Funeral services for John David Fernandez, the CC student who passed away last week, are being held today and tomorrow for anyone wishing to pay their respects. The services will be held at Forest Park Chapel in Forest Hills, Queens, from 5 PM to 9 PM. Directions and further information can be found here.
Benny Rodriguez, the Hewitt Grillmaster, models for Saveur magazine. (Saveur) The new Yale admissions video will make you feel better about getting deferred. You are in class, people without jobs are rallying for the Jets. (NY Post) Snakes on planes are actually illegal now. (NY Post) Central Park gets all the cool stuff. This time: […]
The Morningside minutiae in our little Bubble Above 110th Street is what keeps us together. The tiny parts of our neighborhood that make it both boring and wonderful would seem trivial to anyone on the outside. Occasionally, we’ll be taking the time to share the minor details with you. The Entitled Sophomores indignantly note that […]
Tipsters have noticed that local Morningside businesses have been doing their bit to help collect cash for Haiti relief efforts by replacing their own tip jars with collection buckets. Bwog understands this to be the work of the Columbia Activist Council. AC Head Sarah Gitlin says that boxes have been placed in 90 stores in […]
Barnard’s brand new student center, the Vagelos Center aka the Diana aka the Nexus aka the Vag, is open and ready for business as of yesterday. Hey, ‘Vag’ sounds like ‘vagina’. Weird! The Diana is shiny, new and streamlined. It is much, much nicer than Lerner. The Vag’s first patrons seemed excited about their new […]
Globemed, SGB, ESC, and CCSC have organized a meeting tonight to coordinate groups and individuals into a unified campus effort to support relief in Haiti. They are extending an open invitation to bring together those interested in taking action. Whether you have already begun planning fundraisers or events, have been thinking about it, or are […]
William S. Burroughs has risen from the dead and is holding up Greenwich Village’s frozen yogurt and sex-toy joints. (NYT) Sitting down will kill you. (Gothamist) Snacks are mandatory. (NYT) Despite the devastation in Haiti, cruise ships are still docking on the island, depositing tourists at private beaches 60 miles from Port-au-Prince. (Gothamist) Two lap […]
It’s safe to say that Morningside Heights is the culinary center of America. Hey, JK! Since the Pinnacle Incident made everyone debate the merits of Cracker Barrel, Bwog is here to quell your foodie nerves: there are new options! The Morningside food openings, renovations, and gossip: The vacant storefront formerly known as Empanada Joe’s has […]
Bwog Procedural Drama Correspondent Hans Hyttinen caught the Law and Order: Criminal Intent (the one with the actress who played the gentle-yet-firm tutor in D2: Mighty Ducks) truck outside HamDel this morning. If network shows give you pause, Boardwalk Empire–the upcoming HBO series focusing on Atlantic City’s Prohibition-era heyday–is set up over on Claremont. Early […]
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