Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'joshgroban'
November 30, 2007
Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a fatal fire on Pennsylvania Ave. in Brooklyn, a train derailment on 41st St. and 1st Ave. in Brooklyn, and a shooting on East Gunhill Rd. in the Bronx. Anthony Marshall's––Brooke Astor's estranged son––lawyer pleaded not guilty to forgery in the sordid case of her will. BestWeekEver.tv's Michelle Collins manages to compliment Tony Bennett, fling a t-shirt at Nick Lachey, stump Josh Groban on the definition of "Cougars", covet......
Continue Reading "Extra, Extra"November 27, 2007
There are plenty of Starbucks in Manhattan (over 170), but if you head over to Brooklyn -- you'll see the streets are mostly void of discarded Venti cups and hardly anyone has heard Josh Groban's new Christmas album. But things are about to change, chain-haters beware.A recent Brooklyn Real Estate Roundtable meeting revealed that retail giants such as Starbucks, Duane Reade pharmacies and Chase Bank are planning to double and in some cases triple their......
Continue Reading "Chains Check Out Brooklyn"November 14, 2007
New York seems to have a love/hate relationship with the branded beanery Starbucks (their seasonal Peppermint Mochas sure are tasty, but their sterile generic storefronts keep the siren's call muted). While the local mom and pop collects our $3/day coffee allowance, there are plenty lining up at the corner 'Bucks for their daily buzz. Alas, there is now a book to appease the haters and the adoring herds of the establishment. Taylor Clark has gone......
Continue Reading "A Venti Book on Getting Starbucked"April 8, 2004
Remember April, May and June, Daisy Duck's nieces? Yeah, me neither. Gothamist does remember a few girls from her school days named April, and wonders why it's one of the only months parents name their kids after. April (like Leslie) seems a quintessentially 70s name, harkening back to a more innocent time of sticker books and afternoons spent watching Puttin' on the Hits. A continued trek down memory lane made Gothamist remember some other wacky......
Continue Reading "Months for Naming Girls (Not Eating Oysters)"