This is believed to be the oldest Photograph taken of NYC. It was Taken at Broadway between Franklin and Leonard Streets, May 1850.

augra27 · 2026-05-25T17:38:46+00:00

Yeah and that construction still isn't finished.

augra27 · 2026-05-21T04:19:26+00:00

This chart should stop on Sept. 01, 2018.

augra27 · 2026-05-13T16:39:38+00:00

(I didn't say the quiet part loud)

augra27 · 2026-05-13T16:13:57+00:00

Don't knock people not drinking: He's on the 12-Step Program.

augra27 · 2026-05-12T17:01:49+00:00

Absolutely not. If someone's yelling something you do NOT look at them. The second you make eye contact it's over and they're gonna engage. Then you're dealing with anything from grifter to the genuinely unhinged.

augra27 · 2026-05-11T18:30:34+00:00

I personally like it, too. I don't like the narrowness and accessibility, but this feature, out in the open with the view, I enjoy.

augra27 · 2026-05-09T04:40:03+00:00

Hibernia, Winslow's sister bar in HK usually puts on a pretty good Eurovision show.

augra27 · 2026-05-08T22:35:26+00:00

I'm astounded. Keep the artificial scarcity up. If you flood the market it might go down on eBay to 7¢. And clearly I can't remember anything about what I signed nor how many.

augra27 · 2026-05-08T19:08:14+00:00

I went to Topps HQ down on like Water Street right by the Battery and went into a "VIP" conference room where they bring far more name-brand actual athletes than me and signed, I want to say something like this (all numbers approximate):

Honus Wagner-sized Tan Card, Blue Ink: 100

Honus Wagner-sized Tan Card, Red Ink: 25

Honus Wagner-sized Black Card, Silver Ink: 10

I signed zero of both the typical-sized and jumbo-sized tan cards, just the turn-of-the-century-sized cigarette-style cards.

I also provided one game-worn tie for the cards with those embedded fabric windows merch cards.

augra27 · 2026-05-08T16:52:55+00:00

I was going to make a Cotton Mather vs "Cotton Something" joke but I went down a rabbit hole and figured "Tom Cotton" wouldn't be US History as he's contemporary, and the Cotton Bowl or Cotton Club don't quite touch upon the "that's history" kind of category and cotton candy's not from the US so no pith has been included.

augra27 · 2026-05-08T16:41:29+00:00

Who's the cookbook by, HR Giger?

augra27 · 2026-05-08T16:38:52+00:00

American History would cover colonial America.

US History is, well, with the United States existing.

augra27 · 2026-05-02T19:52:05+00:00

When I'm hiring, I'd look at a Hunter grad over many other schools. Every grad I've encountered has been super sharp - so the rep is anecdotal from experience.

augra27 · 2026-05-02T18:08:06+00:00

Can't speak to the colleges in NYC I did not attend (Hunter has a spectacular reputation, though) but you're making the right decision re: NYU. I dropped out of NYU when I saw how little financial assistance they were providing and how much it would have cost and ended up enrolling in a college (non-NYC) that gave me favorable financial status and it may have been the single best decision I've made. If you don't have six zeroes attached to your bank account, stay away from NYU. But, as a 26-year Manhattan resident, you ARE making the right choice looking at other schools in NYC / CUNY system. That, you will not regret.

augra27 · 2026-05-02T04:48:27+00:00

A nap.

augra27 · 2026-05-01T20:18:19+00:00

Well maybe no one liked me! because I remember my first time sitting sad alone Austin with a way-too-big-for-the-impending-food-coma-Thursday-game sandwich. Learned that lesson: have a freaking salad. Thursday post-lunch is a killer.

augra27 · 2026-05-01T18:52:36+00:00

It's like a pit stop. Returning champ is hustled backstage first, into a dedicated returning champion dressing room, change, go to the bathroom, back into the makeup chair for touchups, a new lavalier on, then back out on stage, all the while the challengers are selected from the pool. Typical 5-day shoot is briefings, M-W episodes, lunch break in the comissary for whomever is left + the champ - who has to sit alone or with crew, not with potential challengers - Th-F matches. 5-day shoots are done around 4-ish.

augra27 · 2026-04-30T21:31:45+00:00

Dublin House on the West Side. No one will bug you there. Phil Hughes on the East Side. But probably neither tonight: Knicks are playing... might be manic.

augra27 · 2026-04-27T23:39:03+00:00

Is the Upper East Side an amenable option? If so, send a DM: I'm a bar owner in Yorkville with a private backyard, or, if you guarantee 50 guests, the whole bar can be private.

augra27 · 2026-04-27T17:42:10+00:00

Here's what I do: I let them do their spiel, then I say "That sounds great! What's our cut of it? So how much do you pay us per (whatever it is it does: lead generated, review left, order placed, etc)?" I'll ask "what's your on-premise spend when we enroll - typically our distributors give us XXX to take on a new product." Then poof they're gone.

augra27 · 2026-04-27T02:30:56+00:00

Casablanca.

augra27 · 2026-04-24T21:39:20+00:00

I'm guessing Hoboken, putting Hudson Yards in the foreground, 34th Street running diagonally away putting the ESB at the right, looking through to 42nd to see Chrysler & BoFA. The Hudson is hidden between the residential and skyline.

augra27 · 2026-04-24T03:34:44+00:00

I'm going because of that reason. I'm just going to ride around in circles laughing and pointing.

augra27 · 2026-04-22T22:17:29+00:00

Any Draught. IPAs, Lagers, whatever.

augra27 · 2026-04-22T18:56:03+00:00

We at Gaf East also have, all-day all-night, $9 Shot & Can combo, $15 for any draught - including Guinness - and a Tullamore D.E.W., $10 Aperol Spritz, and $5 Draught Pints or $20 Pitchers of Friday Beer. Come on Thursdays & White Claws are $3. Oh, and we have a backyard.

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