Yes, there is a second round of official, city-sponsored fireworks at Founder’s Pier on the riverfront this Wednesday at 8:30 pm, but you’ve seen those before. It’s an okay show, but why not try something a bit different? – The…
Friday Facts: It Isn’t Surprising, the Temperature’s Rising
:: Five of the seven warmest temperatures ever recorded in the city occurred in the current millennium. The other two were in 1988 and 1889. :: If there is a dearth of hot-weather favorite Fla-Vor-Ice at your local Northside market…
Why Your Beer May Taste Awful
There’s something funny in the water. Well, actually, it’s in the beer. And, really, it’s more potentially blindness-inducing than funny. Skyrocketing copper prices have resulted in various forms of black-market activity around the city. This mostly means the theft and…
Friday Facts: “Bleeping Kids, Bleeping Bleep Ducks”
:: Number of times that there have been cited (by the FCC) instances of accidental profanity on local newscasts- 31 :: Number of these which have resulted in the firing of a local anchor/reporter- 1 (Arthur Stevens, in what has…
Links of Interest, Contributor News- 6.20
:: Michelle Lord’s “Future Ruins” [BldgBlog] :: Running The Numbers, An American Self-Portrait [via Very Short List] :: Going to the Opera in the Year 2000 (1882) [Paleo-Future] :: Thomas the NJ Transit Train [McSweeney’s] :: Pictures of Insanely Complex…
The Silencing of the Ice Cream Trucks
The arrival of the first big heat wave of the season also marks the sight of wave after wave of ice cream trucks winding their way through the city’s neighborhoods, delivering cones and bars to its overheated citizens. Of course,…
Some Items About Our City Flag
Here are some items of interest about the City’s flag, which have been compiled in honor of Flag Day. :: The official City Flag has changed design four times since 1861. The original design (1850-1861) was a blue cross from…