While America debates health care, Obama's speech, and the predictably stupid Republican hysteria over it, New York City has awoken from its summer doldrums and is heading into a busy fall.
Where to start?
Well, tonight is something called Fashion's Night Out where there'll be lots of parties being held around town featuring lots of celebrities (including the Olsen twins tending bar somewhere and Vogue matriarch Anna Wintour holding court at a mall ... in Queens!). All this sexy partying is in order to kick off Fashion Week here in NYC. I guess if you're beautiful enough and have lots of money (plus you don't have to work tomorrow) then you can go out tonight and help the fashion industry celebrate itself. For the rest of us ordinary New Yorkers, we'll stay home and sip a nightcap.
And talking about cash, look at who's going broke! Atlantic Yards is a mess, the purchase of Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town is turning into one of the biggest real estate debacles in city history, and Tavern on the Green just declared bankruptcy. You know the economy is in trouble when the New York City real estate industry and one of the highest grossing restaurants in the whole country are hurtin' for cash.
But not everyone is doing bad. One New Yorker is movin' on up. Judge Denny Chin, the guy who sent Bernie Madoff to the pokie for the next century and a half, is to be nominated to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. This is the same court where Justice Sotomayor served until she became a US Supreme.
Here's an idea: it's rumored that Justice Stevens (who's pushing 90) is going to retire soon. And Judge Chin -- who has an amazing life story plus the added bonus of being the guy who sent Bernie Madoff to work in a laundry room and watch his tuckus in the shower room for the rest of his life -- is widely respected and only 55 years old. He'd be a great pick (Denny, not Bernie) and would be the first Asian American on the court. This could help Obama and the Democrats rally the Asian vote the same way Sotomayor helped with the Hispanic vote. Sending Judge Chin to this court now might be the White House's way of getting him onto the Supreme Court within the next year or so. Chief Justice Roberts was on an appeals court for only two years before going to the Supreme Court so there's a precedent for this kind of. It would also be another New Yorker on The Court. Hope this happens.
Of course, tomorrow is the 8th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. We will all observe it in our own way.
Also, tomorrow marks the return of Radiolab, the great, great WNYC show. Tune in tomorrow at 3 PM on 93.9 FM for one of most imaginative radio shows ever made.
Oh, and next Tuesday is Primary Day. Mr NYC's endorsements will follow soon.
Where to start?
Well, tonight is something called Fashion's Night Out where there'll be lots of parties being held around town featuring lots of celebrities (including the Olsen twins tending bar somewhere and Vogue matriarch Anna Wintour holding court at a mall ... in Queens!). All this sexy partying is in order to kick off Fashion Week here in NYC. I guess if you're beautiful enough and have lots of money (plus you don't have to work tomorrow) then you can go out tonight and help the fashion industry celebrate itself. For the rest of us ordinary New Yorkers, we'll stay home and sip a nightcap.
And talking about cash, look at who's going broke! Atlantic Yards is a mess, the purchase of Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town is turning into one of the biggest real estate debacles in city history, and Tavern on the Green just declared bankruptcy. You know the economy is in trouble when the New York City real estate industry and one of the highest grossing restaurants in the whole country are hurtin' for cash.
But not everyone is doing bad. One New Yorker is movin' on up. Judge Denny Chin, the guy who sent Bernie Madoff to the pokie for the next century and a half, is to be nominated to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. This is the same court where Justice Sotomayor served until she became a US Supreme.
Here's an idea: it's rumored that Justice Stevens (who's pushing 90) is going to retire soon. And Judge Chin -- who has an amazing life story plus the added bonus of being the guy who sent Bernie Madoff to work in a laundry room and watch his tuckus in the shower room for the rest of his life -- is widely respected and only 55 years old. He'd be a great pick (Denny, not Bernie) and would be the first Asian American on the court. This could help Obama and the Democrats rally the Asian vote the same way Sotomayor helped with the Hispanic vote. Sending Judge Chin to this court now might be the White House's way of getting him onto the Supreme Court within the next year or so. Chief Justice Roberts was on an appeals court for only two years before going to the Supreme Court so there's a precedent for this kind of. It would also be another New Yorker on The Court. Hope this happens.
Of course, tomorrow is the 8th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. We will all observe it in our own way.
Also, tomorrow marks the return of Radiolab, the great, great WNYC show. Tune in tomorrow at 3 PM on 93.9 FM for one of most imaginative radio shows ever made.
Oh, and next Tuesday is Primary Day. Mr NYC's endorsements will follow soon.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Please keep it civil, intelligent, and expletive-free. Otherwise, opine away.