Month: March 2017

Entertainment

St. Patrick’s Day Parade

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Midtown Manhattan just encountered its 256th annual parade in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day a couple of weeks ago.  The Upper East Side was transformed into bagpipe-playing, crazy-hat-wearing, drinking, flag-wearing, celebration of everything green…aka Irish.

The Parade was packed with excited spectators, alongside the more famous revelers, James O’Neill (NYPD Commissioner) and Mayor Bill de Blasio. And of course, East Village’s McSorley’s Old Ale House (NYC’s most famous and oldest Irish tavern) conducted a roaring trade.

So how come so many New Yorkers celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? In 1845, New York witnessed a slew of immigrants from Ireland. They came to escape their country’s potato famine. They didn’t have much when they came and thus many settled in poverty-stricken Five Points, neighboring Little Italy and Chinatown.

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Nordstrom Rack in Manhattan

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Nordstrom Inc. will be opening a Nordstrom Rack in Manhattan. Located at 855 6th Avenue (at the Durst Organization, close to Herald Square), this will be relatively close by to Shimmie Horn’s The Evelyn hotel, set in Manhattan’s NoMad neighborhood. This marks the second Nordstrom store that will be in Manhattan.

According to Durst Organization President Jonathan Durst:

“We are proud to welcome Nordstrom Rack to 855 Sixth Avenue. With 375 rental units, 150,000 square feet of office space and now 46,500 square feet of retail, the building is a perfect reflection of the diversity, energy and connectivity of the NoMad neighborhood. We look forward to many years of success with Nordstrom Rack at 855.”

The off-price retail division of Nordstrom Inc. offers customers a savings of between 30 and 70% from the standard Nordstrom stores.

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Men and Haircuts

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Thanks to ‘Three Seat: Espresso and Barber men in the East Village no longer have to “go and get a haircut.”  Instead they can get a Cup O’Joe, and, while they’re at it, get their haircut.

Located on Avenue A, owner Aaron Cook explains that many people – on first entering the coffee shop – don’t realize it also doubles as a barber’s.  They’re like “oh look at that; it’s a barber shop,” which seems to be a great conversation starter.

So while they might not have necessarily been planning on having their haircut, they end up doing it for the convenience. Given that the coffee is included in the haircut price, they can certainly end up favorably comparing the price they paid for their new hairdo with their female partners!