including me and our 9mo old who chose our Anderson tour to start singing some Zeppelin). So it sounds like about 1000 kids have gotten the coveted 99. 34 spots at Anderson, about 85 at NEST. ####.

We find out his placement tomorrow.I hate how ####### stressed out I am about this.

We're hoping that worse case scenario is that he goes to his local G&T school (right under the Williamsburgh bridge on Delancey St). Even though it's only to 5th grade and doesn't have the rep of the city-wide schools, he'd at least be in a class full of kids who are also good test takers. Note I didn't say "smart"- these are 4 year olds who can sit still for 45 minutes, engage an adult one-on-one well, and know a modicum of stuff. A room full of those kids seems better than what we saw in the local gen-ed schools.

Oh- in a moment of madness/panic, we ranked that Brooklyn school 3rd... ahead of our local school. It's over an hour commute each way and despite looking like a wonderful school, basically impossible for us. wtf.

eta: we are accepting any and all good vibes on this. TIA

eta 2- and that way, I can blame you guys if we get ####ed.

We just found out his placement.#### you DOE.

eta: and I'm ####### heartbroken here.

 

[Redwes25]

Frankies 457 is great, but it's disappointing to me how Smith Street has declined the last few years. Since I left to go back to Manhattan, quite a few of my favorites have closed: Patois, Po, Robin des Bois. I moved there in 2000 when it was just starting to take off, so I guess its just the normal ebb and flow.

to all of these but I'd frequent Robin quite often. Can't believe Patois closed. WTF? Used to date a girl that lived in Cobble Hill and it really opened my eyes to the awesomeness/potential that the area had (this was circa 2003). Before that I was a downtown Manhattan snob that really just went to Williamsburg, Prospect or maybe some event in BK

It closed like three years ago. Actually, think the food was going downhill last few years from when I first moved to the neighborhood in like 2004. I actually think the restaurant scene in the area has improved because lower court street has had a restaurant building boom (ie Prime Meat, Buttermilk Channel). I still think it is the best restaurant neighborhood in Brooklyn even though I have since rellocated to a new area of Brooklyn.

 

[Major]

Wow, that was one hell of a 10 day vacation...When I have more time, I'll post recommendations. The restaurants have improved and the night clubs have gotten much better. I should've won a f'n medal for my rowess:

that being said, Employees Only and Macaco Trading (same owners) are the best two bars in NYC if you don't want to deal with night club bs but want to get laid and

 

[El Floppo]

But btw- despite his "perfect" ERB scores and what I know was a charming interview/playdate (he does really well one-on-one with adults), he got turned down by Friends. Supposedly a glut of siblings and Quakers applied this year leaving only a few spots to the rest of us- and why not one of those spots? Even though the admissions people gave us a bs "lots of great kids for not enough spots" line, I'm going to assume it's because we asked for financial aid. Well- #### us.

Who doesn't need financial aid at Friends? My wife went there k-12, we looked a couple years ago and tuition was more than her out of state college tuition at UVA.

Kindergarten across the board here in NYC is closing in on 40k/year really fast.Dammit, I'm keeping every flapping appendage I've got crossed that he get's a good lottery number and gets into Anderson or NEST.

Any of you guys know anything about the two new city-wide G&T schools- one in Bensonhurst and one in... I think it's Astoria.

With a 6 month old on the UWS, I've been follwoing your "adventures" and wondering what I'm going to have to end up doing. Of course we got zoned out of PS87 into the new school so that fallback option is gone now. We've had other friends go through it and the entire process seems like a huge cluster. Even the high school placement is a huge mess.

And closing in on 40K/year is generous...one of the guys I work with has twins in kindergarten at Riverdale and says all in its closer to 60K. Have to pay for the bus and then they hit you up for donations which aren't mandatory, but are. Entire private school thing sounds like one huge racket at this point.

Wait- 60k per kid? What kind of fancy bus do they have up there to add the extra 20k? But yeah- the "donations"... christmas present for teachers, spring fundraiser tickets, etc, etc- but for us it's only an extra couple grand. "only".I'm sure it's always been this way and I'm only aware of it in the last 10 years or so since starting a family, but... between lack of housing and schooling for the middle-class here in Manhattan, it appears to be heading to an all poor or rich folk city. Not sure what the rest of us are supposed to do.

Toured Anderson and NEST yesterday- the anxiety and stress flowing from the 100s of parents at each tour was almost tangible- a purple cloud of stink and anquish, with lightening bolts of over-involvement shooting out at anybody and antying that was going to get in their way (including me and our 9mo old who chose our Anderson tour to start singing some Zeppelin). So it sounds like about 1000 kids have gotten the coveted 99. 34 spots at Anderson, about 85 at NEST. ####.

We find out his placement tomorrow.I hate how ####### stressed out I am about this.

We're hoping that worse case scenario is that he goes to his local G&T school (right under the Williamsburgh bridge on Delancey St). Even though it's only to 5th grade and doesn't have the rep of the city-wide schools, he'd at least be in a class full of kids who are also good test takers. Note I didn't say "smart"- these are 4 year olds who can sit still for 45 minutes, engage an adult one-on-one well, and know a modicum of stuff. A room full of those kids seems better than what we saw in the local gen-ed schools.

Oh- in a moment of madness/panic, we ranked that Brooklyn school 3rd... ahead of our local school. It's over an hour commute each way and despite looking like a wonderful school, basically impossible for us. wtf.

eta: we are accepting any and all good vibes on this. TIA

eta 2- and that way, I can blame you guys if we get ####ed.

We just found out his placement.#### you DOE.

eta: and I'm ####### heartbroken here.

Seriously ####ed. Seriously depressed. This has the feeling of NYC finally- after the fire and post-fire housing nightmares- finally and definitively telling us #### YOU and GTFO. If we had somehow gotten the lucky numbers, I'd feel better about trying to make it work here. Our lease is up this fall and our landlord wants to sell the place (condo apt). We can't afford to buy it so must move. Somewhere. I don't even know if we can afford to move anywhere in this ####### city.

 

[Sammy3469]

Floppo, where did he get placed? My girlfriend's friend had a similar reaction a 2 years ago with their G&T placement, but seem sort of satisfied now.

 

[El Floppo]

Floppo, where did he get placed? My girlfriend's friend had a similar reaction a 2 years ago with their G&T placement, but seem sort of satisfied now.

Our District's one and only non-city-wide GT- PS110: Florence Nightingale.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Floppo, where did he get placed? My girlfriend's friend had a similar reaction a 2 years ago with their G&T placement, but seem sort of satisfied now.

Our District's one and only non-city-wide GT- PS110: Florence Nightingale.

Good outcome, no?We'll be going through this next year.

 

[Major]

So Major is likely leaving the friendly confines of the oil/gas business and moving back to NYC. Subletting a loft on Rivington/Ludlow for July - primarily to be based locally for interviews and to make sure this is what I want. Then likely sign something longer term. Just too much :awesome: going on in NYC to remain in Houston (I have interests outside of oil/finance).

Hope to have a cornhole during a proper football/soccer match.

 

[El Floppo]

Floppo, where did he get placed? My girlfriend's friend had a similar reaction a 2 years ago with their G&T placement, but seem sort of satisfied now.

Our District's one and only non-city-wide GT- PS110: Florence Nightingale.

Good outcome, no?We'll be going through this next year.

Better than getting kicked in the nuts, yeah. A good outcome would have been one of the 5 city-wide G&T school.We're trying to establish if this particular GT is any better than just going the gen-ed route. The joys of living in the poor district with the EVil, LES and Chinatown. A lot of local parents are opting out of this school and just staying in the EVil gen-ed schools. Hard to get a consensus on why- but it's not a ringing endorsement.BL- your district has 7 or 9 district only G&Ts which are all pretty great from what I've heard. And if your kid gets the 99 on the test, they're eligible not only for those (which only needs a 90) but also those 5 city-wides. As it was, we were eligible for the 5 city-wides and this solitary school (eta: this is the ONLY district only GT for our district).Meh. I guess at least we have this option.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

So Major is likely leaving the friendly confines of the oil/gas business and moving back to NYC. Subletting a loft on Rivington/Ludlow for July - primarily to be based locally for interviews and to make sure this is what I want. Then likely sign something longer term. Just too much :awesome: going on in NYC to remain in Houston (I have interests outside of oil/finance).

Hope to have a cornhole during a proper football/soccer match.

Love Rivington/Ludlow

That's the corner on the iconic Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique cover FWIW

Rivington/Ludlow

In for soccer-hole

 

[El Floppo]

So Major is likely leaving the friendly confines of the oil/gas business and moving back to NYC. Subletting a loft on Rivington/Ludlow for July - primarily to be based locally for interviews and to make sure this is what I want. Then likely sign something longer term. Just too much :awesome: going on in NYC to remain in Houston (I have interests outside of oil/finance). Hope to have a cornhole during a proper football/soccer match.

oh #### yes, gb neighbor Major.

 

[Major]

So Major is likely leaving the friendly confines of the oil/gas business and moving back to NYC. Subletting a loft on Rivington/Ludlow for July - primarily to be based locally for interviews and to make sure this is what I want. Then likely sign something longer term. Just too much :awesome: going on in NYC to remain in Houston (I have interests outside of oil/finance).

Hope to have a cornhole during a proper football/soccer match.

Love Rivington/Ludlow

That's the corner on the iconic Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique cover FWIW

Rivington/Ludlow

In for soccer-hole

Yep, that was part of the reason I did it....get inspired

 

[Tremendous Upside]

So Major is likely leaving the friendly confines of the oil/gas business and moving back to NYC. Subletting a loft on Rivington/Ludlow for July - primarily to be based locally for interviews and to make sure this is what I want. Then likely sign something longer term. Just too much :awesome: going on in NYC to remain in Houston (I have interests outside of oil/finance).

Hope to have a cornhole during a proper football/soccer match.

Love Rivington/Ludlow

That's the corner on the iconic Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique cover FWIW

Rivington/Ludlow

In for soccer-hole

Yep, that was part of the reason I did it....get inspired

In for MC Major's hip hop BBoy collective

 

[Major]

So Major is likely leaving the friendly confines of the oil/gas business and moving back to NYC. Subletting a loft on Rivington/Ludlow for July - primarily to be based locally for interviews and to make sure this is what I want. Then likely sign something longer term. Just too much :awesome: going on in NYC to remain in Houston (I have interests outside of oil/finance).

Hope to have a cornhole during a proper football/soccer match.

Love Rivington/Ludlow

That's the corner on the iconic Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique cover FWIW

Rivington/Ludlow

In for soccer-hole

Yep, that was part of the reason I did it....get inspired

In for MC Major's hip hop BBoy collective

I'm subleasing from a friend who also digs vinyl and has a sick system with SP1200s, surround sound etc...it's on the 5th floor of a loft so we're guarded from cops seeing us. I put one small Bose speaker out the window (barely open) and rocked Pauls Boutique straight though. People were dancing in the streets and ####. It took a while for people to figure out where the music was coming from which was even better.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

So Major is likely leaving the friendly confines of the oil/gas business and moving back to NYC. Subletting a loft on Rivington/Ludlow for July - primarily to be based locally for interviews and to make sure this is what I want. Then likely sign something longer term. Just too much :awesome: going on in NYC to remain in Houston (I have interests outside of oil/finance).

Hope to have a cornhole during a proper football/soccer match.

Love Rivington/Ludlow

That's the corner on the iconic Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique cover FWIW

Rivington/Ludlow

In for soccer-hole

Yep, that was part of the reason I did it....get inspired

In for MC Major's hip hop BBoy collective

I'm subleasing from a friend who also digs vinyl and has a sick system with SP1200s, surround sound etc...it's on the 5th floor of a loft so we're guarded from cops seeing us. I put one small Bose speaker out the window (barely open) and rocked Pauls Boutique straight though. People were dancing in the streets and ####. It took a while for people to figure out where the music was coming from which was even better.

That's ####### awesome

 

[Major]

So Major is likely leaving the friendly confines of the oil/gas business and moving back to NYC. Subletting a loft on Rivington/Ludlow for July - primarily to be based locally for interviews and to make sure this is what I want. Then likely sign something longer term. Just too much :awesome: going on in NYC to remain in Houston (I have interests outside of oil/finance).

Hope to have a cornhole during a proper football/soccer match.

Love Rivington/Ludlow

That's the corner on the iconic Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique cover FWIW

Rivington/Ludlow

In for soccer-hole

Yep, that was part of the reason I did it....get inspired

In for MC Major's hip hop BBoy collective

I'm subleasing from a friend who also digs vinyl and has a sick system with SP1200s, surround sound etc...it's on the 5th floor of a loft so we're guarded from cops seeing us. I put one small Bose speaker out the window (barely open) and rocked Pauls Boutique straight though. People were dancing in the streets and ####. It took a while for people to figure out where the music was coming from which was even better.

That's ####### awesome

I think I have a winner with the concept: no radio plays our ####, neither does the clubs so I'll take matters in my own hands...wu-tang is for the childrenedit: got several noise complaints from businesses on Tuesday during business hours. This has to be a Sunday afternoon thing when it's quiet. I think I can get away with it. Main concern is the mgmt company kicking my buddy out due to my noise. Will be a balancing act b/c he has parties there all the time.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

So Major is likely leaving the friendly confines of the oil/gas business and moving back to NYC. Subletting a loft on Rivington/Ludlow for July - primarily to be based locally for interviews and to make sure this is what I want. Then likely sign something longer term. Just too much :awesome: going on in NYC to remain in Houston (I have interests outside of oil/finance).

Hope to have a cornhole during a proper football/soccer match.

Love Rivington/Ludlow

That's the corner on the iconic Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique cover FWIW

Rivington/Ludlow

In for soccer-hole

Yep, that was part of the reason I did it....get inspired

In for MC Major's hip hop BBoy collective

I'm subleasing from a friend who also digs vinyl and has a sick system with SP1200s, surround sound etc...it's on the 5th floor of a loft so we're guarded from cops seeing us. I put one small Bose speaker out the window (barely open) and rocked Pauls Boutique straight though. People were dancing in the streets and ####. It took a while for people to figure out where the music was coming from which was even better.

That's ####### awesome

I think I have a winner with the concept: no radio plays our ####, neither does the clubs so I'll take matters in my own hands...wu-tang is for the children

edit: got several noise complaints from businesses on Tuesday during business hours. This has to be a Sunday afternoon thing when it's quiet. I think I can get away with it.

GB ODBYou seee they're developing a movie about Wu Tang with Michael Williams (Omar) as ODB and the rest of them playing themselves?

Might be the greatest movie ever made

 

[Major]

So Major is likely leaving the friendly confines of the oil/gas business and moving back to NYC. Subletting a loft on Rivington/Ludlow for July - primarily to be based locally for interviews and to make sure this is what I want. Then likely sign something longer term. Just too much :awesome: going on in NYC to remain in Houston (I have interests outside of oil/finance).

Hope to have a cornhole during a proper football/soccer match.

Love Rivington/Ludlow

That's the corner on the iconic Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique cover FWIW

Rivington/Ludlow

In for soccer-hole

Yep, that was part of the reason I did it....get inspired

In for MC Major's hip hop BBoy collective

I'm subleasing from a friend who also digs vinyl and has a sick system with SP1200s, surround sound etc...it's on the 5th floor of a loft so we're guarded from cops seeing us. I put one small Bose speaker out the window (barely open) and rocked Pauls Boutique straight though. People were dancing in the streets and ####. It took a while for people to figure out where the music was coming from which was even better.

That's ####### awesome

I think I have a winner with the concept: no radio plays our ####, neither does the clubs so I'll take matters in my own hands...wu-tang is for the children

edit: got several noise complaints from businesses on Tuesday during business hours. This has to be a Sunday afternoon thing when it's quiet. I think I can get away with it.

GB ODBYou seee they're developing a movie about Wu Tang with Michael Williams (Omar) as ODB and the rest of them playing themselves?

Might be the greatest movie ever made

I went to the Lyricist Lounge 20 Year Reunion with Pinkydapimp last week. Omar came out on stage whistling and then proceeded to spit 16. When Pinky gets back from Spain he'll post pics.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Floppo, where did he get placed? My girlfriend's friend had a similar reaction a 2 years ago with their G&T placement, but seem sort of satisfied now.

Our District's one and only non-city-wide GT- PS110: Florence Nightingale.

Good outcome, no?We'll be going through this next year.

Better than getting kicked in the nuts, yeah. A good outcome would have been one of the 5 city-wide G&T school.We're trying to establish if this particular GT is any better than just going the gen-ed route. The joys of living in the poor district with the EVil, LES and Chinatown. A lot of local parents are opting out of this school and just staying in the EVil gen-ed schools. Hard to get a consensus on why- but it's not a ringing endorsement.BL- your district has 7 or 9 district only G&Ts which are all pretty great from what I've heard. And if your kid gets the 99 on the test, they're eligible not only for those (which only needs a 90) but also those 5 city-wides. As it was, we were eligible for the 5 city-wides and this solitary school (eta: this is the ONLY district only GT for our district).Meh. I guess at least we have this option.

Couple of our friends got into PS 11 G&T, one other got into PS 33 G&T (both in Chelsea). We might even sublet for a year so we can get a seat in the school we want.

 

[nittanylion]

So Major is likely leaving the friendly confines of the oil/gas business and moving back to NYC. Subletting a loft on Rivington/Ludlow for July - primarily to be based locally for interviews and to make sure this is what I want. Then likely sign something longer term. Just too much :awesome: going on in NYC to remain in Houston (I have interests outside of oil/finance).

Hope to have a cornhole during a proper football/soccer match.

Love Rivington/Ludlow

That's the corner on the iconic Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique cover FWIW

Rivington/Ludlow

In for soccer-hole

Yep, that was part of the reason I did it....get inspired

In for MC Major's hip hop BBoy collective

I'm subleasing from a friend who also digs vinyl and has a sick system with SP1200s, surround sound etc...it's on the 5th floor of a loft so we're guarded from cops seeing us. I put one small Bose speaker out the window (barely open) and rocked Pauls Boutique straight though. People were dancing in the streets and ####. It took a while for people to figure out where the music was coming from which was even better.

That's ####### awesome

I think I have a winner with the concept: no radio plays our ####, neither does the clubs so I'll take matters in my own hands...wu-tang is for the children

edit: got several noise complaints from businesses on Tuesday during business hours. This has to be a Sunday afternoon thing when it's quiet. I think I can get away with it.

GB ODBYou seee they're developing a movie about Wu Tang with Michael Williams (Omar) as ODB and the rest of them playing themselves?

Might be the greatest movie ever made

I went to the Lyricist Lounge 20 Year Reunion with Pinkydapimp last week. Omar came out on stage whistling and then proceeded to spit 16. When Pinky gets back from Spain he'll post pics.

Rivington/Ludlow is an awesome locale...http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/hot-corner-rivington-ludlow-party-central-east-side-gallery-1.1042864?pmSlide=0

I lived in Manhattan for most of 2007, stage-ing my way across several great restaurants. Spent plenty of time working and playing in that neck of the LES woods...

If you don't already know about the 'ino group, you're right on top of 'inoteca.

http://www.inotecanyc.com/about/ ...great wine bar with simple, but excellent food, and the kind of scene I like.

The Owner, Jason Denton is cool beans, gave me some great advice and intell, and was my gateway into getting involved with the Batali Group (Mario Batali, Lydia and Joe Bastianich, and David Pasternack). Owns several other spots including the original 'ino, corsino...great food and great value, every one of 'em. He's around a lot, personable and easygoing dude, involved with the community. Easy to meet, and a good guy to know in your neighborhood.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

inoteca is awesome

So is Kuma Inn, half a block away

 

[El Floppo]

inoteca is awesomeSo is Kuma Inn, half a block away

we order from Kuma... too much.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

inoteca is awesomeSo is Kuma Inn, half a block away

we order from Kuma... too much.

Soooooooooooooo goooooooooood

 

[Major]

inoteca is awesomeSo is Kuma Inn, half a block away

ino is $. I've never worked in the restaurant biz full-time but have done special events and dj'd some stuff. The Employee Only guys and the Fatty group I know best but have met others in passing. If it opened the past few years, I probably don't know it(lived there from 99-09).A new restaurant/bar you can check out is Sons of Essex down the block. Great food (top notch fried pickles). Their Sunday brunch party is $, venue is awesome and all they play is old school hip hop.

 

[Major]

Restaurants Major liked: Aria Wine Bar, Sons of Essex, Fatty Cue, some other spots in West Village I forgot

Bars: Employees Only, Macaco Trading Co., Summmit Bar

Clubs: Le Bain, Avenue, Electric Room, Le Baron, The Box and Bantum were all quality. Hard to get in so make sure you're with models, a black amex or some pr girls that know everyone and get you in for free

edit: almost forgot my go to spot: Schillers - Consistent food, make a great Pimms Cup and nice atmosphere.

 

[PinkydaPimp]

So Major is likely leaving the friendly confines of the oil/gas business and moving back to NYC. Subletting a loft on Rivington/Ludlow for July - primarily to be based locally for interviews and to make sure this is what I want. Then likely sign something longer term. Just too much :awesome: going on in NYC to remain in Houston (I have interests outside of oil/finance).

Hope to have a cornhole during a proper football/soccer match.

Love Rivington/Ludlow

That's the corner on the iconic Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique cover FWIW

Rivington/Ludlow

In for soccer-hole

Yep, that was part of the reason I did it....get inspired

In for MC Major's hip hop BBoy collective

I'm subleasing from a friend who also digs vinyl and has a sick system with SP1200s, surround sound etc...it's on the 5th floor of a loft so we're guarded from cops seeing us. I put one small Bose speaker out the window (barely open) and rocked Pauls Boutique straight though. People were dancing in the streets and ####. It took a while for people to figure out where the music was coming from which was even better.

That's ####### awesome

I think I have a winner with the concept: no radio plays our ####, neither does the clubs so I'll take matters in my own hands...wu-tang is for the children

edit: got several noise complaints from businesses on Tuesday during business hours. This has to be a Sunday afternoon thing when it's quiet. I think I can get away with it.

GB ODBYou seee they're developing a movie about Wu Tang with Michael Williams (Omar) as ODB and the rest of them playing themselves?

Might be the greatest movie ever made

I went to the Lyricist Lounge 20 Year Reunion with Pinkydapimp last week. Omar came out on stage whistling and then proceeded to spit 16. When Pinky gets back from Spain he'll post pics.

 

[El Floppo]

Floppo, where did he get placed? My girlfriend's friend had a similar reaction a 2 years ago with their G&T placement, but seem sort of satisfied now.

Our District's one and only non-city-wide GT- PS110: Florence Nightingale.

Good outcome, no?We'll be going through this next year.

Better than getting kicked in the nuts, yeah. A good outcome would have been one of the 5 city-wide G&T school.We're trying to establish if this particular GT is any better than just going the gen-ed route. The joys of living in the poor district with the EVil, LES and Chinatown. A lot of local parents are opting out of this school and just staying in the EVil gen-ed schools. Hard to get a consensus on why- but it's not a ringing endorsement.BL- your district has 7 or 9 district only G&Ts which are all pretty great from what I've heard. And if your kid gets the 99 on the test, they're eligible not only for those (which only needs a 90) but also those 5 city-wides. As it was, we were eligible for the 5 city-wides and this solitary school (eta: this is the ONLY district only GT for our district).Meh. I guess at least we have this option.

Couple of our friends got into PS 11 G&T, one other got into PS 33 G&T (both in Chelsea). We might even sublet for a year so we can get a seat in the school we want.

Those are both great schools from everything I've heard. We had several friends want to get into either but get shut out. BL- why would you move? Seems to me you're in as good a District as you could possibly hope for- unless your zoned school sucks (and the little one doesn't get a 90+ on the GT).As for us... after a long stressful weekend (of our own making, I know) going back and forth about which we preferred, we pre-registered today for PS110, the GT school. I think the deciding factor was knowing that he'd have other kids in the class that were able to sit still long enough, respect the adult administering it enough, and have a modicum of knowledge (again- not necessarily "smart") to take this test and get the score.We met a couple of his potential classmates today- seemed ok. Just a whole different vibe, especially at the parent level, from what we're used to at his current private school. There, all the parents are people who are pretty like-minded, involved and interesting (to us)... pretty much people like the wife and I, except with more money. It's going to be really sad for us to leave that group of parents- not to mention the nurturing, creative learning environment JR gets at his school.

 

[BobbyLayne]

We're zoned for PS 51, e.g., the rather large construction project 45th/44th St and 10/11th Ave. Currently the students are being bussed to the UWS. Our hope is Midtown West, which is not a zoned school. But I prefer PS 3 strongly over any public (or private) school we've visited. Think we have been on at least 10 school tours so far.

 

[El Floppo]

We're zoned for PS 51, e.g., the rather large construction project 45th/44th St and 10/11th Ave. Currently the students are being bussed to the UWS. Our hope is Midtown West, which is not a zoned school. But I prefer PS 3 strongly over any public (or private) school we've visited. Think we have been on at least 10 school tours so far.

PS 3 is that WVil, hippy school right? I think a couple of parents sent their kids there from our school (hollywood/actor types). One of our baby-sitters has been student teaching there- it sounds fantastic. Of course, in District 1 we get bags of glass and cancer.

 

[Sammy3469]

Floppo, where did he get placed? My girlfriend's friend had a similar reaction a 2 years ago with their G&T placement, but seem sort of satisfied now.

Our District's one and only non-city-wide GT- PS110: Florence Nightingale.

Good outcome, no?We'll be going through this next year.

Better than getting kicked in the nuts, yeah. A good outcome would have been one of the 5 city-wide G&T school.We're trying to establish if this particular GT is any better than just going the gen-ed route. The joys of living in the poor district with the EVil, LES and Chinatown. A lot of local parents are opting out of this school and just staying in the EVil gen-ed schools. Hard to get a consensus on why- but it's not a ringing endorsement.BL- your district has 7 or 9 district only G&Ts which are all pretty great from what I've heard. And if your kid gets the 99 on the test, they're eligible not only for those (which only needs a 90) but also those 5 city-wides. As it was, we were eligible for the 5 city-wides and this solitary school (eta: this is the ONLY district only GT for our district).Meh. I guess at least we have this option.

Couple of our friends got into PS 11 G&T, one other got into PS 33 G&T (both in Chelsea). We might even sublet for a year so we can get a seat in the school we want.

Those are both great schools from everything I've heard. We had several friends want to get into either but get shut out. BL- why would you move? Seems to me you're in as good a District as you could possibly hope for- unless your zoned school sucks (and the little one doesn't get a 90+ on the GT).As for us... after a long stressful weekend (of our own making, I know) going back and forth about which we preferred, we pre-registered today for PS110, the GT school. I think the deciding factor was knowing that he'd have other kids in the class that were able to sit still long enough, respect the adult administering it enough, and have a modicum of knowledge (again- not necessarily "smart") to take this test and get the score.We met a couple of his potential classmates today- seemed ok. Just a whole different vibe, especially at the parent level, from what we're used to at his current private school. There, all the parents are people who are pretty like-minded, involved and interesting (to us)... pretty much people like the wife and I, except with more money. It's going to be really sad for us to leave that group of parents- not to mention the nurturing, creative learning environment JR gets at his school.

I think that was the smart decision considering you don't where you might end up living. The entire process is really, really screwed up though. After watching some friends go through, the process is enough to make you want to move out of the entire area, and that's coming from people dealing with the UWS school scene (which has its set of problems since the best K-5 school not named Anderson isn't in the G&T program.) When the gf bought her place we were zoned for PS87 and have since gotten moved to the new PS 452. Fun in 4 years.

 

[BobbyLayne]

We're zoned for PS 51, e.g., the rather large construction project 45th/44th St and 10/11th Ave. Currently the students are being bussed to the UWS. Our hope is Midtown West, which is not a zoned school. But I prefer PS 3 strongly over any public (or private) school we've visited. Think we have been on at least 10 school tours so far.

PS 3 is that WVil, hippy school right? I think a couple of parents sent their kids there from our school (hollywood/actor types). One of our baby-sitters has been student teaching there- it sounds fantastic. Of course, in District 1 we get bags of glass and cancer.

Correct - central GV, W Village and SoHo can do either PS 41 or PS 3. The former is more structured, has more of an academic rep (for K-5? please), and is the preferred (overcrowded) choice for Type A folks. Laid back, heavy parental involvement, and awesome arts/dance/music programs are the hallmarks of the hippie school.

 

[Major]

Enough with all the family stuff. Let's get back to restaurants, bars, and women.

 

[RUSF18]

I think that was the smart decision considering you don't where you might end up living. The entire process is really, really screwed up though. After watching some friends go through, the process is enough to make you want to move out of the entire area, and that's coming from people dealing with the UWS school scene (which has its set of problems since the best K-5 school not named Anderson isn't in the G&T program.) When the gf bought her place we were zoned for PS87 and have since gotten moved to the new PS 452. Fun in 4 years.

The only way I could ever imagine introducing my fiancee to this place is when she needs convincing to get out of the city if/when a baby comes down the road. It really sounds horrible, and I feel for you guys who try so hard and put so much effort into it.