Slobs like you decide where to eat by consulting Yelp, but the monied classes rely on Le Guide Michelin Rouge, which rates restaurants by awarding stars. New York City’s Health Department rates restaurants too, according to hygiene, and eateries must post their sanitary inspection letter grades in their front windows. Gawker has noticed that some restaurants with high Michelin ratings have low health inspection grades. These include:
Actually, that’s not a bicycle with a sweater. It’s an example of “yarn bombing.” Read about the genre here:
“Graffiti’s Cozy, Feminine Side,” Malia Wollan, New York Times
The wooly bike above is parked on East 23rd Street in Manhattan, across the street from the School of Visual Arts.
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First Tunisia, then Egypt, and now … the Big Apple. Al Jazeera English is coming to New York City, subletting the RISE cable channel. AJE has been virtually shut-out of U.S. markets due to post 9/11 xenophobia, but the U.S. media relied on Doha-based Al Ajzeera for coverage of the recent Arab Spring uprisings, so the absurdity of the exclusion has become apparent.
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“Al Jazeera English Arrives on N.Y. Cable,” Brian Stelter, New York Times
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