March 2008
16 posts
Two Takes on the Cost of New York Living
Joel Lovell pens a piece in NY mag titled “The Upside of the Downside,” with the intriguing subhead “Here’s to bad times—may they restore the city that many of us moved here for.” It’s a good read, but don’t expect any revelations. Spoiler alert:
“I just think it’s possible that we all might become a little more aware of all that’s around us, that we’ll...
Another Dream Transit Map →
“The map below attempts to realistically portray what the L.A. system might look like in 20 to 25 years, based on studies already underway and the pace of funding and construction over the past 20-25 years.”The Purple Line and Expo Line look good, no?
Regarding the Em Dash
It’s a wonderful, versatile bit of punctuation, if a bit overused. More importantly, though, a double hyphen is not the same thing as an em dash. Please, do it right.
Mac users: Command + Shift + hyphen gets you an em dash. Windows users: Hold the Alt key, then type Shift, 0, 1, 5, 1.
Pastrami + Dodgers = son! →
“When the season opens next Monday, Canter’s will have a stand selling corned beef and pastrami on the third-base side of the field level at Dodger Stadium.”Nice. Unfortunately, it’s only the field level for now.
Langdo is blogging →
“I will forever be branded as an invader. An invader who is turning the neighborhood to shit. An invader who is hated by the locals for driving up the costs of living. An invader who brings haute corner bistros where the bargain store used to be. An invader who is scorned viciously and anonymously by fast typists on the blogs. They wish for pain and suffering for the vapid hipster. Of...
How to Tell if you are in a Hipster Bar
The boys have girl haircuts and the girls have boy haircuts.
“I needed a drink. I needed a lot of life insurance. I needed a vacation. I...”
– Raymond Chandler, Farewell My Lovely
Some Insightful Downtown Commentary
“I think the obvious point is that those that would be attracted to a downtown lifestyle — the young, the childless, those too busy for any sort of maintenance or yardwork, the retired — need cheaper units than those being sold.
I don’t think the downtown renaissance is a lie, but, for most people $600k properties are move-up type properties. And by the time most families...
Downtown's Underground Tunnels →
Beneath the busy streets of the City of the Angels is a complex network of pedestrian tunnels that stretch several blocks from Spring and Temple streets to 1st Street and Grand Avenue.
Awesome. Urban exploring, anyone?
Indie Rock Dictionary
duncats |də ng kits| noun money, coins, cash ORIGIN from the English ducats
