StreetLevel: Baby Biz Out, Barber In on Fifth Ave.
The pace of retail turnover on Fifth Avenue shows no signs of slowing. However, at 143 Fifth off Douglass, the gentrification tide appears to be reversing: A good old-fashioned barber is going to replace the out-of-business perfume/body potion/candle shop. And right next door, the baby-toy and clothing store Romp is calling it quits after three…
The pace of retail turnover on Fifth Avenue shows no signs of slowing. However, at 143 Fifth off Douglass, the gentrification tide appears to be reversing: A good old-fashioned barber is going to replace the out-of-business perfume/body potion/candle shop. And right next door, the baby-toy and clothing store Romp is calling it quits after three years. (Romp fans will still be able to get their fix on the Web; the bricks-and-mortar location is shuttering because the store’s owner is moving away.) No word yet on what’s going to replace Romp. GMAP
“I feel bad for you – you fail to see the joy, challenge and beauty of taking on (the true) lifetime commitment of raising a child from an infant to an adult (and hopefully into middle-age)
yet you are committed to a partner that statistically you have a very good shot of ending up divorced from (leaving you significantly poorer) or not entirely compatible with in your later years (leaving you pretty lonely). ”
so you had a baby to not be lonely???
oh god help little Ronen….
if he’s a boy, you might want to get the “we’re here, we’re queer flag up and a waivin”
I wish i had a business to advertise on this site!
I’m gay, 4:52, so not only do I not have a piece of paper to signify my committment to my partner, but unless you’d like to carry a baby for me, I probably won’t have one of those either.
They too ‘spensive.
Kids will be worthless once AY is built.
Oh wait, it’s not going to be built.
Never mind.
As you were.
Cupcake?
If the barbershop has Playboy, I’m THERE. With my kids. They love the articles, because they’re smart, because they’re my kids. SUCK IT, breeder hating eunuchs!
Congratulations, thread! You’re the 10,000th thread to visit the ol’ “Slopers with kids and their brats SUCK” vs. “Single losers deluded they’re immortal and forgetting without people who have children they’d not exist!” battle. You win a day out with Annabelle, Duncan and the single loser of your choice plus a mani/pedi spa day with the dead-inside Park Slope Mom of your choice!
I, for one am excited about a new barbershop.
And I’m glad Romp is closing too.
If that makes me a kid hating, nazi, so be it.
Teaching your kids the ways of American consumerism at age 6 months is not really my style, but to each his/her own.
I feel bad for you – you fail to see the joy, challenge and beauty of taking on (the true) lifetime commitment of raising a child from an infant to an adult (and hopefully into middle-age)
yet you are committed to a partner that statistically you have a very good shot of ending up divorced from (leaving you significantly poorer) or not entirely compatible with in your later years (leaving you pretty lonely).
And if you are that minority couple that can stay happily together forever with little personal/emotional sacrifice – I still have to ask – why did you need some legal and religious commitment to facilitate that?
All you anti-kid/family haters are a bunch of nazis. And all you brat-spawning breeders are a bunch of commies. There, I said it. The real question is, can I get a straight-razor shave at this barbershop or not?