I saw a fairly large fire on my way to see the fireworks tonight. It was in an industrial building at the corner of North 9th Street and Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg.NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court said on Tuesday that a new rule requiring New York City fast food restaurants to post calorie information on menu boards is effective immediately.
It's a done deal: NYC calorie-count rule effective immediately: court
I've already become used to these menu boards at Subway, which has had them for over a year because they have nothing to hide:
The slightly more-caloric chains fought the legislation since it might cause customers to reconsider their choice:
One of the claims was that adding the calorie information would the make the menu impossible to read. Here is what Dunkin' Donuts presented:
And here is how New York City responded:
Just another health-inspired law from the first major city to ban smoking and trans fats!
Photo Credit: Most of these photos are from Menu Board Calories Arrive in New York on "Weighty Matters" where they are licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada license.
One of the first things you learn upon arriving in New York City is that Starbucks contain the quasi-public bathrooms of this epicenter of Western civilization. There are two major reason for this:
The "Starbucks law" will help you out a lot. However, if you find yourself in a pedestrian-heavy areas, you might find yourself in a ridiculously long line several times longer than the coffee line.
That's where the New York City Public Toilet Map comes in... The preview on the site doesn't show you too many examples, but it does mention the SoHo Apple Store. I've been in there at least a dozen times and never even realized it had a public bathroom.
I don't own this map (yet), but happened to find myself in SoHo on Saturday, when it was packed by European tourists spending the formerly valuable currency known as the dollar. There was a line of about 20 at Starbucks on Spring Street by Lafayette Street. Fortunately I remembered that there's a Bloomingdales around the corner with three sets of bathrooms. There was no line.
[S]tarting in December, more frequent service will roll across the line, which traverses several explosively growing, "hot" neighborhoods in Northwest Brooklyn. During the weekday morning rush hour, L trains will run approximately 3.5 minutes apart, instead of every 4 minutes. Manhattan-bound train trips will increase from 15 train trips to 17 train trips.Read the Brooklyn Daily Eagle Article
Finally some relief. Two trains doesn't sound like much, but each train officially holds around 2,440 people, so, especially with squeezing, that's almost 5,000 more spots!
Whenever I take the L-Train in the morning, I expect claustrophobic conditions such as those in the picture to the right. However, whenever the cab drivers strike, the packing extends to the last part of "Option A" for my commute, the E-Train.
Drivers were protesting plans put in motion by Mayor Michael Bloomberg under which all drivers must equip their cars with global satellite positioning systems and machines to take credit cards, partially at their own cost.The satellite system includes a monitor for passengers to follow their route, check news and weather, view advertisements, and pay their fare by bank card.
&ndashNew York taxi drivers 'regroup' after lackluster strike
There are many things I don't understand about the changes that are being required that have the cab drivers in an uproar:
As for this soon-approaching morning? I am seriously contemplating "Option B" again: "G to the C."
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