01/21/13 THE COMPREHENSIVE REAL-TIME NEWS FEED FOR CHINATOWN (NEW YORK, NY).

• Lunch Today: Dumplings and Dry Noodles with Minced Pork Sauce at Lam Zhou _{2013-01-18, 02:42 pm}
  We have a long and in-depth post about why hand-pulled soup noodles might taste best without the soup .
• 'Broken City' could have been great crime noir but fails to deliver on potential _{2013-01-18, 11:08 am}
  Coming in fairly under the radar, considering the cast, "Broken City" features Mark Wahlberg as New York City cop, Billy Taggart.
• Formerly conjoined twins brought home to NY _{2013-01-15, 03:00 am}
  ... in Philadelphia have arrested a man who allegedly threw a woman on the subway tracks at a station in the city's Chinatown neighborhood. Transit police in Philadelphia have arrested a man who allegedly threw a woman on the subway tracks at a station ...
• Child hurt in fall from chair lift at NY ski area _{2013-01-15, 03:00 am}
  ... in Philadelphia have arrested a man who allegedly threw a woman on the subway tracks at a station in the city's Chinatown neighborhood. Transit police in Philadelphia have arrested a man who allegedly threw a woman on the subway tracks at a station ...
• Local PG&E Employee Thankful for Chance to Help Sandy Victims _{2013-01-15, 09:14 pm}
  ... to Ortiz. What they encountered looked more like a post-apocalyptic movie. "Going across the Brooklyn Bridge to Chinatown was surreal," he said of the area of lower Manhattan that had suffered a power outage. "It was like the movie 'I am Legend.' ...
• PG&E Employee Thankful for Chance to Help Sandy Victims _{2013-01-15, 05:03 pm}
  ... to Ortiz. What they encountered looked more like a post-apocalyptic movie. "Going across the Brooklyn Bridge to Chinatown was surreal," he said of the area of lower Manhattan that had suffered a power outage. "It was like the movie 'I am Legend.' ...
• The Hollywood Chinese Restaurant _{2013-01-15, 03:00 pm}
  ... exotic, with red wallpaper and lots of dragons and intricately-carved furniture. After all, they've seen that Chinatown restaurant in lots of other movies! The problem is, they are looking for the restaurant decor of the early 20th century. But ...
• NYC Facilitates Walking with New Wayfinding Maps _{2013-01-15, 11:00 am}
  One out of ten New Yorkers gets lost every week, according to the city's Department of Transportation, and this does not include out-of-towners. In March, the city will begin installing 150 wayfinding signs to help pedestrians navigate their way.
• Lost City of New York: New Sleek DOT Signs Help Pedestrians Find Their Way _{2013-01-14, 09:56 am}
  But according to the city's Department of Transportation, one out of 10 of us gets lost every week based on department surveys.
• DOT to install neighborhood maps for pedestrians, bicyclists _{2013-01-13, 05:01 pm}
  The $6 million program will feature 150 maps in the Fashion District; Chinatown; Long Island City, Queens; and Prospect Heights/Crown Heights, Brooklyn; plus another 300 at bike share stations in Manhattan below 59th St.
• NYC Events for the Weekend and Beyond _{2013-01-10, 07:30 pm}
  ... $65 for cocktails, food, and a signed copy of the book. 63 Clinton Street, New York, NY; event website Brooklyn Chinatown Shop and Cook Sunday January 13th, 1 p.m. Tom Kearney, chef of The Farm on Adderley, is hosting a market tour of Brooklyn's ...
• Download: New Jens Lekman Song About Being In NY During Sandy _{2013-01-09, 03:24 pm}
  ... in New York after the city got hit by hurricane Sandy. The roads were flooded, flights were cancelled, even the Chinatown buses stood still. This was two days before our west coast tour was supposed to start. I decided to ask for your help. I asked ...
• What are you reading? Jan 9, 2013 _{2013-01-09, 08:12 am}
  ... naive (lots of calculus). Just started Snakes can't run by Ed Lin A mystery/police procedural set in NYC's Chinatown in the 1970s. "Snakes" is a slang term for illegal immigrants. A tag is a way to search for this diary. If someone is searching for ...
• Paris Sandwich Becomes Paris Restaurant, a Solid Cheap Meal on Mott Street _{2013-01-08, 09:47 am}
  You may remember Paris Sandwich in Chinatown from our Manhattan banh mi tasting, where its pre-made and reheated sandwiches came in last place.
• Lohan lawyer predicts NY club case will be dropped _{2013-01-07, 04:25 pm}
  ... attend a Calvin Klein Collection toast to Francisco Costa's CFDA Women's Wear designer of the Year award at Chinatown Brasserie June 13, 2006 in New York City. Photo: Evan Agostini, Getty Images / 2006 Getty Images UNIVERSAL CITY, CA - JUNE 06: ...
• Cheap ways to visit NYC for the weekend _{2013-01-07, 12:51 pm}
  October-December the city comes alive for the holidays and all the store windows and other businesses are decorated to the hilt.
• Hey New York: This Is Where to Eat in San Francisco _{2013-01-04, 06:03 pm}
  Mapping the SF restaurants New York food writers go crazy for is a San Francisco pastime: Mission Chinese , State Bird , Rice Paper Scissors .
• Great American Bites: Ping's serves savory dim sum in NYC's Chinatown _{2013-01-03, 12:00 am}
  ... dim-sum options in New York. After entering a nondescript door on Mott Street in the heart of Manhattan's Chinatown and walking up a flight of stairs, you enter a single long dining room and are seated at individual tables, better for dates or ...
• Ancient Tradition Meets Modern Style: Alternative Feng Shui Comes to New York _{2013-01-03, 04:16 am}
  What makes a successful MBA and Project Manager for a Fortune 100 company step out of the corporate arena to start her own business focusing on ancient Chinese disciplines? Ivy's Feng Shui uses 'Alternative Feng Shui' as a novel means of analyzing the challenges and eccentricities of modern, urban living spaces, offering inexpensive and ... (more)
• How to 'write what you know' _{2013-01-02, 04:01 pm}
  ... ter at The Detroit News and covered education and the suburbs at The Milwaukee Journal. Toy grew up in New York's Chinatown where her children attend the same Mott Street Chinese school she did as a child.