A Fascinating Blend of Little-Known Fascinations.Tumblr (3.0; @grayfoxdown)http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/<a href="http://electriceggcream.com/2009/11/06/cyclone-man/">CYCLONE MAN</a>: <img style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836&default=http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836.png" alt="No Gravatar" width="30" height="30/"/><p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6446" title="Freelance NYDN" src="http://electriceggcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/menditto.jpg" alt="Freelance NYDN" width="437" height="291"/></p> <p>Gerry Menditto has been the Genius of the Cyclone for over 34 years. In that time, he has seen countless numbers of anxious individuals tensely ascend its 85-foot plunge, excitedly…</p>http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/235582676http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/235582676Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:40:55 -0500<a href="http://electriceggcream.com/2009/11/05/guaranteed-hateful-liberty/">GUARANTEED HATEFUL LIBERTY</a>: <img style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836&default=http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836.png" alt="No Gravatar" width="30" height="30/"/><p><img class="size-full wp-image-6425 alignleft" title="cms20090408" src="http://electriceggcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/cms20090408.jpg" alt="cms20090408" width="250" height="285"/>The hate was as vehement as ever outside a <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000005aca6" title="Manhattan" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.7283333333,-73.9941666667&spn=0.1,0.1&q=40.7283333333,-73.9941666667%20%28Manhattan%29&t=h">Manhattan</a> <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000027f94" title="Mosque" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque">mosque</a> today. Protected as they were by the guaranteed freedoms of the USA, the very nation they seek to destroy, the <em>…</em></p>http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/234544668http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/234544668Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:18:51 -0500<a href="http://electriceggcream.com/2009/11/05/aerie-for-the-airheaded/">AERIE FOR THE AIRHEADED</a>: <img style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836&default=http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836.png" alt="No Gravatar" width="30" height="30/"/><p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6436" title="flockhouse01_z" src="http://electriceggcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/flockhouse01_z.jpg" alt="flockhouse01_z" width="400" height="305"/></p> <blockquote><p>Mary Mattingly, the avant-garde eco-provocateur, has proposed what could be the most-bizarre abode in all of <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000005dc6c" title="Brooklyn" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.6247222222,-73.9522222222&spn=0.1,0.1&q=40.6247222222,-73.9522222222%20%28Brooklyn%29&t=h">Brooklyn</a> — a chicken-coop–styled unit that she wants to install…</p></blockquote>http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/234544663http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/234544663Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:18:50 -0500<a href="http://electriceggcream.com/2009/11/03/shilling-for-mike/">SHILLING FOR MIKE</a>: <p><img style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836&default=http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836.png" alt="No Gravatar" width="30" height="30/"/><p style="text-align: center;" mce_style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6406" title="bloomberg" src="http://electriceggcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/bloomberg.jpg" mce_src="http://electriceggcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/bloomberg.jpg" alt="bloomberg" height="300" width="400"/></p> <blockquote> <p style="text-align: left;" mce_style="text-align: left;">The Bloomberg Oracle?: The famed “Oracle” outside the Pintchik Hardware store on <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000007fe77f" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.6872527778,-73.9900055556&spn=1.0,1.0&q=40.6872527778,-73.9900055556%20%28Bergen%20Street%20%28IND%20Culver%20Line%29%29&t=h" title="Bergen Street (IND Culver Line)" rel="geolocation">Bergen Street</a> in <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000034ca74" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.672404,-73.977063&spn=0.01,0.01&q=40.672404,-73.977063%20%28Park%20Slope%2C%20Brooklyn%29&t=h" title="Park Slope, Brooklyn" rel="geolocation">Park Slope</a> — once known for making romantic predictions for…</p></blockquote></p>http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/232273670http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/232273670Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:30:25 -0500<a href="http://electriceggcream.com/2009/11/03/stubborn-horsepower/">STUBBORN HORSEPOWER</a>: <img style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836&default=http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836.png" alt="No Gravatar" width="30" height="30/"/><p><img class="size-full wp-image-6393 alignleft" title="ladyhorse1009" src="http://electriceggcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/ladyhorse1009.jpg" alt="ladyhorse1009" width="275" height="170"/></p> <p>The fact that parking spaces on Manhattan streets are as rare as empty seats on subway trains during <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000024ec75" title="Rush hour" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_hour">rush hours</a> has been long established. Motorists have been known to search…</p>http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/232129324http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/232129324Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:27:18 -0500<a href="http://electriceggcream.com/2009/11/02/in-siegelmans-rhyme/">IN SIEGELMAN’S RHYME</a>: <img style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836&default=http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836.png" alt="No Gravatar" width="30" height="30/"/><p><img class="size-full wp-image-6378 alignleft" title="siegelman" src="http://electriceggcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/siegelman.jpg" mce_src="http://electriceggcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/siegelman.jpg" alt="siegelman" height="174" width="210"/><a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000005dc6c" title="Brooklyn" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.6247222222,-73.9522222222&spn=0.1,0.1&q=40.6247222222,-73.9522222222%20%28Brooklyn%29&t=h" mce_href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.6247222222,-73.9522222222&spn=0.1,0.1&q=40.6247222222,-73.9522222222%20%28Brooklyn%29&t=h">Brooklyn</a>, believe it or not, is looking for a poet <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000067308" title="Poet Laureate" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poet_Laureate" mce_href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poet_Laureate">laureate</a>. Despite the fact that most people here wouldn’t know an <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000504216" title="Iambic pentameter" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iambic_pentameter" mce_href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iambic_pentameter">iambic pentameter</a> and blank verse from a…</p>http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/230972727http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/230972727Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:17:43 -0500<a href="http://electriceggcream.com/2009/11/02/recycled-lives/">RECYCLED LIVES</a>: <img style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836&default=http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836.png" alt="No Gravatar" width="30" height="30/"/><blockquote><p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6367" title="USS New York" src="http://electriceggcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/newyork.jpg" alt="USS New York" width="400" height="263"/>The <a class="zem_slink" title="USS New York" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_York">USS New York</a> passes Ground Zero in New York, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. The new <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000003edc3" title="United States Navy" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy">Navy</a> assault ship, built with <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000040fef" title="World Trade Center" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.7116666667,-74.0125&spn=0.01,0.01&q=40.7116666667,-74.0125%20%28World%20Trade%20Center%29&t=h">World Trade Center</a> steel, has arrived in its namesake city…</p></blockquote>http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/230862766http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/230862766Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:35:33 -0500<a href="http://electriceggcream.com/2009/11/01/romance-in-neon/">ROMANCE IN NEON</a>: <img style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836&default=http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836.png" alt="No Gravatar" width="30" height="30/"/><p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6362" title="greenwich" src="http://electriceggcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/greenwich.jpg" alt="greenwich" width="400" height="500"/></p> <p>This neon denizen of the night was exceptionally and brilliantly charged at this year’s <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000001b267" title="Greenwich Village" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.7333333333,-74.0&spn=0.1,0.1&q=40.7333333333,-74.0%20%28Greenwich%20Village%29&t=h">Greenwich Village</a> Parade. Within the afterglow of an equally dazzling <em>geisha girl</em> (or <em>…</em></p>http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/229554442http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/229554442Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:31:55 -0500<a href="http://electriceggcream.com/2009/10/30/one-spooky-tunnel/">ONE SPOOKY TUNNEL</a>: <img style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836&default=http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836.png" alt="No Gravatar" width="30" height="30/"/><p><img class="size-full wp-image-6338 alignleft" title="alantic_avenue_tunnel" src="http://electriceggcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/alantic_avenue_tunnel.jpg" alt="alantic_avenue_tunnel" width="375" height="200"/></p> <p>When <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000005dc6c" title="Brooklyn" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.6247222222,-73.9522222222&spn=0.1,0.1&q=40.6247222222,-73.9522222222%20%28Brooklyn%29&t=h">Brooklyn</a>’s very own version of <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000001e732" title="Indiana Jones" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones">Indiana Jones</a> rediscovered the long-lost <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000000073f2" title="Cobble Hill Tunnel" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobble_Hill_Tunnel">Atlantic Avenue Tunnel</a> in 1980, he also claims to have discovered a paranormal inhabitant…</p>http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/228559971http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/228559971Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:15:06 -0400<a href="http://electriceggcream.com/2009/10/30/no-ducats-in-mudville/">NO DUCATS IN MUDVILLE</a>: <img style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836&default=http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836.png" alt="No Gravatar" width="30" height="30/"/><p><img class="size-full wp-image-6324 alignleft" title="fans_ticket_line_02" src="http://electriceggcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/fans_ticket_line_02.jpg" alt="fans_ticket_line_02" width="240" height="168"/>The <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000bb6481" title="New York Yankees" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Yankees">New York Yankees</a> never fail to show their devotedly slavish fans an exciting time…even when it comes to making complete fools of them. Now, as in other years, when these…</p>http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/227748736http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/227748736Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:45:46 -0400<a href="http://electriceggcream.com/2009/10/28/halloween-madoff-style/">HALLOWEEN MADOFF-STYLE</a>: <img style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836&default=http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836.png" alt="No Gravatar" width="30" height="30/"/><p><img class="size-full wp-image-6317 alignleft" title="bernie_mask151v" src="http://electriceggcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/bernie_mask151v.jpg" alt="bernie_mask151v" width="151" height="217"/><a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000a1f523d" title="Bernard Madoff" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Madoff">Bernie Madoff</a> may be gone because locked away but he’s not forgotten. Of course, his victims will remember him until the final day of forever, but this year he’s also being…</p>http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/226558913http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/226558913Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:23:03 -0400<a href="http://electriceggcream.com/2009/10/26/most-frighteningly-inspirational/">MOST FRIGHTENINGLY INSPIRATIONAL</a>: <img style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836&default=http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836.png" alt="No Gravatar" width="30" height="30/"/><p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6293" title="Sleepy-Hollow-Cemetery-520" src="http://electriceggcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Sleepy-Hollow-Cemetery-520.jpg" alt="Sleepy-Hollow-Cemetery-520" width="416" height="278"/></p> <blockquote><p>New York’s <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000024c2da" title="Hudson Valley" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Valley">Hudson River Valley</a> was the backdrop for “<a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000000945e6" title="The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Sleepy_Hollow">The Legend of Sleepy Hollow</a>,” one of the earliest examples of <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000442485" title="Ghost story" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_story">ghost stories</a> in <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000015a317" title="American literature" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_literature">American literature</a>. Irving,…</p></blockquote>http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/223956714http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/223956714Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:57:07 -0400<a href="http://electriceggcream.com/2009/10/24/warning-signs/">WARNING SIGNS</a>: <img style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836&default=http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836.png" alt="No Gravatar" width="30" height="30/"/><p id="photoCaption"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6287" title="Climate Action" src="http://electriceggcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/climate.jpg" alt="Climate Action" width="399" height="266"/></p> <blockquote> <p>Signs in <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000002f8906" title="New York City" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.7166666667,-74.0&spn=0.1,0.1&q=40.7166666667,-74.0%20%28New%20York%20City%29&t=h">New York</a>’s <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000003d997" title="Times Square" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square">Times Square</a> run messages from <a class="zem_slink" title="350 (organisation)" rel="homepage" href="http://www.350.org">350.org</a> during an <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000004e9e6d" title="International observance" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_observance">International Day</a> of <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000072d5ce" title="European Climate Change Programme" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Climate_Change_Programme">Climate Action</a> rally Saturday Oct. 24, 2009 in New York’s Times…</p></blockquote>http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/222217679http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/222217679Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:23:05 -0400<a href="http://electriceggcream.com/2009/10/24/is-dante-at-club-purgatorio/">IS DANTE AT CLUB PURGATORIO?</a>: <img style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836&default=http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836.png" alt="No Gravatar" width="30" height="30/"/><p><img class="size-full wp-image-6275 alignleft" title="club" src="http://electriceggcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/club.jpg" alt="club" width="171" height="226"/>For those of you looking for a unique thrill or exceptional scare to enhance your <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000001cac2" title="Halloween" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween">Halloween</a> enjoyment, there’s one to be found in midtown <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000005aca6" title="Manhattan" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.7283333333,-73.9941666667&spn=0.1,0.1&q=40.7283333333,-73.9941666667%20%28Manhattan%29&t=h">Manhattan</a>. <a href="http://enterpurgatorio.com/">Club Purgatorio</a>, the…</p>http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/222020008http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/222020008Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:45:38 -0400<a href="http://electriceggcream.com/2009/10/23/breaking-news/">BREAKING NEWS</a>: <p><img style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836&default=http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836.png" alt="No Gravatar" width="30" height="30/"/><p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6256" title="bullwinkle" src="http://electriceggcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/bullwinkle.jpg" alt="bullwinkle" width="396" height="448"/></p> <a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Felectriceggcream.com%2F2009%2F10%2F23%2Fbreaking-news%2F&linkname=BREAKING%20NEWS"><img src="http://electriceggcream.com/wp-content/plugins/add-to-any/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" alt="Share/Bookmark"/></a></p>http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/220661778http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/220661778Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:05:42 -0400<a href="http://electriceggcream.com/2009/10/22/ghoulish-gardens/">GHOULISH GARDENS</a>: <img style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836&default=http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836.png" alt="No Gravatar" width="30" height="30/"/><p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6251" title="ghoulishgardens" src="http://electriceggcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ghoulishgardens.jpg" alt="ghoulishgardens" width="440" height="197"/></p> <p>A ghoulishly delightful time called “<a class="zem_slink" title="Ghouls (Vampire The Requiem - World Of Darkness - WOD)" rel="amazon" href="http://www.amazon.com/Ghouls-Vampire-Requiem-World-Darkness/dp/1588462560%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dtheeleeggcr07-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1588462560">Ghouls</a> and Gourds” will take place at the <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000001bf293" title="Brooklyn Botanic Garden" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.6687,-73.9647&spn=0.01,0.01&q=40.6687,-73.9647%20%28Brooklyn%20Botanic%20Garden%29&t=h">Brooklyn Botanic Gardens</a> to complement your <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000001cac2" title="Halloween" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween">Halloween</a> revelries. The annual BBG frolics…</p>http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/220167284http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/220167284Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:20:19 -0400<a href="http://electriceggcream.com/2009/10/21/you-stinky-gingko/">YOU STINKY GINGKO</a>: <img style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836&default=http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836.png" alt="No Gravatar" width="30" height="30/"/><p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6241" title="Gingko_biloba6" src="http://electriceggcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Gingko_biloba6.jpg" alt="Gingko_biloba6" width="395" height="530"/></p> <p>A 74-year-old <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000005dc6c" title="Brooklyn" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.6247222222,-73.9522222222&spn=0.1,0.1&q=40.6247222222,-73.9522222222%20%28Brooklyn%29&t=h">Brooklyn</a> man is making a big stink over a stinky issue: a female gingko <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000003c0f7" title="Tree" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree">tree</a>. For over forty years Richard Mahany, who lives in the <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000001dbb4a" title="Bay Ridge, Brooklyn" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Ridge%2C_Brooklyn">Bay Ridge</a> section of…</p>http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/219174864http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/219174864Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:36:45 -0400<a href="http://electriceggcream.com/2009/10/19/hamlet-on-the-irt/">HAMLET ON THE IRT</a>: <p><img style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836&default=http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836.png" alt="No Gravatar" width="30" height="30/"/><p style="text-align: left;"><img class="size-full wp-image-6230 alignleft" title="articleInline" src="http://electriceggcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/articleInline1.jpg" alt="articleInline" width="190" height="274"/>Next Monday, a month long <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000005f2c18" title="Advertising campaign" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising_campaign">ad campaign</a> of non-believing <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000018d20a" title="Billboard" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard">billboards</a> will sprout up on this incredible city’s unbelievable subway stations. Brandishing the slogan, “A Million <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000002f8906" title="New York City"></a></p></p>http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/217509709http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/217509709Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:19:08 -0400<a href="http://electriceggcream.com/2009/10/19/prospect-parks-prospective/">PROSPECT PARK’S PROSPECTIVE</a>: <img style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836&default=http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836.png" alt="No Gravatar" width="30" height="30/"/><blockquote> <p><img class="size-full wp-image-6235 alignleft" title="prospectpark" src="http://electriceggcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/prospectpark.jpg" alt="prospectpark" width="250" height="160"/><a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000001c1e1b" title="Prospect Park (Brooklyn)" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.66143,-73.97035&spn=1.0,1.0&q=40.66143,-73.97035%20%28Prospect%20Park%20%28Brooklyn%29%29&t=h">Prospect Park</a>, the 526 acres bounded by <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000002e8d0a" title="Flatbush, Brooklyn" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatbush%2C_Brooklyn">Flatbush</a>, Ocean and <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000875020f" title="Parkside, Hunslet" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkside%2C_Hunslet">Parkside</a> avenues, Prospect Park South and Prospect Park West, was considered by <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000067cea" title="Frederick Law Olmsted" rel="homepage" href="http://www.fallriverma.org/pressarticles.asp?ID=139">Frederick Law Olmsted</a>…</p></blockquote>http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/217509703http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/217509703Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:19:08 -0400<a href="http://electriceggcream.com/2009/10/18/dead-hues-on-high/">DEAD HUES ON HIGH</a>: <img style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836&default=http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de4277b4205692815e4202ddff9d2836.png" alt="No Gravatar" width="30" height="30/"/><p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6226" title="est" src="http://electriceggcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/est.jpg" alt="est" width="300" height="275"/></p> <blockquote><p>In honor of the <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000002d786c" title="New-York Historical Society" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.7791666667,-73.9741666667&spn=1.0,1.0&q=40.7791666667,-73.9741666667%20%28New-York%20Historical%20Society%29&t=h">New York Historical Society</a>’s upcoming <a href="https://www.nyhistory.org/web/default.php?section=exhibits_collections&page=exhibit_detail&id=5798416">Grateful Dead exhibition</a>, the <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000001519f" title="Empire State Building" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.748433475,-73.9856547639&spn=0.01,0.01&q=40.748433475,-73.9856547639%20%28Empire%20State%20Building%29&t=h">Empire State Building</a> is going to be <em><a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000002afc11" title="Tie-dye" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tie-dye">tie dye</a></em> tomorrow. At press time, we were…</p></blockquote>http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/216709486http://grayfoxdown.tumblr.com/post/216709486Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:38:35 -0400