Today’s end-of-day links include how Rudy Giuliani is a 9/11 bloodsucker, people thought Lil Kim (not Kim Jong Il) died, AT&T and T-Mobile’s merger is not happening, and more. Follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook . You can also get the top stories mailed to you— sign up here . [ more › ]
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Extra, Extra: Rudy Giuliani Has Exploited 9/11 For Money
After spending the last two decades of her long reclusive life living in hospitals, Gilded Age copper heiress Huguette Clark died earlier this year at age 104. At once, the jackals descended —actually, they descended well before her death, it seems. The Manhattan DA is currently investigating Clark’s lawyer, Wallace Bock, and her accountant, Irving Kamsler, for their handling of Clark’s affairs. Her lawyer has a will that shows Clark didn’t want to give any money to her family, but now the family is in possession of a different will, signed by Clark, that says she DID intend them to have a big inheritance! Fire up some Jiffy Pop and hit the Drama Button —this is gonna get petty. [ more › ]
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In Surprise Twist, Family Of Dead Copper Heiress Have Will That Says They Get Money!
The holiday shopping season isn’t all billion dollar weekends —it is also prime shoplifting season . So what do sticky-fingered filchers covet? According to the National Association for Shoplifting Prevention (“because shoplifting steals from all of us”) the most coveted item year round is…choice cuts of “luxury meat.” But the Center for Retail Research told us it was cheese ! [ more › ]
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Hide Your Luxury Meats, Shoplifting Season Has Started!
DOT uses / Money from drunk driver fines / To buy new haikus! Today DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan unveiled the first of 216 safety signs featuring colorful artwork and haikus. The signs will be installed at a dozen high-crash locations near cultural institutions and schools citywide, using state money collected from DWI fines. Haikus for safer streets ! We can’t wait to hear what cantankerous NY Post columnist Steve Cuozzo has to say about this! (“In the good old days / Cars ran poets down like dogs / Wrote rhymes with their blood.”) [ more › ]
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New Haiku Signs Will Make NYC Streets Safer Through Power Of Poetry
While tomorrow is “Black Friday,” the official start of the Christmas shopping season, many retailers have been opening their doors today, on the Thanksgiving federal holiday, to give Americans a chance to spend their money without going to the 5 a.m. doorbusters and not killing workers in a stampede . And, retail experts say, it’s the 99% who are the Black Friday fiends. [ more › ]
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Americans Desperate For Deals Camp Out For Black Friday Sales
As many of you tuck into your Thanksgiving meals (or perhaps you’re already taken your Thanksgiving nap and are going to have leftovers tonight!), contemplate whether you would want to have Thanksgiving with Semi-homemade guru Sandra Lee. On the one hand, Lee is charming, but, on the other, do you really want to eat something from a lady who makes lasagna with tomato soup and cream cheese ? Check out these videos from last night’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. [ more › ]
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Videos: Sandra Lee Semi-Cooks With Jimmy Fallon
Well, there goes the rest of our afternoon. The always clever webcomic XKCD has gone and created a monumental chart called ” Money: A chart of (almost) all of it, where it is, and what it can do ” and, have mercy, the title is not lying! To make it slightly easier the whole thing is broken down into “dollars, thousands, millions, billions, trillions” but that still barely makes it manageable. More depressing than finding out that New York really is home to the 1 percent ? This poster. [ more › ]
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Show Me The Money: Tracking The World’s Cash On A Poster
Click here to view the full photogallery. In a bid to kick its reputation as the premier destination for drug tourists, Amsterdam, and the rest of Holland for that matter, will be curbing the marijuana “coffee shop” free-for-all that has defined the city in the minds of hippies and college bros. By the end of the year, a new law will limit sanctioned marijuana purveyors to 1,500 registered customers each. That means that tourists will lose out to locals when it comes to drug access. So, Mary Jane adherents, why not rent a flat in Amsterdam? The historic city has plenty of classic apartments that look good sober. This two-bedroom apartment, on the historic Keizersgracht canal, has plenty of windows to make up for the low ceilings on the main level and towering vaulted ceilings upstairs to make up for smaller windows. Finding such a turn-key property is important, as Amsterdam’s strict historic preservation laws prevent some rudimentary upgrades, and this place impresses for the price: $3,180 per month. Click here to view the full photogallery. ↑ Amsterdam’s Oud West neighborhood is technically outside of the historic Centrum district, but it has its fair share of historic homes, often with more modern updates. This light, bright, well-detailed three bedroom, listed for $3,380 per month, has uncommonly high ceilings, a balcony, and a super-spacious master bedroom, but the kitchen is lacking. Still, move out the IKEA furnishings and this is one damn good apartment for the money. Click here to view the full photogallery. ↑ Back in the city center, this apartment is located on the second floor of a stately 1750 townhouse, has two bedrooms and a roof terrace, and still runs just $3,315 per month. Not bad considering the huge windows and front row views of the canal. Plus, the building is located not far from the famous Montelbaan Tower, a feature in many a Rembrandt. Click here to view the full photogallery. ↑ The floor plan is a little disjointed, and some of the fixtures are ho-hum, but this three bedroom in the Jordaan neighborhood has a combination of towering windows and leafy vistas that’d be hard to beat. This quiet district was home to Rembrandt in the last years of his life and the Anne Frank House museum is nearby. History aside, this apartment is more tuned up for modern entertaining, especially that massive wooden deck. The price for that sort of outdoor space is modest too, $4,330 per month. Click here to view the full photogallery. ↑ For the ultimate in space, head 20km outside of Amsterdam to the regional capital of Haarlem. There renters can score a whole house for $4,600 per month. This is not just any house though, it’s a renovated waterfront mansion that dates from the 18th century. The four-bedroom spread has a yacht mooring out front and, thankfully, comes without the furnishings pictured. They’re a little too frumpy to make the most of such a grand mini-palace. · ‘Tourism suicide’: Dutch to ban foreigners from cannabis coffee shops [Daily Mail] · Keizersgracht [Amsterdam Beautiful] · Bosboom Toussaintstraat [Amsterdam Beautiful] · Oude Waal [Amsterdam Beautiful] · Bloemgracht [Amsterdam Beautiful] · De Buitenrustlaan [Amsterdam Beautiful]
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Globe Trotting: Shut Out of the "Coffee Shop"? Why Not Rent in Amsterdam
We never held out much hope for a Coachella East, and while many festivals can boast a stellar, eclectic bill, they’re not in the desert. If you refused to shell out airfare and the mildly outrageous $269 weekend pass this year, you’re in luck: according to its website, Coachella is going to be set over two weekends in 2012, April 13-15 and April 20-22. That’s right, “that means same lineup, same art, same place, different people,” and double the money for Coachella and its parent company, AEG Live. [ more › ]
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Coachella Will Happen Twice In 2012: Will It Be Half As Cool?
This potentially dangerous new app allows you to open tabs at local joints, making spending your money that much easier! Because when you pay with a cute little graphic on your iPhone it just feels like Monopoly money, right? Card Case allows you to find local places that accept the virtual payment, as well as access up-to-date menus and specials (there are even paperless receipts). Currently in New York you can use the app at Il Laboratorio Del Gelato, Rickshaw Dumplings and Cafe Grumpy (get the full list here ). Things could get real ugly if bars start allowing iPhone tabs. [via Laughing Squid ] [ more › ]
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Welcome To The Future: Start Tabs With Your iPhone