Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Over the weekend, a 26-year-old Lower East Side deejay named Philippe Treuille decided to go for a swim in the East River. The Post reports that the ex-Juilliard student was recently dumped by a girl and that the dive was an attempt at catharsis. [Kramer's East River Swim; Photo Credit: gta4.net]

As it happens, the all-knowing Google, Inc. is not 100% infallible. In doing some research earlier this week, we came across an embarrassing spelling error on a Google Map of the neighborhood.

Soup and ice cream is an odd marriage of foods, but that’s not stopping Tasti D-Lite from diversifying its offerings.  For the last couple months, the Soup Man (nay Nazi) franchise popularized by Seinfeld has been operating out of the 190 Bleecker Street outpost.

It’s pretty cliche (nay trite) to admit, but most situations can be reduced to a Seinfeld plotline. Almost to the point of annoyance. Nevertheless, I watched an episode last night that is still quite relevant in the face of rampant neighborhood gentrification. One conversation in particular focuses on the mom and pop cobbler that is [...]