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Big Apple Blog Festival - September 12, 2005

Welcome to Big Apple Blog Festival (BABF), a representative roundup of this week's posts by NYC bloggers.

CaiLun.info has a great post ... "Pop-Up Books" ...
Asymmetrical Information says "The poor really are different" ...

Late Final suggests that "it might be a good time to look at the emergency management plan for your home town" ... and has links to more than ten cities ... and also notes that ... "Long Island, N.Y., where between 3 million and 4 million people live, is doing more to publicize tax-free shopping week than its coastal evacuation routes in the middle of a hurricane season." ...

The Politburo Diktat ... "The local fire department announced a collection for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. We collected a few bags of clothes, stuffed animals, shoes, etc. and brought them over. When we arrived at village hall, we were astounded at the mountain of goods. Take a look" ... amazing ... take a look

On Probation says goodbye and thanks to NYC ...

forgotten NY added a new page called "Bank Yankin' - former savings institutions" ... pics of banks, buildings that used to be banks, and some old bank signs ...

The Tin Man has a list of "the articles (with opening paragraphs) that the New York Times ran on its front page four years ago (September 11, 2001)" ...

Time Out New York is having its EatOut05 on September 27th ...

Modern Fabulousity hit 100,000 page views on Sept. 10th ... and wants an iPod nano ...

My Urban Kvetch 2005 reveals that ... she did give the panhandler $5 ... (BABF, August 29, 2005)

downtown lad believes TriBeCa has ... "the best dining experience in New York City" ... (for anyone wondering:
TriBeCa means "'Triangle Below Canal' between the Hudson River and Broadway") ...

Express Train has some beautiful pics of an everyday commute on the subway ...

Young Manhattanite doesn't like the new Sploid design ...

NYC Metblog reminds us that it is apple picking season ... with links to Pick Your Own farms within one hour of the City ...

Third Avenue reviews the New York City Opera's new production of Richard Strauss's last opera, Capriccio ... in "A jubilant beginning" ...

The Apiary has the secret for "Breaking into Comedic Television Writing" ...

Right Moon? has a link to a shelter in Houston that "has specifically requested Plus Size Clothing" ...

Republican Party Reptile is starting a "Million-Babe March" ...

Ace of Spades HQ, in "Depak Chopra vs. Agent Smith" ... asks: "Is humanity a cancer? Or, as Agent Smith would have it, merely a virus?" ... or spam? ...

A Brooklyn Life says "General admission tickets went on sale September 6, so now's the time to buy." for ... Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival ...

Englishman in New York has a pic of the "Smallest Removal Van in the World" ... for GregsExpress.com ...

the muse's pics sent us a link to three of her NYC photos ...

Ragged Thots had a roundup last week that we missed ... "Bruce Ratner/Forest City Ratner's 'Brooklyn Standard', an ersatz paper with a raison d'etre of boosting the downtown Brooklyn development project -- of Forest City Ratner!"

Alarming News is organizing a NY blogger bash for sometime in this month.

Listed on the ÜberCarnival page and in Carnival News.

If you have a NYC blog and want to see something in the next BABF, send us a short write up and a permalink to aguyinnewyork [at] gmail ... see you next week ...

Posted September 12, 2005 06:57 AM · Permalink · Big Apple Blog Festival