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One of the old book jackets lining the walls of Chumley's. Eternal Shame on Bloomberg, the City Fathers, and the powers that be that this cultural landmark has STILL not been saved and reopened.
The late, great McHale's, the death of which inspired the birth of this blog.
The original, running Jeremiad on the vestiges of Old New York as they are steamrolled under or threatened by the currently ruthless real estate market and the City Fathers' disregard for Gotham's historical and cultural fabric. Est. January 2006.
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One of the old book jackets lining the walls of Chumley's. Eternal Shame on Bloomberg, the City Fathers, and the powers that be that this cultural landmark has STILL not been saved and reopened.
The late, great McHale's, the death of which inspired the birth of this blog.
6 comments:
Hey wise-ass,
You misspelled "Gilded" in your above post on the Siegel-Cooper store. I wouldn't mention it, except you seem to enjoy snarking about the errors of others.
Also, this: "A brass statue called 'The Republic,' a replica of a sculpture at the Chicago World's Fair by Daniel Chester French, was surrounding by spurting jets of water, which were illuminated by colored lights."
"Surrounding"? Really?
You might want to start re-reading your entries before posting them.
I corrected those errors. Said it before, will say it again: Am a blogger; got no copyeditor.
And none of those errors are as bad as "pre-fix."
Btw, Merriam-Webster prefers "wiseass." No hyphen.
"And none of those errors are as bad as 'pre-fix.'"
OK, but supposedly, you're a professional writer. You're expected to know better. And yet you choose to pick on some poor waiter or busboy who's probably working for tips. Very petty.
Being a blogger is no excuse for being a slob. Whining about not having a copy editor is pretty lame coming from you. Someone of your age and experience really shouldn't need one.
Man up, dude.
Sorry. I don't accept upbraidings from people who say things like "Man Up, dude." It's the sort of vocabulary that comes from a guy who's never "manned up" in his life.
You do realize it was probably written by a kitchen worker whose first language isn't English, much less French right?
I just found your blog tonight, looking at some interesting things, but this post pretty much assures i won't be bookmarking it. A real New Yorker doesn't mock ethnic restaurant workers for their misspelling of a French phrase. Maybe suburbia is more your speed.
Lawrence: I wouldn't want someone who pronounces such a heavy judgement based entirely on assumed information to revisit my blog anyway. Ta-ta.
I also immediately stop listening to people when they start saying "real New Yorker."
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