We took a stroll down 5th avenue in NYC this afternoon and saw many delightful and several inane things through the shop windowss (a Flickr gallery is forthcoming). But first, we just had to show you this pic we snagged through the open door at Abercrombie & Fitch.
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Saks’ Dumpster-Dived Window Displays
By 5.10.06
Saks has a new window display up on 5th Avenue until this Thursday.
Smell of Discount Designer Duds Like Sweet Puke
By 5.4.06
The prospect of crazy fashion deals is usually considered “sick” as in “sweet” as in “bad like early Michael Jackson good.”
Best Buy Pranked By Blue Shirt Horde
By 5.1.06
80 members of the Improv Everywhere troupe dressed in blue polos and khakis and pranked the Best Buy store in Manhattan.
The $60,000 iPod Tekserve Ad
By 4.26.06
Normally, unless we were feeling really lazy, we wouldn’t post two ads right after one another but we just got this hot ad sent to us and we wanted to scoop it to you quick-styles.
Morning News Roundup: Pigs O’er Manhattan Edition
By 4.7.06
Trader Joe’s NYC Sets Cork Pop Date
By 4.6.06
Hark the herald and sing the angels, the Manhattan Trader Joe’s announced a date, via hand-drawn sign, per usual, for its wine shop to open. April 10th. Gotham City street beat reporter Bucky Turco writes that’s, “5 days before tax day. Who said Trader Joe’s weren’t savvy marketers.”
HOWTO: Get the Landlord to Repair Stuff
By 3.29.06
Sometimes, you just can’t ever get the landlord to fix that refrigerator that keeps running…
Trader Joe’s Contribution to Urban Sprawl
By 3.22.06
Trader Joe’s has taken over the sidewalk of 14th st, all in the quest to deliver pounds of no-boil noodles into the caches of eager Manhattanites.
HSBC’s Conspiracy of Dunces to Stop Wire Transfers
By 3.21.06
A coherent rant about trying to wire money through HSBC, over their seemingly deep objections. It’s a redtape streamered, Kafka’s “The Trial”-esque implosion of customer service… a banking failure so perfect in its unlogic, it’s almost a work of art. “Gari”, who’s chosen to represent himself online as Zod from Superman 2, sent in the following:
Trader Joe’s Lacks Team Spirits
By 3.20.06
The booze has yet to arrive at the new Manhattan location of Trader Joe’s, as shown in this photo sent in by honorary Gawker cub reporter Bucky Turco.
Consumers Inchoately Protest Consumption
By 3.16.06
While the following makes absolutely no sense, we certainly appreciate the vigor of its sentiment.
Cingular’s Server Down Yesterday
By 3.8.06
Looks like yesterday’s Cingular dropouts may have been due to a faulty server which had to get a bobby pin inserted into a small recessed button on the backside.
Today in Craigslist Barter NYC. It Ain’t Just Cheese for Plowshares Anymore.
By 2.21.06
This one is not what you think.
Fresh Direct Intros Fresh Dining, the Upscale TV Dinner
By 2.14.06
s favorite way of avoiding interacting with people poorer than you, the Fresh Direct food delivery service, has introduced Fresh Dining.
Big Apple Store Never Closes
By 2.10.06
New York City’s newest Apple store, currently under construction on Fifth Avenue and set to open in May, is not only going to be one of the larger Apple retail stores in the world; it’s also apparently going to be open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. This all night Mac house will be slinging iPods and Macbooks to jittery, bleary-eyed addicts in the heart of Manhattan, even as innocent citizens sleep nearby—at least until the East Side neighborhood associations start to complain.
SoHo Fire Ruins Millions in Prada
By 1.23.06
A fire in 575 Broadway occurred over the weekend with no loss of life, but perhaps over $5 million worth of loss to the Prada store, according to Gothamist. Other stores in the building, including American Eagle, also are pretty much smoked, as well as office spaces above, home to the likes of companies like Take 2, of Grand Theft Auto infamy.
