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I used to work in publishing and met Richard Price shortly after Clockers was released. It was obvious that Dempsy was a foil for JC. I was curious about a certain hotel he wrote about in the book -- the details are sketchy since I read it about 15 years ago, but he describes a hotel in JC frequented by drug users and prostitutes. Anyway, he told me the name of the place it was based on, some fleabag along 1/9 near the Lincoln Tunnel. I forget the name, something like the Royal Motel or something similar...
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When I lived in the Heights I rarely took the 99s into Manhattan because it was so inconsistent and rare, mostly I grabbed a passing mojica.
I'd always take the 99s home in the evening from Port Authority, though. I'll never forget: there was a brittle, 50ish woman who cut the line EVERY SINGLE F'N DAY. She'd simply push her way to the door while the other working stiffs hissed or sighed resignedly. Every time I get pissed when someone gets aggressive about being the first on the PATH train every morning and then stands in the friggin' doorway instead of moving to the middle of the car, I think of her and count my blessings.
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Yes, the layouts are RR-style, but very well done. After looking at dozens of units in the area, I've grudgingly accepted that the RR layout makes good sense. The living room (and Washington) is as far from the BR as possible, so it's possible to have guests while someone is sleeping or working in the BR.
FWIW, one of the retailers in the area told me that the guy who owns the Sunblossom units owns that entire block of brownstones, including the space where the Liberty Wine & Deli & Buddhist Temple reside, along with La Rustique. The reason La Rustique is leaving is because he has plans to put his own cafe there. I doubt very much whatever he does there can match La Rustique, but what the hey.
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The funniest part is when Junior thinks he's being coy and philosophical and asks Diaz, "Nepotism? Well, what is nepotism?"
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A similar walk? I wasn't aware that PH was a gated, secure parking lot. I'll take my chances walking around PH at night, you Beaconites can enjoy your uh, "safer" evening parking lot strolls 
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I'm a fan of Bill Maher, and evidently for years he's been besieged by 9/11 conspiracy wanks who think his anti-Bush riffs would make him sympathetic to their drivel. A few months ago he'd finally had enough:
Crazy people who still think the government brought down the Twin Towers in a controlled explosion have to stop pretending that I'm the one that's being na?ve. How big a lunatic do you have to be to watch two giant airliners packed with jet fuel slam into buildings on live TV igniting a massive inferno that burned for two hours and then think, "Well, if you believe that was the cause?" Stop asking me to raise this ridiculous topic on this show and start asking your doctor if Paxil is right for you. The funniest part was that he was livid to be cast in the role of having to defend GWB.
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I'd say you're about 1/2 right. The movie certainly did blow.
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There is no street cleaning on Essex. St.; for residents it's one of the few advantages of having the light rail. The parking is resident-only. In addition to the zone 3 sticker you need another permit that hangs from your rear view mirror.
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The 1st & 2nd floor units are listed at $369k, but I believe the salesperson told us $349.
There is one top-floor unit available for $389. It has much higher ceilings, a small loft in the living room (the literature they gave us suggests the loft can be used as a sleeping area, but I don't think that's realistic), and is the only unit to have a washer/dryer (one of those newfangled dual use machines). We can live w/out elevators and central air, and parking may not be so bad because that stretch of Washington has a lot of movement due to people visiting the Light Horse and the deli/winery/Buddhist temple on the corner of Morris. Either way, these figures are at the low end for the area so it's hard not to at least consider it.
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Anyone have any experience w/Sunblossom Condos on Washington St. in Paulus Hook?
My wife and I looked at a few units there last weekend, they seem nice and well-appointed, but small. http://www.sunblossomcondos.com We currently live on Essex St. and would love to stay in this area, but man I could kick myself for not buying here 10 years ago.
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Most residents on Essex between Warren & Van Vorst have had their driver's side mirrors peeled off by a-holes like the guy that hit you. This stretch of road is very narrow due to the light rail but there's no excuse for hitting someone's car and driving on
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This is really a shame, the Portside Deli owner Jay is one of the nicest guys around.
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Tell you what, if you were my neighbor and I saw you having a panic attack on the sidewalk while holding a dog-eared copy of Isaiah Berlin's essays and a "device that looks like a bomb," I'd save the EMTs the trouble and phone JCPD myself, after which I'd pour myself a big glass of Johnny black and ponder such thoughts as, "Was it an explosive or his scrotal inflation system?"
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There was no mistake. A hand grenade IS a bomb. The fact that it was decommissioned is irrelevant. Should you always assume an unloaded handgun is safe just because the guy who has it pointing at you says so? Should the JC police have given him the benefit of the doubt and trusted his explanation, or should they have taken every precaution to prevent a potentially lethal incident? You don't have to be a rah rah cop lover to understand that among the potential outcomes, having Slacky inconvenienced was by far the safest and most prudent course. I think another element that many people are ignoring is the fact that, by his own admission, Slacky was in a highly agitated state and suffering from a panic attack. Would the EMT have notified the police if Slacky had summoned them because he'd sprained his ankle? I can't say for sure but I'd suspect not.
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Did you ever think that slacky's mental state coupled with his proximity to his grenade collection had something to do with worrying the EMT attendant? Oh wait, you're right, slacky said they were duds! No one ever lies about such things, especially when they're trembling and sweating bullets!
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I used to live at New York & Hutton before moving downtown. I still have close friends there so I visit often. They insist the area is on the upswing and from the looks of it I have to agree. Still, I'd be wary of walking around alone after 11PM; when I lived there, nearby Franklin St. in particular was notorious for drug dealing. Central & Palisades are safe but you'll encounter a variety of (mostly harmless) wackos there.
As for getting to Manhattan, you also have the option of grabbing one of those rickety vans that drive along Palisades and drop you off near Port Authority. Hispanic people call them "mojica,", Russians call them "marhshrutka," and white folk call them "jitney vans." Whatever you call them say a prayer before entering ;)
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I've lived in PH for the last 9 years, in one of the buildings fatass photographed earlier in this thread. I absolutely love it, although the many changes over the last 5 years come with a pricetag: it's impossible to get a pint of beer for under $6
 Like Hoboken, there are lots of good restaurants within walking distance but unlike Faux-boken you won't see groups of suburban guys driving around in SUVs yelling out their windows at pretty women, or drunks bellowing at 3AM on their walk home from bars. I have a car but when it's in the shop or flooding makes driving too annoying, I take the light rail to the Hairy Missus Cove station and visit the nearby Shop Rite. It's not my first choice as far as supermarkets go but if you're near the light rail it's very convenient.
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"My mayor can drink your mayor under the table"
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You wear a big backpack but fail to take into account your extra appendage. Every time you turn to yuck it up with the similarly nerdy guy you recognize from your building, you jostle me. By time we reach the Newport station I want to beat you to death with your Linux-running laptop.
You?re dressed well and obviously have a respectable job. So why are you reaching into a trash receptacle to snag someone?s discarded NY Post? You pick up a copy of AM New York on your way down to the platform, discover it?s about what you can expect from a free commuter rag, and so you drop it to the floor. Soon it?s blowing all over the place. Thank you. You?re the Indy-looking guy who sits on the floor of the train. I know you?re already filthy, but for Pete?s sake man just looking at you there makes me want to buy you a bar of soap. You have sweaty hands, and you change the position of your hand holding the support pole often, leaving enough subway pole grunge that the next person to touch it skeeves out and runs straight to the bathroom upon arriving at work. You?re the Grove turnstile on the extreme left of the West side entrance. Why don?t you accept my Metro card? Over the years I?ve noticed technicians spending a lot of time repairing you and still you won?t behave. If it was up to me you?d be transferred to the Harrison station. It?s a rainy day, and you?re the person who stops at the top of the exit stairs so that you can leisurely remove your umbrella from your bag and open it, while behind you people are running into each other on the staircase. You?re the guy next to me last Friday evening: look dude, you?re over 40, don?t you know that reading Harry Potter books makes you appear dimwitted? Do like perverted Japanese male commuters do in Tokyo while reading about people peeing on each other: swap the cover out for a book jacket of a more respectable title.
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You're the person who pushes through everyone to get to the doors as the train pulls into the Grove St. station. You'll knock me over, spit on me, walk across my spine just to be first off the train. And then... you move up the stairs like you lost a leg in Vietnam, causing everyone behind you to trip on each other as we wait for you to finish your slow ascent.
You're the lumpy, middle-aged Asian woman who is always first on the train. It doesn't matter that I'm twice your size and 10 years younger, or that I know precisely where to stand so that when the train pulls into the station, I'm squarely in front of the doors. You always win; you'll always beat me to the last available seat. The only solace I have is that at some point in my life maybe I've doinked your daughter. You're the teenager who sits with his bony legs spread so that he takes up three seats. Or you're the lady who puts her shopping bags on the seat next to her, blissfully depriving someone of a seat so your bags can ride in comfort. You're the guy who cranks up his iPod so loud that the entire car can hear your hideous music through your earphones. You're the tourist who thinks your dollar is going to buy juice and milk for the Bergen-Lafayette Coalition for the Homeless. There's a shortage, you see. You're the hideously obese person who plops into the seat next to me in February, and your body against me is hotter than the already sweltering heater beneath the seats, making me feel like I'm in a microwave. But I know if I give up my seat I will offend you, so I endure your hot flab until my stop. You're the person who drinks a bottle of Snapple and drops the bottle to the car's floor. Then, in excruciating silence, all the other passengers must endure the sound of your bottle moving back and forth across the aisle as the train accelerates and slows. I just wanted to let you know: I don't like you.
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