Year: 2011

November 7, 2011 Weather: Sunny, High of 62 Degrees.

While running out for some Hale & Hearty on Friday afternoon (I frequently crave their tomato cheddar soup), I spotted a striking woman in front of me near 86th and Broadway wearing some sort of long, ruffled white wrap and the shoes pictured above.

Conan O'Brien is one jolly-ginger giant, and one of the funniest/tallest men I've ever loved. I've admired his quirky late-night show from Triumph the Insult Dog Comic to the masturbating bear, and with other like-minded folks, wept for his woes at NBC. On Friday I was in the vortex of ...

For those of you not running in the marathon (lazy!) there are lots of ways to participate in the festivities on Sunday, including listening to free music and watching the race from some prime viewing spots. Upper West Siders get the best view of the marathon, I think, because we ...

Upper West Side cinematographer Yael Shulman sent us this video she made of the tribute to 343 fallen firefighters on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 at the Fireman's Memorial in Riverside Park: The Fallen - Canon 7D, 2011 from Yael Shulman on Vimeo.

November 4, 2011 Weather: Morning clouds, afternoon sun, High of 52 Degrees.

Syms Corp., which owns Filene's Basement, declared bankruptcy yesterday and will be liquidating its stores -- including the big store on Broadway between 79th Street and 80th Street -- over the holidays. Syms went bankrupt after attempting in vain to find a buyer or otherwise save the store. The liquidation ...

Have you been to this 16 Handles place on Amsterdam Avenue between 75th and 76th Street? It always seems to be packed. I think it's because they let people control their own froyo. The store lets you personally pump frozen yogurt into a cup or cone, mixing and matching the ...

Starting today, the Film Center of Lincoln Center is putting on a film series it calls "Hollywood's Jew Wave" that celebrates the period from the 1960's and 1970's when a new group of Jewish writers, directors and actors produced a ton of influential Hollywood movies. From Woody Allen to Dustin ...

November 3, 2011 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 60 Degrees.

Crumbs will be giving away 1,000 cupcakes at its brand-new location at 92nd Street and Broadway starting at 7 a.m. on Thursday. That is all you need to know. Image of new store via Crumbs.

The last free-standing mansion on the Upper West Side is back on the market, at a 50% discount to its previous price. Yes, for a mere $15 million you can own the landmark 18-room pleasure palace known as the Schinasi House at 351 Riverside Drive near 107th Street.

November 2, 2011 Weather: Sunny, High of 56 Degrees.

A proposal to build a skinny 14-story building in a tiny lot on 75th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway was rejected by the Upper West Side community board on Tuesday night after local residents stood up to denounce it. The vote was nearly unanimous. The proposed building is the ...

Editor's note: Here at West Side Rag, we pride ourselves on telling the truth. But we're trying a new experiment today -- fiction! Inspired by the strange story of the Upper West Side glasses-cruncher we published last week, West Side Rag columnist Maria Gorshin wrote a short piece of fiction ...

November 1, 2011 Weather: Sunny, High of 56 Degrees.

A marching band from Chicago that acts like punk rockers is playing a free concert at Lincoln Center's David Rubenstein Atrium on Thursday at 8:30. Mindy Kaling, the actress and writer on The Office, is appearing at Barnes & Noble this Wednesday to promote her new memoir Is Everyone Hanging ...

The shootout on Thursday night that we reported with the help of some nearby residents just took an extra-strange turn... and just in time for Halloween. According to Leslie Albrecht at DNAinfo, who talked to an unidentified source, the officer who was assaulted on 91st Street and Riverside Drive was ...

The snowstorm that slammed the Northeast on Saturday, only to dribble away on Sunday, caused a major impact in the city's parks. In fact, the Central Park Conservancy is estimating a toll of almost 1,000 trees; organization director Douglas Blonsky called it the worst devastation he's seen in his 27 ...

October 31, 2011 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 52 Degrees.