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Eric Asimov doesn’t like the wine list at Cafe du Soleil: It’s not that the wine list is too small. It offers several dozen bottles – mostly French but some Italian, American and Spanish, too – befitting the size of … Continue reading →

I was a bit disquieted to walk down my street this evening and see this poster taped to the wall. The poster (click for full version) gives the name and alias of a man who may or may not be … Continue reading →

The NYT’s Timothy O’Brien has a long article today – which immediately hit the top of the Most E-Mailed List – headlined "Why Do So Few Women Reach the Top of Big Law Firms?" O’Brien gives a comprehensive overview of … Continue reading →

Which classic suite of skyscrapers is this a picture of? Work at it: if you look in the background of the photo you’ll see a big hint. If you really can’t get it, the answer is here. What fascinates me … Continue reading →

I’d like to start a new feature on felixsalmon.com, called the Report Report Report. The Report Report Report is for anybody who has ever read a news article whose subject is a "new report" (or survey, or study, or similar). … Continue reading →

Pages 69 to 80 of this weekend’s New York Times Magazine comprise a 12-page advertorial from Rwanda. The web address given should you want even more information is www.rwandatourism.com – yes, Rwanda Tourism. Somehow I doubt that the amount of … Continue reading →

So you know that trip to Patagonia? The one I’ve been super-excited about for ages? The one which begins this coming Wednesday? Well, it’s off. I’m not leaving the country, because I’m married to a US citizen. If I wasn’t … Continue reading →

Apparently the show I’m listening to on the radio right now isn’t a repeat or a re-run, it’s an "encore presentation". Offender: National Public Radio, or at least WNYC.

As I was posting the last entry, I noticed my use of the phrase "ultimately, however" in the final paragraph. It’s a nasty, pompous phrase, but – worse – it also felt uncomfortably familiar. So I did a quick search … Continue reading →

The NYT is going all-out on what seems to be little more than a storm in a teacup about whether or not Costco sold a couple of fake Picasso drawings. The first article was published on Thursday and corrected on … Continue reading →

For no particular reason except to remind myself what I thought: Arthur & George, by Julian Barnes: Don’t believe the hype. Starts off well, but has far too much padding. No one cares about whether, why or how Arthur Conan … Continue reading →

The 50 least expensive cities in America are all in the south. The 50 most expensives cities are overwhelmingly in the north, plus California and a couple of places like Miami (which is still just 56% as expensive as New … Continue reading →

Both Joseph Clarke, in the comments to my Gawker Stalker piece, and Andrew Krucoff, today, make the good point that the evil nature of Gawker Stalker can be allayed by celebrities (or anybody else) reporting false sightings. Indeed, false sightings … Continue reading →

Talking of the NYT, the op-ed page strikes back at the news pages today. Remember that dreadful story about wi-fi piggybacking? Well Timothy Lee obviously saw it, had much the same reaction as I had, and managed to get his … Continue reading →

What’s happened to the New York Times’s RSS feeds? Up until a day or two ago, they were generally excellent, providing the full text and all images for blogs like those from Bruni, Carr and now Asimov. Actually, Carr’s now-discontinued … Continue reading →

The cache function on my web browser has failed me, and now when I try to view this page, all I get is a 404 error. Worse, Google seems to have failed to cache it as well. So comes the … Continue reading →

Did you know that an Australian film star, who was in all three Lord of the Rings films as well as loads of critically-acclaimed features, is starring in Hedda Gabler at BAM? Well yes, we all know that Cate Blanchett … Continue reading →

Nick Denton is very excited about his latest franchise, Gawker Stalker Maps. I’ve never been a fan of Gawker Stalker: the feature has always seemed to me to be little more than a cheap way of getting readers to interact … Continue reading →

When I gave up my cable TV, the only thing I really missed was The Daily Show. So I was very happy indeed when I found it available on iTunes. I bought a pass, $9.99 for 16 episodes, and successfully … Continue reading →

Comment is free has launched. It looks handsome, but. At its heart, it’s an aggregation of Guardian columnists, and of course if you’re a newspaper columnist you don’t write with hyperlinks. So there’s precious little of the link-juice that really … Continue reading →

Most people who love places like the East Village, the West Village, or the Lower East Side love them for basically the same reason. They’re real neighborhoods: each one has a unique culture, a feeling you get when you walk … Continue reading →

After I posted my entry about the willingness of WIN bloggers to correct their errors, the WIN machine moved into action. First Jason Calacanis left a comment on my blog, saying that he was looking into it. He also said … Continue reading →

How often does the New York Times publish email addresses or mobile phone numbers for people in the news, let alone people important enough to merit their own story on the front page? Well, it’s done it today. But maybe … Continue reading →

I’m a fan of Tyler Cowen, at Marginal Revolution: one of the better and more entertaining blogging economists. I’m not such a fan of his co-blogger, Alex Tabarrok, however. His entry on Ethiopian drought insurance, for instance, refused to even … Continue reading →

Josephine Jansen’s Snack Dragon Taco Shack, on 3rd and B, is the place to go for high-end low-price tacos when you’re out drinking in the East Village. The best tacos you’ve ever had in NYC are all freshly made, and … Continue reading →