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- A walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more
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February 11, 2009
Picture Framing
Howdy... Can anybody recommend a good picture framing place? Somebody who can do a nice and simple matte and frame for a largish lithograph?
I'd prefer a place in the Slope, but I am willing to travel if you know somebody who does particularly good work at a decent price.
Thanks!
Author's Comments
That tub looks a lot like the "Palais Pedestal Soaking Tub" from Restoration Hardware.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 24, 2009 3:06 PM in response to House of the Day: 212 Midwood Street
I bought an apartment building with rent stabilized tenants. Of course the purchase price reflected that fact, but yet I will whine about it endlessly on the Internet.
signed,
NickelNuts
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 24, 2009 2:23 PM in response to Wednesday Links
> it would take all of my will not to lose it!
ROTW, darling, you obviously lost it years ago.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 24, 2009 1:23 PM in response to Open Thread
> I never used any racial epitaph
Epithet, not epitaph. If you are going use fancy words, use the right ones.
An epitaph appears on a gravestone. Yours, for example, might read: "The war ended. I lost."
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 24, 2009 12:19 PM in response to Open Thread
> I will await your answers...
Perhaps because he is using it in an explanatory rather than derogatory context?
Oh, I forgot, you don't do context.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 24, 2009 12:00 PM in response to Try This Green(point) Roof on for Size
> Why isn't Bloomberg screaming at how crappy a business deal this is...
Because he is too busy planning the city-wide banning of high fructose corn syrup, scheduled for his richly deserved third term. Emphasis on rich.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 24, 2009 11:11 AM in response to More Naming Rights for Barclay's
I'm guessing that nobody will actually refer to it as Barclay's Station, sort of like how nobody but tourists says "Avenue of the Americas."
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 24, 2009 10:40 AM in response to More Naming Rights for Barclay's
> me no likely farm living in the city. it completely destroys the urban aesthetic.
Chucklehead.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 24, 2009 10:17 AM in response to Try This Green(point) Roof on for Size
> hipsters wouldnt be caught dead doing this
Not without irony.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 24, 2009 10:13 AM in response to Closing Bell: Quidditch in McCarren Park
Can we just say this is a crappy location and move on?
Thank you for your cooperation and God bless.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 23, 2009 3:58 PM in response to Development Watch: 277 Gold Street
> The rental duplex could cover about $700K of mortgage
So you have to give up 1/2 of the house to cover 1/3 of the mortgage?
Sweet deal!
In Cloudcuckooland.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 23, 2009 2:23 PM in response to House of the Day: 641 10th Street Revisited
> it's like a very surprised cartoon character.
Like this?
- http://images.artnet.com/artwork_images_424603317_490713_keith-haring.jpg
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 23, 2009 2:18 PM in response to House of the Day: 641 10th Street Revisited
Wave, not waive... doh.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 23, 2009 2:17 PM in response to House of the Day: 641 10th Street Revisited
> That office could be converted to a sweet hallway.
Zing!
Too many little "rooms" and an awkward layout. The hinges, however - as pointed out above - are nice.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 23, 2009 2:14 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 30 Willow Place, #4
Eh, not much to do now but stand on the shore - eyes welling with bitter tears - and waive a hankie at the ship disappearing over yon horizon.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 23, 2009 2:10 PM in response to House of the Day: 641 10th Street Revisited
I've been meaning to check out RePop. Now that I am moving to a larger space, I'll have to make the trip...
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 22, 2009 11:49 PM in response to Jonathan Adler Coming to Atlantic Avenue!
Workers were still on site at 10pm tonight. Interesting.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 22, 2009 10:34 PM in response to What's Going on at St. Thomas Aquinas?
Check out Room and Board for "classic modern" sofas at reasonable prices. Very well made stuff.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 22, 2009 6:20 PM in response to Jonathan Adler Coming to Atlantic Avenue!
Can we start calling the northern part of Gramercy Park "NoMercy?"
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 22, 2009 6:16 PM in response to Closing Bell: Daily News' City Map Guide
> Ghettoazz appears to have posted a couple of times last
> Weds night, while DIBS was at the get together at Rope.
Ahhh, well, so much for that grand theory.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 22, 2009 5:09 PM in response to Jonathan Adler Coming to Atlantic Avenue!
> CB2. Love their stuff.
I like the look of a lot of CB2 stuff, but be sure to check it out in person. Much of the construction quality seems to be a bit shoddy.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 22, 2009 5:02 PM in response to Jonathan Adler Coming to Atlantic Avenue!
> the entire curb frontage is a cut? What a travesty!
Yeah, I'm not a fan of that. It makes the front of the building look like the back.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 22, 2009 4:21 PM in response to Development Watch: 614 7th Avenue
> Very, very bad feng shui living within sight of a cemetary.
The dead are quiet neighbors. Until they aren't, in which case, aim for the head.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 22, 2009 4:07 PM in response to Development Watch: 614 7th Avenue
ghettoazzpnkbtch
is just DIBS thinly disguised
so goes my theory
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 22, 2009 3:55 PM in response to Jonathan Adler Coming to Atlantic Avenue!
The Graves Have Eyes.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 22, 2009 3:50 PM in response to Development Watch: 614 7th Avenue
I suppose it's nice to have the garage, but do you think there is any way to fit some greenery in front of these places?
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 22, 2009 3:35 PM in response to Development Watch: 614 7th Avenue
The top three floors look good, but that bottom floor entrance is a bit unfortunate. Perhaps a better light fixture and some other gussying up would help.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 22, 2009 3:27 PM in response to Development Watch: 614 7th Avenue
> that would be a natural for a lovely apt conversion
My thoughts exactly, Denton. I've been coveting such a pad there for years.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 22, 2009 3:12 PM in response to What's Going on at St. Thomas Aquinas?
Fish are not invertebrates.
Carry on, punsters.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 22, 2009 2:12 PM in response to Ben & Jerry's Milks Brownstone Lust in New Ads
They were working on the building this Saturday in broad daylight, so I think the "removing asbestos under cover of darkness" rumor is off the mark.
I'm just glad to see something happening with this building. That parking lot had been accumulating garbage for years.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 22, 2009 2:06 PM in response to What's Going on at St. Thomas Aquinas?
SnarkSlope wrote a review about City Sub on June 19, 2009 2:26 PM
Oh Biff, now you've gone and made this sandwich thread all dirty, like those disturbing Quizno's ads with the lascivious talking oven:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LQpRQh2KSQ
"Put it in me, Scott."
> I'm actually headed out in Williamsburg tonight
Who are you, and what have you done to 11217?
;-)
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 19, 2009 12:50 PM in response to Brooklyn Sales: Under a Million
You want a studio for $75k?
Move to Yonkers.
Problem solved.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 19, 2009 12:29 PM in response to Brooklyn Sales: Under a Million
SnarkSlope wrote a review about City Sub on June 19, 2009 12:20 PM
Enter hot cop...
SnarkSlope wrote a review about City Sub on June 19, 2009 12:15 PM
I used to go here all the time when I lived in Prospect Heights. The subs were always tasty and generously proportioned.
Of course Rob has never been in that store. This lack of first hand knowledge will not - as we all know by now - stop him from making his inane pronouncements.
The owners are very friendly and knowledgeable, and they have some very nice stuff there. The bf bought a kilim and a couple of pillows there. I'm contemplating buying a rug there myself for my new place.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 19, 2009 10:19 AM in response to Streetlevel: Knotting Slope Closes
Any bets that Munday is a toe-tapper?
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 17, 2009 6:02 PM in response to Conservative Talk Show Host Beholds Williamsburg
NoNo was definitely a NoGo.
I went twice (once for bunch and once for dinner), but was disappointed both times.
Bland food, lackluster service, and overpriced to boot.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 17, 2009 5:44 PM in response to Streetlevel: New Turkish Place Opening on 7th Avenue
I knew I'd seen that building before:
- http://tinyurl.com/mravgw
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 17, 2009 5:40 PM in response to Development Watch: 31 Kosciusko All Glassed Up
ghettoazzpnkbtch (9:12 AM) = daveinbedstuy (9:19 AM)
Or is this old news?
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 17, 2009 12:08 PM in response to Conservative Talk Show Host Beholds Williamsburg
Don't you mean "Eüröträsh" DIBS?
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 17, 2009 12:01 PM in response to Der Schwarze Kolner To Open By End of Month
SnarkSlope wrote a review about Bogota Latin Bistro on June 16, 2009 2:36 PM
I love Bogota and have been going here for years (actually I was just there for brunch last Sunday). I have pretty much always had first rate service and the food has always been delicious.
Lovely renderings, laughable prices.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 16, 2009 2:26 PM in response to House of the Day: 244 Hall Street
For what it is worth
BrooklynGreene amuses me
Haiku to you too
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 15, 2009 6:07 PM in response to 1094 Park Place Finally Sells
Egg salad. Heh heh heh. Oh, Biff. Thanks for the snicker.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 15, 2009 5:10 PM in response to It's Hard to Beat the Tent Rent
> This house is worth every penny because of its antiquity
> and high level of craftsmanship.
No, this house, like every other commodity, is worth what somebody else is willing to pay for it. In this case, it was about 40% less than the original asking price.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 15, 2009 5:02 PM in response to 1094 Park Place Finally Sells
Hey What,
Before you toss that box of skittles, please explain "This is of course the primary aesthetic criticism of usury" in fifty words or less.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 15, 2009 4:59 PM in response to Quote of the Day
Scaredy Kat has all kinds of cool stuff. I bought the bf's kitchen clock there.
I've definitely found it more useful than the vast majority of the boutiques on 5th that come and go.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 15, 2009 4:55 PM in response to StreetLevel: Slope Card Store Getting Bigger Digs
> This house was worth every penny of the original asking price.
To whom? Non-bidding posters on the intarwebs?
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 15, 2009 3:35 PM in response to 1094 Park Place Finally Sells
> Snark, are you a "RH Queen?"
Well, I don't know about that, but the bf did buy his bathroom hardware there. The Spritz Collection in satin stainless steel.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at June 24, 2009 3:55 PM in response to House of the Day: 212 Midwood Street