If You Need It, They Can Build It

You know how hard it is to find a good person who can do small repair jobs? I’m talking about the things your super won’t do – or can’t really do – or can’t find the time to do.  Like repairing a wall that is peeling or cracking (and I don’t just mean painting over [...]

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HH Veggie Burgers

Technically a Hudson Heights original, as the following recipe comes from a neighborhood friend. I’ve tried these things; they were delicious. Serve with a side of collard greens, mushroom and shallot sautee. HH Veggie Burgers: 1/3 cup sun-dried tomatoes (dried, not in oil) rehydrated with some boiling water. 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds fresh toasted and [...]

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Order the Mushroom Tagliatelle at Saggio

I plan a more comprehensive review of Saggio, the new Italian place on 181st between Pinehurst and Cabrini, when I go back in September because they promised me their outdoor dining area will be open then. I was a fan of Amelia’s – so I’m looking forward to being back in that outdoor garden spot [...]


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Indian Road Cafe

Conor here. Co-blogger Courty finally got me to come along with her yesterday evening to the Indian Road Cafe up in Inwood. As with most things she recommends to me, the result was I wish I’d heeded her exhortations sooner. What a great small island of unpretentious good life, the IRC. A spacious place by [...]

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Elevator Madness

So in this week’s New Yorker, there’s an article about the genetic links between Neanderthals and well, us, and one of the things I thought was really interesting was this idea: that our archaic human ancestors might have had a kind of madness gene  that kept them from becoming extinct.  For example, we did insane [...]

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Baby Boom

Has anyone else noticed the proliferation of very pregnant ladies in the neighborhood? It seems like every time I walk out for a bottle of Gatorade to save me from this August heat I see another beautifully sweaty pregnant woman who is seven or eight months gone.  It makes me wonder about what everyone was [...]

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Seamless in the Heights

For those of us who prefer to order our dinner deliveries from the comfort of our laptops: Both Bangkok Heights (cnr 181 and Pinehurst) and the Hudson View Restaurant (crnr 181 and Fort Wash) are on Seamless.  I can’t speak for the Thai yet, but the Hudson View diner delivers late, has a huge menu, [...]

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In Case You Were Wondering

Your city councilperson is Robert Jackson. More importantly, his email address is rjackson@council.nyc.gov.

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Special Victims

Law and Order: SVU is shooting in the neighborhood again, so it must be August. Here’s what I wanna ask? Are these folks putting anything in the local economy, or are they just hogging all the parking.

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The Cutting Edge

I don’t know about you, but I am WILD with excitement about the new parking meters on 187th.  What will they think of next!

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