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• A Drop of Milk in Manila

  Published: July 22, 2007, 6:40 am

  Tags: Metro Manila

  Just a few blocks away from the Far Eastern University is another architectural masterpiece. A masterpiece that was almost forgotten by time. A treasure that could have been torn down to pieces. But heritage conservationists took a bold action before time finally eats this building into dust. Then in the 2002, 859 Lepanto Street (now S. H. Loyola)

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• A taste of Italy in Amici

  Published: June 24, 2007, 11:58 am

  Tags: Food Trip, Metro Manila

  So all the rumors are true. I recently went to Amici di Don Bosco. It’s a trattoria located right inside the Don Bosco Technical School Compound in Makati City. Amici di Don Bosco is an Italian word for friends of Don Bosco. So what’s with Amici, anyway? Penne in Cream Sauce with Smoked Salmon (more…)

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• In Brief: From the mailbag: "Guy outside of Grand Central ...

  Published: July 27, 2007, 3:59 pm

  Tags: Did He Beat You Girl Did He Beat You, Friday Randomness, Grand Central, Metro, Were You Scared, Whatever

  From the mailbag: "Guy outside of Grand Central selling 'I survived the steam blast' t-shirts for $15 bucks, standing in front of a piece of posterboard that says 'Were you scared? I was.'"

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• Urban Studies: There Is No Reason To Go Up The Empire State Building

  Published: July 30, 2007, 1:10 pm

  Tags: Empire State Building, Metro, Urban Studies

  I am an American, New York-born. John Lindsay's name is on my birth certificate (although not as a claim to paternity). I've spent the majority of my life in this area. And like so many of us here in...

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• Manila Chinese Cemetery

  Published: July 30, 2007, 5:32 pm

  Tags: Metro Manila, Travel Oddities, Road Trip

  Just a few weeks ago, I played the male version of Lara Croft as the Tomb Raider. No, I wasn’t shooting another movie version. But I was doing the real thing. We scoured all the nook and cranny of the Manila Chinese Cemetery for a treasure trove of unsual facts and some more lessons in Architecture 101. There are actually a lot of unusual

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• In Brief: Reacting to a study's findings that two out ...

  Published: July 30, 2007, 4:25 pm

  Tags: Bloggers, If You See Something Grope Something, Metro

  Reacting to a study's findings that two out of three subway riders have been sexually harassed, Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer blogged that "for far too long, there [has] been this...

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• The Plutocracy: Mike Bloomberg Is A Fake Commuter

  Published: August 1, 2007, 11:00 am

  Tags: Metro, Michael Bloomberg, Michael Grynbaum, New York Times, Subways, The Plutocracy

  Michael Grynbaum—Harvard boy, former New York Observer intern, former New York Sun reporter!—spent the last five weeks tailing Mayor Bloomberg. And guess what? Everyone's favorite...

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• New York, New York: Is There A Plague Of New, Incompetent Cabdrivers?

  Published: August 1, 2007, 11:40 am

  Tags: Cabs, I Am Going To Buy Bike, Metro, New York New York, Whining

  For the second time this week, I got in a cab with a driver who did not understand this concept: "Greenpoint." Or, more shockingly: "the Williamsburg Bridge." Or! Actually! "THE BQE." Did a session...

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• Our Crumbling Infrastructure: New York City Bridges Falling Apart Or Whatever

  Published: August 3, 2007, 9:34 am

  Tags: Brooklyn Bridge, Metro, Our Crumbling Infrastructure

  In the wake of the Minnesota bridge collapse, our very own Governor ordered a review of all the Empire State's spans. Guess what? Everything's falling apart! More than 2,000 are listed as...

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• MTA Website Down When Needed

  Published: August 8, 2007, 11:22 am

  Tags: General News, Long Island Railroad, Metro North, Mta New York, Mta Ny, Mta Website, New York City, New York City Transit, Ny Subway, Subway Ny, Subway Stations, Wcbs Radio, York City Transit

  across the New York metropolitan area early today, have caused serious problems in New York. The MTA says the subway stations are flooded and this has caused big time congestion on all the commuters today. (more…) copyright @2007 bu.bulicio.us long island railroad, metro north, mta new york, mta ny, mta website, new york

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• The Storm Of The Century Of The Week: Very Small Parts Of Outer Brooklyn Made Very Messy!

  Published: August 8, 2007, 3:10 pm

  Tags: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Metro, Not Afraid To Be Gothamistey, The Storm Of The Century Of The Week

  Now you know where the sidewalk ends: Bay Ridge. Go figure. PHOTO: Rebecca.

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• MovieLink Now BlockBuster

  Published: August 9, 2007, 4:01 pm

  Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Blockbuster, Bluckbuster, Hollywood Studios, Itunes, Metro Goldwyn Meyer, Movie Download, Movie Link, Movielink, Netflix, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Warner Brothers

  hollywood studios, itunes, metro goldwyn meyer, movie download, movie link, movielink, netflix, paramount pictures, sony pictures entertainment, warner brothersDid you enjoy reading this post? Buy me a nice cup of coffee to fuel my late night writing sessions and keep the content

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• Not A Peep: Stupid City To End Nightmare Of People Ogling People

  Published: August 22, 2007, 4:01 pm

  Tags: Metro, Not Peep

  The Nanny State that is modern-day New York City is trying to insert its wagging finger even further up our already crammed anuses: "Council Member Peter Vallone Jr. of Queens is proposing to outlaw...

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• Poets Of The Metro Section: Crazy Times Two: Alan Feuer And Laura Albert

  Published: August 23, 2007, 1:53 pm

  Tags: Alan Feuer, Do Not Want, Jt Leroy, Laura Albert, New York Times, Poets Of The Metro Section, Wtf

  How can we describe Alan Feuer's profile of Laura Albert in today's New York Times? It is misery. For one thing, we are told that the woman formerly known as JT Leroy is now reduced to living in a...

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• Our Deadly Roads Dept.: Now DC's Bridges Are Collapsing

  Published: August 24, 2007, 3:42 pm

  Tags: Bridges, Infrastructure, Metro Section, News You Can Use, Our Deadly Roads Dept

  really read, like, the metro section, but still. It was closed because — wait for it — BRIDGES ARE FUCKING COLLAPSING. Shortly after noon “FIST-SIZED” CHUNKS OF CONCRETE fell right off the Greenbelt Road Bridges onto the northbound lane out in PG county, according to the Baltimore Sun. But they reopened the whole

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